Air forces and warfare

A first-hand account of World War I by a nineteen-year-old Englishman who led a platoon into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme.

This is the previously untold story of the remarkable relationship between a young British diplomat and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia from the latter's Coronation in 1930 until his murder in 1975.

An extensive history of the amphibious attack unit created by Nazi Germany during World War II.

The memoir of a reluctant soldier coerced into military service by the Nazis and driven from his homeland by the Russians.

In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330,000 men, plus three thousand Commandos.

Amde Maingard was a young Mauritian studying in London in 1939 who volunteered for the British Army.

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In June 1948, Joseph Stalin halted all road and rail traffic in to and out of the Allied sector of Berlin and cut off all electricity to the city.

"e;I am not pressing you to fight the weather as well as the Germans, never forget that.

"e;The fascinating book features the life story of Dr Randle Manwaring,focusing particularly on his Regiment's fight to capture Burma towards the end of WW2As one of the founding Officers of the RAF Regiment, the author helped train and set up the Regiment from its inception in 1942.

The story of the air war over Western Europe, told firsthand by the American and German pilots and crew who took part-with never-before-published photos.

Having driven the British and Indian Forces out of Burma in 1942, General Mutaguchi, Commanding the 15th Japanese Army, was obsessed by the conquest of India.

Vivid firsthand accounts from aviators who flew this renowned supersonic interceptor fighter.

When he died in 1946, Flight Lieutenant Jack Mossop left behind a widow and child, a chest full of medals, and a diary.

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The story of Britain's desperate defensive operations against the Nazis' V1 flying bombs in 1944.

A first-hand account of the first five months of WWI from the point of view of the British Army's Grenadier Guards.

The personal account of the original Red Eagle of the establishment, equipment, and training practices of the highly classified MiG squadron of the USAF.

The personal account of the original Red Eagle of the establishment, equipment, and training practices of the highly classified MiG squadron of the USAF.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R8 in 1/32 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 in 1/32 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, this is a detailed, step-by-step e-guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 in 1/48 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190G-3 in 1/48 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step e-guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 in 1/32 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27 Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/RII in 1/72 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R8 in 1/32 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 in 1/32 scale.

A definitive technical guide to the Hawker Hurricane variants.

A definitive technical guide to the Hawker Hurricane variants.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, this is a detailed, step-by-step e-guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 in 1/48 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190G-3 in 1/48 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27: Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step e-guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 in 1/32 scale.

Part of Osprey Modelling 27 Modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A, F and G, a detailed, step-by-step guide to modelling the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/RII in 1/72 scale.

A compact guide to 70 of the most iconic aircraft to have shaped warfare over the last 100 years.

A compact guide to 70 of the most iconic aircraft to have shaped warfare over the last 100 years.

Ex-SAS soldier Pete Scholey tells the action-packed stories of 20 of his SAS colleagues.

Ex-SAS soldier Pete Scholey tells the action-packed stories of 20 of his SAS colleagues.

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was the fastest and most successful strike fighter of the Cold War.

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was the fastest and most successful strike fighter of the Cold War.

A detailed guide to modelling the Luftwaffe jets and rocket planes that saw service at the end of World War II.

A detailed guide to modelling the Luftwaffe jets and rocket planes that saw service at the end of World War II.

Air Warfare provides an introduction to the subject's theory, history and practice.

Air Warfare provides an introduction to the subject's theory, history and practice.

On 30th April 1945 Germany is in chaos.

'A terrific read' Andy McNabIn November 1942, two nights after the Battle of El Alamein, a young British army officer was captured.

At Warburg, Germany, in 1941, four British PoWs find an unexpected means of escape from the horrors of internment when they form a birdwatching society, and embark on an obsessive quest behind barbed wire.

In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III.

John Keegan has assembled a cast of seventeen generals whose reputations were made (and some of them broken) by Churchill and the Second World War.

The classic account of the war on the Eastern Front between the Russians and the Germans - the greatest clash of arms the world has ever seen.

'One of the best half-dozen personal accounts of the Normandy campaign' - Richard HolmesStuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6.