Air forces and warfare

The acclaimed historian and author of The Gathering Storm continues his in-depth study of Northern European naval warfare during WWII.

Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the aircraft.

The Avro Vulcan was the last V Bomber to see active service in its primary role during the Falklands conflict.

The V 1, or Doodlebug or Flying-bomb came into use in June 1944 and, together with the V 2 Rocket, was Hitlers final hope in face of the advancing Allied forces sweeping across Europe towards Germany.

This is a guide to the existing WWII aircraft to be found in aviation museums throughout the world.

The British Army is the UK's second largest operator of military aircraft, fielding more than 300 armed helicopters, fixed wing surveillance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Battlefield General game books put you in command of the forces engaged in some of history's most famous battles.

This book features the design, creation and use of air raid shelters, including interviews with people who used them during the Second World War.

The Vought F4U was the best carrier based fighter of WW2.

A new assessment of the life of one of the most famous and controversial airmen of the Second World War, this book covers Guy Gibson's sometimes troubled upbringing and the impact on him of his time at St Edward's School, Oxford.

The true World War I story of one British town's remarkable response to the message "e;Your Country Needs You.

John Severne joined the RAF in 1944 and gained his wings two months after World War II ended.

"e;The experience of combat was never more horrific than on the Western Front, come to life in this notable addition to the literature of war.

This is the story of one of the RAF's oldest and most distinguished heavy bomber squadrons in WW2, although an outline history of the unit since it was formed in WW1 and its post-war history are included.

For much of World War II England provided the only western European base from which the British and American air forces could take the war into Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany itself.

Early on 1 September 1914, the Germans surprised 1st Cavalry Brigade harboring in the little town of Nry.

While best known as being the scene of the most terrible carnage in the WW1 the French department of the Somme has seen many other battles from Roman times to 1944.

"e;A useful review of the development of a classic jet bomber that saw widespread service in the Royal Air Force and was exported to many overseas air forces.

September 1941 approval was given for the formation of two long-range Air-Sea Rescue squadrons.

Following the landings in Normandy, one of the Allies main concerns was how to supply the expanding beachhead.

A career pilot's memoir of flying fighter jets through two wars and through the evolution of aviation technology.

The six years of prolonged world-wide conflict spawned some 340 serving generals in the British Army.

To bale out of a stricken airplane is a pilot's or aircrew's final chance to escape death.

This book describes the action of 9 May 1915 when the battalions of the 1st Division, 7th Division and the Indian Army attacked Aubers Ridge.

The Royal Air Force's 11 Group played a leading role in the Battle of Britain.

"e;Takes a seemingly mundane subject as airfields and turns it into a fresh understanding of air combat on the Western Front .

Twenty-three compelling accounts of desperate circumstances and unbelievable survival when planes went down in remote and dangerous locations.

In Spring 1945 one final hurdle faced the American and British Armies under Ike's supreme command - the Rhine.

The fighting on Redan Ridge in 1916 has long been overshadowed by events on each flank, namely Serre on the left and Beaumont Hamel on the right.

Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916.

This is a wartime escape memoir that ranks with the finest.

Dramatic photographs of Nazi Germany's shocking Ardennes Offensive that nearly turned the tide of World War II-from the author of In Pursuit of Hitler.

In an overdue attempt to portray the real effect of the war on life at home, David Bilton examines all the major events of the period and charts their effect on everyday life for those trying to live a normal existence.

A graphic account of the defence of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough against German seaborne raiders in 1914 and a detailed history the coastal defences that confronted the German navy.

The third in a trilogy of books, the others being Cambrai -The Right Hook and Bourlon Wood by the same authors covering the battle for Cambrai in November 1917.

A decorated British officer's wrenching and inspiring firsthand account of the worst battle of the Burma campaign.

This is the story of Allied fighter pilots and the part they played in all the principal operational theatres of World War II.

This memoir of a Soviet POW's escape from a Nazi concentration camp is a remarkable account of cruelty and courage during WWII.

A history of four battalions of the Durham Light Infantry raised in the Country during the First World War.

The RAF Regiment was created in the early years of World War II for the active dedicated defense of RAF airfields and installations.

Major General Sir Roy Redgrave has enjoyed an unusual, some might say eccentric, life.

In an attempt to outflank the German Gustav Line running across Italy, Operation SHINGLE was launched on January 22nd 1944.

Airfields and Airmen:Cambrai covers the earliest days of the RFC with the retreat from Mons.

The Battleground Europe series has helped create a new audience for the story of the desperate battles of World War I, But up to now the series has largely been concerned with the ground war.

This is a first-hand account of the authors grandfather, Guy Mainwaring Knocker and his experiences as a pilot in the R.

The Pals battalions were a phenomenon of the Great War, never repeated since.

A history of the World War I engagement between British and German forces in northern France, and a visitor's guide to the battlefield site.

This pictorial history shows the full extent of captured foreign aircraft used by Nazi Germany during WWII.

A history of the Welsh Battalion and its service during World War I in France.

A history and guide to the historic British airfields where American bombers had to be ready to go at a moment's notice-includes photos.