Air forces and warfare

A first-hand account from a British POW, "e;not so much about the building of the Burma-Siam railway as it is about the existence of the men who built it"e; (BiblioBuffet.

Dawyck Haig, the only son of the great Field Marshal, was born in 1918, the year of his father's victory.

In September 1915 Kitcherner's men were in action for the first time in the largest offensive of the year.

Founded in 1922 the Hitler Youth movement was the second oldest Nazi group.

On 4 July 1918, American and Australian troops captured the village of Hamel and the ridge overlooking it.

This book concentrates on Gully Ravine and its immediate area on the western side of the Helles battlefield.

While the Germans did not succeed in invading Britain during World War II, they occupied a number of islands in the English Channel.

A history of the British RAF's 100 Group-the airmen, ground crew, and technicians-who supported the Strategic Bomber Offensive during World War II.

Born out of necessity in the dark days of the War, the RAF Regiment found itself in the thick of the action supporting the vital operations in all theaters.

A century after the Wright Brothers first took to the air, the author records those moments of aviation history that stand out from all the others for their pioneering bravery or gallantry in the face of the enemy.

Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and his brother Jack joined the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War and both were to have a major influence on the development of the Royal Air Force in the 1920s and 1930s.

An account of the World War II heroics of six Resistance agents in European countries under Nazi occupation, from a renowned SOE expert.

Fritz-Julius Lemp's tragic sinking of the Athenia in a Second U-Boat Flotilla boat opened Germany's U-boat war against England.

This is the story of a young officer in the Indian Army who commanded a company in the Burma Campaign of 1943 to 1945.

The decorated Royal Navy submariner documents the history of the submarine he commanded during World War II.

Hitler's plan for world dominance through terrifying weapons-from V-1 rockets to alien technology-is revealed in this WWII history.

This WWII military history and battlefield guide examines a pivotal conflict of the Battle of Normandy-including detailed maps and illustrations.

A firsthand account of a World War II crewman in the 427 (Lion) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force who was captured by the Nazis and became a POW.

"e;A year of a man and his motorcycle during WW2 .

Paul McDonald is a former RAF fast-jet pilot whose flying career spanned 34 years.

In this military memoir, a veteran recounts his time as a navigator and plotter with the Royal Air Force tanker fleet during the Cold War.

A Soviet bomber pilot who flew more than 300 missions behind enemy lines offers a rare firsthand account of life on the Eastern Front in this WWII memoir.

22 June 1941 changed the direction of the Second World War.

6 Group was born out of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), which, among other things called for the formation of 25 Canadian Squadrons in Britain.

Samuel Kink Kinkead won two DSCs with the Royal Naval Air Service, two DFC with the fledgling RAF and the DSO in Russia.

Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity.

Bernard Paget enjoyed a hugely successful military career which culminated in his top level appointments in WW2.

Hank Adlam began his naval flying career in 1941, his first operational posting was to the newly formed No.

What was life in the Red Army like for the ordinary soldier during the Great Patriotic War, the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany on the Eastern Front?

This volume chronicles aerial combat of the Korean War through both historical narrative and the personal accounts of Allied airmen and POWs.

This is the first in a series of game books which put you in command of the forces in engaged in some of history's most famous battles.

Highly experienced author John Frayn Turner has succeeded in capturing the indomitable spirit of the WAAF during WW2.

A biography of the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honored with the Knights Cross award.

Scottish Lion on Patrol was first published in 1950, the record of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiments formation, training and service in the campaign that took them from Normandy to the Baltic.

This WWI history examines the significant yet overlooked British offensive that achieved major advances on the Western Front.

The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tates Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations.

Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britains dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the convoy system in coastal waters at the outset of the war.

The author of Beneath the Waves provides a thorough history of the sinkings of Britain's destroyer warships during World War II.

Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula.

A vivid and harrowing account of ordinary Russians caught in the deadly WW2 siege, based on interviews, diaries, and memoirs.

This WWII history examines how the Royal Navy defended the English Channel from the first Dover Patrols to the liberation of the Channel Islands.

The book describes the problems of instigating resistance in France and the slow development of the clandestine warfare and special operation forces, equipment, training, delivery, communication, command, control and intelligence techniques.

Operation BARBAROSSA, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was a turning point second only to Pearl Harbor.

While always dangerous and daring, SAS operations are by no means invariably successful and when they go wrong, they do so very badly.

This WWII military study sheds new light on the legendary Siege of Malta, combining a detailed narrative with provocative strategic analysis.

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

Admiral Schofields accounts of the Taranto and Bismarck battles make for unforgettable reading.

Tony McCrum was born in Portsmouth in 1919, the second son of a naval lieutenant and a mother who came from a line of naval officers that stretched back to and beyond Trafalgar.

On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year.