Air forces and warfare

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.

A gripping account of the RAF's attempt to destroy a Messerschmitt factory in 1944, and the carnage and confusion that unfolded on a dark winter night.

The Battle of the Lys, fought in April 1918, was critical for the Allies and for Germany.

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.

The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war.

"e;Henry Tyndall was a typical product of the Victorian age-an intensely patriotic army officer who served in India, on the North-West Frontier, on the Western Front and in East Africa at the height of the British empire.

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

The war on Western Front from 1914 to 1918 remains one of the notoriously great tragedies of the twentieth century.

The Second World War spawned a plethora of crack special forces units (Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SBS, Phantom and Commandos) but 30 Assault Unit remains, even today, far more secretive and exclusive than the others.

This new edition of the classic WWI battlefield guide is updated with current information and a new walking tour through Mametz Wood.

The Special Operations Executive was one of the most secretive organizations of the Second World War, its activities cloaked in mystery and intrigue.

"e;The English Electric Lightning entered RAF squadron service in 1960 and continued flying in the interceptor role until 1988.

In Part One Powdrill describes his experiences in France during 'the Phoney War and then their baptism by fire in May 1940, culminating in the evacuation from Dunkirk having left their disabled guns behind.

Ted Shippy Shipman was one of The Few who flew with 41 Squadron in the Battle of Britain.

This oral history presents the firsthand stories and memories of Britain's last living WWI veterans-complete with then and now photographs.

Clive Evans had a lengthy front-line flying career in which he flew Hunters, Canberras and Lightnings.

Gunther Plschow of the German Imperial Navy holds a unique place in history-during the First World War he was the only German prisoner of war ever to escape from the British mainland and make it all the way back to the Fatherland.

A British Royal Air Force glider pilot recounts his service, capture, imprisonment, and escape during World War II in this gripping memoir.

Charles (Charlie to his comrades) Murrell kept detailed diaries of his service with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards throughout the Second World War as Guardsman (later Sergeant).

A former Royal Air Force fighter pilot chronicles his time in service during the Cold War in this gripping memoir.

This fascinating historical revelation goes to the very heart of British and Allied Intelligence during World War II, specifically in the context of planning, control and implementation of the combined bomber offensive against Germany.

This pictorial WWII history explores the evolution of the Third Reich's Luftwaffe ground force through rare wartime photographs.

The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the greatest dramas of the conflict.

Motorbikes were widely used by all sides in WW2 due to their agility, adaptability and speed,.

Norwich, in common with most English cities, suffered enemy air attack and during a period of almost three and a half years bombs were dropped in every part of the city.

From the beginning in 1935 this attractive book describes the different elements that went into the Panzer-Divisions.

This pictorial WWII history examines the powerful German tank as it was deployed in numerous combat zones throughout the war.