Air forces and warfare

When war broke out in 1939 over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force with the greatest proportion in the Army.

The author of The Yompers details the history of Great Britain's innovation in combatting the German Zeppelin during World War I.

From the author of Children of the Camps, a look at the disturbing activities of the Kempeitai, Japan's feared military and secret police.

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).

Archibald Wavells life and career makes a marvelous subject.

"e;This is the book that puts the flesh on the bones of its reputation as one of the best aircraft of the Second World War.

X Flight was designated the task of giving close air support to the desert army formed and commanded by Lawrence of Arabia.

This is the first biography of Boy Browning, whose name is inextricably linked with the creation and employment of Britains airborne forces in the Second World War.

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

"e;A comprehensive look at the German submarine tanker program during World War II .

A British Royal Air Force pilot recounts his 25-year career in the cockpit during the Cold War in this military memoir.

John Rowland made his first flight with the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 1 October 1938 from Redhill in a DH60 Moth.

On September 25, 1939 Melvin Young reported to No.

For his latest book Colonel Roy Stanley presents aerial photographs of the German and Italian fleets that were selected as important six decades ago and have long lain dormant, unindexed and unexplained.

Brian Allen first went to sea as a naval aviation officer cadet aboard HMS Indefatigable in 1952, bound for Gibraltar.

Above the Waves is the history of the first century of British Naval aviation, with personal accounts adding color to the achievements both in technology, such as angled flight decks, mirror deck landing systems, helicopter assault and vertical take-off, and in operations, including the sinking of the Konigsberg and the daring attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, convoy protection, operations with the United States Navy in the Pacific, then, post-war, Suez, and later the recovery of the Falklands from Argentine invasion.

This biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or Hitch as he was universally known).

First published to acclaim in 1982, this was author Alan Cooper's first publication before he went on to become a prolific writer of aviation history.

Hitlers invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 precipitated a massive clash of arms that gave rise to destruction and suffering on an unprecedented scale.

A career soldier, veteran of both World Wars, and British war hero remembers the campaigns he fought-and his worthy foes.

The harrowing true story of the Scottish battalion that spent over three years in Japanese captivity during World War II.

"e;I do not think that [Adolph] Malan could join a squadron without improving it, however good it was .

During the Second World War RAF Bomber Command produced a handful of remarkable pilots who won fame and high honors: Gibson, Cheshire, Martin, Tait, and Searby.

Between 1941 and 1944, in the war on the Eastern Front, Soviet partisans fought a ruthless underground campaign behind the German lines.

"e;This unique memoir tells the story of one of the field-grade officers whose martial skills sustained the Third Reich against a world in arms.

This well written and thoroughly researched biographical account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot (the author's father) is sure to appeal widely.

The aviation historian and author of Memphis Belle presents an authoritative analysis of the groundbreaking, post-WWI series of military aircraft.

This classic WWII spy memoir by an agent of the UK's Special Operations Executive offers a firsthand look at Allied espionage inside Nazi Occupied France.

If it looks right, it will probably fly righta tired old saying among airmen, but one that persists.

"e;Relates how the American Eighth Air Force bombers helped Britain's Royal Air Force in fighting Germany during World War II.

This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge.

Between 1941 and 1944, in the war on the Eastern Front, Soviet partisans fought a ruthless underground campaign behind the German lines.

This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge.

The saga of a squadron, a plane, and the action, triumphs, and tragedies they saw during World War II-includes photos.

Drawn from newly-available historical archives, this German air force history is "e;packed with many fascinating revelations.

The author, Roger Annett, experienced first-hand the events detailed here.

By the spring of 1940, the phoney war suddenly became very real.

This is the first volume of a most impressive tribute and accurate four part work that uniquely presents a complete account of the air operations throughout Market-Garden in September 1944 when British, US and Polish airborne troops made a gallant attempt to seize and hold bridges across the Lower Rhine in Holland as a springboard for crossing into Germany.

This is the third volume of a comprehensive five part work, detailing every aspect of air and paratroop operations on the night of 5/6 June 1944.

For the Allies as well as Germany, it will be the longest day'.

This is the second volume of a comprehensive five part work on D-Day that includes a multitude of personal military accounts from both Allied and German Aviation personnel who were there.

By the spring of 1940, the phoney war suddenly became very real.

Between 1939 and 1945 the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force into a powerful strategic weapon.

"e;Magnificent and important .

The author, Roger Annett, experienced first-hand the events detailed here.

"e;Altogether, a very detailed year-by-year account of escort development for anti-submarine work from the period between the wars to post World War II.

This latest volume in Anthony Tucker-Joness series of photographic histories of armored warfare records in graphic detail the role played by tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled artillery during the decisive campaign in northwest Europe in 1944-5.

This WWII pictorial history illustrates the wide array of armored vehicles deployed by Allied and Axis powers in Italy.