AIR POWER AT THE BATTLEFRONT:
ALLIED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT IN EUROPE 1943-45
by Ian Gooderson
This book examines the role and effectiveness of aviation
in direct support of ground operations in North-West Europe
during WWII. The author addresses fundamental questions of
whether air resources in the close support role provided
sufficient advantage at the battlefront to justify the
effort and risk to pilots and aircraft. Did air support
prove to be of more value and more cost effective, when
directed upon interdiction targets behind the lines, such as
German communications, transport and supplies?
New in card cover - 304pp, 11 b/w
photos, 28 tables & diagrams
ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN WARS,
VOLUME 1:
ERITREAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1961-1988
by Adrien
Fontanellaz & Tom Cooper
Ethiopia is a military powerhouse of the African
continent. Currently involved in the war in neighbouring
Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a dozen of other
armed conflicts during the last 60 years. One of the most
significant was the Eritrean War of Independence. Fought
1961-1991, this was one of Africa's biggest armed conflicts
, and it included a wide spectrum of operations, from ‘classic’
counter-insurgency to
conventional warfare. Campaigns included large formations of
relatively well-equipped forces, and airpower played a
crucial role in many of battles. This new book contains by
over 100 contemporary photographs, maps and colour profiles.
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New in card cover - A4 format,
64pp, numerous b/w photos, maps + 8 pages of colour
photos
Civil servants are not generally known for their
soldierly qualities, yet in the Great War a volunteer
regiment of 'civil servants and their friends' served with
distinction in the front line, fighting in many of the major
battles. This study, subtitled 'All Bloody Gentlemen', draws
on previously unpublished material − personal memoirs,
diaries and interviews − to tell their extraordinary story.
It is supported by a wealth of marvellous photographs,
together with appendices on Brigade Orders of Battle, Battle
Honours and Awards, and Graves and Memorials.
New in d/w -
240pp, numerous b/w illustrations, maps, appendices, index
The contribution of the Hull Pals of the East Yorkshire
Regiment in World War I, two of whom won the Victoria Cross.
The "Hull Pals" battalions made up the 92 Brigade of the
31st Division (New Army). Serving in Egypt 1915-16. They
were on the Western Front 1916-1918, fighting in the Somme,
Arras, the Great Retreat of 1918, as well as the final
battles to defeat Germany in the Autumn of 1918.This is a
2008 reissue of the original 1990 hardcover edition.
The fascinating story of the
recovery of a Spitfire I from the sands of Calais during the
early 1980s, and its subsequent return to the UK for rebuild
and restoration to flying condition. The full history of the
airframe from the factory to loss, the aircraft’s
operational history with 92 Squadron and the story of the
pilots who flew it during its career are also told, as is
the unfolding saga of its restoration and return to air in
September 2011. P9374 is now the earliest mark of Spitfire
flying anywhere in the world.
New in d/w - 176pp, numerous colour
& b/w illustrations
