This new book brings the war to life in
its most compelling moments and images, exploring the greatest
conflict in the history of the planet. Here are the great
battles, the great generals and the essential weapons and the
tactics that made the years between 1939 and 1945, the most
memorable in history. Encompassing every theatre from Morocco to
Malaysia, Berlin to Iwo Jima, the book succinctly and powerfully
tells the story with scores of historic photos (including rare
colour images) first-hand accounts from a host of fronts, and
compelling maps.
New in card cover - A4 format, 269pp, 500+ colour & b/w photos
The
Jeep and its origin and development in WWII by the US Army. The
author looks at early predecessors to the definitive Willys Jeep,
Congressional investigations into Jeep contracts and the entry of
Ford into the Jeep programme. He then considers the Four-Wheel
Steering and Amphibious Models as well as postwar civilian uses.
New in pictorial boards - 112pp,
27 photos, tables
ANZAC ELITE: THE AIRBORNE &
SPECIAL FORCES
INSIGNIA OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
by Cliff Lord & Julian
Tennant
An invaluable reference providing both an identification guide
and a history of the ANZAC units involved. More than 800 cloth
patches and badges are illustrated in full colour, together with
numerous colour and black and white photos of the troops in
action. During the period from 1939 to the present there was a
huge array of army of badges and patches, from those of the 1st
Australian Parachute Battalion, Z and M Special Units, RAEME
Rangers, the NZ LRDG, the SAS (of both countries), to RAN
Clearance Divers. The book also includes unit histories plus a
glossary of abbreviations and terminology.
New in illustrated boards - Large format, 160pp, numerous b/w &
colour photos,
800 + colour badges
The story of a
forgotten campaign. The battle began in August 1943, when a German
submarine arrived in the Malaysian harbour of Georgetown. In
total, nearly 40 U-Boats were assigned to penetrate the Indian
Ocean, serving alongside troops of the occupying Imperial Japanese
Forces. The Japanese allowed U-Boats to use Malaysia as an
operational station. From that base, they mixed with Japanese
forces a move which spread the U-Boat War throughout the vast
Indian Ocean and into the Pacific
A VC's Diary, 1914-1916. William La Touche (Billy) Congreve was an
an exceptional man. By the time he was killed on the Somme in
July 1916 at the age of twenty-five he had been awarded the DSO,
MC, the Légion d'Honneur, and a posthumous VC. Born into a
military family (his father had also won the VC) he became a
regular soldier in the Rifle Brigade and in France became a
staff officer. He chose to be in the front line as often as he
could, making his remarkable diaries all the more valuable since
he writes from the thick of the fighting and yet retains an
objectivity that enables him to observe all that is going on
around him both in the trenches and at HQ.
New in d/w - 223pp, 20 b/w photos,
27 sketch maps/diagrams
