In 1920 Major Francisco Franco Bahamonde was appointed
second-in-command of the newly established 'Legion de Extranjeros'
(the Spanish Foreign Legion). In the Legion's garrison town of
Ceuta he began to compile a record of the battalion which he was
to command in Spain's Moroccan Protectorate. This record covers
the two-year period from October 1920 to May 1922 and this volume
is a critical analysis and translation of Bahamonde's account. It
also includes interesting biographical and topographical notes.
New in card cover - A4 format, 186pp,
19 maps, 24 b/w photos
The Messerschmitt Bf 110 'Zerstörer' ('Destroyer') was the
primary twin-engine heavy fighter, in the service of the Luftwaffe.
Later in the war it was changed to fighter-bomber (JagdBomber-Jabo)
and night fighter operations, and it became the major night fighter
type of the Luftwaffe.
This extensively illustrated volume describes the Bf 110 in all its
day fighter variants.
New in card cover - 50pp, 109
photos,
56 detail drawings, 13 full color paintings
The previously untold
story of Koevoet – the South African Police’s highly successful
counter-insurgency unit.
Initially based on the Selous Scouts of Rhodesia, it was formed in
1979 and deployed in Namibia until independence in 1989 when it
was disbanded. During its almost ten year existence it fought in
more than 1600 actionss and killed or captured 3225 of SWAPO’s
PLAN soldiers, but it paid a high price in blood losing almost 160
policemen killed in action with another 949 wounded — more
casualties than any other South African fighting unit since World
War II.
New in d/w - 512pp, 102 colour & b/w photos, 10 illustrations, 5 maps
BOMBER COMMAND 1936 - 1968:
AN OPERATIONAL & HISTORICAL RECORD
by
Ken Delve
The first in a new
series of books, each of which will focus on one RAF Command. This
volume features an introduction and outline of the Command and its
predecessors, plus Annexes and Appendices detailing Aircraft,
Orders of Battle, airfields, squadrons and much more. The book is
extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, aircraft
profiles and squadron insignia.
New in d/w - 306pp, c 150 b/w photos, illustrations & maps
A study of the Allied and Axis Glider Units of WWII. The book
includes the Glider Forces and operations of Germany, Britain, the
United States (Army, Airforce, Marines and Navy) and Russia. The
author also looks at the forces developed in other countries such as
China and India and examines the operations in which gliders were
used, and the units which were instrumental in delivering the forces
into battle.
