Peace keeping in Bosnia's Civil
War, 1992-1993. A young cavalry lieutenant's moving and
shocking account of front line service in the cauldron of
war. Fresh from Germany he and his men found themselves in a
highly political and lethally dangerous civil war. They
witnessed appalling atrocities and human tragedy on a giant
scale. The foreword by Martin Bell, OBE, describes it as
"earning its place among the impartial narratives of the
Bosnian War"
A photo-history of one of the elite formations of the
WWII German Armed Forces, Panzer Corps "Gross Deutschland".
All five divisions and the corps that have borne the name
"Grossdeutschland" are presented. The book covers the
Division's battles on the Eastern Front. Prepared in
co-operation with the Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland Tradition
Association, it includes a chapter on the division's 180
holder's of the Knight's Cross plus more than 500
photographs of GrossDeutschland formations in action as well
as on ceremonial duties.
New in d/w -
Large format, 240pp, 500 + photos & illustrations
In this autobiographical account Brian `Harry' Clacy
looks back on his 18 + eventful years as a soldier in the
British Army, serving in Northern Ireland, Germany and
various military establishments in the UK. He wanted to be a
paratrooper and wear the famous red beret, but failed to
pass the aptitude test and was therefore doomed to be a
`crap hat' (a term used by the Paras to describe all other
army units). He completed two tours of duty in Northern
Ireland in the 1970s. On his first he was stationed in
Belfast, near the Falls Road where, as the driver of a `Pig'
armoured vehicle he experienced the daily tensions of
patrolling the streets at the height of `the troubles'. His
last tour was in the South Armagh 'bandit country'.
A revised edition of 'Falkland Islander's at War'. Falkland
Islanders were the first British people to come under enemy
occupation since the Channel Islands during the Second World
War. This book tells how islanders' warnings were ignored in
London, how their slim defences gave way to a massive invasion,
and how they survived occupation. While some established a
cautiously pragmatic modus vivendi with the occupiers, some
islanders opted for active resistance. Others joined advancing
British troops, transporting ammunition and leading men to the
battlefields.
January 31, 1968. A cold, dense fog had settled over
the city of Hue, South Vietnam. Nothing could be seen or
heard until the blinding flash and shocking concussion
of an exploding rocket tore through the fog. A hail of
rockets and mortar shells was followed by a sustained
ground attack. It was soon obvious to the Army, Navy,
Marine and Air Force personnel inside the compound that
a large group of people outside the compound wanted to
kill them. The Tet offensive on Hue was on. The intense
fighting lasted for a month and the NLF massacred
thousands of residents of the city.
