U.S. Marine Corps Helicopter Operations in Vietnam. Vietnam has
often been called America's “first helicopter war,” and indeed the
U.S. Marine Corps, as well as the Army, had to feel its way forward
during the initial combats. But by 1967 the combat was raging across
South Vietnam, with confrontational battles against the NVA, on a
scale comparable to the great campaigns of WWII. In 1968, when the
Communists launched their mammoth counteroffensive, the Marines were
forced to fight on all sides, with the helicopter giving them the
additional dimension that proved decisive in repelling the enemy.
The WWII history of the Parachute Regiment based entirely on
the accounts of their campaigns and operations, both by the
commanders and the men who took part in them. It is a stirring
record, beginning with the attack by a handful of men on an
obscure viaduct in southern Italy, and ending with the
triumphant drop of an entire division on the other side of the
Rhine. It includes the tragic, glorious story of the Battle of
Arnhem. This is a new Battery Press edition
Cartoon character Jane was a wartime phenomenon important to the
morale of Britain's fighting forces around the world and to
those left behind on the "Home Front". Until now there has been
no published study of Jane or the woman who inspired her.
Combining words, photographs and selected cartoons, this is an
in-depth look at Jane, and in particular Christabel
Leighton-Porter, the beautiful real life model on whom she was
based. This book contains a wealth of high quality pictorial and
photographic material providing an interesting insight into
wartime Britain.
By the early first century BC, the Roman Republic had already
carved itself a massive empire and was easily the most powerful
state in the Mediterranean. Roman armies had marched victoriously
over enemies far and wide, but the Roman heartland was soon to feel
the tramp of armies on campaign as the Republic was convulsed by
civil war and rival warlords vied for supremacy, sounding the first
death knell of the Republican system. At the centre of the conflict
was the rivalry between Marius, victor of the Jugurthine and
Northern wars, and his former subordinate, Sulla.
New in d/w - 284pp,
16 b/w illustrations, 14 maps & diagrams
This monograph presents the history of the development of the
British A9 and A10 Cruiser Tanks. As well as numerous diagrams
and black and white and colour photographs, the book features
thirteen pages of plans plus colour side views.
Primarily Polish text with an English language summary.
New in card cover - A4 format, 74pp, numerous b/w photos & plans,
colour photos & side views
