Having suffered a massive reversal of
fortunes in Russia Napoleon found himself confronted, in
Germany, by the combined forces of Russia, Prussia and Austria.
After the disaster of Leipzig his German allies fell away and he
was forced to fall back, beyond the borders of France. Offered a
negotiated peace, Napoleon chose to continue to fight. Cornered
and threatened by three armies invading from the north,
northeast and east, every chance to stop the Allies had to be
taken. Of all his campaigns, Napoleon’s 1814 campaign was one of
his most brilliant.
New in illustrated boards - 763pp,
110 b/w illustrations, 20 maps
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
The first use of a sun-compass for vehicles in the Desert was
during World War I with the Light Car Patrols in Egypt in 1917.
During his 1929 expedition into the desert of Egypt, Ralph
Bagnold used a magnetic compass mounted on one of the
expedition's Ford cars, but it was affected by magnetism from
the metal structure. He used a sun-compass for his next
expedition in the 1930, his invention being different from
others since it could be used whilst the vehicle was in motion.
Bagnold was instrumental in founding the British Army's Long
Range Desert Group in 1940 and his sun-compass became the
standard instrument for this unit.
New in card cover - 68pp, numerous colour & b/w photos & illustrations
ATOMIC: THE FIRST WAR OF PHYSICS AND
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE ATOM BOMB - 1939-49
by Jim Baggott
A popular account of the race to build humankind's most
destructive weapon. The book draws on declassified material, such
as MI6's FarmHall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by
American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations
by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives. This is
an epic story of science and technology at the very limits of
human understanding - a tale barely believable as fiction, which
just happens to be historical fact.
New in the popular Service Publications series, this compact
book provides details of the Sherman M4A2E8 in service with the
Canadian Armed Forces after World War II. Extensively
illustrated the volume includes a 4-view centre spread of the
Sherman by Karl Gagnon.
New in card cover - A4 format, 24pp,
20 b/w photos, double page drawing
