The Isle of Sheppey in North Kent
was the birthplace of aviation in the UK and early pioneers,
including the Wright Bros and Charles Rolls, gathered on its
low, flat ground to undertake experimental flights. By 1909
the Short Bros has established the first British aircraft
factory and from there events snowballed. By 1911 the first
naval aviators began training at nearby Eastchurch, which
site became the first Royal Naval Air Station. The station
served with distinction in the war that soon followed, as it
did again through WWII, until its closure in the late 1940s.
This book serves as a timely reminder of the island's great
contribution to the story of flight in the UK.
In a timely and eye-opening
book, Rodric Braithwaite examines the Russian experience
during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Basing his account on
Russian sources and interviews, he shows the war through the
eyes of the Russians themselves - politicians, officers,
soldiers, advisers, journalists, the women who served there,
and the women of Afghanistan.
New in card cover
- 417pp, numerous illustrations, maps
CINDERELLA ARMY: THE
CANADIANS IN
NORTHWEST EUROPE, 1944-1945
by Terry Copp
In his controversial book ‘Fields of Fire’,
Terry Copp challenged the conventional view that the
Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a
failure. Cinderella Army extends his argument that the
achievement of the Canadian army has been greatly
underrated. The Canadian component of the Allied Armies
never totalled more that 185,000 of the four million troops
in Northwest Europe. It is, however, evident that the
divisions of 2nd Canadian Corps played a role
disproportionate to their numbers. Their contribution to
operations designed to secure the Channel Ports and open the
approaches to Antwerp, together with the battles in the
Rhineland, place them among the most heavily committed and
sorely tried divisions in the theatre.
New in card
cover - 407pp, 55 b/w photos, 28 maps
University of
Toronto Press, 2012 ISBN 9780802095220
WEIHE DES EHRENMALS FUR DIE GEFALLENEN
KAMERADEN
DER DEUTSCHEN EISENBAHNTRUPPEN IN BERLIN
A contemporary pictorial record of the consecration of
the memorial to the fallen comrades of the German Railway
Troops in Berlin, Schoneberg on 19th, 20th and 21st October
1929. In the World War, 1914-18 152 officers, 3138
Unterofffiziere and pioneers of railway regiments and their
field formations fell on the field of honor. German text.
good in card
cover - A4 format, 86pp, c100 b/w photos, map
Battle experiences of the Waffen SS soldiers in WWII
including SS-Totenkopf in the Demyansk Pocket, 1-SS Panzer Corps
at Karkov and fighting in the Balkans and Kursk, II WFSS-Pz
Corps at Cherkassy, and 12-SS Hitlerjugend in Normandy. Includes
numerous photos located in Eastern Europe which had not
previously been published.
Fine
in d/w - 192pp, 120 illustrations, maps, index
