British
naval policy before the First World War was to maintain a
fleet at least as powerful as the next two largest navies of
the world, put together. The result was the largest array of
armed might that the world had ever seen. Martin Holbrook
commernts, and presents a collection of large format, full
page colour plates of twelve of the mightiest British
warships of the era. With a foreword by Admiral of the Fleet
the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, this very large format book
(17 x 14.5 inches) will be a valuable addition to naval
collections.
Good in d/w - large format,
54pp, 12 colour plates
SHADOWS ON THE HORIZON: THE BATTLE OF CONVOY
HX-233
by W A Haskell
The saga of a German front-line
U-Boat, U-175, which, with her compatriots, very nearly
severed Britain's lifeline across the Atlantic. Her actions
culminated in the battle around Convoy HX-233 in the Spring
of 1943. The book is based on first-hand experience,
original documents and eye-witness accounts.
The letters of a Norfolk Pardre in
the Great War. When the author was first appointed as a war
chaplain he was thought by colleagues to be weak and over
deferential. Later the same colleagues and soldiers came to
admire his courage in sharing with them the dangers of the
Western Front. Twice he was awarded the Military Cross, the
second time for attending a wounded man under shellfire.
A volume dedicated to the seminal
battles on the Eastern Front in the latter stages of the war
including Zhitomir, Cherkassy, Tarnopol, Kovel, Warsaw, and
Budapest. This is a treasure trove of recently discovered,
professionally shot photography, featuring the following
formations:
1.SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf
Hitler", 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich",
3.SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf", 4.SS-Panzer-Grenadier
Division "Polizei", 5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking",
9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen",
10.SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg",
11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland",
12.SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend",
plus a host of
other formations and hitherto rarely seen vehicles and
equipment .
New in pictorial boards - Large
format, 296pp, 8 maps, 403 photos, 16 colour pages, 12
diagrams
The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 effectively
established the size and composition of the various navies
in World War II. They laid down design parameters and
tonnage limitations for each class of warship including
battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers.
With one or two exceptions, battleship construction was
deferred until the mid 1930s but virtually all navies
embraced the concept of 8 inch, gun armed 10,000 ton heavy
cruisers and laid down new vessels almost immediately. This
book describes the heavy cruisers designed and built to the
same rules by each nation and then consider how the various
classes fared in World War II.
New in d/w - 185pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations
