The authorised edition of The United
States Government Commission’s Final Report provides a full and
complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September
11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New
York and the Pentagon in Washington DC. This fascinating document
examines the preparedness for, and the immediate response to the
attacks. It also includes recommendations to guard against future
attacks. Though it is an official report, the narrative tells the
story in a readable and interesting manner.
KILLING THE BISMARCK: DESTROYING
THE PRIDE OF HITLER'S FLEET
by Iain Ballantyne
In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by
heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic to attack
Allied shipping. The Royal Navy‘s pursuit and subsequent
destruction of Bismarck was an epic of naval warfare. Iain
Ballantyne focuses on the eyewitness accounts of British sailors,
marines and aviators to recount the horror of the British
battlecruiser Hood’s destruction and attacks by Swordfish
torpedo-bombers as valiant aircrews bid to cripple Bismarck.
During the final showdown the battleships Rodney and King George
V, supported by cruisers, destroyed the pride of Hitler’s fleet in
a close-quarters battle.
A new, updated edition of Beedle's original 1966 book which was
entitled "43 Squadron: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force". Few
units can match the history of 43 Squadron which has included
being the first to undertake ground attack operations during the
First World War, shooting down the first enemy aircraft over
England in the Second World War, and achieving the remarkable
double of shooting down 6 enemy aircraft in one day in both World
Wars. With the advent of the jet age, 43 Squadron became the first
unit to fly the Hunter, seeing operational duties in Aden, before
re-equipping with the Phantom until the end of the Cold War. This
new edition of the Fighting Cocks’ history brings the story up to
date and covers service with the Tornado F3, including the Gulf
War, NATO operations over Bosnia, and the 2003 Iraq War.
New in d/w - viii + 344pp, numerous b/w & colour photos, illustrations and side
views
This new book describes three SAS operations in enemy-occupied
Italy during the latter half of the Second World War. The first,
SPEEDWELL 2, saw six men drop blind into Northern Tuscany on 8
September 1943. With no radios or air-to-ground support their
courageous three week operation ended in disaster. The second,
GALIA (winter 1944/1945) provided contrasting results. Thirty-four
men led by Captain Walker-Brown, tied up many thousands of enemy
troops for nearly two months under extreme winter conditions.
Operation BLIMEY (April 1945), sadly achieved little before being
caught up in the Allied advance.
A fascinating collection of aerial photographs taken by the
Luftwaffe reconnaissance units over the South of England, primarily
between 1939 and 1942. Some were taken before the outbreak of the
war. Counties covered in this volume are Avon, Cornwall, Devon,
Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Somerset.
