THE HISTORY OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL
ENGINEERS: VOLUME XII
Edited by Brigadier A.
A. Wilson OBE
This latest volume of the official history covers the
activities of the Corps from 1980 until 2000. Chapters include
Revolution and Regeneration - The Evolution of Defence Policy from
1980-2000, A Corps for the New Millennium, Matching the Tools to
the Task, Conflict of Ideologies - Fighting the Cold War, The
Falklands War, The first Gulf War 1990-1991, The balkans -
Operations in of the UN and NATO 1992-2000, Northern Ireland, and
Worldwide Commitments.
New in d/w - 784pp, numerous colour photos, illustrations & maps
The Institution of Royal Engineers, 2011
ISBN 9780903530392
When Coalition forces invaded Iraq in April 2003, they got to
work looking for WMD, quickly realising that no such weapons
existed. Instead they become faced with an increasing spiral of
extremism and violence that was almost impossible to contain. This
book tells the story of one of the most dramatic and sustained
operations in in recent military history. Up against the wall, under
the aegis of the joint forces commanded by Major General Cal
McChrystal, the SAS went on the attack, night after night targeting
Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups.
New in d/w - 320pp,
43 colour
illustrations, maps, plans
This book is a complete directory of Swedish military pistols
and revolvers since 1683 up to the early 2000s. The richly
illustrated volume has been written specially for gun collectors
and includes a general survey of the history of various firearms
listed.
New in illustrated boards - Large format, 119pp, numerous colour & b/w
illustrations
This is the story of the "Handschar", the Muslim combat
formation created by the Germans to "restore order in Bosnia."
Raised by the Waffen SS, they were used for anti-partisan
operations in the Balkans and quickly developed a reputation. The
division was commanded by German officers, and composed of native
Germans from Croatia(Volksdeutsche), Croat Christians and Bosniaks,
Muslims from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
RED SHINES THE SUN: A PICTORIAL
HISTORY
OF THE FALLSCHIRM-INFANTRIE
by Eric Queen
The result of 12 years research tracing the history of German Army
paratroopers of the Fallschirm-Infanterie from their origins in
1937, to their WWII operations at Wola Gulowska (Poland) and
Moerdijk (Holland). This comprehensive history is supported by 600
colour and black and white images, many previously unpublished. It
features original examples of award documents plus full colour
studies of all known variations of the Fallschirmsch-tzenabzeichen
(Heer) - the Army paratrooper badge. Original examples of the
silver, aluminum, cloth feinzink badge are all illustrated.
New in deluxe binding - Large format, 240pp, 600 b/w & colour photos
