One man’s experience as a prisoner of war of the Japanese from
1942 to 1945, first in Changi in Singapore, and then beside the
River Kwai during the building of the infamous Death Railway. As a
young priest Eric Cordingly suddenly found himself catapulted into a
parish of 50,000 fellow captives. With an unsentimental and
practical approach this modest man set about his pastoral duties
under the most harrowing conditions. This eye witness account and
many original illustrations by fellow POWs which he collected and
kept with his papers, create a vivid picture of those desperate
years.
New in card cover -
156pp,
numerous b/w & colour illustrations
RUSSIAN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1812
by Alexander Mikaberidze
Russia played a
decisive role in the Napoleonic wars and its success in the
struggle against France allowed it to shape the course of European
history. Over the last 200 years the Napoleonic era has been
discussed and analyzed in numerous studies, but many fail to fully
portray the Russian side of the events. Only a handful of Russian
memoirs have been translated into English and this book seeks to
fill this gap by providing previously unavailable memoirs of
Russian participants. Each chapter deals with an important episode
of the 1812 campaign, and features dozens of memoirs, letters and
diaries.
New in d/w - 261pp, 32 b/w &
16 colour illustrations, map
The Rise and Fall
of Major General Charles Townshend. He achieved fame when he
commanded the besieged garrison at Chitral (now in Pakistan) in
1895. As a result, he became known as ‘Chitral Charlie’. Decorated
by Queen Victoria, in 1916 he was given command on 6th Indian
Division and sent to Mesopotamia. He made a devastating advance up
the River Tigris to Kut but then, against all the tenets of
military common sense, he advanced to take Baghdad. Confronted by
a determined Turkish foe, his Division was depleted and exhausted.
Townshend withdrew to Kut, where he was besieged and forced into a
humiliating surrender.
An account of the Naval War in Northern Europe September, 1939 to
April, 1940. The term ‘the phony war’ is often applied to the
first months of the Second World War. That may have been the
perception of the war on land, but at sea it was very different.
This new book is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles,
from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940. The
book begins with the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
in 1919, the subsequent rebuilding of the Kriegsmarine and
parallel developments in the Royal Navy and European navies. It
also deals with the German surface raiders and looks at the
early stages of the submarine war in the Atlantic.
New in d/w - 550pp, numerous
b/w illustrations, campaign maps
& appendices.
UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE
IMPERIAL
GERMAN ARMY 1900-1918
by Charles Woolley
A study in period photographs. Includes formal studio portraits
of pre-war dress and wartime uniforms of all arms and photo post
cards taken in the field of Infantry, Artillery, Jaeger, Landsturm,
Mountaintroops Insignia and Weapons. Also included is a 60-page full
colour uniform section reproduced from the rare 1914 plates by Major
Arthur Schmidt of Infanterie Regt. Nr 172.
New in d/w - Large
format, 376pp,
over 500 b/w photos, 50 colour drawings, bibliography,
