The story of Hitler's Aircraft Carrier, The Graf Zeppelin.
written in collaboration with Commander Adam Olejnik, the Polish
Naval officer who first explored the lost leviathan, this book
tells the story of Hitler's only aircraft carrier, the tale being
supplemented by Adam's firsthand account of the discovery and
subsequent exploration of Graf Zeppelin. Freedom of the seas is
packed with images, having more than 90 photographs (many
previously unpublished) of the carrier, foldout plans and several
stunning sonar images of the wreck.
New in card cover - A4 format, 228pp, 100 + colour & b/w images,
foldout scale plans
Stephen Burke Books, 2010
ISBN 9780956479006
OUT OF PRINT
Web No
36325-01
£29.99
FALLSCHIRMJAGER IN CRETE
by Jean-Yves Nasse
Operation 'Mercury', the 1941 invasion of Crete by German Airborne
Forces has become the model for all subsequent twentieth century air
assaults. Crete was major strategic objective occupying a pivotal
position in the Mediterranean theatre. The Allies expected an Axis
seaborne invasion to capture it, but a lightning strike by crack
airborne troops took the island in hours and the Luftwaffe's
dominance of skies ensured no Allied naval retaliation. This volume
looks at the operation’s planning and organisation with eyewitness
accounts from participants in the invasion.
New in pictorial
boards - Large format, 160pp, c400 b/w & colour illustrations
Soviet Aero-Sleighs
of World War Two in Service with the Red Army, Finnish Army and
the Wehrmacht. The Aerosan propeller-driven sleigh was used
operationally in snowbound winter regions of northern Europe by
the armies of several countries. They were used by Russian forces
during the First World War, the Civil War following the 1917
Russian Revolution, by the Red Army during the Russo-Finnish
"Winter War" of 1939-40, and in the Second World War on the
Eastern Front. This new publication covers the Soviet development
of the Aerosans from the early 20th century to the end of World
War II.
English/German text.
New in card cover - A4 format, 80pp,
c200 b/w photos & scale drawings
By July 1944, the soldiers of the French Expeditionary Force in
Italy had shaken off the bitter memories of their defeat in 1940,
by forcing through the German lines from Salerno, Naples and
Cassino, thus opening the road to Rome for the Allies. This
impressive book provides a detailed account of General Juin’s men,
their organization, equipment and daily life on the front. Some
twenty maps and hundreds of photographs are included.
French text.
New in illustrated boards - Large format, 175pp, c300 colour & b/w
illustrations
HORSEMAN, PASS BY: THE
AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE IN WORLD WAR I
by Lindsay Baly
Australia's mounted troops in WWI were a dashing mobile force.
This book describes their spectacular triumphs in their Middle
East campaigns, along with tragedies and super-human endurance.
The book is a chronological account of the static campaign at
Gallipoli and the later mobile campaign in Egypt, Sinai,
Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. It is told primarily from the
perspective of the Light Horse formations and units employed. The
title of the book comes from the inscription on the grave of Poet,
William Butler Yeats.
