STORMBIRD: FLYING
THROUGH FIRE AS A
LUFTWAFFE GROUND ATTACK PILOT
by Hermann Buchner
Bomber Pilots who became fighter aces are rare.
Hermann buchner was one of these. A Luftwaffe NCO and
Knight's Cross holder, he gives a riveting account of
his pre-war training with the Austrian Air Force,
becoming a Luftwaffe instructor, and then terrifying
ground attack missions on the Eastern Front. Later, on
the Western Front, he participated in the defence of the
Reich, flying the legendary Me-262 jet against Allied
fighters and bombers.
As new in d/w - large format,
176pp, numerous illustrations
The author describes
his life as a young officer in the Somaliland Scouts in the
British Protectorate of Somaliland. Tribal quarrels were taking
place in the troubled strip of country between the Protectorate
and Ethiopia, the Ogaden. It was the Scouts' task to keep the
warring clansmen apart. He gives a vivid account of a
nineteen-year-old in command of Somali troops in a fascinating and
unpredictable country. The second part of the book deals with his
second period of service a quarter of a century later, this time
in the Southern Province of Oman - Dhofar. Here he commanded the
Northern Frontier Regiment of the Sultan's Armed Force in a
limited but fierce war against Communist Insurgents.
The Memoirs of Alexander von Kluck, 1914-1918. Von Kluck
commanded the German First Army in the Schlieffen Plan offensive
against Paris at the start of the war in August 1914. An
aggressive commander, his impatience allied with a lack of
direction from the German High Command and effective French and
British counter-attacks, led to the failure of the Schlieffen
offensive. After capturing Brussels on 20 August, von Kluck was
almost successful in defeating France, his forces being halted a
mere 13 miles from the French capital in the First Battle of the
Marne from 6-9 September 1914.
New in d/w - xxxi + 146pp, portrait, 4 maps, order of battle
The period covered in this book is well known for its epic battles
and grand campaigns of territorial conquest, but Hellenistic
monarchies, Carthaginians and the rapacious Roman Republic were
scarcely less active at sea. Huge resources were poured into
maintaining fleets not only as symbols of prestige but as means of
projecting real military power across the Mediterranean arena.
Taking the period between Alexander the Great's conquests and the
Battle of Actium, John Grainger analyses the developments in naval
technology and tactics, the uses and limitations of sea power and
the differing strategies of the various powers.
The Mithridiatic wars stretched over half a century and two
continents, and this story is built about the dominant character
of Mithridates, connoisseur of poisons, arch-schemer and
strategist, resilient in defeat, savage and vindictive in victory.
Few enough leaders went to war with Rome and lived long to tell
the tale, but in the first half of the first century BC,
Mithridates did so three times. At the high point of his career
his armies swept the Romans out of Asia Minor and Greece,
reversing a century of Roman expansion in the region.
New in d/w - xv + 180pp,
18 b/w illustrations, 8 maps
