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        14th January, 2012


U S CARRIER WAR: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS

by Kev Darling 

 

America's part in World War One saw the deployment of US Navy aircraft operating from coastal bases. In the immediate post-war period the first aircraft carriers were commissioned, Langley, Saratoga and Lexington. Following Pearl Harbor, US Navy fighters engaged the Japanese for the first time at Wake Island. Japan continued its conquest of the Pacific throughout 1941 but the USN then went on the offensive when two carriers attacked the Gilbert-Marshall Islands, and the Doolittle raid against Japan was launched from USS Hornet. Meanwhile in the Atlantic US Carriers undertook escort duties across Atlantic and helped with the supply of Spitfires to Malta. Post WW2 actions included the War in Korea and later, US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft were deployed from carriers against targets in North and South Vietnam. Most recent carrier deployments include both Gulf Wars and continuing middle-eastern conflicts.

New in d/w - 361pp, numerous
colour & b/w photos

 Pen & Sword, 2011
ISBN 9781848841857 

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Web No
36245-01

£30.00

 


MASSACRE AT MALMEDY

by Charles Whiting

The story the atrocity committed by the 1-SS Panzer Battle Group under SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Joachim Peiper in the Ardennes in 1944. One hundred and thirteen American prisoners-of-war were assembled in a field near the village of Malmedy. Though Peiper was not present, soldiers under his command from 1-SS Panzer Division opened fire on the men. They then shot, or clubbed to death, any survivors. In May 1946, Peiper and 70 of his men were put on trial. Forty-three of those accused were sentenced to death and the rest received prison sentences. The death sentences were later commuted to imprisonment. After the war Peiper took up residence in France where, in the village of Traves, he was murdered in 1974.

New in card cover - 256pp, illustrations

Pen & Sword, 2007
ISBN 9781844156207

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Web No.
12035-04

£14.99
 


CHINESE HORDES AND HUMAN WAVES

by Brigadier Brian Parritt 

A Personal Perspective of the Korean War, 1950-1953. The North Koreans’ attack on their Southern neighbours shocked and surprised the World already in the grip of the Cold War. The conflict rapidly escalated with China soon heavily involved on one side, and the United Nations on the other. The author, then a young Gunnery officer, found himself in the midst of this very nasty war. The reader is given a clear insight of what it was like to be at the infamous Battle of the Hook, where UN troops held off ferocious massed attacks by waves of Chinese.

New in d/w - 298pp, numerous illustrations

Pen & Sword, 2011
ISBN 9781848846494
     

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Web No.
36247-01

£19.99


16 AIR ASSAULT BRIGADE: BRITAIN'S RAPID REACTION FORCE

by Tim Ripley

A historical narrative of 16 Brigade's operations since its formation in 1999 explaining the innovative tactics and operational procedures used to move by air into battle. The book covers military hardware including Apache attack helicopters, as well as describing the elite combat units including the Parachute Regiment and Pathfinders. Key personalities from the Brigade are examined together with a comprehensive analysis of how the Brigade has performed and how it is likely to evolve in coming years.

New in d/w - 272pp. numerous colour &
b/w illustrations, maps, tactical diagrams.

Pen & Sword, 2008
ISBN 9781844157433 

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Web No:
35363-02

£25.00


A NATION IN ARMS

by Ian Beckett

A series of essays by seven historians on the British Army in WWI. Prior to the war the British Army consisted of some 250,000 men. This small, regular force had to rapidly absorb a citizens' army of over five million men, firstly of volunteers and then of conscripts. These studies examine the impact of the war on the army. Case studies examine particular units such as the Black Watch and the 113th Welsh Brigade. With a foreword by Sir John Keegan.

New in d/w - 288pp, illustrations

Pen & Sword, 2003
ISBN 9781844680238 
   

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Web No.
07779-02

£17.00

 



 The Editor's Choice:


THE END OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARMY: VOLUME II

by Alan K. Wildman


Web No.
18344-01

£60.00


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