The work of the RAF’s 100 Group remains one of the least known
aspects of the 1939-45 war. Even less has been written about the
specifics of day-to-day electronic warfare operations and the
countermeasures they employed. This book redresses the balance by
focussing on one the heavy units, 223, and its sister units at RAF
Oulton, Norfolk. Equipped with former USAAF Liberators, they
operated from August 1944 to the end of the European war, with a
primary role of protecting Bomber Command Main Force operations by
radio and radar countermeasures. The book Includes original
documents, route maps and input from Luftwaffe veterans.
by Jean De Lagarde. Translated by Jean-Pierre Villaume
Long out of print, German Soldiers of World War Two, is sought
after by collectors and enthusiasts of Third Reich uniforms and
Militaria. This new version includes significant additional
material. Every soldier is shown on a full page, with numerous
detail photographs of head gear, equipment and insignia, all in full
colour. A wide selection of uniforms are featured, from the most
well-known to the more obscure.
As new in pictorial
boards - Large format, 128pp, circa 500 colour photos
A military history of the campaigns of Belisarius, the greatest
general of the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian. He twice defeated the
Persians and retook North Africa from the Vandals in a single year
at the age of 29, before going on to regain Spain and Italy from the
barbarians. The author discusses the evolution from classical Roman
to Byzantine armies and systems of warfare, as well as those of
their chief enemies, the Persians, Goths and Vandals, reassesses
Belisarius's generalship and compares him with the likes of Caesar,
Alexander and Hannibal.
New in
d/w - 272pp, 15 line drawings,
33 b/w photos & illustrations, 27 maps
A period of
stability in the early sixth century AD gave the Eastern Roman
emperor Justinian an opportunity to recapture parts of the Western
Empire which had been lost to invading barbarians. Justinian’s
army succeeded in checking the Persians in the East and in
retaking North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the
Ostrogoths, the strongest and most organized Barbarian tribe. The
Gothic War, the climactic conflict over Italy between 535 AD and
554 AD decided the political future of Europe, holding in its
balance the possibility that the Roman Empire might rise again.
New in d/w - 370pp, numerous
b/w illustrations & maps
August 8, 1940: The First Day of the Battle of Britain. During
the morning of 7th August, 1940 over twenty merchant ships set
sail in Convoy CW9 “Peewit”, and edged past Dover as daylight
faded. But the large convoy had been seen by the Germans from Cap
Gris Nez and E-Boats left Boulogne to watch and wait for the
convoy. With horrendous suddenness the E-Boats were amongst the
convoy as it passed Newhaven. Like a pack of wolves into a flock
of sheep, the Germans scattered the convoy and mayhem ensued until
the attack was called off in the gathering light. The rest would
be left to the Luftwaffe.
