Eileen Younghusband was just 18 when she
joined the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). She quickly
demonstrated her keen intellect and mathematical skills, playing a
crucial role in RAF Fighter Command's underground Filter Room.
Working gruelling shifts under enormous pressure she and her
companions worked tirelessly, tracking the swarms of enemy
aircraft that sought to break the British resolve. She even had
the dubious honour of detecting the first of Hitler's devastating
V2 rockets as it fell on an unsuspecting London. This book gives a
vivid insight into the life of a young woman facing the grim
reality of war.
WANDSWORTH & BATTERSEA
BATTALIONS IN THE GREAT WAR
by Paul McCue
In 1915 Lord Kitchener extended his famous “Your Country Needs
You”. In south-west London, the response from two neighbouring
boroughs, Wandsworth and Battersea, could not have been more
different. In Wandsworth the Mayor took up the challenge and
recruited, for the East Surrey Regiment, double the number of men
needed for an infantry battalion. Battersea too raised a full
infantry battalion pledged to the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey)
Regiment. Wandsworth’s 13th East Surreys and Battersea’s 10th
Queen’s both served with honour and distinction on the Western
Front.
PANZERS IN THE SAND: THE HISTORY OF PANZER-REGIMENT
5,
VOLUME ONE 1935-41
by Bernd Hartmann
In September 1939, the tanks of Panzer-Regiment 5 swept into
Poland, a devastating part of the German blitzkrieg that opened
World War II with a terrifying display of military force. The
following spring, the regiment rumbled across France, again
showing the destructive power of the panzer. But the unit’s
greatest fame would come in the North African desert, where
Panzer-Regiment 5 joined Erwin Rommel’s vaunted Afrika Korps as it
battled the British back and forth beneath the scorching sun of
Libya and Egypt.
First published in German in 2002, these two volumes are a
comprehensive history of Panzer-Regiment 5 by a veteran of the
formation.
New in d/w - 298pp, numerous b/w photos
& illustrations
The defeat of General Hood at Spring Hill, Franklin and
Nashville. Following the fall of Atlanta, rebel commander John
Bell Hood rallied his demoralized troops and marched them off the
Tennessee, desperately hoping to draw Sherman after him and
forestall the Confederacy's defeat. But Sherman refused to be
lured and began his infamous "March to the Sea". In this
compelling dramatic account of a final and fatal invasion by the
Confederate Army of Tennessee, Sword illuminates the missed
opportunities, senseless bloody assaults, poor command decisions,
and stubborn pride that resulted in 23,500 Confederate losses.
New in card cover - 499pp, 47 b/w photos
& illustrations
A collection of Luftwaffe reconnaissance photographs, some taken
prior to WWII, of London, Berkshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
The majority of photos show factories, ports, military installations
and economic structures which the Luftwaffe considered to be
important potential bombing targets.
