A History of a World at War. A living encyclopedia on The
Second World War, through 40 milestones, from its origins in
1933, to the beginning of the Cold War in 1949. The book
focuses on the main actors and witnesses the daily life of
civilians and soldiers through 1,000 colour and black and
white photographs, maps, artwork and illustrations. Although
the book is new, several pages suffer from a printing
register fault, though they are perfectly readable.
French text.
New in illustrated boards - Large
Format, 528pp, c1000 colour & b/w illustrations
Another ideal reference source
for both modellers and historians. This latest Warpaint
volume records the Vulcan B.1, B.1A. B.2 and K.2 from the
1960s to 1980, from V-bomber to low-level attack aircraft
and its niche as an air-to-air tanker, to it's final use as
a long range conventional bomber during the Falklands
campaign in 1982. With fold out drawings, eight pages of
colour profiles, plus 27 colour and 63 black and white
photos
New in
card cover - A4 format, 40pp, numerous
b/w photos & colour plates, foldout 1:72 scale plans
The
brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, battlecruisers
combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of
their era. They were conceived as ‘super-cruisers’ to hunt
down and destroy commerce raiders using their size and
gun-power. This book traces in detail the development of
Fisher’s original idea into first battlecruiser, HMS Invincible
of 1908, through to the ‘Splendid Cats’ of the Lion class,
and culminating in HMS Hood in 1920, the largest warship in
the world at the time. Their developmental history is backed
by chapters covering machinery, armament and armour, plus
full technical data. Illustrations include the author’s
superb drawings and original Admiralty plans reproduced in
full colour. This is a revised and updated edition of the
classic work first published in 1997.
New in d/w
- Large format, 128pp, 17pp colour scale plans, numerous b/w
photos
Unusually for a British service
Battalion, the Fifth battalion of the Essex Regiment spent
its entire Great War service in action against the Turks. It
had a bloody baptism of fire when it was thrown into the
inferno of Gallipoli in 1915, fighting in the trenches near
Anzac Cove. The rest of its war was spent in Egypt, guarding
the Suez Canal, and then in Gaza and Palestine, where the
battalion formed part of Allenby's successful advance to
capture Jerusalem and Damascus in 1918. A facsimile reprint
of the 1921 original, illustrated by photographs, maps and
accompanied by a Roll of Honour, this is a fine history.
The Do
217 was one of the primary manufactures of twin engine
bombers for the Luftwaffe. The 1935 vintage flying pencil
went onto give reliable early war service before the basic
design was progressively developed into the Do 215 of 1938.
That same year a further refinement emerged as the Do217.
This aircraft despite extrapolation of the basic design into
the Do317 and 417 became the last Dornier bomber to see
front line service with the Luftwaffe
New in card
cover - A4 format, 32pp, numerous b/w photos & colour
plates, 4pp 1:72 scale plans
