War and Peace in HMS Hood, 1916-1941. For twenty years Hood
symbolised the Royal Navy during the twilight years of the
British Empire before, in 1941, being destroyed in seconds by
the battleship Bismarck. This new book, through official
documents as well as the personal accounts and reminiscences of
more than 150 crewmen, offers a vivid image of the face of naval
life. It not only paints an intimate picture of everyday life
but deals with any number of controversial issues such as the
Invergordon mutiny, escapades ashore and afloat, the Christmas
mutiny of 1940 and the terrible conditions onboard in war.
PANZERJÄGER: TECHNICAL AND
OPERATIONAL HISTORY VOL.2
by Waldemar Trojca & Karlheinz Münch
This second volume covers the prototype vehicle 12,8 cm Sfl.V,
Marders based on the chassis of captured French tanks,
Panzerjäger IV, Panzer IV/70 (V), Panzer IV/70 (A), RSO (with
the 7,5 cm Pak 40/4 gun), various Waffentäger, improvised
vehicles based on the Demag D 7 halftrack (SdKfz 10), the Krupp
L 3 H 143 and other captured English and Russian half-tracked
vehicles. These are illustrated by numerous black and white
photographs, technical drawings, plus 86 pages of colour 2-D and
3-D images illustrating in colour, the numerous camouflage
patterns schemes sported in service during WWII.
New in
illustrated boards -
Large format, 344pp, 86pp colour profiles, scale plans, c250 b/w
photos
From its origins in the Royal and Revolutionary Armies, this is
an account of the war machine that made Napoleon master of
Europe. The book includes chapters on the General Staff, the
Imperial Guard, the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, the
Naval Troops, the Military Bands, the Allied Units, the
Regiments of Foreign Nationals in French Service, Discipline and
Disciplinary Units, Strategy and Tactics, and Logistics.
WORLD WAR II GERMAN WAR BOOTY:
A STUDY IN PHOTOGRAPHS
by Lt Col. Thomas
M. Johnson
This illustrated book by noted Third
Reich author, collector and dealer, Thomas Johnson, explores the
vast array of militaria taken from Germany by US soldiers during
WWII. The book contains over 580 beautiful full-color,
large-format photographs of German daggers, swords, helmets,
uniforms, insignia, award documents, weapons, plus many other
rare and unusual items. This impressive book also includes a
large selection of contemporary photographs showing many items
in the act of being “liberated”.
This copy is new. A pre-owned copy also available. Please
enquire
New in d/w - Large format, 368pp, 580 coluor & b/w photos
The Politics and Decline of Britain's Post-war Air Force. The
author looks at the rise and fall of British air power from a
critical point of view, in particular the impact of political
ineptitude. The Royal Air Force, following a troubled startas a
result of resentful contention by the other services, rose to
prominence during the Second World War. Post-war, the RAF continued
its new found prominence as the principal defender of the United
Kingdom from likely Soviet air attack and as the principal means of
delivering the nuclear deterrent. When the Cold War ended in 1991,
many western nations, Britain among them, were determined that
modern warfare was at an end. Air power quickly became sidelined
despite being relied upon extensively in an era of high demand, in
tandem with less and incompetently managed funding.
