The WWII history of the Parachute Regiment based entirely on
the accounts of their campaigns and operations, both by the
commanders and the men who took part in them. It is a stirring
record, beginning with the attack by a handful of men on an
obscure viaduct in southern Italy, and ending with the
triumphant drop of an entire division on the other side of the
Rhine. It includes the tragic, glorious story of the Battle of
Arnhem. This is a new Battery Press edition
The Experiences of an officer of the 16th Light Dragoons in the
Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. In the
first chapter the author and his 16th Light Dragoons rashly charge
into the rearguard of the French Army and he is shot and
bayoneted. In 1810 Tomkinson is once again in Spain fighting the
French. This book is a fine example of a personal account filled
with detail combined with a clear and informative narrative of the
campaigns in which the writer was engaged. Originally published in
1894 as 'Diary of a Cavalry Officer'
OSPREY ELITE 206: SPETSNAZ -
RUSSIA'S SPECIAL FORCES
by Mark Galeotti
When the shadowy, notorious Spetsnaz were
first formed, they drew on a long Soviet tradition of elite
commando forces. Throughout the 1960s and '70s they were
instrumental in projecting Soviet power in the Third World and
in suppressing resistance within the Warsaw pact. The author
debunks several myths but uncovers truths that are often even
more remarkable. Now, since the chaotic dissolution of the USSR
and the two Chechen Wars, Russian forces have seen increasing
modernization, involving them ever more in power-projection,
counter-insurgency and anti-terrorism. This book is packed with
details such as orders-of-battle, equipment and operational
doctrine.
New in card cover - A4 format, 64pp,
8 colour plates, 2 maps, numerous
colour & b/w photos
On the basis of newly discovered or long neglected documents in
German military archives, this book gives the first description
of Schlieffen's war plans from 1904 to 1906, and Moltke's plans
from 1907 to 1914. It gives the first appraisal of the military
and political factors which influenced German war planning and
reveals the strategy for war against Russia from 1909 to 1912.
It traces the decline in the German military position and the
recognition by 1913 that it would be forced to fight a war on
both the Eastern and Western fronts.
GOD'S WARRIORS: CRUSADERS, SARACENS
AND THE BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM
by
Dr Helen Nicholson & Dr David Nicolle
This book tells the story of the momentous campaign that led to
the Muslim capture of Jerusalem in 1187, following the disastrous
Crusader defeat at Hattin, where Saladin’s troops destroyed the
Christian army. These events resulted in the collapse of the
kingdom of Jerusalem and sparked off the Third Crusade under
Richard I. The authors look at the two most intriguing warrior
types involved in the conflict: the Knight Templar and the Saracen
Faris, and examine their motivation, training and combat
experiences.
New in d/w - 224pp, numerous colour &b/w photos & illustrations, colour maps, biblio, index
