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20th March, 2021


 

SPECIAL FORCES PILOT

by Colonel Richard Hutchings DSC 







The The author served throughout the Falklands War with 846 Naval Air Squadron flying Sea King helicopters. The sensitive nature of his experiences provides the reader with some fascinating insights into the conduct of covert operations. His role was to insert Special Forces units onto enemy occupied territory, to gather intelligence and conduct offensive operations, such as the SAS's sensationally successful Pebble Island raid. Without doubt the most dramatic task he undertook was the ambitious but ill-fated SAS raid into mainland Argentina, Operation MIKADO. As Captain of the Sea King involved, the author gives a firsthand account of what went wrong both in the air and on the ground.

New in card cover - 224pp, 32 b/w illustrations

Pen & Sword, 2021
   ISBN 9781473823174 

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Web No
38139-01

£14.99

 


 

THE BLACK PRINCE AND KING JEAN II OF FRANCE

by Peter Hoskins

Generalship in the Hundred Years War. A perceptive study of the careers of Edward, the Black Prince who led the English army to victory at the Battle of Poitiers and the opponent he defeated, the French King Jean II. Their contrasting characters and backgrounds are considered as is the military tradition of their time, but the primary focus of the book is a close comparison of their strengths and weaknesses as soldiers as they were revealed on campaign and on the battlefield. The Black Prince was one of the most admired generals of his generation, a charismatic leader, a shrewd tactician and strategist and a decisive commander. In contrast King Jean was impulsive, driven more by pride, his sense of honour and personal objectives than strategic priorities. When he was put to the ultimate test at Poitiers he lost control of his army,


New in d/w - 208pp, 20 colour & b/w illustrations

Pen & Sword, 2020
ISBN 9781526749871

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Web No
38147-01

£19.99

  


 

THE MODERN CRUISER

by Robert C. Stern

 

The Evolution of the Ships that Fought the Second World War. Cruisers probably vary more in their characteristics than any other warship type and have certainly been subject to the most convoluted development. There was always a basic tension between quantity and quality, between numbers and unit size, but at a more detailed level every one of the naval powers made different demands of their cruiser designers. This makes the story of cruiser evolution in the world’s major navies fascinating but complex. How the cruisers of the treaty era performed in the Second world War forms the focus of the book, which concludes with a look at the fate of the cruiser-type since 1945.

New in d/w - large format, 288pp,
c300 b/w photos

Pen & Sword, 2020
ISBN 9781526737915

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Web No.
38146-01

£35.00

 


 

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE

by Witold Sagajllo

The author, an Officer during the German invasion of Poland, relates his experiences as a member of the Polish Forces in exile and the Polish underground resistance. After Poland's defeat in 1939, he joined the Resistance, fighting on two fronts - against the German occupiers and the Russians. He was a witness to the German extermination of the Jews. At the end of the war he escaped to the West pursued by the Russians.


Good in d/w - xxii + 200pp, 12 illustrations

Leo Cooper, 1984
ISBN 0436440792

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Web No.
16204-02

£8.00

 


 

MARCHING ORDERS

by Bruce Lee

 


The breaking of the Japanese Purple ciphers. Taken from thousands of declassified Ultra/Magic signals, these are transcripts of signals between Berlin and Tokyo that, with a chronological overlay by the author, demonstrate how the decoding allowed the High Command to understand the strategy and plans of Germany and Japan and influenced the strategic prosecution of the war. Also looks at the duplicity of Laval, the Latin American countries willing to support the Axis and the ceding of Berlin to the Soviets.

Mint in d/w -624pp, index

Crowood 1st Edition, 1995
ISBN 0517575760

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Web No.
22607-01

£10.00
 

 



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THE END OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARMY: VOLUME II

by Alan K. Wildman


Web No.
18344-01

£60.00


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