Australian Diggers, New Zealand Kiwis and US Paratroopers in
Vietnam, 1965-1966. An account of the operations of the 1st
Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and attached 161 Field
Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery, who served with the elite US
173rd Airborne Brigade. They were amongst the first into War Zone
D, first into the Iron Triangle and first to face the North
Vietnamese in the Central Highlands. The book is an action-packed
tale of the American, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers who
were sent into battle to keep the Viet Cong 'off balance' and to
buy time for other Allied units to deploy. Appendices include
Honours and Awards and Nominal Roll.
New in d/w - xvi + 316pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations, 17
maps, index
The authentic account of the work of GCHQ at Bletchley Park in
WWII. By 1942 some 4,000 German, Italian and Japanese signals were
being broken and translated by the remarkable team. The book
includes accounts by the men and women who worked there, telling of
their recruitment, training, successes and failures.
New in card cover -
xxi + 321pp, 10 illustrations, 23 figures
STALINGRAD - THE AIR BATTLE:
1942 THROUGH JANUARY 1943
by Christer Bergström
The author describes the huge air battles which
took place over Stalingrad between August and November 1942 and the
subsequent airlift operation in the winter of 1942/43 intended to
relieve the German Sixth Army trapped in the city. The book also
covers the air war during the Russian counter-offensive in early
1943, where the Luftwaffe played a major role in saving the whole
German Eastern Front from collapsing. It also contains eye-witness
accounts, numerous rare and previously unpublished photographs,
biographical inserts on some of the leading figures in the struggle,
data tables, technical assessments and appendices.
New in d/w - Large
format,
144pp, c200 b/w & colour photos/illustrations, tables
The final battles for the possession of
Java fought by Allied Air, Naval and Land forces from 18th
February to 7th March, 1942. The generally accepted idea is that
the Allies were ineffective in their fight against the Japanese
invaders. In fact the Japanese suffered serious losses. Japanese
commanders consciously took steps that exposed their forces to
great risk, however the tactic succeeded in putting the Allies
under great pressure. In the end the Royal Netherlands East Indies
Army (KNIL) and the allied forces capitulated on 8th March.
New in card cover - 610pp, maps, tables, illustrations
Singapore University Press, 2011
ISBN 9789971695132
Originally called the Provost Marshal's Branch, the RAF Police
has been in existence since 1918 and since that date its officers
have performed a variety of roles at home and abroad. This book
describes in detail the wide-ranging police and security
operations undertaken between 1918 and 2007. It covers Special
Investigations, Counter-Intelligence, Air Transport Security and
Canine operations undertaken in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Ceylon,
the Indian Ocean, the Far East, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand,
the Pacific, Canada, the USA, Central America and finally the
Falklands and Ascension Island.
New in card cover - A4 format, 228pp, numerous b/w photos
