The sequel to the best-selling Fireforce, Part 1, of 'Out
of Action' chronicles Chris Cocks’ final 16 months of combat
in the bush war in PATU, the Rhodesian Police Ant-Terrorist
Unit. It is a time of unbelievable cruelty as part-time
white reservists battle overwhelming odds, without air
support, as Mugabe’s ZANLA guerrillas swamp the country in
the build-up to independence in 1980. Part 2 recounts the
author’s painful adjustment to life as a civilian - a
fifteen-year odyssey in the embryonic state of Zimbabwe. It
is the story of a young man, brutalized by war, who seeks
escape in alcohol and drugs.
From August, 1944, under the pseudonym "Hornisse", forced
laborers and concentration camp prisoners constructed a
shelter in Bremen Gröpelingen for the building of submarine
sections by AG Weser. The prisoners were held at KZ
Neuengamme Concentration Camp, located 15 km southeast of
Hamburg. Eye witness accounts and documents reveal the
extent to which Bremen was covered by a network of camps
where many thousands prisoners suffered and died. This is
their story.
German text.
New in
illustrated boards - Small format, 143pp, 31 b/w photos &
sketch maps
The Guards Brigade consisted of three
battalions, the 3rd Grenadier Guards, 1st Coldstream Guards
and 1st Scottish Fusilier Guards (as the Scots Guards were
then known). The book examines the causes of the War and
provides an analysis of the woeful disorganization of the
Army (in contrast to the efficiency of the Royal Navy), as
well as the Brigade's performance in the major battles
including Alma and Inkerman. The author describes the
Russians' plans, the ground, and the conditions experienced
by the long suffering troops, and examines the roles and
abilities of the various commanders
New in d/w - xii + 226pp, 8 maps,
33 b/w illustrations
Subtitled 'Morale Under Attack?' this is a Celebration of
Squaddie Humour. A Comical Compilation of British Military
Humour contributed by military personnel from the British
Army, Navy and Air Force, some of the descriptions of the
mad, bad and dangerous antics of servicemen on and off duty,
are enough to scare the living daylights out of the average
civilian, whilst others would cause even a hardened RSM to
blush - but they will all be recognised as true to life by
anyone who has served in the armed forces.
The story the atrocity committed by the 1-SS Panzer
Battle Group under SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Joachim Peiper in
the Ardennes in 1944. One hundred and thirteen American
prisoners-of-war were assembled in a field near the village
of Malmedy. Though Peiper was not present, soldiers under
his command from 1-SS Panzer Division opened fire on the
men. They then shot, or clubbed to death, any survivors. In
May 1946, Peiper and 70 of his men were put on trial.
Forty-three of those accused were sentenced to death and the
rest received prison sentences. The death sentences were
later commuted to imprisonment. After the war Peiper took up
residence in France where, in the village of Traves, he was
murdered in 1974.
