16 AIR ASSAULT BRIGADE:
BRITAIN'S
RAPID REACTION FORCE
by Tim Ripley
A historical narrative of 16 Brigade's
operations since its formation in 1999, explaining the innovative
tactics and operational procedures used to move by air into
battle. The book covers military hardware including Apache attack
helicopters, as well as describing the elite combat units
including the Parachute Regiment and Pathfinders. Key
personalities from the Brigade are examined together with a
comprehensive analysis of how the Brigade has performed and how it
is likely to evolve in coming years.
New in d/w - 272pp. numerous colour & black & white illustrations,
maps, tactical diagrams.
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 73:
EARLY GERMAN ACES OF WORLD WAR I
by Greg Van Wyngarden
The Fokker Eindecker monoplane started the true age of fighter
aviation. With the development of its revolutionary synchronised
machine gun system, the Eindecker caused consternation in the
ranks of Allied airmen as its pilots began to reap a grim
harvest of victims in 1915. The exploits of aces like Max
Immelmann and Oswald Boelke became legendary and they received
the adulation of the German public, along with such honours as
the first awards of the Orden Pour le Mérite (the 'Blue Max') to
airmen. They created the tactics and principles of German
fighter aviation.
New in card cover - A4 format, 96pp, 10 colour plates, 2 plans,
100 + b/w photos
The army that emerged from the reforms of Philip II of Macedon
proved to be without equal in the period covered and one of the
most successful in the whole of the ancient world. This new book
includes chapters on training techniques, arms and armour
production and supply and the provision and management of
cavalry mounts, field engineering, Dress and Battle Equipment,
Veterans and Life on Campaign. David Karunanithy analyses this
wealth of detail with real insight and his meticulous research
allows a much fuller portrait to be painted of this awesome war
machine.
New in d/w - 358pp, c100 colour &
b/w illustrations & photos, maps
The story of a 19 year old who joined the strangely named First
Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) then trained as a radar mechanic
during World War II. From 1943 she was a radar maintenance officer
on London gun-sites and gives a detailed account of life in the
Little Blitz of Autumn, 1943 to May, 1944. There is a lively
description of the gun sites and the people who worked on them.
She writes of the difficulties of planning and execution, and
praises the men who worked in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers (REME) workshops.
New in card cover - 102pp, 26 b/w photos
& illustrations
More than 70 years ago the 2nd Australian Imperial Force arrived
in the Middle East to begin their extraordinary adventures in
battles against the German and Italian armies in North Africa,
mainland Greece and Crete. ANZAC FURY tells the riveting story of
how the legendary Anzac Corps was reformed in the heat of battle
during World War II to fight a powerful and merciless foe.
Dramatically combining personal memories with combat action, it
describes the experiences of young Australians and New Zealanders
who were sent on Churchill’s orders from the victorious battlefields
of Libya on a disastrous mission to Greece and Crete.
New in card cover -
506pp, 8 maps,
43 colour & b/w photos
