E-böcker / Historia
Among Friends
This book provides a complete insight into the history of the Scots guards from 1956-1993.
Aristide
This is the story of Roger Landes - "Aristide" of F Section, Special Operations Executive - who was born in Paris of British parents and came to London in 1938, to work in the LCC' ...
At the Fifth Attempt
This tells the story of a soldier caught before the evacuation at Dunkirk, and his daring escape and life along the way.
The Battle At Sangshak
This book tells the story of a small, yet significant, battle that was a precursor to the better known battles for Imphal and Kohima.
Battleground Europe
A study of the most important sites, primarily of the two world wars, covering both their history and descriptions of how they are today. For the interested traveller, the author g ...
Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas
Four regiments of Nepalese mountaineers remained with the British Army after Indian independence. They have seen a great deal of tough campaigning, particularly in Southeast Asia. ...
British Regiments at Gallipoli
Following the success of British Battalions on the Somme, the author has produced a source book of the same quality on the Gallipoli Campaign. It has come about as a result of many ...
Buller: A Scapegoat?
A succession of British disasters marked the early months of the Boer War of 1899-1902. It was the start of modern warfare: the empty battlefield. A scapegoat was found for thedefe ...
Captains Of War
This book tells the story of captains of submarines and their experiences at war.
The Charging Buffalo
This title gives a complete history of the Kenya Regiment from 1937-1963.
Confessions of Custard
This book is based on a collection of letter s about army life, written by Custard, a British Army mule working with a Royal Signal regiment between 1929 and 1932. Custard was actu ...
Countdown to Cassino
In the autumn of 1943 the German Bernhardt Line ran through Mignano Gap, 12 miles south-west of Cassino. XIV Panzer Korps was to make a stand there, holding up the advancing US 5th ...
Dawns Like Thunder
Dawns Like Thunder' is a complete appraisal of the retreat from Burma using accounts from people who were there and not just the statements of commanding officers.
Destination Dardanelles
When the First World War started in 1914 the potential of the submarine as a tactical weapon was largely a matter of conjecture.
Staff Officer
This book tells the story of Walter Guinness and his action during world war I. He served at Gallipoli and on the western front.
Disastrous Twilight
The Partition of India in 1947 probably created more problems than it solved, problems which have bedevilled the subcontinent ever since and which show no sign of going away, since ...
The Doomed Expedition
The Doomed Expedition tells the story of the counter against the German invasion of Norway and its failings.
Douglas's Tale of the Peninsula & Waterloo
These are the memoirs of Sergeant John Dougl as, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Scots, and his experiences as a soldier from 1809-1817. The book provides a narrative of the Peninsular Ca ...
A Drop in the Ocean
In the summer of 1942 a Wellington bomber, operating with 115 Squadron from Marham in Norfolk was forced to ditch in the North Sea returning from a raid on Hamburg. Two members of ...
F Section SOE
The F-Section of the SOE was a department that stood for French Section, whose job it was to carry out Churchill's famous command to 'set Europe alight'. This is the story of F-Sec ...
Falklands Aftermath
This book tells the story of the Falklands war after it ended. The people who were lost in the war and the numerous implications of lief after the war and how it irrevocably change ...
Famous Scottish Battles
The author gives a vivid account of Scottish military history from the coming of the Romans to Scotland to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. There are detailed descriptions of sixtee ...
Few Survived
A revised edition of an account of peacetime submarine disasters from 1774 to the present day, previously published in 1991. Examines the development of the submarine from experime ...
A Fierce Quality
Alastair Pearson is one of the very small band of men to have achieved the distinction of winning the DSO and three bars. Add to this fact that he also won the Military Cross and i ...
Four Men Went to War
This book tells of the adventures of four men of different nationalities who found themselves caught up in the maelstrom of the Second World War.