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War Memoirs 35


memorably fought alongside the Scots Greys against Napoleon’s feared Old Guard. In the Crimea, the thin red line stood firm against the charging Russian Hussars and saved the day at Balaclava. Yet the story is also one of betrayal. 402pp in paperback, photos. £9.99 NOW £5


69485 GREAT COMMANDERS OF THE


ANCIENT WORLD 1479BC-453AD edited by Andrew Roberts


Several of the military leaders in this volume were born to command, men like Alexander the Great, Ramesses II, Julius Caesar, Arminius and Trajan were the heirs of kings, princes and senators, and so were trained from birth to lead men into battle. Others rose purely by their own efforts like King David, Cyrus, Judah Maccabeus and Aetius. Covers 25 of the greatest military leaders. 379pp in paperback. £9.99 NOW £3


69500 SOE’S SECRET WEAPONS CENTRE STATION 12 by Des Turner


The full story of Aston House in WWII has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of the many British country houses requisitioned by SOE. Born out of Bletchley Park where it begun life as SIS Section D (for Destruction), Station 12’s scientific and military personnel invented, made and supplied ‘toys’ for the Commandos, Special Boat Service, SAS and resistance groups. Included in their deadly arsenal of weapons were plastic explosives, limpet mines, pressure switches, tree spigots, incendiary bombs, incendiary liquids and arrows, and a variety of time fuses. Here too are the human stories. 243pp in paperback with photos. £9.99 NOW £5


69501 SPIES IN THE SKY: The Secret Battle


for Aerial Intelligence During World War II by Taylor Downing


Most people know of the famous code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park but how many of our readers are familiar with its little-known partner at Medmenham? This book tells the thrilling story of the daring reconnaissance pilots who took aerial photos over occupied Europe and of the photo interpreters who invented a completely new science to analyse those pictures. They pioneered the development of 3D photography and provided vital intelligence throughout the war. Their work resulted in the finding of the Bismarck, the tracking down of Hitler’s V weapons, the clearance of the Mediterranean and the success of D-Day. Here are the legendary pilot Adrian ‘Warby’ Warburton who went missing while on a mission, photo interpreter Glyn Daniel and Winston Churchill’s wayward daughter Sarah. Here too is the ever hungry Lady Bonham Carter who toted a carrier bag of food with her even when on parade. 407 pages with b/w photos. £20 NOW £8


68529 HIDDEN AGENDA: How the Duke of


Windsor Betrayed the Allies by Martin Allen The Nazi sympathies of Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, and the friendships of his wife, Wallis Simpson with members of the Nazi elite, have long been common


knowledge but, until now, few will have realised that they actually amounted to high treason. The arrangement that dealt with the embarrassment of the Abdication Crisis saw the former king and his wife effectively exiled to France, where they were married at the chateau of one Charles Eugene Bedaux. Bedaux was widely suspected of spying for the Germans in WWI, and was known to have connections with the Nazis in the late 1930s, and the author found it incredible that given these circumstances the British government gave the Duke the role of inspecting the French troops during the “Phony War” of 1939. The author’s father, the historian Peter Allen, was given a letter by Hitler’s close friend and minister of armaments, Albert Speer, in 1980 which suddenly began to make a very sinister sense. He tells the shocking story of the ex-king who committed the worst possible crime of betraying his country at a time of war. 312pp with b/w photos. $21.95 NOW £4


68573 NAZI GERMANY AND THE JEWS 1933- 1945 by Saul Friedlander


An omnibus edition of ‘The Years of Persecution’ and the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘The Years of Extermination’, abridged by Orna Kenan. Himself a Holocaust survivor, Friedlander’s eloquent and richly documented study answers a question that has cast a long shadow over the post-war world - how did one of Europe’s most advanced nations embark on a systematic and sustained genocide that claimed six million innocent lives? Friedlander gives voice to the perpetrators and victims alike, exploring the events and attitudes that led to the horror of the Final Solution. 482pp in paperback. £12.99 NOW £4.50


68899 BATTLE OVER THE REICH: Volume One 1939-1943 The Strategic Bomber Offensive Over Germany by Dr Alfred Price


When it was originally published to critical acclaim in 1973, this book broke new ground in describing the air battles over Germany as seen from the viewpoints of the combatants on both sides, as well as in its assessment of the equipment and fighting tactics each side employed. It has since then become possible to produce a more comprehensive edition enlarged into two volumes - both of which are available. This, the first volume in the two- volume work details the first phase of the offensive including the early British raids by Bomber Command, the development of the sophisticated German night fighter, flak and radar defence systems and the entrance of the USAAF into the daylight bomber campaign. 159 very large pages, colour and b/w photos, maps. £27.99 NOW £9


68916 LOSING THE PEACE: Failed Settlements and the Road to War


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by Matthew Hughes and Matthew Seligmann Many of the major wars of the 20th century emerged from the ruins of previous peace settlements. French hostility to the Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871 contributed to the tense political climate that culminated in the First World War. German resentment at the Treaty of Versailles helped to create the conditions necessary for Hitler’s attempt to reshape Europe by force in the Second World War. Likewise, the Cold War had its roots in the outcome of the titanic Russo-German struggles of 1914-17 and 1941-45. Beyond Europe, post-1945 wars in Korea, China and the Middle East all had their origins in failed peace settlements. Why did peace so often collapse in this period? 242pp. £16.99 NOW £4


68959 COLDITZ: The Full Story


by Major P. R. Reid Belgium, Czech, Dutch, French, German and Polish prisoners from all walks of life, as well as those from the British Commonwealth and the USA, were incarcerated in suffocating intimacy for five years in an alien and hostile land. Under these conditions they proved that men could live together and that loyalty and generosity could thrive, transcending the natural prejudices of race, creed, language and intellectual diversity. Reid reveals the code systems between the War Office and Colditz, shows how he obtained information on Germany’s secret weapons and investigates the existence of traitors. 34 illus and maps, 395pp in paperback.


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by Chris Bellamy For nearly 200 years, the Gurkhas have fought with unswerving loyalty on behalf of Britain and India. But who are the Gurkhas? How much of the myth that surrounds them is true? Looking at the wars they have fought this century, the author examines their continuing appeal and remarkable status now, when each year 11,000 hopefuls apply for just over 170 coveted places in the ranks of the British Army Gurkhas. 414 paperback pages with b/w photos, maps and guide to military terms.


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69360 THE NINJA ANCIENT SHADOW WARRIORS OF JAPAN: The Secret History of


Ninjutsu by Dr Kacem Zoughari This volume takes Ninjutsu research to a new level, including studies of its history, wisdom and philosophy. What is Ninjutsu? The commonly held image of the black-clad ninja is a recent invention. Simply put, Ninjutsu is a collection of adaptable survival techniques that allows the practitioner to face the uncertainties of life and to respond to dangerous situations, through physical and psychological discipline, where one uses orthodox weapons in unorthodox ways. 191 large pages, colour and b/w illus. £34 NOW £7.50


69450 COLLINS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF


MILITARY HISTORY: Fourth Edition by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor Dupuy Completely revised and updated in 2007, this is the new version of a classic compendium and reference guide describing tactics, strategy and weaponry. The book contains 22 chronologically arranged chapters with succinct essays summarising the highlights of the period, outstanding leaders, unusual developments, tactical and strategic trends and placing each major operation in its political and social perspective. Here is the rise of great empires in East and West, the decline of Rome and the rise of cavalry, the Dark Ages, the age of the Mongols, the end of the Middle Ages, the era of Napoleon, two world wars and superpowers into the nuclear age. Very clear layout with bold headers and text across one or two columns. 250 maps and illus. 1654 pages in heavy hardback. £40 NOW £9


69474 CIVIL WAR: The Wars of the Three


Kingdoms 1638-1660 by Trevor Royle On a warm late summer’s day in 1642, two rival English armies faced each other at Edgehill. There, Royalists faithful to King Charles I engaged the supporters of Parliament in a battle that left 1,500 dead and many more wounded. Ahead lay a bloody conflict that would divide the nation and transform the course of British history. This vivid and dramatic account of these turbulent years from 1638, when the Scots signed the National Covenant, to the end of the Protectorate in 1659 tells the stirring story of one of the greatest struggles in our history. 888 paperback pages, illus in b/ w plus maps and plans. £15.99 NOW £5


WAR MEMOIRS


I know only two tunes; one of them is “Yankee Doodle”, and the other isn’t. - Ulysses Simpson Grant


70083 DIARY OF A DEAD OFFICER: Being the


Posthumous Papers of Arthur Graeme West


by Arthur Graeme West Evoking the cruelty and waste of war with complete frankness and sincerity, here is the diary of a World War I officer who never ceased to be a pacifist and who developed an intense abhorrence for army life. He had felt it his patriotic duty to enlist,


but never came to terms with the horrifying realities of war. These made him question the very core of his beliefs - about religion, patriotism and the need to fight. So strong were his emotions that they could find expression only in poetry, and his diary ends with a section devoted to his powerful anti-war poems, two at least of which are comparable to the more well-known ones of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. God! How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men is a poignant tribute to the way in which his own men faced the horrors of their situation, and The Night Patrol vividly captures the ‘archipelago of corrupt fragments’ as the patrol crawl back to their trench from No Man’s Land. West actually wrote to his Commanding Officer renouncing the war and any further part in it, but he could not bring himself to post the letter. The tone is very public school. He was shot dead by a sniper’s bullet. 171 quality pages with a b/w photo of the author. £19.99 NOW £6


70721 THOSE WHO MARCHED AWAY edited by Irene and Alan Taylor


Subtitled An Anthology of the World’s Greatest War Diaries, the book is arranged as a diary around the calendar year. It tells many stories from individuals from wars down the ages, from faceless foot soldiers to those charged with orchestrating battle, from the Home Front to the Holocaust, from famous writers, political leaders and fighting men and women to ordinary working people enveloped by events over which they had little influence. These words are subjective, partial, personal, sometimes prejudice and occasionally mundane, but taken together they span centuries of warfare and are the very stuff of human experience. A wonderful heavyweight compendium, 676pp in paperback.


£12.99 NOW £6 70089 LETTERS FROM THE


BATTLE OF WATERLOO: Unpublished Correspondence by Allied Officers from the Siborne Papers


Major G Baring, Lieutenant George Bowles, Captain Edward Whinyates, and Captain John Gurwood but also those from Hanoverian officers such as General Von Canitz and Baron Knesbeck, who can present the battle from a different angle. An eye-opener of a book. 352 pages illustrated in b/w with maps and battlefield plans, historical background, list of abbreviations, medals and orders, circular letter to surviving Waterloo officers, names and ranks of writers of letters when at Waterloo, and two appendices. £25 NOW £8.50


70707 JOHNNY CHECKETTS: THE ROAD TO BIGGIN HILL: A Gripping Story of Courage in


the Air and Evasion on the Ground by Vincent Orange with foreword by Alan C Deere DSO, OBE, DFC


The story of how, in World War II, a handful of painfully young and barely trained young men flew their planes out of Biggin Hill in Kent and fought to the death against the might of the German Luftwaffe is one that surely must never be forgotten. One of those wartime aces, a true - though incredibly modest hero - was the New Zealander Johnny Checketts. A dare-devil motorcycle rider in his youth, it was natural that, when the war broke out, he should join the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Many airmen from the Allied ranks were drafted to Biggin Hill, where Johnny turned out to be a great asset, a tactician and leader in battle who achieved one of the highest scores of enemy aircraft destroyed in the air over the Channel. This is the stirring account of how he was shot down and, with the help of the French Resistance, avoided capture by the Germans, making his way on foot and by car through France to the coast and finally by boat to Penzance. He later rose to the rank of Wing Commander and was personally decorated by King George VI. After all his dangerous exploits he managed to live to the ripe old age of 94. An incredible 192 pages with b/w archive photos, notes and maps. £16 NOW £6


70391 SKORZENY’S SPECIAL


MISSIONS by Otto Skorzeny These memoirs vividly depict commando action and are a key addition to special forces literature. Charles Messenger, a renowned historian who served 21 years with the British Royal Tank Regiment and 13 with the British Territorial Army, contributed the Foreword. Otto Skorzeny was Germany’s top commando in World War Two and he


remains one of the most famous men in the history of Special Forces. His extraordinary wartime career was one of high risk and adventure and in this book he tells the full story. When Mussolini was imprisoned in Italy in 1943, it was Skorzeny who successfully planned the daring glider rescue, winning the Knight’s Cross and a promotion as a result. His talents were brought into play again when he was sent to Budapest in 1944 to stop the Hungarian Regent Admiral Horthy from signing a peace treaty with Stalin. Then dubbed ‘the most dangerous man in Europe’ by the Allies, he was award the German Cross in Gold. A few months later, he took a critical role in the Ardennes offensive with a controversial plan to raise a brigade disguised as Americans and using captured Sherman tanks. Colleagues taken prisoner by the Allies spread a false rumour that Skorzeny was planning to assassinate Eisenhower, who was consequently confined to his headquarters for weeks. With a picture of his heavily scarred cheek on the back cover, 221 page facsimile reprint of the 1957 original with 12 illustrations. $16.99 NOW £6


70521 LONDON TO LADYSMITH AND IAN


HAMILTON’S MARCH by Winston Churchill In addition to his enduring fame as a statesman, Winston Churchill was a Nobel Prize-winning author whose military histories offer the unique perspective of a participant in world affairs. London to Ladysmith and Ian Hamilton’s March reflect his early career as a Boer War correspondent for London’s Morning


Post newspaper in 1899 and 1900. It chronicles the Boer War’s first five months, from the author’s arrival in South Africa to his capture during a Boer ambush of an armoured train. Churchill’s gripping narrative of his escapes from a prisoner-of-war camp traces a gruelling journey across enemy territory and back to British lines. The second tale, Ian Hamilton’s March, picks up the action immediately afterwards, documenting the eponymous general’s 400 mile advance from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. The march saw ten major battles and numerous skirmishes, culminating in the release of prisoners from the camp where Churchill himself had been held. Written mostly in the field, this book offers a vivid, personal account of the conditions under which the Boer War was fought. Softback, 405pp. $16.95 NOW £6


67983 THE BLITZ: An Illustrated History by Gavin Mortimer


edited by Gareth Glover Jam-packed with previously unpublished primary source material in the form of letters originally sent to Captain W. Siborne, at his request, this treasure trove of new information on the Battle of


Waterloo has remained unread in the British Library. Until now, that is. Every historian and lover of history will be itching to read these first-hand accounts of what officers who were there on the battlefield actually experienced for themselves. Thousands of books have been written on the subject and a very small selection called Waterloo Letters was actually published in 1891, but much of the prime matter of vast historical significance was not then revealed. Now, readers will be able to reconstruct what happened, in thrilling detail, as they gradually build up a picture for themselves. Not only are there letters from British officers of the likes of


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The winter of 1940-41 was the season of the Blitz as Germany attempted to bludgeon Britain into submission. Although journalists and photographers were out on the streets with ordinary citizens, fire-fighters and ARP wardens witnessing the terrifying events of the Blitz for themselves, many of their stories and incredible photos were never published. Today, the author has scoured the unique photo archive of the Mirror newspaper group to unearth some of the most inspiring images of the Blitz, from the famous photo of St Paul’s in the flames to a number of incredibly moving images that have never been made public. Alongside are stories taken from contemporary sources, newspaper articles, diary entries and interviews with survivors. 196 large pages, archive photos. £25 NOW £8.50


69018 STIRLING’S MEN: The Inside History of


the SAS in World War II by Gavin Mortimer Although today the SAS is the best known fighting force in the world, during WWII even the War Office claimed that they had never heard of them. Led by David Stirling, a charismatic and irreverent young officer, they craved not medals or glory but adventure. The unit survived the capture of their leader, the deaths of many comrades and even its disbanding at the end of the war. Many have now decided to reveal their wartime role in the legendary regiment. 388pp with b/w photos in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3


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