Название: Regency Spies: Secret Histories of Britain’s Rebels and Revolutionaries
Автор: Sue Wilkes
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783400617
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 17,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

An Age of Revolutions:Sue Wilkes uncovers the hidden histories of Regency spies and the men they hunted. Eavesdrop on the secret meetings of Britain's underground political societies of the 1790s and early 1800s. Discover the true stories behind the riots, rebellions, and treason trials in late Georgian Britain.

Название: Veteran Volunteer: Memoir of the Trenches, Tanks and Captivity 1914 - 1918 by Frank Vans Agnew MC
Автор: Jamie Vans
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783462779
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 17,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Frank Vans Agnew left America in 1914 and claiming to be 40 (rather than 46) enlisted in 2nd King Edward’s Horse. He arrived in France in 1915 at Festubert and was given a commission. After attending the Machine Gun School he was at the Somme before volunteering for the Tank Corps. In 1917 he was wounded at Messines, where he won his MC.

Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Lancaster in the Great War
Автор: John Fidler
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473846110
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 128
Размер: 17,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although Lancaster was the ancient County town, it had a population of only 40,000 in 1914. Of these, it is thought that some 5,000 men saw war service between 1914-18, and over 1,000 did not return. In consequence, the recruiting drives, the tribunals to consider exemption from 1916, and the ever-growing casualty lists provide the main theme for this book. Some 3,000 men had volunteered by December 1914, to join those already serving.

Название: Like Wolves on the Fold: The Defence of Rorke’s Drift
Автор: Colonel Mike Snook
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1848325835
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 320
Размер: 17,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history. In the morning, a modern British army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable host at Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote border outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were passing another hot, monotonous day.

Название: Land Rover: Military Versions of the British 4x4
Автор: Ben Skipper
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526789736
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 64
Размер: 123,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

A richly illustrated guide to modeling the military Land Rover, the world’s most iconic military 4x4, filled with previously unseen inspirational photographs and drawings. After the Second World War many American military vehicles become surplus stock and soon found their way into the hands of farmers and land owners across Great Britain.

Название: The Last Great War of Antiquity
Автор: James Howard-Johnston
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019883019X
Год: 2021
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 480
Размер: 309,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the available resources and great powers of the steppe world. The conflict raged on an unprecedented scale, and its end brought the classical phase of history to a close. Despite all this, it has left a conspicuous gap in the history of warfare. This book aims to finally fill that gap.

Название: Givenchy in the Great War: A Village on the Front Line 1914 - 1918
Автор: Phil Tomaselli
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473825504
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 240
Размер: 21,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The village of Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée sits on a small rise in the Pas de Calais Department in northern France. One hundred years ago it was overtaken by the First World War. The fighting there was intense – eleven Victoria Crosses were won in this tiny locality between 1914 and 1918.

Название: Phantom Boys: True Tales from Aircrew of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Fighter-Bomber
Автор: Richard Pike
Издательство: Grub Street Publishing
ISBN: 1909808229
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 192
Размер: 22,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

From Richard Pike, best-selling author of Hunter Boys and The Lightning Boys volumes, comes the newest addition to Grub Street’s popular Boys series; Phantom Boys. Originally developed for the US Navy, this twin-engined supersonic long-range fighter-bomber first flew in the spring of 1958. It then entered service for the US Navy in 1961, and in 1969 with the Fleet Air Arm and RAF in the UK.

Название: Edward I's Conquest of Wales
Автор: Sean Davies
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473861667
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 232
Размер: 7,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Edward I’s conquest of Wales was a key formative event in the history of Britain, but it has not been the subject of a scholarly book for over 100 years. Research has advanced since then, changing our perception of the medieval military mind and shining fresh light on the key characters involved in the conquest.

Название: Uncommon Courage: The Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War II
Автор: Julia Jones
Издательство: Adlard Coles
ISBN: 1472987101
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 321
Размер: 14,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Several years ago, Julia Jones was searching through long-forgotten items stored at her house and discovered some suitcases of old written material, which turned out to be accounts by her father of his experiences in the RNVSR (Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve). She realised that as a child she'd met some of the people mentioned, and although she was too young to truly know them, these youthful impressions spurred her on to rediscovery and understanding.