This remarkable, but little-known book was written in 1943 and published in 1944. It argues, with remarkable clarity how Nazi incompetence at the highest level, both in planning and strategy led the Luftwaffe to adopt a policy whereby it was doomed to fail.
The full story of the aeroplane that formed the backbone of the RFC during World War 1. It was outclassed by the Fokker Eindecker and its defenceless crews quickly became known as 'Fokker Fodder'. Piloted by German aces such as Immelmann and Boelcke, Fokkers made short work of the B.E.2c in the aerial bloodbath coined as the 'Fokker scourge'
The Life and Times of Lady Elizabeth Foster Afterwards Duchess of Devons
Bess was the other Duchess, Georgiana's best friend, who with Georgiana and her husband, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, formed the infamous menage a trois at Devonshire house
This book starts with war games played in ancient times and continues through to the modern day. War-games often had impressive and colourful graphics depicting real warfare in a dramatic way. Bringing the games together here for the first time gives a unique overview of conflict before the modern era.
A Burma Soldier's Story in Letters, Photographs and Sketches
The Forgotten Army consists of the letters, photos and sketches of a soldier fighting the Japanese in Burma that were sent home to the author's parents in Lancashire. Sketches, illustrations, photographs and paintings have been placed with 440 original letters spanning military service in the army at home, India, Burma and Malaya.
Curt Riess was a Berlin journalist who fled from the Nazis in 1936. He returned in 1945 to report upon, the collapse of Hitler's Third Reich. Highly connected, Riess used first-hand sources, including the Goebbels diaries (discovered in 1946), reliable witnesses and voluminous documents. The book is thorough and detailed with a flavour of the ......
The Creator of Sherlock Holmes and His Criminological Friends
Conan Doyle and the Crimes Club tells of a group of gentlemen friends who had one interest in common: a fascination with crimes and criminals. At the heart of 'The Crimes Club' was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Explaining a fascinating aspect of his life, this book reveals a world of sleuths, investigations and adventures.
An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s
During the 1930s two young men spent all their spare cash on film and petrol travelling around England photographing aircraft. This profusely illustrated account of their travels is interspersed with dates of important events that took place in British aviation and literally provides a snapshot of the Golden Age of British Aviation.
