Warfare

A History of the Fifth Army in WWI by its former commander, including descriptions of the Battle of the Somme and Passchendaele.

The memoirs of the Gallipoli campaign, by the former Admiral of the Fleet. 

The third in the series, a well illustrated local history of the Humberside port and surrounding areas.

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PUBLISHERGale & Polden Limited, Aldershot.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt emblem and lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoth volumes have some general shelf wear around edges of boards....

A history of the ocean going salvage tug the Foundation Franklin and her hundreds of rescue missions along the eastern coasts of Canada, including throughout WWII.

Written by a Professor of Mathematics of the US Navy. Subtitled "A Study of the Principles and Practice of Exterior Ballistics, as Applied to Naval Gunnery, and of the Computation and Use of Ballistic and Range Tables."

The first full and authoritative account of the enormous task in identifying and commemorating a million dead soldiers of the British Commonwealth. With photographs of the beautiful memorials and cemeteries in the care of the Commission.

An account of the four years the author spent fighting in the jungles of Japanese occupied Malaya during WWII. A tale of endurance, survival and bravery.

Written by the subjects son, a full biography of the distinguished military leader including extracts from diaries written during the Great War.

"In experimental flying, says Bill Waterton, there are only two kinds of people; the quick and the dead." After service as a fighter pilot in WW2, the author spent thousands of hours testing jets, including breaking the current world speed record. A fascinating insight into the British post-war aviation industry.

A Biggles adventure set over the battlefields of WW1. "The story tells of a plan formed by certain young flying officers for rescuing British prisoners from behind German lines, and of the astonishing adventures that befell them carrying it out."

Written and compiled by his Grandson, following the career of a typical infantry officer in the late-nineteenth century, through his letters home to his large family. Often stationed far from home across the Empire, Henry Cadogan rises to command the 1st Batallion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ill prepared for modern warfare, they are posted to Belgium in 1914.

A detailed history of the lesser known activities of the Royal Navy during WWI, in the Mediterranean area. One of a series by the publishers.

Written in the aftermath of WWII, a history of the development of the Soviet Air Force and it's part in the war, leading to the imposition of the Iron Curtain and uncertain future relations.

The diary kept whilst the author was accompanying Napoleon during part of his imprisonment on the island of St. Helena.

A History of the fifth Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and its parent regiments, written by a former colonel.

Produced by The Times Newspaper, a fascinating record of contemporary maps.

A history of the now gone Portsmouth naval base of HMS Vernon, with particular attention to it's role as a training school for the operation of torpedos.