| | | American Eagles.
 | The thrilling true story of the US 101st Airborne Division. From their rigorous training in 'Old Jolly' (England) to their first operational jump in Normandy, a brave, elite division, warts and all.Author: Charles Whiting. Publisher: Eskdale.Hardback. 190pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN-10: 0953867722.ISBN-13: 9780953867721.Original Price £17.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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Ancient Warfare.
 | A significant review of the current evidence that suggests a new interpretation of the evolution of warfare from the Stone Age and Bronze Age, through the Greeks and Romans to the conflicts of the Anglo-Saxons and of Medieval Europe.Author: John Carman & Anthony Harding. Publisher: History Press.Paperback. 279pp. 17cm by 25cm.ISBN-13: 9780752454719.Original Price £14.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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Axis of Evil.
 | This covers the dramatic events which unfolded from the 11th September 2001 to the end of the official occupation of Iraq, in the summer of 2004.Editor: Paul Moorcroft, Gwyn Winfield & John Chisholm. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 295pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN 1844152626.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £4.99
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Blitz Boy.
 | Blitz Boy is a fascinating recollection of life in the Blitz and of evacuation to Cornwall. Charismatic author Alf Townsend tells the harrowing and touching tale of what it was like for a young inner-city child to suffer the trials of war at first hand.Author: Alf Townsend. Publisher: History Press.Paperback. 113pp. 17cm by 25cm.ISBN-13: 9780750950688.Original Price £12.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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British Army Cap Badges of the Twentieth Century.
 | A full colour source book of over 100 years of these highly collectable British Army Cap Badges complete with the story behind each design.Author: Arthur Ward. Publisher: Crowood.Hardback. 144pp. 19cm by 25cm.ISBN-13: 9781861269614.Original Price £19.95. Price: Price: £9.99
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British Soldier in Europe 1939-1945.
 | An examination of the everyday objects associated with the British soldier in wartime, from uniforms to weapons, boots to blanco and postcards to phrasebooks, all in full colour.Author: Peter Doyle & Paul Evans. Publisher: Crowood.Hardback. 208pp. 22cm by 30cm.ISBN-13: 9781847971029.Original price £25.00. Price: Price: £9.99
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Burn After Reading.
 | This compelling account of Allied and Axis spymasters at work, the real life traitors and heroes of cloak-and-daggerdom, describes in colourful detail the major exploits of the OSS, MI5, Abwehr and Deuxieme Bureau.Author: Ladislas Farago. Publisher: Naval Institute Press.Paperback. 319pp. 15cm by 23cm.ISBN-10: 1591142628.ISBN-13: 9781591142621.Original Price £13.99. Price: Price: £4.99
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Cavalry.
 | One of Pen & Sword's Military Classics that charts the full story of mounted warfare which covers over 3,000 years during which the mobility and speed of the horse was invaluable.Author: John Ellis. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Paperback. 192pp. 19cm by 25cm.ISBN-10: 1844150968.ISBN-13: 9781844150960.Original Price £9.99. Price: Price: £4.99
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Century of Remembrance.
 | A Century of Remembrance is a study of one hundred outstanding United Kingdom war memorials which commemorate 20th century conflicts from the Boer War to the Falklands and Gulf wars. Author: Derek Boorman. Publisher: Pen & Sword.HardbackISBN-13: 9781844153169Original Price: £19.99 Price: Price: £7.99
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Desert Adversaries.
 | One of the Elite Attack Forces series that charts the history of the Western Desert forces of Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allies Western Desert Force, full of archive photography to support the text.Author: Chris Ellis & George Forty. Publisher: Chartwell.Hardback. 192pp. 21cm by 27cm.ISBN-13: 9781905573875.Original Price £14.99. Price: Price: £4.99
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Devil's Workshop.
 | One of the most remarkable episodes of WWII was the Nazi attempt to forge currency and trigger the economic collapse of the Allies. The counterfeit operation was one of the largest the world has ever seen and lead to the postwar reissue of sterling. Author: Adolf Berger. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 288pp. 17cm by 25cm.ISBN-13: 9781848325234.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Dictionary of the Second World War.
 | One of Pen & Sword's 'Military Classics' that has more than 1,600 detailed and analytical entries, together with specially commissioned maps - which cover every aspect of the war.Author: Stephen Pope & Elizabeth-Anne Wheal. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Paperback. 548pp. 13cm by 20cm. ISBN-10: 085052962X.ISBN-13: 9780850529623.Original Price £10.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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Dictionary of Tommies' Songs and Slang.
 | During the First World War the British soldiers were renowned for their chirpy songs and plucky sayings. Indeed nothing would lift the spirits of the often exhausted and demoralized troops more than a hearty singalong. These cheery and at times ribald and satiric songs and sayings have been collected together to give a fascinating collection.Author: John Brophy & Eric Partridge. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback.ISBN-13: 9781844157105Original Price: £19.99 Price: Price: £4.99
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Fix Bayonets.
 | One of the G.I. Series, that is an illustrated history of the American soldier, his uniform and equipment. This volume contains the U.S. Infantry from the American Civil War to the Surrender of Japan.Author: John P.Langellier. Publisher: Greenhill.Paperback. 72pp. 19cm by 26cm. ISBN 1853673242.Original Price £9.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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German Army Handbook of 1918.
 | Compiled by British Intelligence, for restricted official issue by the General Staff, German Army Handbook of April 1918, is a comprehensive assessment of the German Army during the latter stages of the First World War. Illustrated throughout with plates, diagrams, charts, tables and maps.Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 186pp. 16cm by 24cm.ISBN-13: 9781844157112.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Great Escapes.
 | The author uses personal accounts, authentic reports from German guards and debrief documents in the National Archives to relate the incredible tales of some of the lesser known attempts to escape the POW camps.Author: Terry Treadwell. Publisher: History Press.Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 24cm.ISBN-13: 9780752444901.Original Price £20.00. Price: Price: £6.99
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Hilke's Diary.
 | The diary of a young German girl called Hilke written between July 1940 and August 1945, recalling her evacuation and life through the Second World War.Edited: Geseke Clark. Publisher: Tempus.Hardback. 127pp. 13cm by 17cm.ISBN-13: 9780752445137.Original Price £9.99. Price: Price: £1.99
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Home Front in the Great War
 | In an overdue attempt to portray the real effect of the war on life at home, David Bilton examines all the major events of the period and charts their effect on everyday life for those trying to live a normal existence. Author: David Bilton. Publisher: Pen & Sword.HardbackISBN-13: 9781844150687Original Price: £19.95 Price: Price: £7.99
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How the War was Won.
 | This sometimes controversial book explains what part the British Expeditionary Force played in bringing World War I to an end. Tim Travers, author of The Killing Ground, also available as a Pen & Sword Military Classic shows in detail how an Allied victory was achieved. Author: Tim Travers. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Paperback. 232pp. 13cm by 19cm.ISBN-13: 9781844152070 Original Price: £7.99 Price: Price: £2.99
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Into the Jaws of Death.
 | Between the Crimean War and the dawn of the 20th century, the British Army was almost continuously engaged in one corner of the globe or another. Here focuses closely on defeat and disaster - the occasions when things went badly awry for the British.Author: Lt Col. Mike Snook. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback.ISBN-13: 9781844157068Original Price: £20.00 Price: Price: £7.99
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Jungvolk.
 | The autobiography of a young boy, Wilhelm Gehlen, born in Germany in 1933, the year that Hitler took power, that looks closely at the way German children were trained to do their part for "Fuhrer, Volk, and Vaterland"Author: Wilelm Gehlen & Don Gregory. Publisher: Casemate.Hardback. 326pp. 16cm by 23cm.ISBN-13: 9781932033878.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Lessons in Imperial Rule.
 | During the first half of the twentieth century, the mountainous North West Frontier represented one of the British Empire's most strategically important borders. For thousands of inexperienced British and Indian troops facing a local resistance the methods and lessons of their predecessors were vital for their survival.Author: General Sir Andrew Skeen. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 144pp. 14cm by 22cm.ISBN-13: 9781848325074.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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Medieval Siege & Siegecraft.
 | Great sieges changed the course of medieval history, yet siege warfare, the dominant military activity of the period, is rarely given the attention it deserves. This highly readable new account of this vital but neglected aspect of medieval warfare looks at the subject from every angle.Author: Geoffrey Hindley. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 182pp. 16cms by 24cms.ISBN-13: 9781844157976.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Medieval Siege Warfare.
 | All aspects of medieval warfare, including the life of the defenders and attackers, are examined from all over the medieval world including Krak Chevalier and the siege castles of Rouen and Chalus.Author: John Norris. Publisher: Tempus.Paperback. 256pp. 17cm by 24cm.ISBN-13: 9781752435923.Original Price £17.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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Men Who Tried to Kill Hitler.
 | The story of the ill-fated bomb plot in Nazi Germany on 20 July 1944, is one of the most extraordinary of the whole war.Author: Roger Manvell & Heinrich Fraenkel. Publisher: Frontline.Paperback. 279pp. 14cm by 21cm.ISBN-13: 9781846325098.Original Price £13.99. Price: Price: £4.99
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Our Chances Were Zero.
 | The daring escape by two Germans from India in 1944.Author: Rolf Magener. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 190pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN 9780850528442.Original Price: £19.95 Price: Price: £6.99
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Paths of Death and Glory.
 | A moving account by an active soldier in World War II of the last days of the Third Reich and the struggle for the final march on Berlin, supported by many archive photographs.Author: Charles Whiting. Publisher: Spellmount.Paperback. 240pp. 12cm by 20cm.ISBN-13: 9781862274020.Original Price £9.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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Patriot's Progress.
 | A starkly powerful novel of one man's experiences in the First World War. The combination of the text and illustrations creates a vivid and unforgettable portrayl of the war machine.Author: Henry Williamson. Publisher: Sutton.Paperback. 196pp. 13cm by 20cm. ISBN 0750936401.Original Price £8.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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Phantom.
 | Phantom remains perhaps the least well-known of the wartime special regiments, formed in 1939 to find out exactly the location of all the Allied forward positions, and track both Allied and enemy movements.Author: Philip Warner. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 218pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN-10: 1844152189.ISBN-13: 9781844152186.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Pilgrimage of Remembrance.
 | The story of the Scots Guards II infantry company which fought on the Italian Campaign of the Second World War. Based mainly on letters sent home, the author has also visited the relevant battlefields and gives a unique 'worm's eye' view.Author: Michael Curtis. Publisher: Michael Curtis.Hardback. 160pp. 17cm by 25cm. ISBN 0954904400.Original Price £19.00. Price: Price: £4.99
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Riflemen Form.
 | Lt.-Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley commented that history would record the formation of the Volunteers Movement as one of the most remarkable events in the century. In this study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement, the author Ian Beckett has drawn from a wide range of primary source material such as official, regimental, local and private repositories. Author: Ian F W Beckett. Publisher: Pen & Sword. Paperback. 368pp. 15cm by 23cm.ISBN-13: 9781844156122.Original Price: £14.99 Price: Price: £4.99
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Sacrifice for Stalin
 | Operation BARBAROSSA, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was a turning point second only to Pearl Harbour. Russia became an ally overnight but a most difficult, dangerous and demanding one. Stalin desperately needed oil, equipment and modern technology but the only practical route was round the NorthCape to the ports of Archangel and Murmansk. Author: David Wragg. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback.ISBN-13: 9781844153572.Original Price: £19.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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Scale Military Figure Conversions.
 | A step-by-step guide to fascinating conversion projects from the Napoleonic 'Cuirassier' Standard Bearer to the advanced 'Band of Brothers' hand-to-hand set piece, all in full colour.Author: Duncan Howarth. Publisher: Crowood.Paperback. 176pp. 19cm by 25cm.ISBN-13: 9781847970671.Original Price £16.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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Secret History of Chemical Warfare.
 | Chemical weapons, banned under the Geneva Conventions, are the subject of revulsion and contempt to fighting men. Yet as Weapons of Mass Destruction no country with significant military capacity is able to afford to ignore them.Author: N J McCamley. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 188pp. 16cm by 24cm.ISBN-13: 9781844153411.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Secrets Of Leadership.
 | The essence of major tactics during battle have not changed as greatly as many theorists would have us believe and here we see that the British principles of WW2 can be traced back to those of the Romans.Author: John Laffin. Publisher: Sutton.Paperback. 280pp. 13cm by 20cm. ISBN 0750934603.Original Price £8.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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SOE's Ultimate Deception.
 | The first book dedicated solely to Periwig, the author sheds new light on the vested interests and infighting between Britain's secret organisations in the final stages of the Second World War.Author: Frederic Boyce. Publisher: Sutton.Hardback. 244pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN 0750940271.Original Price £17.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Soldiers' Accoutrements of the British Army 1750-1900.
 | Eighty-five full colour plates depict a wide range of the accoutrements and equipment of the ordinary soldier serving in the cavalry, infantry and artillery of the British Army between 1750 and 1900.Author: Pierre Turner. Publisher: Crowood.Hardback. 93pp. 22cm by 30cm.ISBN-10: 1861268831.Original Price £19.95. Price: Price: £7.99
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Station 43.
 | A history of the use of Audley End House in Essex as the training place for SOE's Polish section between 1942 and 1944, it also describes the work undertaken by the agents throughout Europe.Author: Ian Valentine. Publisher: Sutton.Hardback. 209pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN-10: 0750937084.ISBN-13: 9780750937085.Original Price £18.99. Price: Price: £7.99
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Third Reich Cloth Insignia.
 | A detailed reference on service badges and emblems that were worn on uniforms to indicate rank, trades, units, locations and districts and covers the army, navy, air force, WaffenSS and Volkssturm.Author: Brian L Davis & Ian Westwell. Publisher: Ian Allan.Hardback. 192pp. 21cm by 26cm.ISBN-13: 9780711029309.Original Price £30.00. Price: Price: £9.99
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Wars, Coups & Terror.
 | A major study of the Pakistan Army by an acknowledged expert with access to the top levels of the political and military establishment.Author: Brian Cloughley. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Hardback. 206pp. 16cm by 24cm.ISBN-13: 9781844157952.Original Price £25.00 Price: Price: £7.99
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Weekend Warriors.
 | This carefully researched and illustrated book tells the story of the militias and volunteers of Northumberland from the early militia through the Napoleonic Wars to the New Territorials of today.Author: T.L.Hewitson. Publisher: Tempus.Paperback. 191pp. 17cm by 25cm.ISBN-13: 9780752437569.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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Wire and Walls.
 | The amazing story of the RAF prisoners of war in Itzehoe, Spangenberg and Thorn from 1939 to 1942.Author: Charles Rollings. Publisher: Ian Allan.Hardback. 264pp. 16cm by 23cm.ISBN-13: 9780711029910.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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Wire and Worse.
 | The amazing story of the RAF prisoners of war in Laufen, Biberach, Lubeck and Warburg from 1940 to 1942.Author: Charles Rollings. Publisher: Ian Allan.Hardback. 296pp. 16cm by 23cm.ISBN-13: 9780711030503.Original Price £19.99. Price: Price: £6.99
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XD Operations
 | X D Operations is the first account of the thrilling operations by the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, tasked with destroying all the oil reserves stored in refineries in the ports along the Continental coastline, thus denying the Nazis vital stocks. Author: C C H Brazier. Publisher: Pen & Sword.Paperback. 176pp.ISBN-13: 9781844153138.Original Price: £10.99. Price: Price: £3.99
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