The first fully illustrated book to combine operational and
design information with first-hand accounts of combat missions.
Backed up by more than 200 photographs, many newly researched oral
histories are featured throughout the book. The B-17 was one of
the most famed heavy bombers of World War II. More than 12,000
were built and the B-17 was the mainstay of the Eighth Air Force's
campaign of daylight precision-bombing on targets in Germany and
occupied Europe. Photos of magazines, posters and other items of
memorabilia evoke the atmosphere of the time, complementing the
vivid descriptions of the brave men of the US Eighth in action.
New in d/w - Large format, 160pp,
200 + photos, plans & illustrations
In the battle of the Atlantic, U-boats were pitched against
Allied merchant ships to prevent vital supplies being brought to
Britain. This is a comprehensive guide to the bases that lay behind
this deadly operation. Many of these structures still exist today
despite repeated attempts by Allied bombers to destroy them. The
author examines how and why each of the bases in France, Germany and
Norway were designed and built while listing which boats were based
where and when. A comprehensive gazetteer reveals what is left today
of these massive structures at each of the sites.
A revised edition
of 'Falkland Islander's at War'. Falkland Islanders were the first
British people to come under enemy occupation since the Channel
Islands during the Second World War. This book tells how
islanders' warnings were ignored in London, how their slim
defences gave way to a massive invasion, and how they survived
occupation. While some established a cautiously pragmatic modus
vivendi with the occupiers, some islanders opted for active
resistance. Others joined advancing British troops, transporting
ammunition and leading men to the battlefields.
The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre,
1939-1945. The book does not deal merely with how the intelligence
was gathered but also with how it was used. Guardian Operational
Intelligence Centre was the nerve centre of the British Admiralty
in World War II, dedicated to collecting, analysing and
disseminating information from every possible source which could
throw light on the intentions and movements of German naval and
maritime forces. OIC laboured tirelessly to supply the Navy and
RAF with the intelligence that would enable them to defeat
Hitler's admirals.
Before Epsom in late June 1944, there remained the chance that
a German counter-stroke might seriously threaten the bridgehead.
After EPSOM, the Allies retained the strategic initiative through
to the liberation of France and Belgium. This was a battle in
which highly trained but largely inexperienced British 'follow-up'
divisions, newly arrived in Normandy, confronted some of the best
equipped, best led and battle-hardened formations of the Third
Reich. Beginning with a set-piece British assault on the German
lines in dense terrain, the battle developed into armoured action
on the open slopes of Hills 112 and 113, before the British turned
to defending their gains in the face of concentric attacks by two
full SS-Panzer Korps.
