Pen & Sword Military

DescriptionHumans have made and collected toy soldiers from time immemorial. They amuse and comfort us, awaken our curiosity, turn aggressiveness i...

DescriptionDrawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs the 5th SS Division Wiking 1941 - 1945 is the 5th book in the Waffen-...

DescriptionFollowing his first book in the TankCraft series on the British army's Shermans during the battle for Normandy, Dennis Oliver has compil...

DescriptionAttila the Hun is a household name. Rising to the Hunnic kingship around 434, he dominated European history for the next two decades. At...

DescriptionOriginally published as _Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies From 1799 to 1815 this is one of the most magnificent of a...

DescriptionFor much of its 2, 000-year history, the Roman Catholic Church was a formidable political and military power, in contrast to its pacifis...

DescriptionWhen the world held its breath ...It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 194...

DescriptionHobart's reputation as an armored warfare specialist began in the pre-war era. In 1923 he transferred from the Royal Engineers to the Ro...

DescriptionWhat was it like to be a military combat photographer in the most photographed war in history -- the Vietnam War? Shooting Vietnam takes...

DescriptionWhy did the Germans brutally and illegally execute a group of British soldiers who had been trapped behind the lines during the retreat ...

DescriptionJohn Goldsmith's wartime exploits are all the more remarkable considering that at first his services were consistently refused due to hi...

Description_The Military History of Late Rome 425-457_ analyses in great detail how the Romans coped with the challenge posed by masses of Huns in ...

Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans were masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. Wha...

DescriptionWhen at Hitler's insistence the first Tiger I tanks went into action in Tunisia in December 1942 they rapidly gained a formidable fighti...

DescriptionHistories of the German army on the Eastern Front generally focus on battlefield exploits on the war as it was fought in the front line....

DescriptionTiger tanks were among the most-feared fighting vehicles of the Second World War and they gained almost legendary status, yet they never...

DescriptionIn the year AD 9, three Roman legions were crushed by the German warlord Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. This event is w...

DescriptionAndy Singleton has been modelling and painting most of his life and has been a professional commission figure painter for some years now...

DescriptionThis is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blata...

While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made hi...

The Iraq War is a visual record of the American-led Operation Iraqi Freedom of 2003, which resulted in the dramatic overthrow of Dictator Saddam Hu...

With production in excess of 55, 000 the Sherman tank was eventually in service with most Allied armies of the Second World War and by the time of ...

The Panzer I and II played a significant part in the blitzkrieg campaigns that brought Germany such extraordinary success in the early years of the...

DescriptionEvan Schultheis reconsiders the evidence for Attila the Hun's most famous battle, the climax of his invasion of the Western Roman Empire...

DescriptionOn the night of 8 August 1944, the First Canadian Army launched Operation Totalize, directing their advance towards Falaise, with the in...

DescriptionThis book provides a day-by-day account of the forty-two days of fighting from Omaha Beach to Saint-Lo. Follow Lt. Allsup from the beach...

DescriptionDuring the Cold War, the T-54/55 series of tanks represented the most serious threat to Nato land forces in Europe. Available in huge qu...

Contributor(s): Author: M. C. BishopLucius Verus is one of the least regarded Roman emperors, despite the fact that he was co-ruler with his adopti...

This book traces the development of military cycling from first experiments, including early (often flawed) designs for armed and multi-passenger v...

Detailed narrative of military events of Roman Empire 457-518, including detailed analysis of several hitherto neglected battles.Illustrations: 32 ...

A G.I. in the Ardennes focuses on the human experience during wartime. What was life like for a regular American soldier who gave his life to comba...

DescriptionThe fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of the Second World War, was designed to outgun and outperform t...

Hitler's shock decision to launch the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 was arguably the turning point of the Second World War. Spe...

As the author, a young Army bandsman lies wounded at the Battle of Corinth, he is shot between the eyes at point blank range. Miraculously he survi...

DescriptionAlready the best-selling English-language guide to the area, universally known as THE BIBLE, this is the 75th anniversary, completely re...

DescriptionIn this authoritative and beautifully illustrated new account of Napoleon's greatest victory and the campaign that preceded it, Ian Cast...

Hill 731 was the scene of the most ferocious battle of the Greek-Italian War in Albania. Watched by Mussolini himself, on 9 March 1941 the Italians...

DescriptionOne of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people - mostly civilians and a large proportion of them childr...

DescriptionWhen Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree of po...

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle ...

Few soldiers are deemed good enough to be selected and trained as snipers and even fewer qualify. As a result, snipers are regarded as the elite of...

DescriptionThis guide to the Late Roman Army focusses on the dramatic and crucial period that started with the accession of Diocletian and ended wi...

A visual record of all the armies involved in the Battle for Burma during the Second World War from the British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese...

DescriptionThe American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation ICEBERG was fought from 1 April to 22 June 1945. 350 miles from Japan, Okin...

Although also known as the Third English Civil War, the author makes it clear that this was the last war between the Scots and English as separate ...

DescriptionThrough historic photos, this volume traces the development, production and deployment of this iconic piece of military equipment from t...