A gripping first hand account of emergency medical relief in four different disaster and conflict areas (Kashmir, Java, Haiti and Libya). Written by an ex-SAS surgeon with an international reputation, this highlights the dangers and problems of surgery in extreme environments.
From the late 1950s through 1960s, post-World War II conditions caused a number of Britain's historic infantry and cavalry regiments to be amalgamated. In 1959 two veteran infantry battalions, the Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiments, were combined into a single unit. The ancient ties of the Wiltshire Regiment with the Dukes of Edinburgh were maintained, with the present Duke graciously agreeing to serve as Colonel-in-Chief of the new regiment.Wi...
Tim Lloyd was ages twenty-two, a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, when he was killed in action near Florence in July, 1944. His personality made a vivid impression on his companions, and after all these years he is remembered still for his extraordinary zest for life, his indomitable cheerfulness and his appreciation of beautiful things.
Boom Ravine was one of the most spectacular features on the Somme battlefield. The Germans took full advantage of the ravine's defensive possibilities, and inflicted heavy casualties on successive waves of British attackers.There has been a lack of coverage of the Somme front for the period between the British offensive of 1916 and the German attacks of 1918. Boom Ravine fills this gap, with particular emphasis on British actions in February, ...
The author has painstakingly compiled a comprehensive compendium of the exact movements of every regiment involved on the various battlefields in France and Flanders during World War One.
In the summer of 1914, our finest young men flocked to the colours in Northern towns and cities to answer Lord Kitchener's Call to Arms in a spontaneous burst of enthusiasm and patriotism. The Call appealed to their sense of adventure and offered an escape from the humdrum life of office
Their experiences in World War II had a profound effect on many British artists and writers. This heavily illustrated volume draws together numerous accounts of wartime experiences by many Britons who went on to fame in art, literature, fashion, and architecture. A wide variety of wartime incidents are described by unusually articulate and perceptive observers, and many examples are illustrated of art, writing and design inspired by the war.
The execution of Captain William Kidd on 23 May 1701 is one of the most controversial and revealing episodes in the long history of piracy. The legend that has grown up around Kidd's final voyage, his concealed treasure and the dubious conduct of his trial, has made him into one of the most intriguing and misunderstood figures from the golden age of piracy. For either Kidd was a legal privateer or he was a wicked pirate - indeed he has been de...
One British response to the threat of Napoleon was to ring the English coasts with a series of heavily fortified observation towers. Over 200 of these towers were eventually built at enormous expense, not only on the British Isles, but in Australia, the West Indies and the Mediterranean.After the Napoleonic Wars some of the towers were demolished for building materials but many were dressed into service for storage and residence. While 43 towe...
Using mainly little-known, published and unpublished, diaries of soldiers from Private to Lieutenant, serving in the continent of Europe and as far afield as India, from the 18th century to the 1914-18 War, Michael Brander has shown the effects of war on the men themselves, largely in their own words.
Early in the Second World War the then General Alexander issued an edict that any member of the armed forces who was found keeping a diary would be severely punished. Curiously enough when the war was over, Field Marshal Alexander, as he has then become, was one of the very first to publish his wartime diary! This is the wartime diary of Corporal J. A. Womack of the Royal Engineers.
Derek Bond is better remembered as an actor than as a soldier and certainly deserves a measure of immortality for his portrayal on Nicholas Nickleby. His career as an actor, however, was still very much in its infancy when Hitler invaded Poland and Bond abandoned the boards for the drill square.
The story of St. Quentin is a rather different one from others in the Battleground Europe series. The French town was not the scene of just a single battle, but played a role throughout World War I. St. Quentin was the scene of several gallant actions by both British cavalry and infantry during the fighting retreat of 1914. The onset of trench warfare found St. Quentin well behind German lines.In early 1917 the Germans withdrew from the villag...
