This translation of the official history of the decisive second half of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849 is richly annotated, detailed, comprehensive and authoritative. It is the sequel to Hungary 1848: The Winter Campaign. Together, these two volumes provide a complete history of the war.
From Across the Sea: North American's in Nelson's Navy explores the life and service of North American-born sailors and officers who served in the Royal Navy during the Wars with France.
Ronald Tritton was recruited in 1940 for the position of War Office Publicity Officer by Major-General Beith, Director of Public Relations at the War Office, to transform the dysfunctional department.
A series of case studies exploring the experiences of various units deployed to oppose the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Following on from the author's previous volume British & Commonwealth Armies 1939-43, this title offers a complete guide to the organization and order-of-battle of British & Commonwealth armies for the years 1944 to 1945. The five chapters cover all main theaters of war - NW Europe incl. the Home Front; the Mediterranean; the Pacific & Far East; the Middle East & Africa; Special Forces (all theaters of war).T.o.E.'s (Tables of Organization & Equipment) are given for all main and many minor types of formations in each theater - from 7th Armored Division in NW Europe 1944-45, to Indian airborne and infantry formations in the Far East, British SAS & SBS units in Europe and the Med., and British infantry formations in NW Europe. It even includes notes on the formations and organization planned for British forces participating in the 1946 invasions of Japan and Malaya.
War in the Tyrol is a translation of part of 'Geschichte des k. k. Infanterie- Regiments Georg Prinz von Sachsen Nr.11', edited by Franz Jaeger. The account describes what happened in 1866 when Austrians met Italian volunteers under Giuseppe Garibaldi, who had been given the task of freeing Tyrol from Austrian rule.
Colonel Fred Burnaby of the Blues, six feet four inches tall and with a riding weight of over twenty stone, was one of the most recognisable soldier/adventurers of the late Victorian period. As a young officer he became famous as an athlete, gymnast, swordsman and pugilist, reputed to be the strongest man in the British army.