Books published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd

In Bader's Big Wing Controversy, Dilip Sarkar not only explores the full story of the people and events that led to the creation of the Big Wing' at Duxford, he also fully investigates the part that its men and machines played in the Battle of Britain story.

An exceptional and unique personal account of brutal Japanese captivity and heart-rending comradeship by a natural storyteller.

Little known and largely unrecorded contribution of the three occupied Baltic States to the Nazis' war effort.

The history of the little known multi-national Commando unit.

Highly illustrated history of airborne forces warfare during the Second World War.

This book seeks to explore aspects of the Holocaust as it is remembered and reflect ultimately on parallels with the world we live in today.

One of the first books to focus on the pre-war controversy between building more big battleships or converting to aircraft carriers as the capital ships' of the future.

Highly illustrated account of the search for evidence of one of the most important battles in English history.

Highlights a neglected war between the two superpowers of the era.

A new survey of Severus reign with particular emphasis on the military aspects.

It gives a well researched, fascinating and entertaining insight to the stories behind the stories of London's literature.

Tells the story of the Women's Orchestra of AuschwitzA son's journey to rediscover his mother's hidden and traumatic past First-hand accounts from survivors of life in AuschwitzThe transporting power of music

The story of one of the great fighter pilots of the jet age.

Remedies the gap in the market for an easy to follow beginners book binding

The only comprehensive listing of French sailing warships in English.

On 20 April 1941, a group of distinguished Americans headed by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Winant, and which included Major General Henry 'Hap' Arnold, Chief of the US Army Air Corps, visited the de Havilland Aircraft Company's airfield at Hatfield, England.

The Hook, a prominent ridge on the Korean Peninsula, saw more blood spilt than any other feature in that grisly and intense war. So much so that it was known as the bloody Hook. The two costliest battles are told in detail in this military classic.

Latest Pacific War Images of War series.

First book-length study of the use of drones in the Vietnam War.

Unlike other books on cross-dressing, this is the only one which does not concentrate on fashion, lesbians or transmen, but looks at women across society thereby challenging existing women's history.