Books published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd

The pre-eminent reference source on the subject with more than 700 beautifully rendered ship profiles.

Detailed account of the formation and brutal activities of the Nazi Security Service (SD), Reinhard Heydrich's notorious death squads-Einsatzgruppen.

Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1991.

This is a guide to the existing WWII aircraft to be found in aviation museums throughout the world. Each DPS contains a colour photo of an example of the aircraft as viewed in an aviation museum, examples of different marks (wartime shots in mono) and a textual resume of the type with statistics.The aircraft can be viewed in the USA, UK, France, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Canada, Australia, Finland, Holland, Poland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and Spain.

"As a sniper, I've killed more than a few Nazis. I have a passion for observing enemy behavior. You watch a Nazi officer come out of a bunker, acting all high and mighty, ordering his soldiers every which way, and putting on an air of authority. The officer hasn't got the slightest idea that he only has seconds to live." Vassili Zaitsev's account o

Summary of design and operational history

Analyses British European Airways' predecessors, its formation and early operation from Croydon and Northolt and the move to the newly opened London Heathrow. The evolving structure is explained in this book with chapters covering engineering bases, terminals, European and domestic services, cargo services and helicopter operations.

Fully revised edition of Paul Reed's classic walker's guide to the Ypres Salient. Tours of all the most famous sites: Ypres, Yser, Sanctuary Wood, Bellewaarde Ridge, Zillebeke, Hill 60, Passchendaele, Messines, Kemmel, Ploegsteert.

The latest in the ever popular Images of War Series, this time describing the bitter fighting and extreme conditions of the Eastern Front.

There has never been a book purely focussing on the female Hitler Youth organizations or the exploitation and militarization of girls and young women alike in Hitler s Third Reich.

First-hand testimony of the last surviving witness to Hitler s final hours, as well as the fall of the Third Reich, including the personal memoirs of Hitler s bodyguard, telephonist and courier.

History of the conception, design, construction of the line, lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans.

A breathtaking analysis of twelve centuries of warfare.

A classic biography of the man who was partly responsible for the development of modern tank warfare.

Former BBC correspondent's graphic personal account of National Service with the Suffolk Regiment in the 1950s based on the letters he wrote home to his family at the time.

A fascinating addition to the Flight Craft series, this time focussing on the Mil' Mi-6 and Mi-26 heavy lift choppers, and providing a comprehensive survey of all kits currently available to model-makers on the market.

An exciting new addition to the popular Flight Craft series, this time focussing on the Mikoyan MiG-31, one of the most interesting Soviet aircrafts of all time.

Reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships First editions command a high premium on the secondhand market Large format affordable paperback

Spotlights an oft-overlooked and under-sung aircraft type, the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. Features over 100 black and white photographs and illustrations, showing the craft in development as well as in flight.

Josef Sepp Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honored with the award of the Knights Cross.

* The only comprehensive guide of crash sites throughout the UK * Features details of a host of major aircraft wrecks, the sites of which can all be visited with the aid of this guide.

Paul Reeds latest battlefield walking guide covers the site of the largest amphibious invasion of all time, the first step in the Allied liberation of France and the rest of northwest Europe. All the most important sites are featured, from Pegasus Bridge, Merville Battery, Ouistrehem and Longues Battery to Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah Beaches, Point

The longest serving aircraft with the RAF and still operational, this book includes 20 colour profiles and a colour section. The author describes every version - British and American - ever manufactured and includes Canberras of all the many foreign air forces that flew the aircraft.

An exciting new addition to the Flight Craft series, this time focussing on the iconic Avro Lancaster, in a post-World War Two context.

On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun.