Council of Europe

John Sweetman

Kenneth Bradshaw

Procedure and Practice

The Parliamentary Assembly

DAMBUSTERS RAID (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

"For much of the second world war, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz dominated British and American naval strategy in the European theatre. Between May 1940 and November 1944, over 700 British aeroplanes attempted to bomb, mine or torpedo the 'solitary dinosaur' on thirty-three specific occasions, assisted by another 400 fighters, flying boats, bombers engaged in diversionary raids, photographic and meteorological reconnaissance aircraft." "Based on research of British and German records, plus interviews and correspondence with a wide range of participants and relevant authorities, Tirpitz: Hunting the Beast is the most comprehensive account of the air attacks on the Tirpitz yet to be published. John Sweetman's narrative of the many attempts to sink the 'beast' is supported by a selection of archive photographs and explanatory maps."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Hunting the Beast : Air Attacks on the German Battleship, 1940-44

Tirpitz

David Coward

Gary Johnstone

The definitive account of one of World War II’s most remarkable missions.

The Dambusters

In 1917, David Lloyd George declared that airmen were 'the cavalry of the clouds - the knighthood of this war.' This romantic image was fostered post-war by writers of adventure stories and the stunts of Hollywood filmmakers, and yet it was far from the harsh reality of the life of an airman. From their baptism of fire in 1914 carrying out reconnaissance and experiencing the first dogfights, to the breakthrough in 1918 which claimed heavy casualties, the aerial defenders of Britain were continually tested. In Cavalry of the Clouds John Sweetman describes the development of British air power during the First World War on the Western Front, which culminated in the creation of the first independent air force, the RAF. By making use of the correspondence of airmen and ground staff of all nationalities, he illustrates the impact this new type of conflict had on those involved and their families at home. Extensively researched and handsomely illustrated with contemporary photographs, Cavalry of the Clouds is an essential reference work for any student of military history.

Air War over Europe 1914-1918

Cavalry of the Clouds

‘This Man Saved Britain’ ran a headline in the News Chronicle on 18 February 1941, in a reference to the role of Sydney Camm, designer of the Hawker Hurricane, during the Battle of Britain. Similarly, the Minister of Economic Warfare, Lord Selborne, advised Winston Churchill that to Camm ‘England owed a great deal’. Twenty-five years later, following his death in 1966, obituaries in the Sunday Express and Sunday Times, among other tributes, referred to ‘Hurricane Designer’ or ‘Hurricane Maker’, implying that this machine represented the pinnacle of Camm’s professional achievement. Sir Thomas Sopwith, the respected aircraft designer and Hawker aircraft company founder, believed that Camm deserved much wider recognition, being ‘undoubtedly the greatest designer of fighter aircraft the world has ever known.’ Born in 1893, the eldest of twelve children, Camm was raised in a small, terraced house. Despite lacking the advantages of a financially-secure upbringing and formal technical education after leaving school at 14, Camm would go on to become one of the most important people in the story of Britain’s aviation history. Sydney Camm’s work on the Hurricane was far from the only pinnacle in his remarkable career in aircraft design and engineering – a career that stretched from the biplanes of the 1920s to the jet fighters of the Cold War. Indeed, over fifty years after his death, the revolutionary Hawker Siddeley Harrier in which Camm played such a prominent figure, following ‘a stellar performance in the Falkland Island crisis’, still remains in service with the American armed forces. It is perhaps unsurprising therefore, as the author reveals in this detailed biography, that Camm would be knighted in his own country, receive formal honors in France and the United States, and be inducted into the International Hall of Fame in San Diego.

Hurricane and Harrier Designer, Saviour of Britain

Sydney Camm

Based on extensive research of British and German records, plus interviews and correspondence with a wide range of participants and relevant authorities this book is the most comprehensive account of the air attacks on the Tirpit yet to be published.

Hunting the Beast

The port of Balaclava was crucial in maintaining the supply lines for the Allied siege of Sevastapol. The Russian attack in October 1854 therefore posed a major threat to the survival of the Allied cause. This book examines in detail the crucial battle of Balaclava, including: the attack on the redoubts; the action of "the thin red line" in which an assortment of about 700 British troops, some invalids, were abandoned by their Turkish allies; the subsequent charge of the Heavy Brigade; and the most famous part of the battle: the infamous charge of the Light Brigade.

John Sweetman

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