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Largely overshadowed by Bismarck and Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were Germany's most successful battleships of the Second World War. This is the story of the two ships from their conception through to their involvement in the invasion of Norway, raids against Allied merchant shipping, Allied attempts to sink them, and their respective ends.

The last generation of Allied fighters was not built because of the end of the Second World War. This 680,000-word book, with 229 pages of scale drawings and thirteen color profiles, describes 162 little-known British, American, French, Russian, and Australian super fighters driven by monster piston and jet engines.

By October 1942 the Hlinka Guard had overseen the deportation of some 60,000 Slovak Jews. During the 1944-1945 German occupation, another 13,500 Jews were deported and 5,000 imprisoned. Many of the Jews ended up at the Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp. Not much is known about the Hlinka Guard. This book tells their story.

John Cunningham became a well-known personality following his WW2 combat successes, and his demonstrations of the Comets and Tridents at the Farnborough Air Shows. He was a modest man who did not seek publicity, but was a highly skilled test pilot in Britain's pioneering jet age. He also sold Tridents to China.

Reedie's journey from player to enthusiastic volunteer led to influence in badminton and its worldwide development with new efforts to support athletes and ultimately successful bids to host the London 2012 Olympic Games with the elevation of sport in society and the administration of sport across the Olympic world, poisoned by doping in Russia.

In this new history of the 'Galicia' Division, David McCormack debunks many of the myths that have resulted in enduring controversies involving the public, the media, academics, and politicians. Were the volunteers and conscripts of this Ukrainian Waffen-SS formation heroes or villains? Or were they just ordinary soldiers?

This work tells the story of the weapons, including planes, tanks, and ships, that America produced during the war to defeat the Axis powers and how they were "sold" to those at home through the many advertisements that appeared in popular magazines. The story behind them, many of them stunning visuals, is a unique aspect of World War II history.

An authoritative and illustrated look at the ships of the King George V-class from the drawing board, through the Second World War. As Britain's most modern battleships during the conflict, these ships participated in some of the most famous engagements of the war from the sinking of the 'Bismarck' in 1941 to the surrender of Japan in 1945.

A photo-book covering railways around Worcester from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s consisting mainly of unpublished images in both colour and black and white together with an informative commentary. All were taken by railway enthusiast Ellis James-Robertson who died in 2015, and this book has been written by film-maker and author Michael Clemens.

From Aussie TV star to global popstar, from SexKylie to Glastonbury Goddess, from tabloid target to cancer survivor, Kylie Minogue is the true Princess of Pop. In this book each song from her 300+ catalogue is examined with insights, revelations & video/remix information. This is the inside story of Kylie's lucky, lucky, lucky career over 35 years.

The Vickers Wellington seen in RAF bomber design, development, production, and combat service. The Wellington crews served with distinction in this versatile aircraft from before the Second World War until the 1950s, throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Chillingham-its location not only contributed some of the best archaeology in Northumberland but also a herd of wild white cattle unique in the history of the natural world, immortalised in songs, books, poems, and art. Chillingham castle with its famous and infamous inhabitants have combined to make this an interesting and fascinating tale.

This is the story of the USAFE Tactical flying units that were resident in the United Kingdom during the Cold War from 1952 to 1992. An extensive text includes 'from the cockpit' memoirs and is supported by illustrations. Also included are details of deployed aircraft and units, support aircraft, maps, and tables.

The first of a massive two-volume B-24 Liberator set is the ultimate look at the B-17's stablemate from the drawing board to its emergence as America's preeminent blue-collar bomber. This book and Volume 2 provides the definitive look at the Liberator, detailing and illustrating every facet for the air enthusiast, historian, and modeler.

Employed by the European Community in Yugoslavia the author was tasked to report on the breaking of the arms embargo. Danger lurked as he conducted a beach and airport reconnaissance and interviewed war criminals. Closing in on the embargo busting he was ordered to falsify his daily reports in order to hide the evidence. He refused and resigned.

This volume details the influence of Second World War aviation development, experience and subsequent technological advances in shaping American choices in military aircraft development and weapons. It shows how air warfare weapons were carried forward and altered, how new systems evolved from these, and how the choices fared in the next war-Korea.

The 1990s were a decade of change on the railways with colliery closures and privatisation. This is a potted history of Worksop train crew depot, with photos of collieries, trains and power stations. There are maps, descriptions of each colliery and power station featured, diagrams, tables and coal plans to show where power station coal originated.

Nigel Kennedy changed the course of classical music in 1989 with his multi-million selling Vivaldi 'Four Seasons'. Instead of an Introduction, the virtuoso violinist opens his new Uncensored Memoir with a tongue-in-cheek 'Warning'. It sets the tone for a truly original memoir that is as playful, unconventional and carefully executed as his music.

Using official WW2 documents this book provides the reader with the same information on the Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger I that was available to British and Commonwealth officers and tank crews during the war. As soon as intelligence reports confirmed the existence of the Tiger tank the hunt was on to find reliable information on how to knock it out.

A senior non-commissioned officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry describes the final years of mounted cavalry in the British Army. The regiment's campaigns in the Middle East, El Alamein, and the fight through Italy in 1944 are described by the author who is later commissioned; always working tirelessly to keep his regiment supplied in war.