Even in his lifetime, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley,who died at Gallipoli in 1915, was widely regarded as the most promising British physicist of his generation.Had he survived, he could well have won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1916. His death provoked in Britain a reassessment of the role that scientists might play in war. This book of essays ......
In 1914, Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V, was just 17. Yet with the world war two months old, the young princess was destined to make her mark. She would send a Christmas gift to all those serving in uniform, 'afloat and at the front.' With great determination, she set about her task to provide her gift to all those on active ......
The sequence here shows Andy Deane and David Perry from the Royal Armouries Interpretation team demonstrating an armoured foot-combat display using pollaxes. Shot at the Royal Armouries' Tournament Gallery in Leeds.
As relevant today as when they were first published in 1943, Wise Eating in Wartime and How to Keep Well in Wartime offer cheerful and practical advice on healthy diet, exercise and wellbeing. From providing a 'menu for the ideal meal' to addressing dilemmas such as 'do we eat too much sugar?', from offering useful remedies for fatigue to ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897767
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
This quirky compendium of nautical stories, facts, figures and miscellany is a must-have for all the salty sea-dogs out there. From stories of dramatic voyages, myths, superstitions, famous sea battles and our greatest explorers, this charming book brings together the expertise of world-leading curators into a pocket-sized volume.
In this large volume, historian Alex Churchill and illustrator Steve Smith have gone out to produce the First World War book they wish they had had as kids. Treating the conflict as a truly global one, get ready to go way beyond the Western Front with them, through 400 pages of text, artwork and hundreds of photographs in search of an all round ......
These essays capture Frank Field's personal reflections on influential figures in public life across his remarkable 40-year political journey which has been spent campaigning against poverty and injustice. Field's candid observations provide a captivating record of his encounters with key public figures, and as such offers a unique and insightful ......
How often do we hear commanders say they are practically defenceless without machine guns and anti-tank weapons? Yet they have hundreds of men armed with the finest weapon of all - the rifle! For general use there is nothing to take its place. Nothing so universally deadly; nothing to beat it in attack and defence. Fire Control is one of a ......
A British doctors experiences and reflections on independent, post-colonial India over 50 years and the nations continuing influence on contemporary British life and culture. It attempts to understand the present by gazing back in time.
