Operation Grapple 1957 and the last Royal Navy Gunroom at sea
The first book to deal with Grapple and Warrior's journey home around South America and the Falklands. 2017 sees the 60th anniversary of Operation Grapple and the first successful test of a British nuclear weapon
This is a rare chance to re-discover a contemporary account of a military conflict which took place a Century ago. The Agony of Belgium, written in 1914 by Frank Fox, a war correspondent, recounts events that the modern European mind would probably wish to forget. The bravery and resilience of the relatively new and untested Belgian Army, ......
This is the story of how the modern relationships between man and nature, war and politics, and the media and technology are writing another chapter in the story of this most notorious of flowers.
A Collection of Epigrams and Epitaphs Serious and Comic
Originally published in 1933, this is a charming book of verse written by Martin Armstrong and illustrated with wood-engravings from the skilled hands of Eric Ravilious.
A wonderful photographic archive of an ever changing urban landscape and its inhabitants, constantly under threat of gentrification. With an introduction by Rodrigo Orrantia, the internationally acclaimed photographic historian and curator
Battlefields, Memorials and Cemeteries of the First World War
The area of Belgium and northern France that was the Western Front is a place like no other. In a line running seven hundred kilometers from the English Channel to the Swiss border the horrors of industrialised war consumed men by the millions for over four years.When the War finally ended, entire societies were in shock and the ensuing ......
Published from a conference organised by the Archaeological Leather Group and the Royal Armouries, this publication offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the varied use of leather and skin products in warfare. Contributors cover issues as diverse as Romano-Egyptian ceremonial clothing, Roman campaign tents, the equipment of the medieval ......
Protect and Survive was first published in 1980 to advise the public on what to do in the face of nuclear war. Warning that no part of the United Kingdom is safe, it details the effects of a nuclear fall-out, outlines how to plan for survival and recognise the warning signs when an attack is imminent, and advises on what to do immediately ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897446
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
