Sicily ’43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James Holland This is the story of the biggest seaborne landing in history. Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the Allied assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever…
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Anzio: Written by Ian Blackwell In an attempt to outflank the German Gustav Line running across Italy, Operation SHINGLE was launched on January 22nd 1944. Achieving complete surprise, the Allies made a successful landing at Anzio, but paused rather than…
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The British Reconnaissance Corps in World War II Written by Richard Doherty and illustrated by Rob Chapman This book recounts the combat service, and explains the organization, of the ‘Recce’ Corps, whose units provided the mobile spearhead of the British…
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Eighth Army in Italy 1943 – 45: The Long Hard Slog Written by Richard Doherty Eighth Army, Britain’s most famous field army of the twentieth century, landed in Italy in September 1943 and fought continously until the defeat of the…
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Anzio: The Friction of War – Italy and the Battle for Rome 1944 Written by LLoyd Clark This is the story of the Anglo-American amphibious assault and subsequent battle on the Italian west coast at Anzio which was launched in…
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Anzio 1944: The beleaguered beachhead. Written by Steven J Zolga, Illustrated by Peter Dennis In January 1944, the Allies decided to land at Anzio in order to overcome the stalemate at Cassino.This amphibious landing has become one of the most…
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OVERVIEW – Early morning, 19 March 1944. Tanks manned by New Zealanders, Indians and Americans launch a daring attack along a narrow mountain track on German positions north of Monte Cassino. So began one of the most audacious Allied attempts…
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Taranto to Trieste is an account of the author’s fascinating journey to retrace the actual path of the 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy from its arrival in October 1943 until the end of the European war. Although a…
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Only the Enemy in Front by Richard Doherty. The first comprehensive history of the Reconnaissance Corps, which was founded in 1940 and disbanded in 1946 after serving with distinction in every theatre of the Second World War. This is the…
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For the Duration (the Journal of a Conscript 1941-46) Nisbett was quite surprised when the army called him up. He was bespeticaled and short but the army deemed him suitable for combat duties and he duly fought in Tunisia and…
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