from gaza to jerusalem: the southern palestine
campaigns of 1917 - stuart hadaway
The 1917 Palestine campaign saw Britain’s Army rise from defeat to achieve stunning victory. After two failed attacks on Gaza using tactics employed on the Western Front, a new commander was appointed. General Allenby reinvigorated the Army and led it to stunning success in the Third Battle of Gaza. This offensive would see an innovative use of cavalry and all-arms co-operation push the Ottoman defenders all the way back to Jerusalem. This campaign is seldom examined outside of dry assessments of strategy and movements, or studies of T.E. Lawrence’s peripheral role. This work will bring the campaign to life in a broader and deeper sense, analysing the ‘war fighting’ and logistical aspects while also telling the stories of the men who lived and fought in the harsh desert conditions. As well as military historians, this work is aimed at the growing market of genealogists beginning to explore this theatre.
Spellmount Publishers Ltd., October 2015 ISBN: 978-0752499017 Pages: 256, illustrations (colour and black & white), maps, orders of battle, index. |
pyramids and fleshpots: the Egyptian, senussi and eastern Mediterranean campaigns, 1914-16 - Stuart hadaway
Personnel serving in Egypt in the Great War often complained that the popular impression of the campaigns, still widely held, was that it was a sideshow, with troops enjoying a holiday among the pyramids and the ‘fleshpots’ of Cairo. Actually they faced appalling heat, abrasive sand, poor rations and water shortages. In the desolation of the Western Desert they fought the Senussi, an Islamic sect supported by the Ottomans in a reversal of Lawrence’s later work with the Arabs, while in the Sinai Desert they countered German-backed moves to dominate this strategically important area. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy fought to keep the supply lines to Gallipoli open, and keep men and material flowing to France from India, Australia and New Zealand. This book will tell the true story of their experiences and achievements in fighting a determined enemy to protect the Suez Canal – the lifeline of the Empire.
Spellmount Publishers Ltd., October 2014
ISBN: 978-0752499062
Pages: 240, illustrations, maps, index, orders of battle.
Spellmount Publishers Ltd., October 2014
ISBN: 978-0752499062
Pages: 240, illustrations, maps, index, orders of battle.
The british airman of the first world war - david hadaway
1914-1918: the first air war, fought by true pioneers not only of aerial combat but of flight itself. British pilots, observers and gunners played a vital part in the Allied war effort around the globe, from the desolation of the Western Front and the mountains of Italy to the deserts of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and the freezing Russian steppes. But with aviation still in its infancy, many of the machines and techniques, and much of the equipment employed, were shockingly basic, and sometimes posed more of a threat to the crews than did enemy action. This fully illustrated book looks at the daily life and experiences of the remarkable young men who for the first time in history took to the skies in defence of Great Britain.
Shire Publications Ltd., March 2014
ISBN: 978-0747813682
Pages: 64, illustrations, index.
"A comprehensive introduction... Attractive, informative and approachable"
The Library Journal April 2014
"They take us through from the barely developed awareness of the role of aircraft and airman at the start of the War, in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service to the existence of the Royal Air Force as a significant contributor in the conflict by 1918... This represents a very good introduction to this new dimension of warfare."
The Historical Association
Shire Publications Ltd., March 2014
ISBN: 978-0747813682
Pages: 64, illustrations, index.
"A comprehensive introduction... Attractive, informative and approachable"
The Library Journal April 2014
"They take us through from the barely developed awareness of the role of aircraft and airman at the start of the War, in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service to the existence of the Royal Air Force as a significant contributor in the conflict by 1918... This represents a very good introduction to this new dimension of warfare."
The Historical Association