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Norse Guards War Office
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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This book is a detailed study of the recruitment practices of the principal armies of Europe during times of peace. It includes an analysis of the different methods used to…
Produced as part of the preparations for Operation Torch - the invasion of French North Africa which was planned for late 1942. This handbook would initially have been used by…
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
Military Intelligence The War Office
A prime source for all who need information regarding German AFVs in the Second World War.
The issue of this publication, two years after the end of the war in…
This royal warrant, originally issued in 1899 by the War Office of Great Britain, details the intricacies of army pay, appointment, and promotion at the turn of the twentieth century…
War Department
To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training. Contents: Military Discipline and Courtesy; Arms, Uniforms, and Equipment; Rations and Forage; Personal Hygiene…
States War Department United States War Department
United States War Dept
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
War Dept Office of Adj General
This massive work includes: extracts from statutes authorizing the congressional medal of honor, the distinguished-service cross, and the distinguished-service medal; explanatory notes; an alphabetical list of awards of the congressional…
War College Army War College
An Officer in the Late Army
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This work is in the public…
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Office August 19 War Office August 1943,War Office August 1943
Published in the late nineteenth century, this book provides a detailed guide to the art of musketry, a critical component of early modern warfare. Written by the War Office, the…
This technical book provides instructions for fitting valise equipment used in military campaigns from 1874 to 1895. The book is a useful resource for researchers, historians, and collectors of military…
Pre. WW2 Armourers instruction manual covering Rifles, Bayonets, Scabbards, Pistols, Hotchkiss, Lewis, and Vickers Machine Guns Ect., valuable information for the gunsmith, WW2 re-enactment buff, and anyone who maintains and…
The War Office
Covered in this corrected to January 1920 SECRET handbook are Bombs, Cartridges, Flares, Grenades, Rockets, Signals etc. With 73 clear technical line drawing plates, this is a very good official…
A highly illustrated War Office training manual for the raw native recruit, produced in 1954 for the West African Command (the WAC disbanded in 1956). Postwar plans to raise an…
An important official publication covering all aspects of subterranean warfare with much practical detail for the guidance of mining companies of the Great War.
Gas was a very effective way of attacking the enemy without direct contact and attacks were the thing soldiers in the trenches feared over anything. This manual originally published by…
First published in 1922 in a very limited edition, this mammoth work is the most comprehensive, single-volume record of the nation’s commitment in the first total war in British history…
War Office
Volunteers have always been a feature of Britain’s armed forces - from the Saxon Housecarls to the Home Guard. The Victorian period saw a particular upsurge in Volunteers and Yeomanry…
With a small professional army fully stretched in defending the British Empire at its zenith in 1896, home defence fell on locally raised County Yeomanry and Militia units. This brief…
A fascinating instructional manual of sword exercises for the Cavalry, authorised by King George III for use throughout the Cavalry Corps. Published in December 1796 during the French Revolutionary Wars…
“‘MI 10”’, or “‘Military Intelligence, section 10, ”’ was a department of the British (Directorate of Military Intelligence), part of the (War Office). It was responsible for weapons and technical…
John Travers Cornwell - known to his admiring nation as ‘Boy Jack’ Cornwell, - was a hero, perhaps the most celebrated, of the entire Great War. Cornwell, a boy sailor…
First printed 1919 for private circulation this rare volume (in its first printing) was compiled from records kept by Messrs Cox & Co.‘s Enquiry Office, which opened in Sep 1914…
This is an essential handbook for anyone tasked with using the Nolan Range Finder Mark I for garrison artillery. The handbook provides detailed information on the operation and maintenance of…
This book contains the standing orders and instructions that governed the Royal Regiment of Artillery, one of the oldest regiments of the British Army, during the mid-19th century. It covers…
Discover the extensive collection of memoranda and orders issued by the War Office and Horse Guards from August 1856 to July 1864. This essential historical record provides insight into the…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Written by the War Office, this guide to the infantry sword exercise is a crucial resource for any aspiring or active military officer. Featuring detailed instructions and illustrations, this revised…
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