Download or read book The Official ARRSE Guide to the British Army written by Major Des Astor and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will we defeat the Taleban and bring peace to Afghanistan? What will the British soldier of the late 21st century look like? When will the next World War break out? We're damned if we know, but if you want to find out what today's British Army is really like, then The Official Arrse Guide to the British Army is the book for you. Drawn from the wit and wisdom of the ARmy Rumour Service, Britain's biggest and most active military website, the Official Arrse Guide gives the inside track on all aspects of modern British military life. How do I join? Where will I be sent? What's the hardware like? What exactly is it that clerks put in staff officers' coffee? Why do the RAF wear uniforms? Where can I get a decent pair of boots? Is there any meat in an army sausage? All these crucial questions - and more - are answered in The Official Arrse Guide.
Download or read book The Official British Army Fitness Guide written by Sam Murphy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed by the Army Physical training Corps, this is the first official guide to getting as fit as a recruit in the British Army and is based on the actual exercises and activities the Army uses to train its soldiers.
Download or read book The British Army Guide 2016 2017 written by Charles Heyman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984 the first edition of the British Army Guide was published and in September 2015 the 13th edition will be on sale. This invaluable information resource which deals with all aspects of British Army organisation, recruitment and training has been extremely popular with service personnel, the defence industry, military libraries and other groups who are interested in the British Army worldwide. Copies can be seen on desks throughout the UK Ministry of Defence and it would be fair to say that almost every foreign defence attache in London has a copy in his briefcase.Chapters include a Defence Overview; Army Organisation; International Commitments; Armour, Infantry, Artillery, Army Aviation, Engineers, Communications and Combat Service Support; Units of the Army; Recruiting and Training; Reserve Forces plus a final Miscellaneous Chapter which deals with a number of items essential to understanding How the British Army functions on a daily basis. Lavishly illustrated throughout there is no comparable publication available on the market.
Download or read book Collector s Guide to British Army Campaign Medals written by Robert W. D. Ball and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a complete reference that will appeal to collectors of militaria, or anyone interested in world or military history. Fascinating glimpses of the British Empire unfold in this detailed study of medals awarded to British Army troops over more than two centuries. Covers military battles and campaigns waged from 1791 through the Gulf War.
Download or read book Famous Regiments of the British Army written by Dorian Bond and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY. In the third volume of the Famous Regiments of the British Army series, author Dorian Bond looks at some of the most extraordinary tales of famous British regiments. This volume includes first-hand accounts of the Carbs, or Carabiniers, in World War I; the North Staffordshire Regiment, or Black Knots, known for their profanities and service at Mons, the Somme, Dunkirk, Tunisia, Italy and Burma; the Middlesex Regiment, or Diehards, who earned their name at Albuerra in 1811; and the Manchester Regiment, which won 14 VCs through their First World War service.
Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Army written by David G. Chandler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf Campaign, from the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, this stimulating and informative book recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are all covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight, making this the definitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike. Book jacket.
Download or read book The British Army Guide 2012 2013 written by Charles Heyman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984 the first edition of the British Army Guide was published and in May 2011 the 12th edition will be on sale. This invaluable information resource which deals with all aspects of British Army organization, recruitment and training, has been extremely popular with service personnel, the defense industry, military libraries and other groups who are interested in the British Army worldwide. Copies can be seen on desks throughout the UK Ministry of Defense and it would be fair to say that almost every foreign defense attach in London has a copy in his briefcase. Chapters include a Defense Overview; Army Organization; International Commitments; Armor, Infantry, Artillery, Army Aviation, Engineers, Communications and Combat Service Support; Units of the Army; Recruiting and Training; Reserve Forces plus a final Miscellaneous Chapter which deals with a number of items essential to understanding How the British Army functions on a daily basis. Lavishly illustrated throughout there is no comparable publication available on the market.
Download or read book The British Army written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British Army 2008 2009 written by Charles Heyman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Army Pocket Guide 2008–2009 is a comprehensive guide to the organization, equipment and tactics of today's British Army. This latest edition incorporates details of all army reorganization and regimental amalgamations plus details of major systems and equipment introduced.
Download or read book The British Army Guide written by Charles Heyman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-19 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Army Pocket Guide 2008-2009 will be a comprehensive guide to the organization, equipment and tactics of today's British Army. This latest edition incorporates details of all army reorganization and regimental amalgamations plus details of major systems and equipment introduced.
Download or read book The British Army written by Charles Heyman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in 1984, The British Army: A Pocket Guide has established itself as the market leader in this particular sphere of defense publishing. This the eighth edition has been brought completely up to date to reflect the current situation of the British Army and all the changes being made to it. The book will include a new chapter focusing on the proposed Rapid Intervention Forces.
Download or read book My Ancestor was in the British Army written by Michael J. Watts and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British Army 2002 2003 written by Charles Heyman and published by Leo Cooper. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in 1984, The British Army: A Pocket Guide has established itself as the market leader in this particular sphere of defense publishing. This the eighth edition has been brought completely up to date to reflect the current situation of the British Army and all the changes being made to it. The book will include a new chapter focusing on the proposed Rapid Intervention Forces.
Download or read book British Army Handbook 1939 1945 written by George Forty and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a balanced portrait of the British Army during WWII, and gives full details on mobilization and training, higher organization and arms of the service, divisional organization, the combat arms and the services, weapons and equipment used by soldiers, and the ATS and women's corps. Includes bandw photos on every page, plus appendices. Of interest to professional historians and military enthusiasts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book The Changing of the Guard written by Simon Akam and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the British military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed of assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and -- on occasion -- lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today -- their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.
Download or read book A Guide to the British Army s Line Infantry Regiments 1881 1914 written by Ray Westlake and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book sets out the structure of each Line Infantry Regiment from 1881 up until the beginning of the First World War, often be seen referred to as the Regimental Family. The new Territorial or Country Regiments have all been dealt with, along with their associated Militia, Volunteer and Territorial Force Battalions and affiliated Cadet units.
Download or read book Companion to the British Army written by George Forty and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To encapsulate the British Army in one book is no easy task, but here, George Forty presents it as it was during the Second World War. When war was declared in 1939, the British Army was very much the 'Cinderella' of the three armed services, with a total strength of around 865,000 men. However, just four years later when the Allies invaded north-west Europe, the British Army had grown into a powerful, well-organised and well-equipped fighting force of 3 million men and women. George Forty presents a comprehensive overview of the British Army during this important time. He includes full details of mobilisation and training, higher organisation and arms of the service; divisional organisations and non-divisional units; HQs and Staff; the combat arms and the services; the individual soldier, his weapons and equipment; tactics; vehicle markings and camouflage; the Auxiliary Territorial Service and other Women's Corps. Fully illustrated with an unusual collection of photographs and line illustrations, this is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in this fascinating period of British history.
