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History Titles:
Tailhooker to Mudmover
Out of print and with limited stocks available, this book traces an extraordinary career through nearly four decades of military aviation. Dick Lord tells a tale of military flying at its very best. He covers in amusing detail, the life of a carrier pilot in both the Royal Naval Fleet Air Arm and the United States Navy. His unusual career then led to combat in Southern African as a Mirage F1 squadron commander. He later rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the South African Air Force.
Counter - Strike From The Sky
The Rhodesian All-Arms Fire Force in the War in the Bush 1974–1980
Fireforce as a military concept dates from 1974 when the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) acquired the French MG151 20mm cannon from the Portuguese. Coupled with this, the traditional counter-insurgency tactics (against Mugabe’s ZANLA and Nkomo’s ZIPRA) of follow-ups, tracking and ambushing simply weren’t producing satisfactory results.
Blue and Gold
The History of the British South Africa Police 1889–1980
The BSAP held the honour of occupying the Right of the Line—one of the greatest police forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth
Rhodesia Remembered
At last – the new DVD release from the Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental Association (UK Branch)
Three superb films produced by the RLI Assn (UK) and Westminster King Productions including;
Rhodesia Remembered : 45 minutes
The Troopie : 35 minutes
The Nkomo Assignment : 30 minutes
From Fledgling to Eagle
The crucible of combat over 23 years forged the fledgling South African Air Force into a formidable strike weapon, capable of defeating the best Soviet air defences of the time.
From Fledgling to Eagle chronicles the evolution of the SAAF in the ‘Border War’ that raged in Angola and South West Africa (Namibia) from 1966 to 1989, covering all the major South African Defence Force (SADF) operations from Omgulumbashe to the ‘April Fool’s Day war’ in 1989.
Vlamgat
“Their hands are shaking ever so slightly. They will be flying again in the morning”
Vlamgat, literally ‘flaming hole’ in Afrikaans, was the nickname the South African Air Force (SAAF) gave to the Mirage F1, its formidable frontline jet fighter during South Africa’s long ‘border wars’ in South West Africa
Delta Scout
Delta Scout was the call sign for Tony Trethowan’s Ground Coverage ‘stick’ during the Rhodesian bush war of the late seventies. This is the story of an ordinary policeman, a young man who signed up with the British South Africa Police as a raw 18 year old and who was to serve eight years with that fine force.
Out Of Action
Originally published as Survival Course in 1999, now long out of print, Out of Action is a reworked and updated edition, the sequel to the best-selling Fireforce—one man’s war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. The book is divided into...
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Fireforce
THE HORROR OF GUERRILLA WARFARE IN AFRICA Fireforce is the compelling, brutal but true account of Chris Cocks’ service in 3 Commando, The Rhodesian...
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Masodja
Includes the award-winning BBC documentary DVD Frontline Rhodesia Nhowo, pfumo, ne tsvimbo Shield, spear and knobkerrie...
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So Far and No Further!
Given the headlong rush of the Macmillan government in Britain in 1959 to be rid of its colonies, Rhodesia should have been the first African colony...
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The Saints
At last! the history of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. We’ve seen the stories of the more ‘glamorous’ Selous Scouts, the SAS and the Rhodesian Air Force.....
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The Train of Salt and Sugar
“Richly poetic, a significant find for southern African literature” Paul Ash, Sunday Times Moving and poignant, The Train of Salt and Sugar follows a...HISTORY...
Winds of Destruction
Winds of Destructionis a unique account of one man’s service in the Rhodesian Air Force, spanning a period of twenty-three years from 1957 to...
The 1879 Zulu War
Through the Eyes of the Illustrated London News The fascination of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 continues unabated. It was impassioned almost 40 years...
