True war and combat stories

In 1999, idealistic 23-year-old Registered Nurse Sharon Bown left her comfortable family life in Tasmania and joined the Royal Australian Air Force with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to the world.

A detailed and highly illustrated account of the Polish II Corps' (or 'Anders Army') perilous journey to fight side by side with Allied forces at the height of World War II.

Gun-for-hire James 'Ash' Ashcroft thought he'd left Iraq behind.

James Longstreet stood with Robert E.

At the close of World War II, Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons-buzz bombs, V-2's, and the first jet fighters.

Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural and brilliant pilot, a superb shot, and a born leader.

Michael Walling has honored the American men and women who served in Operation Enduring Freedom by helping them tell their own stories.

Amazing revelations and extraordinary exploits of Australia's elite secret warriors.

The remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition.

This memoir relates the author's experiences during his year-long tour of duty in the early days of American involvement in Vietnam.

Gordon Corera uses declassified documents and extensive original research to tell the story of MI14(d) and the Secret Pigeon Service for the first time.

As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (18171876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles.

In November 1969, what Time Magazine called the "e;largest battle of the year"e; took place less than two miles from the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.

Siebzig Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges erinnert dieses Buch an Menschen, die sich aus katholisch-konservativer Überzeugung dem totalen Machtanspruch des Regimes in Tirol widersetzten.

"e;Classic and timeless.

Best known for leading the construction of the Panama Canal, George W.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe Way Forward will help every reader master their own challengesthis is a must-read book!

Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission facing the possibility of imminent death.

From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just Passing Time.

Within hours of the strike against Pearl Harbor, the U.

Best known for leading the construction of the Panama Canal, George W.

The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who led them into combat'Adrenaline-fuelled.

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P.

The leader of one of the most successful U.

There's no pain, no theatrical agony.

A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association.

In the summer of 2003, a perilous helicopter descent delivered Ross Donaldson, an American medical student in his twenties, into Sierra Leone.

At the time of his death, Ulysses S.

On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People's Army.

A small town struggling with how to remain vital and vibrant in the 21st century, took on another problem altogether: the difficulty of homecoming for Iraq, Afghanistan and other war veterans.

From the best-selling author of The Commando and Born to Fight comes a fascinating investigation of modern warfare that combines methodical research and the fast-paced action of battle with the personal stories of the combatants on both sides of the line.

Generation Kill is about the young men sent to fight their nation's first open-ended war since Vietnam.

Here is the wartime diary of Wayne Nelson, an OSS officer who served in North Africa and Europe during World War II.

In 1959, Harold M.

"e;Lost in action,"e; a term used to account for soldiers last seen in combat but not identified as killed or captured, was applied to the author for years following his capture by Japanese in the Philippines after the fall of Bataan.

Submarines were responsible for about 55 percent of the tonnage of the Japanese fleets sunk during World War II.

George Barnett transformed the United States Marine Corps from an antiquated afterthought to a modern force with an international reputation.

A study of the US infantry's struggle to wrest control of Normandy, the Siegfried Line and the Ardennes from their German opponents, offering a glimpse into close-quarters infantry combat of World War 2.

The only insiders account ever written on Americas most powerful weapon in the war against terrorism

A fundamental reassessment of German politics and strategy during the First World War and why it was that Germany lost.

From 1945 to 1973, more than 100,000 members of the U.

Of all the American divisions in World War I, the 4th Brigade of Marines, Second Division (Regular Army), A.

From bestselling true military author Damien Lewis: the incredible story of the radar wars, Britain's most secret battle.

In his quest for military glory, Benito Mussolini sent the Italian Eighth Army to the Eastern Front to help fight the Russians, only to have his forces routed within little more than a month of the launch of the Soviet counteroffensives of the winter of 1942-1943.

From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major filmSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph'Superb.

This book contains the story of Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal of World War II, commonly known as Desert Fox.

This myth-busting military biography reveals the true story of the legendary WWII German flying ace-and how his story was manipulated during the Cold War.

Stephen Dodson Ramseur, born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, compiled an enviable record as a brigadier in the Army of Northern Virginia.

Sergeant Andy McNab recounts the story of the top secret mission that would reveal the secrets of the SAS to the world for the first time.

This is an overview of America's first effort in military aid to a foreign sovereign nation at a time when Europe was engaged in open warfare, Asia was facing a series of military confrontations, and most of the world thought global conflagration was inevitable.