War, combat and military adventure fiction

Lieutenant John Huddleston Taber was a New Yorker assigned to the 168th "e;Third Iowa"e; Infantry Regiment of the American Expeditionary Force's 42nd "e;Rainbow"e; Division during World War I.

Marie Marvingt (1875-1963) set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal for outstanding performance in all sports, invented the airplane ambulance, was the first female bomber pilot in history, fought in World War I disguised as a man, took part in the Resistance of World War II, was the first to survive crossing the English Channel in a balloon, worked all her life as a journalist, spent years in North Africa and invented metal skis.

This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.

Virginia played an important role during World War I, supplying the Allied forces with food, horses and steel in 1915 and 1916.

Belgium in the First World War--the first country invaded, the longest occupied, and when the war finally ended, the first forgotten.

More than 40 million Americans have served in the U.

Horatio Hornblower commences his career in the Royal Navy as an inexperienced midshipman in January 1794.

Focusing on Ireland's literary and artistic response to World War I, this book explores works from a range of perspectives that intervened in Irish political and cultural discourse.

World War I is regarded as the first modern war, driven by fearful new technologies of mechanized combat.

The Human-Knacker War Continues!

"e;Now that the United States has declared war upon the German Empire, and that men will more than likely be conscripted into the service, I shall feel embarrassed should I fail to be among the first to go to the training camp,"e; wrote Dae Hinson of Leesville, Louisiana, in April 1917.

During World War I, the American Expeditionary Force Second Division saw more action and captured more ground and enemy combatants than any other, including the vaunted First Division.

John Reed was one of America's most dynamic journalists during the World War I decade.

The U.

World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old dynasties and launched "e;the American century.

There was more to World War I than the Western Front.

In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place.

This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) covers his full (at times life-threatening) involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott's 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition.

Much has been written about the exploits of the American Expeditionary Forces, the men and women sent overseas to fight during World War I, but much less is known about the two million who served in the Army without ever setting foot on foreign soil.

2017 is the 100th anniversary of America's declaration of war against Germany.

A GLOBAL CABAL OF HITMEN.

The hottest enemies to lovers fantasy romance of 2025 and SUNDAY TIMES bestseller

The romantasy phenomenon that has taken BookTok by storm, perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, Quicksilver and The Hunger Games. 

Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life - and her heart - to be one of them.

Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped - stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting - Meryn’s world falls apart.

Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.

Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.

Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her - everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife … and the halls hide dark secrets.

It’s bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.

As Europe descended into war over the summer of 1914, cricket in England continued as it had for the preceding few decades.

Anarchism 1914-18 is the first systematic analysis of anarchist responses to the First World War.

Anarchism 1914-18 is the first systematic analysis of anarchist responses to the First World War.

Stalingrad.

The Ottoman Empire was unprepared for the massive conflict of World War I.

Ce sont d'abord des bruits - des murmures plutot - qui lui parviennent dans le noir.

This book explores the experiences of a range of women from the early days of 1914, through the big events of the war on the Eastern Front.

This book explores the experiences of a range of women from the early days of 1914, through the big events of the war on the Eastern Front.

The legendary "e;Fighting 69th"e; took part in five major engagements during World War I.

The Isles of Scilly, five inhabited islands 24 miles west of Land's End, were of low priority to the War Department when the First World War was declared.

So who really started the war?

This is a huge history book for fifth graders because of the topics discussed here.

The spirit of Christmas was strong between the soldiers fighting in 1914.

This third installment in the Chronicles of Arundel is set during the War of 1812, The Lively Lady follows the fortunes of Richard Nason, an American sailing master and privateer who is captured and imprisoned by the British.

Who Was the Red Barron?

Imagine a more controversial Rosie the Riveter-a generation older and more outlandish for her time.

"e;Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction.

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day.

Vigorous and highly readable, this portrait of the enlisted man's life aboard the U.

Few figures in modern French history have aroused more controversy than Marshal Philippe Petain, who rose from obscurity to great fame in the First World War only to fall into infamy during the dark days of Nazi occupation in World War II.

In 1914, journalist and mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart traveled to Europe alone to cover World War I for the Saturday EveningPost.

"e;Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction.

This is the most comprehensive, English-language study of the German Imperial Navy's battlecruisers that served in the First World War.

"e;Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction.

A heavily illustrated account of the evolution, design and deployment of dreadnought battleships.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

It's 1862, and Spain is a little rueful about letting Peru have their independence.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.