European history

Tony Judt decided to write Postwar in 1989, the year the collapse of the Soviet Union provided European history with a rare example of a clearly-signposted 'end of an era'.

The war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo meted out the Allies' official justice; Lord Russell of Liverpool's sensational bestselling books on the Axis' war crimes decided the public's opinion.

This WW2 military history "e;combin[es] a look at the background to the battle .

‘The enemy has got to be fought everywhere and hard.

The Shackleton of his day, Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) from County Louth was the leading Arctic explorer of the Victorian era.

This book tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of the Second World War's defining and most memorable campaigns.

Two parts of this three part book are based upon fact: anti-Semitism and World War 2.

"e;During the Great War a German publisher produced a number of photographic books that are of considerable interest to the modern-day reader.

An illustrated history of Nazi Germany's Panzer units along the Eastern Front during World War II.

A completely fresh look at the culture clash between Britain and Germany that all but destroyed Europe.

The former Chief Officer of London Fire Brigade offers his account of life in fire services in London and around Britain during World War II.

‘There are no better biographies of Goering, Goebbels and Himmler in existence’ New York Review of Books**Heinrich Himmler was the commander of the SS, and as founder and officer-in-charge of the Nazi concentration camps and the Einsatzgruppen death squads, he was responsible for implementing the extermination of millions of people.

John Sherwood was commissioned into the RAF as a pilot officer on leaving school in 1936.

Early in WW2, King George VI was deeply impressed by the heroic deeds of servicemen out of the front line and civilian non-combatants in acts connected with the war such as bomb disposal and rescues after air raids.

From the team that brought you the bestselling Bradshaw's Handbook comes another fantastic facsimile reproduction The Battle of Waterloo.

Highly illustrated throughout with the author's own drawings and photographs, many never published before.

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On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year.

DK Eyewitness Medieval Life is a unique and compelling introduction to the people and culture of the Middle Ages.

“A thorough and informative guide .

The pilots and combined bombing forces of the Second World War are revered for a host of reasons.

This is the story of one of the RAF's oldest and most distinguished heavy bomber squadrons in WW2, although an outline history of the unit since it was formed in WW1 and its post-war history are included.

Britain's premier historian on France from Caesar to Mitterrand - to coincide with the centenary of the Entente CordialeA century after the Entente Cordiale ended centuries of war and enmity between France and Britain, and two hundred years after the coronation of Britain's deadly enemy, Napoleon Bonaparte, as Emperor, Alistair Horne contemplates two thousand years of France.

Do you think you know everything there is to know about Churchill?

This is a companion volume to Friedman’ s highly successful _British Battleship 1906–1946_ and completes his study of the Royal Navy’s capital ships.

The author of Javelin from the Cockpit looks at some of the more notable British, German, and American fighters through performance and handling trials.

By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum.

The acclaimed naval historian sheds significant light on the Royal Navy’s role in fighting the African slave trade through years of bitter battle at sea.

The threat of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise invasion of Russia in June 1941, succeeding prompted Churchill to decide to send vital military supplies to Britain's new ally.

Harrowing true stories of WWII Allied airmen who were shot down and survived, with maps and photos included.

The Battle of the Somme is fixed in the country's collective memory as a disaster-probably the bloodiest episode in the catalogue of futile offensives launched by the British on the Western Front.

A Private Treason is the memoir of a courageous German woman who, as a girl of nineteen from an upper-middle-class Gentile family, rejected Nazism completely and gave up her language and her country forever.

Sing with all the People of God by Chad Fothergill will be especially valuable for church musicians as well as pastors and other rostered leaders.

This volume covers the high noon of the British Empire, beginning with the Zulu War of 1879 and ending with Kitchener's River War of 1898.

This WWII battlefield guide offers a detailed history of the Siege of Fort Eben Emael during the Nazi invasion of Belgium—with maps and photos throughout.

Embark on a Mystical Journey with the Spiritual Alchemy of Saint JoanImagine immersing yourself in the life and legacy of one of historys most enigmatic figures.

The authors of 'Combat Codes' have painstakingly researched the codes used by the RAF to replace unit markings during World War II in order to attempt to confuse the enemy.

A WWII historian shines a light on an unsung hero of the Battle of Britain and reveals the conspiracy that led to his undignified dismissal.

'The most powerful representation yet of the race which has repeatedly changed history as we know it' - The ScotsmanAlistair Moffat's journey, from the Scottish islands and Scotland, to the English coast, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland, ignores national boundaries to reveal the rich fabric of culture and history of Celtic Britain which still survives today.

“An enjoyable ramble .

The Sdkfz 251 halftrack was one of the most versatile armored vehicles produced by either side in the Second World War.

The expansion of the Japanese Empire between 1931 until its defeat in 1945 is one of the most extraordinary yet shocking episodes in human history.

The Hawker Hurricane was the RAF's most valuable fighter asset in the Second World War, yet even today is relatively under-appreciated by the general public.

One of only two survivors of the famous Cockleshell Hero raid, Bill Sparks' war and postwar career has never before been told in full.

A detailed, illustrated history of the torpedo boat destroyers of the Nazi German Navy.

Though three of his four grandparents were from America and the first language he learned at home was English, Baldur von Schirach became one of the Third Reich's most influential individuals.

In war, you can pretend to be someone you're not.

The book describes how Lisa Meitner, of Jewish heritage, found herself working as a physicist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin when the Nazis came to power in 1933; how she was hounded out of the country and forced to relocate to Sweden; how German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman continued with the project - on the effect of bombarding uranium (the heaviest known element at the time) with neutrons, a project which Lise herself had initiated, being the intellectual leader of the group.

After his first meeting with General Alexander in August 1942, Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks wrote that: By repute he was Winston Churchills fire brigade chief par excellence: the man who was always dispatched to retrieve the most desperate situations.

This is the vivid memoir of a man who was twenty-one at the outbreak of World War II.