Modern warfare

The second novel in the uplifting railway girls series.

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

An account of the German experience on the front lines during the early days of Operation Barbarossa.

* * * Special 75th Anniversary Edition * * * Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk.

During World War II, 300,000 United States Army Air Corps airmen were shot down.

Giles Romilly and Michael Alexander were amongst a select group of prisoners of war who were segregated from the other prisoners and were labelled the Prominente.

Read how both German and Soviet armies learned to adapt themselves quickly to the ever changing situation on the battlefield, their innovative capacity and which new weapon systems and tactics they introduced to get the upper hand.

‘Flak’ Houses were the rest homes set up in England during the Second World War by the American Red Cross to provide centers of rest and recuperation for combat-weary airmen.

This is the true story of a young Red Army soldier during the Second World War, told in his own words.

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.

PERFECT for fans of Roald Dahl.

'An extraordinary account of heroism and sacrifice.

Daughter, sister and sister-in-law of Army men who would all rise to the rank of General, it was not much of a surprise when Ethel A.

Robert and Sandra wrote this book to honor the men and dogs who served with the 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon during World War Two and Korea.

In December 1922, the distinguished foreign correspondent Leonard Spray warned Britain to ‘keep your eye on Hitler’.

Among You is the gripping real-life story of a soldier serving on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an unforgettable, unflinching account of the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.

When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their now famous ‘reconnaissance in force’ against the harbor town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by the largest array of Royal Air Force aircraft ever seen in WWII until that time.

Combining the destructive firepower of the 75mm gun with the mobility of the Pzkpfw IV medium tank , the Jagdpanzer IV was quite possibly the most effective tank destroyer of the Second World War.

Supported by eleven maps and over 150 photographs, this is the story of Scottish Troops fighting for survival in Normandy.

Today, as we board our flights to Adelaide, Zurich, and all points in between, we give little thought to the jet power that will take us there.

The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber.

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Following the end of the First World War, many countries experienced economic decline.

Following the end of the First World War, many countries experienced economic decline.

A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales.

Supported by eleven maps and over 150 photographs, this is the story of Scottish Troops fighting for survival in Normandy.

On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the German commander of U-boat U-47, Günther Prien, steered past the sunken block ships and chains which inadequately protected the British naval base at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.

The Women’s Land Army are probably one of the lesser-known branches of the women’s forces that served their country during World War Two.

The Third Reich, a regime which instigated the most destructive war in modern history, still evokes fascination and horror today.

'An extraordinary account of heroism and sacrifice.

Untitled Document In the late 1930s, convinced that the Nazis would annihilate all Europeans who challenged their belief in Aryan supremacy, Eduard Seventer uses his influential investment bank in Amsterdam to transfer Jewish refugee funds to safety in England and America.

«Los barrios, las fábricas, las escuelas, la iglesia, los bosques, los campos, todo lo que existía había desaparecido (.

Conceived as part of a Top Secret project to disrupt Nazi Germany's atomic bomb program, the hastily developed Studebaker Weasel went on to one of, if not THE most successful of the wartime all-terrain vehicles.

Provides a shocking insight into the widespread use of 'overseers' by the Nazis' concentration network written by a leading contributor to the Images of War series.

A busy little Navy tug officiously pulled the Noumea anti-submarine nets to one side and the Albert Gallatin, with her barge in tow, moved through the gap.

'Propulsive.

This book is about women in World Wars I & II - women working in factories and on farms, or toiling perilously in field stations just behind the front lines, in inhospitable hospitals and convalescent homes.

The British Army started the development of flame throwers in 1938, but progress was slow and interest was side-lined after Dunkirk while the army reequipped.

Launched during the last days of the Third Reich in an attempt to restart the Battle of the Atlantic, the majority of these revolutionary Electro-U-boats never saw action.

The existence of German-speaking units fighting for the Allied cause during WW2 has remained largely a well-kept secret.

The consolidated PBY Catalina was probably the most versatile and successful flying boat/amphibian ever built, serving not just with the US Army, Navy and Coast Guard during the Second World War, but also with the air forces of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with the Danes, Free French and Norwegians as well as in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia and elsewhere.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, The Bomber War is an accessible, insightful and authoritative introduction to the airborne Allied fight against Nazi Germany.

The authors have created a competent, well-written, and very well-illustrated overview history of an important but lesser-known battle of World War II in the Pacific.

In this second volume detailing the service of the Fw 190, Chris Goss has assembled 190 photographs, many from the archive of the late Dr.

Ted Shippy Shipman was one of The Few who flew with 41 Squadron in the Battle of Britain.

An examination of the first conflict to see the large-scale, systematic, deployment of chemical weaponry since the end of World War I.

Studies Hitler's final days in the Fuhrerbunker looking at the Nazi leader's state of mind during the war and the effect if had on his physical state.

In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the greatest ever amphibious invasion, initially overwhelmed German Normandy defenses.

Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show.