Modern warfare

After the Allies broke out from Normandy in July 1944, they drove quickly through the rest of France and were threatening the German border by the autumn.

The true story of seventeen months in the life of a Vietnamese village where a handful of American Marines and Vietnamese militia lived and died together attempting to defend it.

A British officer’s day-to-day observations throw “interesting light on life and soldiering during the Second World War.

This WWII naval history chronicles the development of small fighting boats as well as the evolution of their tactics and coastal warfare operations.

This illustrated WWII history pays tribute to the engineers and emergency repair teams who saved London from flooding during the relentless air raids.

Following the recent unveiling of the monument to Bomber Command in London's Green Park, the publication of this lovingly crafted account of the exploits of oft-overlooked 1 Group is set to be a timely one.

As German armored columns moved to seal off French ports from retreating British troops in 1940, Winston Churchill had few reserves he could commit.

These transcripts of wiretapped conversations between Nazi officers reveal “a fascinating—and chilling—insight into the German view of the war” (Financial Times).

The Arctic convoys that sailed through the cold malevolent waters of the Barents Sea ran the gauntlet of German air and sea attacks as they struggled to transport vital supplies to Britain’s Russian allies.

Very few men have a more exciting and dramatic story of their wartime activities to tell than Patrick Dalzel-Job.

The acclaimed WWII historian and author of Race to the Reichstag vividly chronicles the preliminary battle that opened the Red Army's path to Berlin.

Leningrad was under siege for almost three years, and the first winter of that siege was one of the coldest on record.

Commando is the all action history of World War II's toughest troops, and is the complete untold story of victory against overwhelming odds.

John Severne joined the RAF in 1944 and gained his wings two months after World War II ended.

Wars are never good news, not now and definitely not in the 1900s.

On 9 April 1940, the German Armed Forces seized Norway and Denmark in an operation remarkable for its precision and boldness.

A biography of an aviation archaeology pioneer who unearthed World War II plane wrecks and the stories they contained.

“Takes you right to the scene of the action in late May and early June 1940, when more than 300,000 soldiers were saved from capture or death.

The heart-breaking story of Joseph Tenenbaum who visited Poland in 1945 after the end of the Second World War in search of his Jewish relatives.

With 16 pages of photographsOne of the most shocking aspects of the Nazi treatment of their prisoners was the wanton cruelty of the doctors assigned to the concentration camps that were dotted throughout occupied Europe.

This vividly detailed WWII history chronicles the bitter conflict at sea between Allied and Japanese naval forces.

Clarence ‘Kelly’ Johnson’s design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world’s most iconic airliners.

A key look at the history of airborne forces from the Second World War to the 1980s, studying their training and equipment as well as their actions in battle.

A celebration of the renowned WWII aircraft and the aviators who flew them—includes rare photographs.

A unique and enthralling anthology compiled by WWII flying ace, Laddie Lucas, Voices in the Air tells the story of the air battles of the Second World War in the voices of those who took part.

In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command.

A graphic record of one man's experience in an infamous POW camp during World War II, and how he survived being forced to build the "e;Death Railway.

The truth about the battle that came to define our Vietnam War - from the men who were there.

Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands.

Austria's Anschluss - its 'annexation' - saw no gunfire, no bloodcurdling screams of Stukas overhead or the rumble of heavy artillery when German troops marched in on 12 March 1938.