Modern warfare

This is the story about Franz Hess, a Jewish scientist working at an armaments Research and Development complex in the Ruhr, Germany during World War 11.

Wolfgang Luth was one of only seven men to win Germany’s highest combat decoration.

This WWII pictorial history presents a chronological view of Nazi military weaponry over the entire conflict through rare wartime photographs.

Panzer Rollen provides an insightful look in to the workings of the Military Intelligence Service that was so invaluable in shaping both the strategy and tactics of the Allied forces during the Second World War.

A biography reassessing the man whose name became a synonym for appeasement: “An important read for anyone with an interest in the prelude to World War II.

This WWII history examines how the Royal Navy defended the English Channel from the first Dover Patrols to the liberation of the Channel Islands.

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.

For the last fifty years, the German Occupation of France has been regarded as a period characterised by four things: cold, hunger, the absence of freedom and above all fear; a time when the indigenous population was cruelly and consistently oppressed by the army of occupation.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 sank or crippled almost all of the battleships belonging to the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, but the fleet's aircraft carriers survived to demonstrate that naval aviation was now the dominant factor in the struggle at sea, turning the tide of the Pacific War.

This informative and easy to use WWII travel guide features everything you need to know while exploring the historic sites of D-Day.

In early September 1939, the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment were one of the first complete infantry units of the BEF to land in France.

In December 1941 the Japanese invaded Burma.

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

With his special forces training completed, Sergeant Roland Barker was allocated to Operation Arundel as its radio operator.

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This WWII combat history sheds light on the Battle for Staraya Russa, in which German soldiers and Spanish volunteers bitterly fought the Red Army.

John Howard’s name will forever be linked to the highly successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

This, the fourth volume of a five part work that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two, begins in the spring of 1944 with a completely new insight on the catastrophic raid on Nuremburg on the night of 30/31 March and follows with the disastrous attack on Mailly-le-Camp in May.

The Battle of the Bulge took the Allied armies by surprise in 1944.

“A fascinating look into the aircrews used and the effect on those who had to live through this constant bombing” by the RAF during World War II (UK Historian).

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.

Andrés Orgaz Martínez analiza los paralelismos entre la Revolución mexicana y la revolución turca, las similitudes y contradicciones entre el gobierno de Plutarco Elías Calles y Kemal Atatürk, "el padre de los turcos", y las repercusiones de estos conflictos en otras naciones del mundo.

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.

“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.

An extensive traveler’s guide to the French region’s World War II historical sites and everything else you need to know about the area.