Modern warfare

The Destruction of Peoples considers the connections between colonial conquest and genocide in modern history.

This visual history sheds light on forgotten parts of World War II history through the lens of the US Marine Corps, serving everywhere outside of the Pacific.

The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin.

'Incredibly well sourced .

Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit.

The Destruction of Peoples considers the connections between colonial conquest and genocide in modern history.

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Esther Safran Foer has written of her family in a way that is both uniquely and heartbreakingly her story and a deeply important testament for Ashkenazi Jews.

BOOK 9 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy did the Allies attack on D-Day?

A new and definitive account of the German invasion of Poland that initiated WWII in 1939, written by a historian at the height of his abilities.

In the Autumn of 1940 the Jews of Warsaw were forced into a crowded ghetto, enduring unimaginable conditions until most were killed.

Heroes, Traitors, and Survivors in the Imperial Borderlands redefines Southeastern Europe's role in modern military history.

Heroes, Traitors, and Survivors in the Imperial Borderlands redefines Southeastern Europe's role in modern military history.

This book explores the foundation and work of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and other entertainment organisations such as CEMA and Stars in Battledress.

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life.

From one of America's best loved authors comes this collection of WWII novels.

In a rich and fascinating history John Cornwell tells the epic story of Germany's scientists from the First World War to the collapse of Hitler's Reich.

Current military historiography has a tendency to portray the military effectiveness of non-western, post-colonial states in broad generalized stereotypes.

It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bombs into the dams of the Ruhr Valley in 1943 .

Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before.

'The things I saw completely defy description': when British troops entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, they uncovered scenes of horror and depravity that shocked the world.

Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read' At 8:15am on August 6th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan war, acclaimed by critics as a classic.

SEARING HEATYou have the most dangerous job in the world's most dangerous place.

General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve in many different theatres of conflict, from Northern Ireland (where he was awarded the Military Cross) to Bosnia and Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is an untold, beautifully-written spy story set in wartime occupied France with a brilliant but ruthless British secret agent at its heart.

From the bestselling author of Fortress Malta this is the second book in the Mediterranean war trilogy.

Due to the number of colour illustrations, this ebook is best viewed on a tablet.

The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines.

Seventy years on, D-Day remains the greatest combined military operation of all time.

From the bestselling and prize-winning author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation' comes the long neglected D-Day story of the largest action by the French Resistance during WWII, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan.

Foremost military historian Richard Holmes offers us a compelling and at times terrifying account of what it means to be a contemporary soldier.

The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone.

Afghanistan, Summer 2006.

The surrender of Japan in mid-August 1945 caused many around the world to pour into the streets in spontaneous celebrations.

A gripping, unexpectedly humorous, and deeply human portrait of life in Ukraine reshaped by war.

Every generation has its wars.

Equally skilled in a variety of trades other than in the art of love, the Italian prisoners of war (POWs) who were incarcerated in South Africa during the Second World War are a source of great fascination to this day.

El ascenso del capitalismo estadounidense se presentó al mundo bajo la bandera de la libertad, la democracia y la prosperidad.

The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the Second World War is one of suspense, drama and dogged persistence.

One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector born into a famous artistic family who, after the death of his brother on active service, decides to fight the Nazis and joins SOE.

In 1977, the Colombian journal Ideología y Sociedad devoted twenty-eight pages of its twenty-first issue to an attack on Ernest Mandel's The Leninist Theory of Organisation.

Mem and HeitThe Netherlands (or Holland) was invaded by the forces of Hitler in 1940.

Assigned to the C-47 troop carrier squadrons, more than 6,500 glider pilots played a key role in the newly developed U.