Specific wars and campaigns

This diary, begun after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and covering the invasion of Burma up to June 1942, is a moving account of the dilemmas faced by the well-loved and prolific Burmese author Theippan Maung Wa (a pseudonym of U Sein Tin) and his family.

Kabul is a name that has had much resonance in current affairs over the last few years, however its place in military history can be charted much further back to the first British incursions into Afghanistan during the 19th century.

'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' Soldier magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War.

On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army attacked 1,700 British and colonial forces.

It's common knowledge that the Enigma cipher was broken at Bletchley Park, but less is known of the background: an exhilarating spy story of secret documents smuggled across borders, hair-raising escapes, Gestapo interrogations and betrayals.

In 1982, North Sea ferry MV Norland transported passengers and vehicles between Hull and Rotterdam.

Chapel Street was a row of old Georgian terraced lodging houses in Altrincham, home to some 400 Irish, English, Welsh and Italian lodgers.

Told in unflinching detail, this is the story of the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Giddings Regiment or the Abolition Regiment, after its founder, radical abolitionist Congressman J.

For Civil War enthusiasts, the collected writings of a long-neglected figure who was crucial to the pivotal Civil War years in New Mexico.

This detailed, scholarly history of Korea is a comprehensive political and socioeconomic history from 57 B.

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This book examines the gender and family dimensions of mobilisation for the First World War in the Ottoman Empire, situating the war in a long-nineteenth-century social history of Ottoman military reform for the first time.

This book examines the gender and family dimensions of mobilisation for the First World War in the Ottoman Empire, situating the war in a long-nineteenth-century social history of Ottoman military reform for the first time.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT WAS MADE NEARLY 1,000 YEARS AGO, THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY RETURNS TO ENGLAND IN A MAJOR EXHIBITION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

In these colorful, insightful profiles, Col.

Most of the great military campaigns and breakthroughs of World War II would not have been successful without the efforts of teams of people working unsung and undercover.

PRE-ORDER THE ACTION-PACKED STORY OF THE WWII GROUP THAT BECAME OUR SAS, FROM ONE OF THE UK'S MOST STORIED SPECIAL FORCES OPERATORS History at its gripping, fascinating finest THE DAILY EXPRESS'A must read for any military enthusiast' JASON FOX Brilliant Stuff.

This book explores the enduring legacy of the battleship Yamato, weaving together history, myth, and cultural impact to reveal how a wartime icon became a symbol of Japan's identity and imagination across generations.

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Reconstruction explores one of the most transformative and contested eras in American history: the years after the Civil War, when the United States attempted to rebuild the defeated South, define freedom after slavery, and decide whether democracy could truly include formerly enslaved people.

The Last Full Measure tells the forgotten story of the sacred mission to return Americas fallen from foreign battlefields.

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This book explores the enduring legacy of the battleship Yamato, weaving together history, myth, and cultural impact to reveal how a wartime icon became a symbol of Japan's identity and imagination across generations.

The American West explores one of the most dramatic and contested periods in United States history: the transformation of the West during the nineteenth century.

In the frozen hell of the Battle of the Bulge, green American paratroopers faced German tanks on Dead Mans Ridgeand prevailed.

The United States in World War II tells the dramatic story of America's transformation from a cautious, divided nation into a decisive global superpower.

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The rudimentary facts of the Beer Hall Putsch are well known.

Why would a nation, in the midst of a vicious and unrestricted war, hesitate to employ a weapon guaranteed to inflict massive casualties on the enemy?

The author explores a variety of questions related to General Sikorski's policies, such as his effort to maintain an independent Polish Arms' in the Soviet Union.

This book examines the intrusion of imperialist modes of thought into the domestic politics of the Edwardian period and the war years.

Fort Lafayette or Love and Secession explores personal devotion and ideological conflict set against a nation fractured by civil unrest.

An urgent call-to-action outlining how we can prevent a global conflict in the near-future from Tobias Ellwood, former Defence Minister and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee.

The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-War offers a penetrating exploration of a nation engulfed in the turmoil of World War I.

This is the story of the great coalition formed by the United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Russia to combat the Axis in World War II.

This expertly curated volume explores how the U.

Fifty years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords signaled the final withdrawal of U.

African Americans' long campaign for the right to fight forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces.

The purpose of this study was to discover what was typical in the history and character of the state during the period of the Civil War and the readjustment that followed.

In this thoroughly researched documentation of a historically controversial issue, the author considers the background, passage, and constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law.

In 1961, the U.

Numerous letters and films were sent to his sister Julie in California via a coffee can to which he drew upon to write an account of his experiences.

It is well documented that relations between the Allies and the Soviet Union were deteriorating from 1943.

This volume makes available a fascinating narrative and a document of singular importance to the study of the Civil War.

In the quarter century after the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949, Beijing assisted Vietnam in its struggle against two formidable foes, France and the United States.

The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, and still stands as the bloodiest single day in American military history.

In 1942, Bill Manbo (19081992) and his family were forced from their Hollywood home into the Japanese American internment camp at Heart Mountain in Wyoming.

Conner explains the background, organization, and workings of the National War Labor Board, created by President Wilson in April 1918.

After Japans attack on Pearl Harbor, leaders in China and the United States had high hopes of a lasting partnership between the two countries.

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