Specific wars and campaigns

Canada's statebuilding efforts in Afghanistan are not well documented.

Since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has tried to restore its lost status, prestige, and influence in the global political arena.

Falling between the "e;War of Movement"e; in 1914 and the major attrition battles of 1916, 1915 was a critical year in the First World War.

Some 60 million people died during the Second World War; millions more were displaced in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

What was it like to be a soldier's wife in Canada during the First World War?

Who, or what, was the real enemy in Vietnam?

An in-depth account of the greatest aviation war film ever made, the first major movie to deal with the aerial conflicts above Britain during 1940.

Released in 1969, the film Battle of Britain went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced.

Four Empires were extinguished by the Great War 1914-18 - the Ottoman, German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian.

Four Empires were extinguished by the Great War 1914-18 - the Ottoman, German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian.

The horrors of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and labor camps were just the beginning of the struggle to survive for the Seiler family.

The horrors of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and labor camps were just the beginning of the struggle to survive for the Seiler family.

Orbital fortresses poised to fry entire cities with no warning using giant mirrors.

Orbital fortresses poised to fry entire cities with no warning using giant mirrors.

Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber.

A new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration, which destroyed Army Group Center.

Using first-hand accounts and rare and unpublished images, this highly illustrated title tells the full story of the German reconnaissance troops in World War II.

A new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration, which destroyed Army Group Center.

Using first-hand accounts and rare and unpublished images, this highly illustrated title tells the full story of the German reconnaissance troops in World War II.

With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force.

Although we often think of friendship today as an indisputable value of human social life, for thinkers and writers across late medieval Christian society friendship raised a number of social and ethical dilemmas that needed to be carefully negotiated.

Naval deck logs require young officers to record mundane details of a ship's condition every few hours.

Although we often think of friendship today as an indisputable value of human social life, for thinkers and writers across late medieval Christian society friendship raised a number of social and ethical dilemmas that needed to be carefully negotiated.

A study of the British Royal Navy's activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville.

A study of the British Royal Navy's activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville.

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females.

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females.

The powerful antebellum tale of three women and their evolving relationship as master, sister, friend, and captive.

Die deutsche Okkupation Nordfrankreichs im Ersten Weltkrieg erstmals anhand militärischer Quellen geschildert und kriegsrechtlich eingeordnet.

During World War II, Axis prisoners of war received arguably better treatment in the U.

Germany's aristocratic Schulenburg family were irreconcilably divided over Hitler--some followed him devoutly while others joined the Resistance.

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A fully illustrated account of how the Third Reich's Army Group South was defeated in 1944-forty-five by the Soviet Red Army.

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states.

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states.

To understand the turnaround in Spain's stance towards Japan during World War II, this book goes beyond mutual contacts and explains through images, representations, and racism why Madrid aimed at declaring war on Japan but not against the III Reich -as London ironically replied when it learned of Spain's warmongering against one of the Axis members.

Three wars have dominated world events in recent years: The conflict which erupted between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands; the multinational conflict in Lebanon involving Irsaeli, Syrian, and FLO forces in Lebanon; and the savage struggles between ground and air units of the Iranian and Iraqi forces.

Yalta still excites scholars and general public alike.

Yalta still excites scholars and general public alike.

Three wars have dominated world events in recent years: The conflict which erupted between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands; the multinational conflict in Lebanon involving Irsaeli, Syrian, and FLO forces in Lebanon; and the savage struggles between ground and air units of the Iranian and Iraqi forces.

Ensign Charles Paget’s previously unpublished diary of the Peninsular War is an important discovery for two reasons.

Just after midnight on 22 April 1916 on the Western Front, a sergeant from the 15th (1st London) Royal Welsh Fusiliers came sliding and stumbling along the dark, mud-filled trench towards the four men, huddled together and soaked-through, in the shallow dugout.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

A soldier with the German Army's Wallonian Legion chronicles his experience as a foreign volunteer for the Nazi war machine during WWII.