Specific wars and campaigns

"e;The authors do a good job using the diaries, interviews, and books written by group members to convey a vivid-sometimes too vivid-picture of war at its most elemental.

Coauthor Erich Friedrich won the Iron Cross fighting the Soviets.

A detailed summary of all types of Diamond T vehicles used by the U.

Surviving Twice is the story of five Vietnamese Amerasians born during the Vietnam War to American soldiers and Vietnamese mothers.

The first English translation of a German account of the attempt to relieve the Nazis' Sixth Army at Stalingrad during World War II.

Maine-born Dr.

The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned.

Learning War examines the U.

Shaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a lucrative industry of their ownFancy Goods, a Victorian term for small adorned household objects made by women for women.

Few American presidents have exercised their constitutional authority as commander in chief with more determination than Franklin D.

The Spanish Civil War left a legacy of destruction, resentment and deep ideological divisions in a country that was attempting to recover from economic stagnation and social inequality.

When it was first published in 1953, opinions were sharply divided between those who deplored the apparent extolling of a vicious form of warfare, and this who found in Heinz Schaeffer’s account a revealing picture of the German Navy’s training and methods.

This book documents the case that World War II happened in such a different world that it has little relevance to todays foreign policy, as well as the case that U.

The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea is a collection of fascinating accounts written by German military officers – both Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe – about the naval war in the air in the North Atlantic and around Great Britain.

From the Magna Carta to the Falklands, the years that have made Britain, for better and for worseDid the longbow secure victory at Agincourt or are the English just better in mud?

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

The First World War was the first 'total war'.

By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler's forces.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

A US Army historian chronicles a vital zone of conflict within The Battle of the Bulge in this authoritative and detailed account of WWII combat.

This history of the Royal Flying Corps during the Battle of Somme offers a comprehensive firsthand look at WWI military aviation.

Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, Kent.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

In the autumn of 1916 the Germans began to equip with the Gotha twin-engine bomber.

For as long as generalship in war is studied, there is certain to be controversy over the qualities, achievements and treatment of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck.

At the end of the First World War the victors decided to punish the aggressors and while doing so to establish free, democratic governments of ethnic groups which would, supposedly, have no reason to go to war.

The Civil War—like all civil wars—was divisive, costly, and savage.

On 6th June 1944 there took place the greatest seaborne invasion in the history of mankind.

Often described as Britain's answer to Rommel, the charismatic and courageous Sir Brian Horrocks was one of the most successful field commanders of the Second World War, much of which he spent working with Montgomery.

This history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'.

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On 25th September 1915, and for a few days afterwards, the small town of Loos, between Lens and La Bassee in Northern France, became the centre of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World War.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum and of Broome, was Britain's last great military hero.

This book focuses on the aural and musical sphere of fictional audio-visual reconstructions of the Holocaust, a defining event in the history of the 20th century.

Ernest William Hornung was born in Middlesbrough, England on 7th June 1866, the third son and youngest of eight children.

Frederic Manning was born on 22nd July 1882 in Sydney, Australia, one of eight children to local politician Sir William Patrick Manning.

On 23 April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history.

On the 31st of July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus of one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battle of World War I.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

In July 1942 German and Italian forces were on the point of sweeping away the remainder of the British resistance in the Middle East and triumphantly overrunning Egypt.

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Best known in the USA as a former colony and exotic tourist location, the Republic of the Philippines has seen civil unrest, insurgencies and separatism movements ever since independence in 1946.

In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia.

Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes.