Specific wars and campaigns

The author of Beneath the Waves provides a thorough history of the sinkings of Britain's destroyer warships during World War II.

The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tates Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations.

The great retreat of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons in August 1914 is one of the most famous in military history, and it is justly celebrated.

The Laforays were the largest, most powerfully armed and successful ships of this type to see frontline action with the Royal Navy in WWII.

This WWI history examines the significant yet overlooked British offensive that achieved major advances on the Western Front.

Women in the Second World War explores the experiences of women who served in the armed forces, or complimentary services.

The true story of American Airlines pilots who ferried essential supplies to US troops over the Himalayas is recounted in this thrilling WWII history.

6 Group was born out of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), which, among other things called for the formation of 25 Canadian Squadrons in Britain.

In this sequel to his successful first volume Peter Liddle brings his years of Oral History experience to the Thirties and the Second World War.

Too often historical writing on the Russian War of 1854-56 focuses narrowly on the land campaign fought in the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea.

General George Monck is famous for the key role he played in the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.

In Liverpool local heroes tend to be drawn from football or the music business or from the period when the city was one of Britains greatest ports.

Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2.

While always dangerous and daring, SAS operations are by no means invariably successful and when they go wrong, they do so very badly.

This is the first in a series of game books which put you in command of the forces in engaged in some of history's most famous battles.

A detailed history of the World War II battle, featuring experiences from over 500 participants, by the author of The First Day on the Somme.

This volume chronicles aerial combat of the Korean War through both historical narrative and the personal accounts of Allied airmen and POWs.

In Kitchener's Men John Hutton provides a absorbing account of the raising, training and fighting experiences of the Service and Territorial battalions of the Kings Own Royal Lancasters in France during the Great War.

Peter Liddle was a pioneer in the recording of memories of personal experience in the First World War and in the social background of those who lived through those years.

This WWII history chronicles the remarkable career of a brilliant British Army commander and the innovative armored vehicles he created.

Frank Broome was a 15 year old schoolboy when he experienced the three major blitzes in his home city of Coventry and at the age of 17 volunteered for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1942 for pilot training.

The assault crossing of the River Seine by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division in August 1944 remains one of the most important operations of the closing stages of the Second World War.

Robert le Page flew with the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 to 1945, mostly in 816 Squadron flying carrier-based Fairey Swordfish.

Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britains dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the convoy system in coastal waters at the outset of the war.

In this companion volume to her pioneering study Redcoats Against Napoleon, Carole Divall tells the fascinating inside story of a typical infantry regiment during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

The Battle of the Lys, fought in April 1918, was critical for the Allies and for Germany.

When the Burma campaign is discussed, the turning point battles of Imphal and Kohima are most often thought of.

Alfred Burrages War is War is his sincere and successful attempt to record his experiences as a private soldier in France during the First World War, his reactions to abnormal conditions and his observations.

Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia were all German allies in the Second World War, unlike the other countries of Europe which had either been forcibly occupied by the Nazis or remained neutral.

The riveting firsthand account of an RAF pilot's adventures in World War II-from life-and-death situations to unusual posts that test his usual good humor.

This book covers the inception, growth and employment of Britains airborne forces (parachute and glider-borne formations) between June 1940 and March 1945.

A WWII historian shines a light on an unsung hero of the Battle of Britain and reveals the conspiracy that led to his undignified dismissal.

An absorbing historical biography of the couple wed amid the chaos of the Napoleonic wars and their adventures from Europe to Asia to South Africa.

On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year.

The precepts laid down are the result of the experience acquired in the war in the Peninsula, from the first battle of Rolia in 1808, to the last in Belgium, of Waterloo in 1815They have been the means of saving the lives, and of relieving, if not even of preventing, the miseries of thousands of our fellow-creatures throughout the civilized world.

Seapower was a crucial element in the outcome of the Second World War.

Gunther Plschow of the German Imperial Navy holds a unique place in history-during the First World War he was the only German prisoner of war ever to escape from the British mainland and make it all the way back to the Fatherland.

The first French invasion of Portugal in 1807 - which was commanded by Junot, one of Napoleon's most experienced generals - was a key event in the long, brutal Peninsular War.

This edited diary is Colonel Bill Spackmans extraordinary personal record of his experiences as the Medical Officer of an Indian Infantry battalion during the Mesopotamian Campaign 1914 1916.

‘The enemy has got to be fought everywhere and hard.

Miles Dempsey, Commander of the British Second Army in the invasion of Europe 1944-45, is almost unknown to the general public.

he Kaisers determination to starve Britain into surrender and the development of his Navy and the U-boats in particular meant that Britains merchant navy was in the front line throughout the Great War.

Tom Firth was born in Japan where his English father and Polish mother were living.

This book examines the period between the unconditional surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945, and the arrival of Allied liberation forces in Japanese-occupied territories after 2 September 1945.

Simon Joness graphic history of underground warfare during the Great War uses personal reminiscences to convey the danger and suspense of this unconventional form of conflict.

By the laws of statistics John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story.

In Part One Powdrill describes his experiences in France during 'the Phoney War and then their baptism by fire in May 1940, culminating in the evacuation from Dunkirk having left their disabled guns behind.

A British naval officer details life as a prisoner of war and his courageous and suspenseful escape attempts during World War II.

The journals of the Honourable James Stanhope are among the most remarkable eyewitness accounts of the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, and yet they have never been published before.

This comprehensive military history details the generals, organization and movements of Napoleon's cavalry through the Peninsular War.