Specific wars and campaigns

In 1914 one of Britain's most famous sportsmen went off to play his part in the First World War.

Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians.

Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians.

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

This book examines the treatment of cultural and religious diversity - indigenous and immigrant - on both sides of the Irish border in order to analyse the current state of tolerance and to consider the kinds of policies that may support integration while respecting diversity.

Available in paperback for the first time, this book assesses the strains within the 'Special Relationship' between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence during the Korean War.

Available in paperback for the first time, this book assesses the strains within the 'Special Relationship' between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence during the Korean War.

John Pilger is one of the world's renowned investigative journalists and documentary filmmakers.

Fire and Blood looks at the European crisis of the two world wars as a single historical sequence: the age of the European Civil War (1914-1945).

Dirty War is the first comprehensive look at the Rhodesia's top secret use of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) during their long counterinsurgency against native African nationalists.

The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy.

In this singular book written during World War Two, Bertolt Brecht presents a devastating visual and lyrical attack on war under modern capitalism.

Official History of Freemasonry Among the Colored People in North America by William H.

Maxwell Fox didn't know what he would witness in France.

'My Polish Spring' is the memoir of Heather Campbell, who lived and worked in post-war communist Poland with her scientist husband, Ian.

An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nation's wartime need for munitions, armour, shipping, uniforms and aircraft.

Throughout the course of the Second World War, many millions of animals were enlisted to serve.

During 1940 the German army swept with devastating speed across the Low Countries and into northern France and drove Allied forces back into a small pocket around Dunkirk.

A roll-call and history of the ex-students of Brighton College who fell in the Second World War.

In the early summer of 1914, the headmaster of Brighton College, Canon W.

Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England.

The Greater Game is a major exhibition (December 2014 September 2015) by the National Football Museum exploring the history of English football in the First World War.

The Greater Game is a major exhibition (December 2014 September 2015) by the National Football Museum exploring the history of English football in the First World War.

On 3 September 1939, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sat tensely at a microphone, using radio to declare that 'this country is at war with Germany'.

A concise, illustrated guide to these Second World War defences scattered across the British landscape.

Waterloo is probably the most famous battle in military history.

"e;The Luftwaffe had to be used in a decisive way in the Battle of Britain as a means of conducting total air war.

"e;The Luftwaffe had to be used in a decisive way in the Battle of Britain as a means of conducting total air war.

A memoir of a graduate of Stalin's Central Women's Sniper School and her experience during World War II.

This is the thrilling account of the last remaining Battle of Britain ace fighter pilot, Tom Ginger Neil.

Commando is the real and exciting story of one of the most important units of World War II.

Commando is the real and exciting story of one of the most important units of World War II.

This "e;brilliant and heartrending"e; memoir recounts one of the bloodiest battles of WWI-with a new introduction and a forward by the author's son (John Keegan).

The WWII memoir of a young German conscript who survived the Eastern Front and the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff.

The WWII memoir of a young German conscript who survived the Eastern Front and the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff.

Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II.

Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II.

A thorough introduction to the German Navy's advanced designs during World War II, exploring lesser-known weapons, submarines, and high-speed vessels.

A thorough introduction to the German Navy's advanced designs during World War II, exploring lesser-known weapons, submarines, and high-speed vessels.

An illustrated history of one brigade of German World War II armored fighting vehicles and the action they saw along the Eastern Front.

An illustrated history of one brigade of German World War II armored fighting vehicles and the action they saw along the Eastern Front.

In March 1940, Oberleutnant Wilhelm Walther transferred from Aufklarungs-Abteilung 5, an armored reconnaissance unit, to Bau-Lehr-Bataillon z.

In March 1940, Oberleutnant Wilhelm Walther transferred from Aufklarungs-Abteilung 5, an armored reconnaissance unit, to Bau-Lehr-Bataillon z.

‘Wiped out three Nazis in a shallow trench.

‘Wiped out three Nazis in a shallow trench.

'A fascinating anthology which sheds new light on the Bletchley Park story and shows that there is still more to tell.

'A fascinating anthology which sheds new light on the Bletchley Park story and shows that there is still more to tell.

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up.

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up.

This is the true story of a young Red Army soldier during the Second World War, told in his own words.