Specific wars and campaigns

Using the veterans own words and photographs, the book brings to life a mixture of their excitement of embarkation for France, their unbound optimism and courage, the agony of the trenches, and numbing fear of going over the top.

One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, wartime leader Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard.

The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell.

'No one can deny Paul Roland is a complete master of his subject.

'The best political weapon is the weapon of terror.

'Roland's compelling account is highly readable.

By midnight on 6 June 1944, the future of Europe hung in the balance.

On 7 December 1941, the Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbour.

'Roland's compelling account is highly readable.

'The best political weapon is the weapon of terror.

Few people alive today had direct experience of the First World War, and yet it seems embedded in the collective consciousness of the combatant nations as a warning to future generations of the futility of military conflict.

The Second World War was the final global conflict of the twentieth century.

"e;If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

The early battles of the First World War during the autumn and winter of 1914 were open, mobile affairs of the kind long familiar to professional soldiers.

This book tells the story of Operation Overlord, the largest and most meticulously planned seaborne invasion in the history of warfare.

Vietnam was the first war America lost.

For troops in the desert, Cairo meant fleshpots or brass hats.

The 1936 Berlin Olympics brought together athletes, politicians, socialites, journalists, soldiers and artists from all over the world.

In May and June 1940 almost four million people fled Paris and its suburbs in anticipation of a German invasion.

In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day.

Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete - reissued with a new introduction.

'Superbly written and gripping' Daily ExpressThe thrilling true account of Hitler's first defeat.

In June 1940, the German Army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees.

On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide.

In HOLY WAR, the final book of the Saladin Trilogy, telling the story of the legendary war leader who united Arabia, Saladin recaptures Jerusalem from the Crusaders, and prepares for his ultimate battle against Richard the Lionheart.

The seven-year campaign that saved Europe from Napoleon told by those who were there.

In the summer of 1940 the fate of Europe hung in the balance.

Few people know that Ypres, centre of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War.

The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber.

At the moment of crisis in 1941 on the Eastern front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved.

In February 1943, German forces surrendered to the Red Army at Stalingrad and the tide of war turned.

When the German High Command encircled Leningrad it was a deliberate policy to eradicate the city s civilian population by starving them to death.

Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war.

Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war.

Saladin is a legendary figure in the history of the Middle East.

Saladin is a legendary figure in the history of the Middle East.

In Dawn of D-Day David Howarth weaves together the testimony of hundreds of eye-witnesses and has produced a breath-taking and atmospheric account of the greatest amphibious landing ever attempted.

In Dawn of D-Day David Howarth weaves together the testimony of hundreds of eye-witnesses and has produced a breath-taking and atmospheric account of the greatest amphibious landing ever attempted.

A pictorial history of the major WWII battle in which American Navy and Marine forces took the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army.

The Christian, Greek-speaking Byzantine empire was placed rather uneasily between western Christendom and the Islamic world during the Crusade era.

World War I was a uniquely devastating total war that surpassed all previous conflicts for its destruction.

Surviving Hitler and Mussolini examines how far everyday life was possible in a situation of total war and brutal occupation.

With the approach of the First World War, the German community in Britain began to be assailed by a combination of government measures and popular hostility which resulted in attacks against individuals with German connections and confiscation of their property.

This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War.

Foreword by Michael LambekThe death and destruction of war leave behind scars and fears that can last for generations.

Shaping the minds of the future generation was pivotal to the Nazi regime in order to ensure the continuing success of the Third Reich.

Shaping the minds of the future generation was pivotal to the Nazi regime in order to ensure the continuing success of the Third Reich.

Covering Western and Eastern Europe, this book looks at the Holocaust on the local level.

Covering Western and Eastern Europe, this book looks at the Holocaust on the local level.