Specific wars and campaigns

First-hand accounts from the Russian veterans of World War II who fought in the celebrated tanks that powered the Soviet armored forces.

Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War.

A guide to these historic Belgian landmarks of the First World War, with maps and photos.

This WWII history and battlefield guide examines the Allied push across the Rhine with maps, photos, and informative text.

A Royal Navy Vice Admiral describes the strategy and logistics in deploying ships and crafts for the D-Day amphibious landings in World War II.

This WWII memoir of an NCO Royal Air Force pilot offers a vivid, personal account of wartime life and dangerous operations over Europe.

This is a different approach to Aviation Archaeology.

The historian of the British World War II intelligence organization chronicles his life and service career in this memoir.

Le Cateau (26-27 August 1914) was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War.

A World War II memoir of a clerk who put down his pen and took up a weapon, rising through the ranks to become an elite Special Air Service soldier.

John Masefield wrote four books on The Great War: Gallipoli, The Old Front Line, War and the Future and Battle of the Somme.

Tommy Broom is one of the RAFs most legendary and popular heroes of World War II.

This is the story of the fighter aces who flew throughout the war in many different operational theatres.

The posthumous memoirs of a World War II Pathfinder pilot and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient who flew target-marking missions in enemy territory.

A military history analyzing the evolution of sniper warfare during WWI by the firearms expert and author of Eastern Front Sniper.

In Spring 1945 the outcome of the war was ritually certain but the mighty River Rhine still stood in the way of the Allies.

Ace fighter pilots from the British Royal Air Force share stories from the experiences during World War II's Battle of Britain.

The history of the Flight began with the formation of the Historic Aircraft Flight in July 1957, it was later to become known as The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

This book contains selected images from three different Royal Flying Corps albums.

The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its aim.

This is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of Fighter Command from its formation in 1936 to 1968 when it became part of Strike Command.

The Maginot Line, the complex system of strongpoints constructed between the world wars by the French to protect against attack from Germany, is one of the most famous, extensive and controversial defensive schemes in all military history.

In the aftermath of the War, the war-ravaged countryside was restored and the trenches of the Western Front were filled in.

"e;Fascinating insight into the early development of the B-17 Flying Fortress .

In the summer of 1914, our finest young men flocked to the colors in Northern towns and cities to answer Lord Kitcheners Call to Arms in a spontaneous burst of enthusiasm and patriotism.

Although the Battle of Arnhem was fought over sixty years ago.

The true World War I story of one British town's remarkable response to the message "e;Your Country Needs You.

John Severne joined the RAF in 1944 and gained his wings two months after World War II ended.

An in-depth account of the invasion of Crete by Nazi Germany during World War II, the courageous civilian resistance, and the Allies' devastating defeat.

This is the story of one of the RAF's oldest and most distinguished heavy bomber squadrons in WW2, although an outline history of the unit since it was formed in WW1 and its post-war history are included.

For much of World War II England provided the only western European base from which the British and American air forces could take the war into Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany itself.

Early on 1 September 1914, the Germans surprised 1st Cavalry Brigade harboring in the little town of Nry.

While best known as being the scene of the most terrible carnage in the WW1 the French department of the Somme has seen many other battles from Roman times to 1944.

September 1941 approval was given for the formation of two long-range Air-Sea Rescue squadrons.

The history of weapons and warfare is usually written from the point of view of the battles fought and the tactics used.

A career pilot's memoir of flying fighter jets through two wars and through the evolution of aviation technology.

The six years of prolonged world-wide conflict spawned some 340 serving generals in the British Army.

To bale out of a stricken airplane is a pilot's or aircrew's final chance to escape death.

This book describes the action of 9 May 1915 when the battalions of the 1st Division, 7th Division and the Indian Army attacked Aubers Ridge.

"e;Takes a seemingly mundane subject as airfields and turns it into a fresh understanding of air combat on the Western Front .

In Spring 1945 one final hurdle faced the American and British Armies under Ike's supreme command - the Rhine.

The fighting on Redan Ridge in 1916 has long been overshadowed by events on each flank, namely Serre on the left and Beaumont Hamel on the right.

This is a wartime escape memoir that ranks with the finest.

Dramatic photographs of Nazi Germany's shocking Ardennes Offensive that nearly turned the tide of World War II-from the author of In Pursuit of Hitler.

In an overdue attempt to portray the real effect of the war on life at home, David Bilton examines all the major events of the period and charts their effect on everyday life for those trying to live a normal existence.

A graphic account of the defence of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough against German seaborne raiders in 1914 and a detailed history the coastal defences that confronted the German navy.

A World War II survivor describes his combat experiences as a member of the Red Army's 5th Guards Cavalry Division in the fight against the Nazi Germany.