Specific wars and campaigns

Joint Winner of Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History 2001, London.

While we often think about talented artists fleeing the clutches of the Nazi regime - forced out or sickened by the strictures placed upon them - we rarely consider those artists who willingly stayed behind.

Bringing together key international scholars, Vichy, Resistance, Liberation: New Perspectives on Wartime France offers original insight into this critical period of modern France.

In the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war.

How can we understand what caused World War I?

There is a hidden legacy of war that is rarely talked about: the children of native civilians and enemy soldiers.

Artist-drawn humorous postcards were growing considerably in popularity at the start of the 20th century.

Artist-drawn humorous postcards were growing considerably in popularity at the start of the 20th century.

In this remarkable book, now reissued in paperback, Brian Lavery examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation that was put under acute strain during the period, yet rose to the challenge with initiative and determination.

In this remarkable book, now reissued in paperback, Brian Lavery examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation that was put under acute strain during the period, yet rose to the challenge with initiative and determination.

Actor Richard Beale was a young officer in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

Actor Richard Beale was a young officer in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

'Rape, Ravage and Rant are the German watchwords in this war.

'Rape, Ravage and Rant are the German watchwords in this war.

During the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway's Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthly “newsletters” by those who stayed at home to keep Britain moving.

During the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway's Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthly “newsletters” by those who stayed at home to keep Britain moving.

A study and reassessment of the major World War II battle in the South Atlantic between the British and German navies.

The war on Western Front from 1914 to 1918 remains one of the notoriously great tragedies of the twentieth century.

This WWII military history presents stunning, never-before-published photographs from life aboard the infamous German Battleship Tirpitz.

As well as being pathological about his security, Hitler believed only he could successfully oversee the Third Reichs operations.

A pictorial history of the end of World War II from the perspective of Nazi Germany.

What was life in the Red Army like for the ordinary soldier during the Great Patriotic War, the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany on the Eastern Front?

This highly illustrated book covers the activities of the German Army on the River Somme throughout the long years of The Great War.

The author of Japan's Gestapo details the atrocities committed by the Japanese Navy during World War II.

This illustrated WWII history captures the brutal conditions and bitter combat of the Battle of Stalingrad through rare wartime photographs.

Winston Churchill was an extraordinary person - a politician, a statesman, a man of letters and a soldier but it was for his wartime leadership during the Second World War that he is chiefly remembered.

The 900-day siege of the Soviet city of Leningrad by the combined forces of the Germans and the Finns is one of the most remarkable, and terrible, events of the Second World War, yet until recently it has not received the attention it deserves it has been overshadowed by other massive confrontations on the Eastern Front, at Stalingrad and Kursk.

The photographs are taken from five unpublished albums focussing on the German invasion of Russia in 1941 Operation Barbarossa.

A rare collection of personal photographs following Nazi Germany's airborne soldiers on their missions through the Balkans, Crete, and Russia.

A World War II pictorial history detailing Nazi Germany's Auschwitz concentration camp, its monstrous creators, and what went on inside.

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A pictorial history of the Nazi retreat from the Western and Eastern Fronts, back to Germany, as World War II came to an end.

Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity.

A guide to daily life and experiences for British servicemen in World War I, from recruitment and training to the battle and its aftermath.

An in-depth study of how these direct fire weapons were actually employed on the battlefields and their true place in the armory of World War I.

The Second World War spawned a plethora of crack special forces units (Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SBS, Phantom and Commandos) but 30 Assault Unit remains, even today, far more secretive and exclusive than the others.

In 1913 Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd was appointed to the supreme position reserved for Guardsmen, the command of the London Districts.

To survive baling out from a doomed aircraft or a crash-landing in enemy occupied territory certainly required a large element of luck.

On 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, tanks - one of the decisive weapons of twentieth-century warfare - were sent into action for the first time.

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.

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.