Specific wars and campaigns

The third in a trilogy of books, the others being Cambrai -The Right Hook and Bourlon Wood by the same authors covering the battle for Cambrai in November 1917.

This is the vivid memoir of a man who was twenty-one at the outbreak of World War II.

In 1994 Ian Fletcher published his book Fields of Fire, which was the first book to show Wellingtons Peninsular War battlefields in full color.

This WWII guidebook brings the momentous drama of D-Day to life with an in-depth study of the fighting on Normandy's Sword Beach.

This WWII history examines an early British commando raid on Nazi occupied France through extensive interviews with survivors from both sides.

An extensive traveler's guide to the French region's World War II historical sites and everything else you need to know about the area.

The battle for Guillemont raged throughout August 1916.

The village of Epehy gave its name to one of the most important battles of 1918.

This fully illustrated WWI battlefield guide provides essential historical context and visitor information for exploring this site on the Western Front.

The British Army is the UK's second largest operator of military aircraft, fielding more than 300 armed helicopters, fixed wing surveillance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Battlefield General game books put you in command of the forces engaged in some of history's most famous battles.

This book features the design, creation and use of air raid shelters, including interviews with people who used them during the Second World War.

This is a guide to the existing WWII aircraft to be found in aviation museums throughout the world.

Written well over ninety years ago while the experiences of youth were still fresh in the authors mind, this is the story of a seventeen-year-old boy from the time he joined Kitcheners Army, as one of the first hundred thousand in 1914, until he found himself in hospital-an officer with the Military Cross-recovering from his last wound, on the day of the Armistice, 11 November, 1918.

The British Airborne landings on Sicily are the least known and, without doubt, the most fraught with political and technical strife.

British commandos are among the most celebrated soldiers of the Second World War.

The river Aisne featured prominently in August 1914 during the Retreat from Mons and in September was the scene of bitter fighting when the BEF re-crossed it in their unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the German Army entrenched along the Northern Crest.

A first-hand account from a British POW, "e;not so much about the building of the Burma-Siam railway as it is about the existence of the men who built it"e; (BiblioBuffet.

Lawrence Attwell was one of the lucky ones, surviving over four years of trench warfare on the Western Front.

In this WWII memoir, a German civilian POW recounts his harrowing experience of survival after escaping a British prison camp in India.

A first-hand account from a British POW, "e;not so much about the building of the Burma-Siam railway as it is about the existence of the men who built it"e; (BiblioBuffet.

Dawyck Haig, the only son of the great Field Marshal, was born in 1918, the year of his father's victory.

Unlike its near neighbour, working-class Salford, Manchester proved able to raise eight Pals battalions.

The history of the magnificent British ship-and an investigation into the mysteries behind her catastrophic sinking by a German submarine.

In September 1915 Kitcherner's men were in action for the first time in the largest offensive of the year.

The Battle of Loos formed part of a wider offensive conducted by both French and British Forces in September 1915.

Lawrence Attwell was one of the lucky ones, surviving over four years of trench warfare on the Western Front.

This illustrated history chronicles the ground combat of the Korean War through rare wartime photographs.

Founded in 1922 the Hitler Youth movement was the second oldest Nazi group.

Most people asked to name one British Second World War airplane would say the Spitfire.

On 4 July 1918, American and Australian troops captured the village of Hamel and the ridge overlooking it.

This book concentrates on Gully Ravine and its immediate area on the western side of the Helles battlefield.

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While the Germans did not succeed in invading Britain during World War II, they occupied a number of islands in the English Channel.

The author's previous three books in this series-British Battalions on the Somme, 1916, British Regiments at Gallipoli andBritish Battalions in France and Belgium, 1914 have achieved all that they set out to do.

In 1917 Bourlon Wood on the Western Front was the scene of fierce back-and-forth fighting between the British and the Germans, with British gains on at least one occasion thrown away by lack of proper follow-up.

A history of the British RAF's 100 Group-the airmen, ground crew, and technicians-who supported the Strategic Bomber Offensive during World War II.

The guide describes the ground and operations covered by the British, French and US Expeditionary Forces deployed from France to the area North of Venice between November 1917 and Spring 1919.

It is generally recognized that the war in Burma against the Japanese was as fierce as any.

Born out of necessity in the dark days of the War, the RAF Regiment found itself in the thick of the action supporting the vital operations in all theaters.

A fascinating collection of wartime memories from major political figures, many who are still household names today.

Historian Peter Pedersen examines the World War I battle on the Western Front that decimated an Australian regiment in Fromelles: French Flanders.

Beaucourt is one of the last parts of the Battle of the Somme still to be covered, until now, by the splendid Battleground Europe Series.

An account of the World War II heroics of six Resistance agents in European countries under Nazi occupation, from a renowned SOE expert.

Fritz-Julius Lemp's tragic sinking of the Athenia in a Second U-Boat Flotilla boat opened Germany's U-boat war against England.

To find an example of a full and successful, yet unconventional, military career, one need look no further than General 'Jim' Wilson.

"e;A gripping narrative"e; of the German submarines that nearly changed the outcome of World War II from the author of Donitz and the Wolf Packs (Naval Review).

Lieutenants, or "e;subalterns"e; as they were called, were very young in the British Army of the Napoleonic Wars, so George Gleig was not unique when he joined the 85th Light Infantry at the age of 17.

In this WWII memoir, a German civilian POW recounts his harrowing experience of survival after escaping a British prison camp in India.

This is the story of a young officer in the Indian Army who commanded a company in the Burma Campaign of 1943 to 1945.