Specific wars and campaigns

The 100th title in the Fortress series, this book describes and examines the F hrerhauptquartiere the 14 or so headquarters built for Hitler.

This is the story of the Royal Canadian Air Force's No 126 Wing, part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force.

Following the fall of France and the surrender of Paris on 14 June 1940, the British Government announced that the Channel Islands had no strategic importance and would not be defended.

Named after Klimenti Voroshilov, the People's Commissar for Defence, the KVs proved a nasty surprise for German tank crews during the early days of Operation Barbarossa.

The German A-4 ballistic missile, better known by its propaganda name of V-2, was the world's first successful ballistic missile, breaking through the atmosphere to reach its target quicker.

The Petersburg Campaign was the last great campaign fought in the eastern theater of the US Civil War and the last to see U.

The M18 76mm Gun Motor Carriage was developed for the US Army's Tank Destroyer Command.

By the spring of 1936 an armed clash was imminent between the forces of Spain's extreme Left and extreme Right.

Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European theatre, and their tale is a complicated and tragic one.

The Second World War was Britain's last conflict as a world power.

The lightning Japanese offensives in East Asia in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma.

Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European theatre, and their tale is a complicated and tragic one.

Constant Spanish guerrilla activity so drained the resources and diverted the attention of the French military that Wellington was able to advance against and overcome a numerically superior enemy.

An illustrated exploration of what it was like to be a Confederate Artilleryman in the American Civil War.

This title, a prequel to Warrior 57 French Napoleonic Infantryman 1803-15, concentrates on the period from the storming of the Bastille in 1789 until Bonaparte's election as Consul for Life in 1802.

One of the most important, and yet least publicised, components of the front-line Luftwaffe was the Schlacht, or ground attack, arm.

The German Army of World War II was the first to fully realise the benefits of using airborne troops alongside armoured formations.

This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II.

A detailed, step-by-step account of one of the greatest war-time raids that helped to ensure the Allied success on D-Day.

In fascinating detail, Dr Stephen Bull describes the slow and painful learning curve of the Allies in the mid-war years, trying to end the Japanese stranglehold on Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

A Union supporter once said, "e;What is a man's life worth if our glorious union is to be shattered by traitors?

The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945.

Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific, the 475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief, General George C Kenney.

One of the most important, and yet least publicised, components of the front-line Luftwaffe was the Schlacht, or ground attack, arm.

The battlefield interaction between infantry and tanks was central to combat on most fronts in World War II.

Following the death of the Yugoslavian President Tito in 1980, the semi-autonomous republics and provinces that he had welded into a multi-cultural nation in 1945 slid gradually towards separation.

The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps, leading to a 24-fold increase in size by August 1945.

Exposing the true scale and significance of the deployment of air power in the Balkans, this book details the activities of NATO and UN aircraft as well as local pilots in the former Yugoslavia.

A compact, illustrated account of the first phase of the Yom Kippur, or Ramadan, War.

Packed with illustrations and maps, this slim volume examines Wellington's comeback in Portugal, which ultimately led to the end of its French occupation.

Alongside battlescene illustrations, maps and contemporary prints, Ren Chartrand examines the Anglo-Portuguese defeat of Napoleon's French forces at Bussaco.

A fully illustrated exploration of the British fight against Junot's forces occupying Portugal.

This highly detailed study provides a clear account of how the British Army was organised, who commanded it, and how it functioned in the field during the Peninsular War.

The German Army of World War II was the first to fully realise the benefits of using airborne troops alongside armoured formations.

A concise explanation of the campaigns in which Israel took over the West Bank and the Golan Heights.

The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps, leading to a 24-fold increase in size by August 1945.

The war fought between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982, for the possession of the Falkland Islands, was probably the last 'colonial' war that will ever be undertaken by the British.

Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific, the 475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief, General George C Kenney.

A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.

Following the death of the Yugoslavian President Tito in 1980, the semi-autonomous republics and provinces that he had welded into a multi-cultural nation in 1945 slid gradually towards separation.

The Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA, was founded in 1942 by William 'Wild Bill' Donovan under the direction of President Roosevelt.

From the earliest planning stages of the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes, Hitler was convinced of the importance of taking the Meuse bridges.

A fascinating insight into the dangers and difficulties of operating within the desert terrain From 1940 to 1943 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanised armies.

The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day.

This highly detailed study provides a clear account of how the British Army was organised, who commanded it, and how it functioned in the field during the Peninsular War.

Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force.

In this book, aviation expert Chris Thomas - inspired to research Typhoons by his own father, who flew numerous raids in a Typhoon during World War 2 - extols the great importance of the Typhoon wings in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe.

The most produced Japanese bomber of the war, the G4M saw action on every front from the first day of the Pacific conflict through to VJ-Day.

The 50 years before the American Civil War saw a boom in the construction of coastal forts in the United States of America.

From the earliest planning stages of the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes, Hitler was convinced of the importance of taking the Meuse bridges.