Specific wars and campaigns

The monumental battles of World War II's Eastern FrontMoscow, Stalingrad, Kurskare etched into the historical record.

An illustrated account of the AH-64 Apache Units and their roles in these two crucial operations in Afghanistan.

Das Buch schildert die Geschichte der Wiener Häfen, bevor der Ausbau Alberns zum Getreidehafen ab 1938 beleuchtet wird.

This title offers a detailed study of a successful but little-known German tank of World War II, the Panzer 38(t).

In one of historys most violent battles, Allied troops gathered along the shores of southern England, preparing for the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe.

Known for his rousing speeches and military triumphs, General George S.

This book studies British cultural engagement with Napoleon Bonaparte from his 1815 surrender and time in British custody, until the return of his remains to France in 1840.

In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the U.

The Great War or the "e;War to end all wars"e; as promised by President Woodrow Wilson was neither great nor ultimately conclusive.

This book, first published in 1995, aims to enhance our understanding of the Anglo-American alliance by examining the origins of the alliance during the Second World War.

Achille Ratti, bekannt als Papst Pius XI.

"e;The authors do a good job using the diaries, interviews, and books written by group members to convey a vivid-sometimes too vivid-picture of war at its most elemental.

Im Zuge der Aufklärung kam die Idee auf, dass Demokratien eine friedliche Außenpolitik betreiben würden.

This book consists of ten essays that examine the ways in which language has been used to evoke what Lawrence L.

Kentucky, 1861 pulls students into the secession crisis following Lincoln's 1860 election.

Henry Friedman was robbed of his adolescence by the monstrous evil that annihilated millions of European Jews and changed forever the lives of those who survived.

The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in US Marine Corps history, from a New York Times–bestselling author.

This WWII memoir offers a vivid chronicle of combat in Egypt with the 107th Royal Horse Artillery and a daring escape from an Italian POW camp.

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2018)Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the next installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seriesAs the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run.

This biography provides a concise, accurate, and lively account of one of the best known yet least understood figures of the Civil War, Robert E.

The Beauty That Remains charts the authors escape from communist Vietnam, her stay in a Malaysian refugee camp, and her first years in Australia, with all the drama and the hilarity of a bumbling young woman from a small town in Vietnam who tried to learn, adapt and make sense of Australian culture and society.

From an internationally renowned expert on US history, this highly illustrated title details the curtain-closing campaign of the American Civil War in the East.

The complex and fascinating story of Romania's 'turning of arms' against Nazi Germany, and the battle for Romania - an important but overlooked and misunderstood episode of World War II.

Described by historians as a "e;total war,"e; World War I was the first conflict that required a comprehensive mobilization of all members of society, regardless of profession, age, or gender.

During the 13-year insurgency (1961–74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces.

The US Army had a unique tactical doctrine during World War II, placing the emphasis for tank fighting on its Tank Destroyer Command whose main early-war vehicle was the M10 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, based on the reliable M4A2 Sherman tank chassis.

Steve N.

Richard Fleming served as a scout with the elite U.

Between 1942 and 1944 the Germans sealed and completely emptied at least 38,000 Parisian apartments.

This fully illustrated study examines and compares the roles of the US Navy submarines and the Imperial Japanese Navy's anti-submarine warfare capabilities during World War II.

A celebration of the machine and the men who took to the skies in defence of Britain.

A careful analysis of the organisation, tactics and command structure which ensured that the Royal Navy was the undisputed master of the waves.

If this doesn't move you, I suggest you check your pulse.

JG 51 were one of the Luftwaffe's top wartime fighter units, yet their story has never been told in English, until now.

Odilo Globocnik, a collaborator of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, was responsible for the deaths of at least 1.

A detailed account of the US' nail-biting attempt to claw back their position, with full-colour maps and archival photography.

Defined by the messianic, iconic figure of Adolf Hitler, the twelve years of the Third Reich were one of the pivotal periods of the modern age.

Why did eleven slave states secede from the Union in 1860-61?

From the heat of Spain to the frozen wastelands of Finland, this book reveals the combat stories of the pilots who flew the Polikarpov fighters from 1936 until the end of World War II.

Prior to Hitler s occupation, nearly 120,000 Jews inhabited the areas that would become the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; by 1945, all but a handful had either escaped or been deported and murdered by the Nazis.

In Book Two of the third volume of his magisterial Stalingrad Trilogy, David Glantz continues and concludes his definitive history of one of the most infamous battles of World War Two, the Stalingrad campaign that signaled Germanys failure on the Eastern Front and marked a turning point in the war.

The Vietnam War remains a topic of extraordinary interest, not least because of striking parallels between that conflict and more recent fighting in the Middle East.

As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own units.

The purpose of this study was to discover what was typical in the history and character of the state during the period of the Civil War and the readjustment that followed.

Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots--their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or simply unknown to the general public.