Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this guide to the WWI battlefield of Verdun offers a deeper understanding of its history and its monuments.
This portrait of early-WWII British life "e;nicely weaves together anecdotes and stories of actual individuals that help illustrate the overall experience"e; (The NYMAS Review).
Following on from their pioneering account of the Saxon army in the First World War -Fighting the Kaiser's War - Andrew Lucas and Jurgen Schmieschek have compiled this remarkable sequel which covers Saxony's war in Flanders in much greater detail.
A view of British and American WWII bombing raids with over 250 color images, diagrams, and operational maps: "e;An excellent entry-level introduction.
"e;An entertaining and informative review of the evolution of one of the most important classes of warship, from the technology of WWII into the missile age.
An in-depth look at the combat performance of ground-based air defenses during the Korean War, Vietnam War, Middle East conflicts, and other campaigns.
A detailed, realistic picture of what it was like to serve in the Royal Air Force during WWII, both on the ground and in the air, using firsthand accounts.
An account of the American Expeditionary Force's attack and "e;an excellent guide to trace the locations of one of the last great battles of the Great War"e; (On the Old Barbed Wire).
"e;A snapshot of the misery and pain that [were] suffered by those who not only lost loved ones in the Great War, but were denied a graveside to mourn at.
"e;A really excellent, detailed, comprehensive and moving history of 19 Squadron, RAF during the Second World War"e; from the author of Arnhem 1944 (Clash of Steel).
Imperial Japan's ambitious offensive at the beginning of WWII is captured in dramatic detail in this pictorial history featuring rare wartime photographs.
Richard Laird's previously unpublished record of his wartime experience as a Japanese prisoner of war ranks among the most graphic of this shocking and deservedly popular genre.
This vividly written account of the epic four-year campaign is "e;particularly worth reading [for] aspects of the Great War rarely discussed in other texts"e; -Roads to the Great WarThe annals of the First World War record the Argonne Forest as the epicenter of the famous Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918, the largest American operation launched against the Germans during the conflict.
"e;Full of mystery and intrigue surrounding the Abwehr and the Luftwaffe secret missions supporting the insertion and less frequent extraction of agents.