Military history

With the collapse of France in 1940, American (US) and British (UK) leadership became keenly aware that the continued security of their nations required the defeat of the Axis powers, particularly Germany.

Seeing a regiment of Dragoons process through Paris in 1800, Philippe de Segur decided to join the French cavalry at the ripe old age of 19, swiftly becoming part of Napoleon's headquarters staff.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

This monograph examines the relationship between physical forces prevalent on the modern battlefield and the causes inherent to US armored battalion failure since World War II.

As a "e;cutter"e;, or regimental surgeon, Walter Henry faced the bloodiest side of the military in no less than three continents.

The life of Napoleon is etched still across the history of Europe, in the wars he waged, the dynasties that he toppled, and the laws he enacted.

As a "e;cutter"e;, or regimental surgeon, Walter Henry faced the bloodiest side of the military on no less than three continents.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.

"e;Steel, mud, blood and courage on the Western FrontThis is a fine book because it is a superb first hand eye-witness account of British Tanks in action throughout the First World War.

Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

There are several historical instances of the problems caused when equipment is rushed in production and fielded too soon.

The First World War was the first 'total war'.

In terms of Clausewitz' paradoxical trinity, the German counter insurgency in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union 1941-1944, did not achieve a sense of balance.

Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "e;The History of the British Army"e;, issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete.

The short, but poignant and action filled diary of a public school officer who fought with the Irish Guards in the Ypres Salient.

By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler's forces.

The witty, bitter and caustic memoirs of an anonymous Canadian stretcher-bearer who served during some of the fiercest fighting on the Western Front in 1916 and 1917 before being invalided back to his native land.

This research paper examines how special operations were conducted in Yugoslavia during WWII; how did the operational art conducted fit into Allied grand strategy; and how effective were these operations?

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

Captain Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, now lying in Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, a fallen officer of the Scots Guards who died bravely trying to go to the rescue of his commanding officer during the battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915.

In the late 1930's, an aggressive and innovative rearmament program in Nazi Germany gave rise to the tactics of vertical envelopment.

The life of Napoleon is etched still across the history of Europe, in the wars he waged, the dynasties that he toppled, and the laws he enacted.

Includes the War in North Africa Illustration Pack - 112 photos/illustrations and 21 maps.

A US Army historian chronicles a vital zone of conflict within The Battle of the Bulge in this authoritative and detailed account of WWII combat.

Mildred Aldrich was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1853.

This history of the Royal Flying Corps during the Battle of Somme offers a comprehensive firsthand look at WWI military aviation.

The 29th Bulletin of the Grand Armee of the French Empire arrived in the heart of Paris on the 16th of December 1812, causing an uproar and consternation.

Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, Kent.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

Illustrated with 23 maps and plans of the campaign and engagements at Chickamauga.

In the autumn of 1916 the Germans began to equip with the Gotha twin-engine bomber.

One third of the Americans taken prisoner in Korea succumbed to Communist brainwashing, according to U.

For as long as generalship in war is studied, there is certain to be controversy over the qualities, achievements and treatment of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck.

Originally published in 1907, this is the translation by the British Army War Office of Field Marshal Moltke's military papers relating to the war of 1866 (first published in their original German in 1896).

Priestley's England is the first full-length academic study of J B Priestley - novelist, playwright, screen-writer, journalist and broadcaster, political activist, public intellectual and popular entertainer, one of the makers of twentieth-century Britain, and one of its sharpest critics.

"e;A Sea Cadet in 1711 and a Vice Admiral in 1718, young Wessel barged into battle against his Swedish foes wherever he found them, often in direct violation of orders issued by timid souls in the Admiralty.

In the fateful summer of 1940 Germany stood astride a prostrate Europe while the world held its breath and wondered, "e;Where next?

The German General Staff launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 assuming the eastern campaign would last only three months.

"e;The military career of the Duke of Wellingtons champion There have been few British soldiers during the Napoleonic era of comparatively junior rank who achieved fame in their own time rather than as a result of their subsequent careers.

Originally published in 1940, "e;[T]his book is an attempt to provide a survey of the war that will commend itself to the majority of intelligent readers as giving the significant events of that great struggle.

At the end of the First World War the victors decided to punish the aggressors and while doing so to establish free, democratic governments of ethnic groups which would, supposedly, have no reason to go to war.

Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service.

The Civil War—like all civil wars—was divisive, costly, and savage.

On 6th June 1944 there took place the greatest seaborne invasion in the history of mankind.

Often described as Britain's answer to Rommel, the charismatic and courageous Sir Brian Horrocks was one of the most successful field commanders of the Second World War, much of which he spent working with Montgomery.

This history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'.

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In November, 1950, the United States Army suffered one of its most devastating defeats ever, in the frozen mountains of North Korea at the hands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.