Air forces and warfare

A biography of the man who lead the secret mission to kill Adolph Hitler and topple the Nazi regime, from an award-winning historian.

A tribute to the WWII contributions made by this northeastern English town from the historian and author of RAF Bomber Command at War 1939-1945.

'One of the greatest codebreakers of the twentieth century' Suzannah Lipscomb An astounding story of codebreaking, personal sacrifice and a life lived in the shadows.

The topics of World War II and US-China relationship have been of much interest to academics and general public alike.

One could not choose a worse place for fighting the Japanese, said Winston Churchill of North Burma, deeming it the most forbidding fighting country imaginable.

Flight Lieutenant Thomas 'Tommy' Rose, a First World War fighter ace, was a pioneer of private flying.

Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930, three years later becoming a member of the RAF aerobatic team.

Rene Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris.

"e;The author and his friends have been able to capture some truly remarkable images of modern military aircraft engaged in this activity - everything from a glider, to the massive and strange A400 Atlas, to Lockheed Martin F-35s.

Rene Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris.

During the Second World War, the British movie industry produced a number of films concerning the war, all of which were, by necessity, heavily myth-laden and propagandised.

This book is about Americans not of Japanese ancestry, who served as Japanese language officers in World War II.

"e;Comprehensive scholarship and convincing reasoning, enhanced by an excellent translation, place this work on a level with the best of David Glantz"e; (Dennis Showalter, award-winning author of Patton and Rommel).

The dramatic history behind one of WWII's most powerful-and dangerous-planes, "e;spiced with many first-hand accounts, American and British"e; (Aeroplane).

A vivid history of how a battered British Expeditionary Force stopped the advancing Germans, against the odds and just in time.

This historical study of the UK's WWII homeland defense service dispels the propaganda and pop culture myths to reveal its true wartime role.

"e;A compelling chronicle of the Battle of Papua New Guinea with rarely viewed images from World War II .

A fascinating comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen in Second World War Europe.

Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a military powerhouse of that continent until our days.

The North African campaign was one of the hardest fought episodes of the Second World War, yet the vital part played by the Italian Army - and in particular, its Folgore Parachute Division on behalf of the Axis Alliance - is frequently overlooked.

The B-17 Flying Fortress, a term coined by a Seattle Daily Times report in 1935, was a quantum leap in offensive air power.

The authors have created a competent, well-written, and very well-illustrated overview history of an important but lesser-known battle of World War II in the Pacific.

In this second volume detailing the service of the Fw 190, Chris Goss has assembled 190 photographs, many from the archive of the late Dr.

American missionaries Henry Roy Bell and his wife Edna had been teaching in the Philippines at Silliman University for twenty years when the Japanese invaded the islands after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A study of the Red Army's penultimate offensive operation in the war in Europe.

An illustrated exploration of the development, technology and operations of Wilde Sau fighters in the night skies over Germany during the Defence of the Reich.

THE FOURTH YEAR began with intensified fighting on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands in September 1942.

Private Dan Jones was captured by Nazi sergeants in a smoke-filled forest in Holland.

Private Dan Jones was captured by Nazi sergeants in a smoke-filled forest in Holland.

This book examines military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past.

The untold story of Mexican aviators in WWII, including their role in the Battle of the Philippines, is revealed in this illustrated military history.

"e;Doug Nash addresses a crucial pe-riod of December 1944.

Owing its origins to Lord Trenchard's desire to establish an elite corps of civilians who would serve their country in flying squadrons during their spare time, the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF) was first formed in October 1924.

An illustrated history of the World War II British amphibious attack on a dry dock in the German-occupied French town.

A fresh exploration of the Second World War through twelve key events that shaped the conflict The Battle of Britain.

During the Second World War, women pilots were given the opportunity to fly military aircraft for the first time.

Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez's groundbreaking history of the Six-Day War in 1967 radically changes our understanding of that conflict, casting it as a crucial arena of Cold War intrigue that has shaped the Middle East to this day.

The author of Shot Down in the Drink shares photos and anecdotes detailing the history of the World War II fighter plane and its crews across the globe.

A 1960s German perspective of the World War II battle in Libya and how the Allied and Axis commanders shaped the course of the action.

The indispensable guerilla warfare manual, first developed by the Russian military during WWII-with a thorough introduction on its legendary history.

Seventy-five years after the end of the Second World War the details of Soviet ships, their activities and fates remain an enigma to the West.

The history of the Cobra helicopter is a long and varied one, characterised by extensive deployment in some of the most dynamic theatres of war.

To defeat your enemies you must know them well.

The first volume of the tactical and operational history of World War II Germany's fourth SS-Panzerkorps division and its leader.

This second volume of a Nazi soldier's WWII diary continues the chronicle of his experiences on the Easter Front.

An examination of how the Waffen-SS fared in Normandy in June 1944 and whether they deserve their reputation of being the ultimate fighting soldiers.

Finalist, 2024 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards"e;.

An illustrated history of the World War II British amphibious attack on a dry dock in the German-occupied French town.

During World War II, it quickly became apparent that the physical and tactical demands placed upon paratroopers required men of exceptional stamina, courage and intelligence.

When asked to conjure an impression of the 'typical fighter pilot', you may be inclined to think of the confident, extroverted, gregarious type, rallying his men and flying in the pursuit of victory.