Land forces and warfare

In the final years of World War II, the campaign against Japan stepped up in a series of bloody battles with each side having much to lose.

In the final years of World War II, the campaign against Japan stepped up in a series of bloody battles with each side having much to lose.

When the amphibious Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (QMO) touched down on the sand of Sword Beach as the vanguard of the D-Day invasion, ahead of the infantry and Commandos, it was the culmination of an evolution spanning several years.

At a critical stage of the Texas Revolution a large Mexican army surrounded a makeshift fortification known locally as the Alamo.

A fully illustrated study of the troops fighting for Caesar and Pompey in three major battles of the Roman Civil War.

This volume analyzes the phenomenon of non-military warfare in theory and practice, including its relation to military warfare, and how states can understand and counter this activity.

This book examines how violent non-state actors (VNSAs) emulate and develop military special operation capabilities.

This book examines how violent non-state actors (VNSAs) emulate and develop military special operation capabilities.

This highly illustrated new study tells the full story of the German light Panzers in World War II.

An essential guide to the tanks that fought the greatest armored clashes of modern times, between Saddam Hussein's Soviet-supplied army and the advanced tanks fielded by the Coalition.

An essential guide to the tanks that fought the greatest armored clashes of modern times, between Saddam Hussein's Soviet-supplied army and the advanced tanks fielded by the Coalition.

This fully illustrated study explores the formidable Athenian army, rivalled only by the Spartan army in terms of battlefield prowess and influence.

The account of American soldier Ernest Focht, who spent 27 months as a POW during World War II.

A fascinating history of the great summer offensive launched by the Red Army in 1944 which turned the tide of the war.

Fully illustrated, this book assesses the Roman and Dacian fighting men who clashed in three bloody encounters during the Dacian Wars of AD 85 106.

A dramatic history of the Steel Lobsters, Sir Arthur Hesilrige's Regiment of Horse, in the English Civil War the last fully armoured knights in England.

A fascinating history of the great summer offensive launched by the Red Army in 1944 which turned the tide of the war.

This fully illustrated study explores the formidable Athenian army, rivalled only by the Spartan army in terms of battlefield prowess and influence.

The first book to examine the Japanese and American tank forces in the Philippines campaigns, which saw the biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War.

A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from the end of World War II through to the present day.

Fully illustrated, this is the second volume in a detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War.

A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from the end of World War II through to the present day.

A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap, told for the first time using Chinese sources.

A dramatic history of the Steel Lobsters, Sir Arthur Hesilrige's Regiment of Horse, in the English Civil War the last fully armoured knights in England.

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen pitted against one another during the First and Second battles of El Alamein in 1942.

One of the greatest ever sieges is masterfully brought to life by a leading expert on the Eastern Front.

A beautifully illustrated pocket guide to 40 of the most iconic World War II tanks.

Illustrated with original artwork and archive photos, this is the history of Germany's extensive use of captured tanks in World War II.

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen pitted against one another during the First and Second battles of El Alamein in 1942.

A fully illustrated study of the French armies that were inspired by Saint Jeanne d'Arc, reformed under King Charles VII and eventually victorious over England in the Hundred Years' War.

Illustrated with original artwork and archive photos, this is the history of Germany's extensive use of captured tanks in World War II.

An illustrated account of the major colonial conflict of the 1920s, in which the occupying Spanish and French faced an armed uprising from the Berber tribes of northern Morocco.

An illustrated account of the major colonial conflict of the 1920s, in which the occupying Spanish and French faced an armed uprising from the Berber tribes of northern Morocco.

A fully illustrated study of the French armies that were inspired by Saint Jeanne d'Arc, reformed under King Charles VII and eventually victorious over England in the Hundred Years' War.

Why would a god-fearing Swiss citizen go against the laws of his own country to fight for Ukraine?

This illustrated study pits the Kaiser's troops against their British opponents during the climactic year of 1918 on the Western Front.

This illustrated study pits the Kaiser's troops against their British opponents during the climactic year of 1918 on the Western Front.

John Fremantle was on Wellington's personal staff through the later years of the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaigns.

Despite the bewildering number of tomes devoted to the Napoleonic wars, much basic data as been hitherto unavailable to anyone other than the most ardent scholars.

Written by a Commando veteran of World War II, this is a remarkable, vivid and honest account of the battles and actions behind the award of the thirty eight Battle Honours that were awarded to the Army Commandos by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958.

In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equip its warships with the biggest guns.

Many histories have been written about the conflicts the British army was involved in between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War.

The assault guns and tank destroyers deployed by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War are not as famous as tanks like the Tiger and Panther, but they were remarkably successful, and they are the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones's wide-ranging photographic history.

Despite the bewildering number of tomes devoted to the Napoleonic wars, much basic data as been hitherto unavailable to anyone other than the most ardent scholars.