Special and elite forces

The invasion was launched to round off Hitlers Balkan Campaign against Crete in May 1941.

The American Revolution presented a series of unique tactical challenges to its competing factions.

*Out now: The explosive new book from the multiple Sunday Times bestselling author sharing unique insights gained from a life spent in the battlefield*'Few men are born brave; many become so through care and force of discipline.

A series of daring missions from World War II, revealed through letters and documents from the main protagonists.

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Author Lena Sisco, a former Department of Defense Military Interrogator and U.

A Special Forces veteran and security advisor shares what he’s learned about dealing with conflict: “A powerful book” (Peter Bergen).

Examines the changing roles of the state, the citizen and the soldier, and the consequences for national and international security.

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Conceived as a personal army for the emperor, the elite Praetorian Guard soon took over a wide range of powers in Rome, and thus from the very beginning made a much greater impact on the city's life than just as an imperial bodyguard.

The sniper is a battlefield threat second to none.

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Volume 2 continues the history of the U.

Through one mans career, Colt Terry, Green Beret portrays the birth and development of Americas most elite fighting unit.

A detailed history of SACO- the rice paddy navy -the U.

THE HEART AND THE FIST shares one man’s story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior.

This timely addition to Civil War history shares the stories of 25 unique military organizations, showing how past and future collided in the first modern war.

'Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraine's frontlines - some to save democracy, some to save themselves.

This is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia in 1993.

Fully illustrated, this book investigates the articulated plate armour worn by Roman legionaries.

In the Gray Area builds on Seth Folsoms earlier award-winning memoir, The Highway War, which described his 2003 command of one of the first Marine light armored reconnaissance battalion companies to march on Baghdad.

A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association.

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The SAS veteran, mercenary and author of No Mean Soldier looks back on a life of combat in this revised and expanded edition of his classic memoir.

A highly illustrated study of this unique and bitter struggle in the far North, an epic battle between two elite forces fighting in a demanding environment.

This timely addition to Civil War history shares the stories of 25 unique military organizations, showing how past and future collided in the first modern war.

The Panzer Lehr Division was one of the most élite German armoured formations in existence in early 1944.

Authoritative illustrated analysis of the history of the military Special Forces units of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation.

A superbly illustrated account of one of the key milestones in the development of modern US Special Operations Forces, the hugely complex POW rescue at Son Tay.

"e;If one aspires to live a noble and meaningful life, you'll find an exemplar here.

The introduction of the scutum in the 4th century BC revolutionized the way the Romans fought.

Based on focus groups and surveys with members of Special Operations, explores efforts to integrate women into combat forces.

Describes and illustrates the full range of Dutch resistance groups and German and collaborationist counter-resistance groups during the Nazi occupation in 1940-45.

The untold story of US Special Forces in Laos, one of the longest secret wars of the Cold War—by a military historian and Special Forces veteran.

In this memoir, a Canadian-American Jewish man recounts his training and service with Sayeret Duvdevan, an elite Israel Defense Forces special ops unit.

Between 1941 45, the Germans recruited around 175,000 men from a number of minorities in the USSR, distinguishing between 'Turkomans' (predominantly Muslims) and 'Caucasians' (predominantly Orthodox Christians).

We arent home yet, Major Paul Darling reminds his team at the end of a sixteen-hour day.

I've written this book to help you the soldier kill the enemy when you get the chance and, most importantly, come back home in one piece.

A fascinating study of the specialized vehicles, kit and techniques of the Long-Range Desert Group who pioneered long-range desert warfare in World War II and worked closely with the embryonic SAS.

At the outbreak of war in 1940, Simon Frazer, the 15th Lord Lovat and a former Guards officer, was mobilized from the reserve list to join the Lovat Scouts, the British Army's first sniper unit that had been formed by his father during the Boer War.

Leading expert Gavin Mortimer tells the remarkable origin story of a wartime special forces unit that defied the odds.

Written by one of the world's leading experts on D-Day, Smashing Hitler's Guns is a ground-breaking new history of the legendary Rangers' attack on Pointe-du-Hoc.

A fascinating insight into US and Coalition Special Forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali.

Black Ops is a skirmish wargame of tactical espionage combat that recreates the tension and excitement of modern action-thrillers such as the Bond and Bourne films.

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

One of the most difficult security challenges of the postCold War era has been stabilizing failing states in an era of irregular warfare.

From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces sought to push the Japanese back to their Home Islands.