Military forces and sectors

The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime.

While fighting on land continues to hold center stage, recently much more attention has been focused on the Civil War at sea.

In Hitler's Shadow War, World War II scholar Donald M.

In his last days, Mussolini, the tyrant, was in the grip of anger, shame, and depression.

A truly inspiring tale about the history of the Guinea Pig Club.

A truly inspiring tale about the history of the Guinea Pig Club.

The incredible details of the bold, near-disastrous first Allied airborne commando raid.

The incredible details of the bold, near-disastrous first Allied airborne commando raid.

Pull up a bollard and get to know the colourful language of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Pull up a bollard and get to know the colourful language of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Three battles that changed the course of WWII and echo through world history to the present day.

The Second Battle of El Alamein was one of the most decisive Allied victories of the Second World War.

The Battle of Arnhem is one of the most iconic Western front battles of the Second World War.

One of the bloodiest battles of the war in the Pacific.

Startling new revelations about collaboration between the Allies and the German Secret Service.

This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation's service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home communities.

"e;Whether you have feelings about Bader or not, this is an excellent book to gain insight into the summer of 1941 when, ready or not, the RAF went on the offensive.

Looking at an old-time cannon, most people are sure of just one thing: the shot came out of the front end.

The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Day of Infamy.

From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines.

The "e;remarkable"e; New York Times bestseller about the battle in the Pacific that turned the tide of World War II-from the author of The Miracle of Dunkirk (Los Angeles Times).

West's acclaimed examination of traitors, this gripping profile takes readers inside World War II spy rings and gets to the heart of what it means to betray one's country Throughout her career, Rebecca West dug into psyches, real and fictional, to try to understand the meaning of betrayal.

This book offers a comprehensive examination of historical Norwegian and allied airborne maritime surveillance operations in the North Atlantic, after World War II until the present.

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.

Leader of the Pack recounts the incredible history of USS Batfish, a record-setting American World War II fleet submarine.

Nearly 100 illustrious fi ghter aces and test pilots have granted personal glimpses from their military careers to help create this tribute to Americas patriotic and heroic fliers.

World War II was the largest and most costly conflict in history, the first true global war.

A compelling narrative of the largest land battle of its time, and the decisive engagement of the Russo-Japanese War.

One Nation Under Drones is an interesting and informative review of how robotic and unmanned systems are impacting every aspect of American life, from how we fight our wars; to how we play; to how we grow our food.

Aces High is the vivid chronicle of aerial warfare over the Western Front in World War One and the personalities that characterised the era.

I was talking and laughing with a school friend in the street when suddenly there was the eerie wailing notes of the air raid siren filling the air.

In the years 1916-1918, the Wolf, an ordinary freighter fitted-out with a hidden arsenal of weapons, was sent by Germany on one of the most daring clandestine naval missions of modern times.

Don Camsell joined the men in black of the SBS in 1974.

In 2008 Major Russell Lewis commanded a company of two hundred soldiers from the British Army's legendary Parachute Regiment on a six-month tour in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan.

The Sword of Albion concludes the most comprehensive and intimate life of Nelson ever written, one that teems with a glittering array of sailors and civilians, heroes and villains, husbands, wives and lovers.

On a tour of duty in the Helmand River Valley, the Grenadier Guards faced the toughest challenge of their lives.

On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic.

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An anthology of personal experience selected and edited by John Winton.

Published in early 1946, George P.

Surgeon's Mate' is a detailed and bloody eye-witness account of a Naval Surgeon in the thick of military action, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any historian or anyone with an interest in military history.

Originally published in 1794, this early work on the American Military is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Emil, a Jewish man in 1930s Germany, loves Deta, a Lutheran, but Nazi racial purity laws forbid their marriage.

A World War II tabletop miniatures naval wargame set in the Pacific.

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.

In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova - the boy she liked - liked her.

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life.

In 1943, small teams of elite British soldiers began parachuting into the mountains of Axis-occupied Albania.

Winner, 2022 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards, Unit HistoryThis second volume follows on from the first in recounting the WWII history of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in vivid detail.

The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: an imperishable account of the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'.