Military forces and sectors

The geopolitical situation in the Mediterranean before the First World War has been generally ignored by historians.

The twin-engined Mosquito was one of the classic aircraft of the Second World War.

Here for the first time in one place is everything you need to know about modern military combat.

On December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history.

Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force.

'My primary aim in writing this book is to demonstrate the importance of individual human beings in modern warfare.

This book examines India's naval strategy within the context of Asian regional security.

Read between the front lines: The stories of three Canadian female journalists stationed in England and France during the First World War.

This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific.

Throughout US history, presidents have had vastly different reactions to naval incidents.

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.

A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military operation of World War II.

During World War I, Dr.

One of the most devastating armed conflicts in history, World War I completely transformed the social and political landscape of the world in four short years.

The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words - Guardian'For some reason nothing seemed to happen to us at first; we strolled along as though walking in a park.

A highly illustrated account of the daring German assault by Heersgruppe A through Holland and Belgium in May 1940.

Many fighter aces began their careers in two-seaters, but a surprising number of British, French and German aircrews managed to achieve acedom in those not-so-helpless workhorses too.

From Yeomanettes to Fighter Jets addresses a major element of twenty-first century sea powerthe integration of women into all military units of the U.

In the early hours of D-Day, 1944, a group from the US Army 2nd Rangers Battalion were sent on one of the legendary raids of World War II.

The surprise Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979 shocked the international community.

This book focuses on strategic special operations and how these have led to the achievement of major foreign policy goals, which is illustrated by six case studies.

Over the past twenty-five years, significant changes in the conduct of wars have increasingly placed civilians in traditional military roles - employing civilians to execute drone strikes, the 'targeted killing' of suspected terrorists, the use of private security contractors in combat zones, and the spread of cyber attacks.

The birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires.

Anarchism 1914-18 is the first systematic analysis of anarchist responses to the First World War.

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.

The Bennetts: An Acting Family is a chronicle of one of the royal families of stage and screen.

From the days of its occupation by South African forces under the Mandate System, to its first election in 1989, South-West Africa was a hotbed of revolutionary activity.

Today's Navy is a massive and complex organization, with hundreds of ships, thousands of aircraft, hundreds of thousands of people, and an annual budget in the billions of dollars that make the U.

To his enlisted men on U-154, Lieutenant Oskar Kusch was the ideal skipper-bright, experienced, successful, caring, tolerably eccentric-and a popular captain who always brought his boat home safely when so many others vanished without a trace.

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.

The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets.

A detailed study of the first major conflict of the Second World War, comparing the German Blitzkrieg offensive to the small but formidable Polish defense.

A study of the Battle of Bosworth, the climactic battle of the Wars of the Roses, based on a new interpretation of events following the discovery of the true location of the battlefield.

An in-depth technical study of the USN and export variants of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom sure to appeal to modelers, veterans, and aviation enthusiasts.

The collected stories of the Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration.

Captain Ernie Blanchard left for work January 10, 1995, a successful officer.

The first account of the Allied navies' vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognised events of modern history.

The classic collection of articles from the U.

An in-depth history of the US Navy's light aircraft carrier the USS Princeton and its operational exploits in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

At the A-7 Corsair II's peak in the mid-1980s, some 30 US Navy squadrons flew various versions of the aircraft, including six Naval Air Reserve units, and these many of these units saw action across the Middle East.

An illustrated combat history of the jet, different versions of which have provided the backbone of the frontline strength of the Iranian air force since the 1970s.

A detailed illustrated study of Putin's shadowy security and paramilitary armed forces.

The first ever illustrated study of the largest and most significant clash between the Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina.

Two high-achieving African-Americans in the U.

The story of the 29 fighter pilot aces of the Legion Condor who became aces flying Messerschmitt Bf 109 C-Es, Heinkel He 51s, Henschel Hs 123s, Arado Ar 68 E-1s and Heinkel He 112s during the Spanish Civil War.

Vigorous and highly readable, this portrait of the enlisted man's life aboard the U.

Historians have portrayed British participation in World War I as a series of tragic debacles, with lines of men mown down by machine guns, with untried new military technology, and incompetent generals who threw their troops into improvised and unsuccessful attacks.