Military veterans

From Andrew Wiest, the bestselling author of The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam and one of the leading scholars in the study of the Vietnam War, comes a frank exploration of the human experience during the conflict.

An in-depth history of the Polish soldiers who served in World War 2, with previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photographs.

Enthralling stories of adventure and bravery from RAF pilots shot down in the sea during World War II and those who rescued them.

'Heroes' is the story of an extraordinary generation of young men, mostly British, who came of age in the Second World War.

The companion volume to the groundbreaking TV series, this book tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin.

An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings.

This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.

The final volume of Gardner's critically acclaimed biography of the Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment the sister company to the famed Band of Brothers this book traces the battalion's actions in the frantic final days of the war in Europe.

This is the remarkable account of Medal of Honor recipient Leslie Sabo Jr, whose brave actions in Vietnam and Cambodia were forgotten for over three decades.

This is the remarkable account of Medal of Honor recipient Leslie Sabo Jr, whose brave actions in Vietnam and Cambodia were forgotten for over three decades.

This follow-up to Tonight We Die As Men continues the story of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as they dropped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden.

This follow-up to Tonight We Die As Men continues the story of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as they dropped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden.

The final volume of Gardner's critically acclaimed biography of the Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment the sister company to the famed Band of Brothers this book traces the battalion's actions in the frantic final days of the war in Europe.

The final volume of Gardner's critically acclaimed biography of the Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment the sister company to the famed Band of Brothers this book traces the battalion's actions in the frantic final days of the war in Europe.

This compelling memoir of a girl in uniform reveals first-hand experience of the social attitudes towards women in post-war Britain.

In Amongst the Marines, Steven Preece vividly depicted his excessive, violent lifestyle as an elite Royal Marine Commando.

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Nearly every day an active-duty soldier in the United States military resorts to suicide, and nearly every hour a veteran does the same.

Movies like American Sniper and The Hurt Locker hint at the inner scars our soldiers incur during service in a war zone.

Movies like American Sniper and The Hurt Locker hint at the inner scars our soldiers incur during service in a war zone.

Nearly every day an active-duty soldier in the United States military resorts to suicide, and nearly every hour a veteran does the same.

World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century.

This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations.

A full and detailed history of the military sniper, from the American Civil War to the war on terror, packed with first-hand accounts.

A full and detailed history of the military sniper, from the American Civil War to the war on terror, packed with first-hand accounts.

World War II affected the lives of ordinary men and women more directly than any other conflict before or since.

Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home.

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan war, acclaimed by critics as a classic.

Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945.

The Final Curtain: Burma 1941-1945 comprises interviews with some of the very few surviving veterans of this most arduous of campaigns.

Vietnam War enemies find reconciliation in this "e;sterling sequel"e; to the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir We Were Soldiers Once .

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

A Special Forces veteran and former Legionnaire tells of his military adventures—and of the personal battle that followed him home.

When you fall in love with someone serving in the Armed Forces, it s hard to imagine the impact their career will have on your life.

"e;Exceptional military history worthy of its heroic subject.

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An oral history of the British Fourteenth Army's service in Burma during the Second World War, as told by the veterans who were there.

Lessons from Veterans provides an array of personal storiesfrom nightmarish fights on the islands of Iwo Jima to the shores of Normandy on D-Day.

From best-selling author of Tail-End Charlie and Tornado Down comes this powerful and deeply moving account of Bomber Command's 1944 Nuremberg Raid - the RAF's bloodiest night of the Second World WarMore men from Royal Air Force Bomber Command died on one single night of the Second World War than the total RAF aircrew losses during the whole of the four-month-long Battle of Britain.

A second collection of incredible and heart-warming canine stories from around the world, from the bestselling author of The Dog That Saved My Life.

A Sunday Times bestseller, powerful, highly-charged and moving, No Way Out is Adam Jowett's tribute to the men of Easy Company who paid a heavy price for serving their country in Afghanistan.

'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan' - Andy McNabUnflinching and laced with wry humour, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is an action-packed account of his journey from young commando to a captain with one of the most pressurized and skilled jobs in the army.

'There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War' John KeeganLife and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint deep in Japanese territory, held it against counter-attack and spearheaded the final assault in which the Japanese armies were, to quote General Slim, "e;torn apart"e;.

The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon.

'Afghanistan is just like Iraq - hot, dusty and full of people who want to kill you', SSgt Simon Fuller, Royal Engineer Search AdvisorBomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts, men who face death every day in the most dangerous region of the most lethal country on earth - Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

A thoroughly updated history of the legendary French Foreign Legion by the bestselling author of Who Dares WinsTony Geraghty analyses the legend and re-examines the battle honours of the Foreign Legion, and his revelations illuminate the darker side of its historic relationship to the motherland.