Battles and campaigns

Perhaps it was Adolf Hitler's implacable hatred of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that compelled the Fu*hrer to order the taking, whatever the cost, of the city that bore his enemy's name.

Few people alive today had direct experience of the First World War, and yet it seems embedded in the collective consciousness of the combatant nations as a warning to future generations of the futility of military conflict.

Packed with illustrations, this is the first book to focus on the 'Transportation Plan', the air campaign to isolate the D-Day beaches from German reinforcements.

A fascinating dive into the overlooked fight between the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force and the Ottoman Empire for control of the Suez Canal.

A fascinating dive into the overlooked fight between the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force and the Ottoman Empire for control of the Suez Canal.

Packed with illustrations, this is the first book to focus on the 'Transportation Plan', the air campaign to isolate the D-Day beaches from German reinforcements.

This book remains one of the best histories on the topic of American Civil War to this day.

This book explores the incredible life of the legendary General Robert E.

This "e;Story of Liberty"e; is a true narrative.

An eye witness account of the second battle of El Alamein by World War II veteran rifleman Victor Gregg.

First published ten years after the end of the Civil War, "e;Memoirs of General W.

Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940 1943) during the Second World War.

This "e;Story of Liberty"e; is a true narrative.

War & Peace is a masterpiece - an epic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars, which has inspired love and devotion among its readers for over a century.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

This is Corran Purdon's story, one of five true-life recollections from the Second World War in Tales From The Special Forces Club.

The remarkable true story of an amazing and loyal donkey during World War I.

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

A US Army historian chronicles a vital zone of conflict within The Battle of the Bulge in this authoritative and detailed account of WWII combat.

Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.

'The Twelve Caesars', is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

In September 1915 Kitcherner's men were in action for the first time in the largest offensive of the year.

At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war.

Great battles mark history's turning points, occurring as they do where cultures and ideologies clash.

“This book takes an innovative approach to describing the much-trodden territory of the D-Day landings by using a very broad range of aerial photographs.

Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.

Sun-Tzu's 'Art of War' is perhaps the most important book ever written about warfare.

The Second World War was the final global conflict of the twentieth century.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

First published in 1917, in support of the Allies, this anonymous pamphlet published by George H.

It is generally recognized that the war in Burma against the Japanese was as fierce as any.

First published in 1917, in support of the Allies, this anonymous pamphlet published by George H.

In 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Third Reich collapsed and the Red Army swamped Berlin.

To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard and generally taking a tough stance against anything and everything that did not meet with his own strict disciplinarian code.

'The Twelve Caesars' is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes.

'The Twelve Caesars', is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes.

This is the most important book ever written about warfare and conflict.

'On War' is the West's premier work on the philosophy of war.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Formed in 1933, the Gestapo became one of the most feared state forces of the Third Reich before and during World War II.

Mercers journal is the most outstanding eyewitness account of the Waterloo campaign ever published.

The early battles of the First World War during the autumn and winter of 1914 were open, mobile affairs of the kind long familiar to professional soldiers.

This WWII oral history provides a fresh account of this famous episode in the Battle of the Bulge using declassified interviews with German commanders.

Perhaps it was Adolf Hitler's implacable hatred of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that compelled the Fu*hrer to order the taking, whatever the cost, of the city that bore his enemy's name.

Four months pregnant, Vera Wohlauf, wife of a serving SS officer, took sadistic pleasure in rounding up victims for Treblinka.