Battles and campaigns

This book discusses in detail the experience of German warfare in the first World War, focusing specifically on the battle of the Somme.

A Soviet bomber pilot who flew more than 300 missions behind enemy lines offers a rare firsthand account of life on the Eastern Front in this WWII memoir.

Samuel Kink Kinkead won two DSCs with the Royal Naval Air Service, two DFC with the fledgling RAF and the DSO in Russia.

Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity.

This illustrated WWI history sheds light on a major campaign fought along the significant yet often neglected Italian Front.

A historian analyzes the Franco-Prussian War's Battle of Sedan, from its causes and effects, to the characters involved.

This is the previously untold story of the remarkable relationship between a young British diplomat and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia from the latter's Coronation in 1930 until his murder in 1975.

In this authoritative and beautifully illustrated new account of Napoleon's greatest victory and the campaign that preceded it, Ian Castle sheds new light on the actions of the commanders and questions the assumptions-and explores the myths-that have shaped our understanding of the event ever since.

The Battle of the Somme is fixed in the country's collective memory as a disaster-probably the bloodiest episode in the catalogue of futile offensives launched by the British on the Western Front.

Napoleon's incredible career went through a number of distinct periods.

The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tates Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations.

Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britains dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the convoy system in coastal waters at the outset of the war.

When the Burma campaign is discussed, the turning point battles of Imphal and Kohima are most often thought of.

A British naval officer details life as a prisoner of war and his courageous and suspenseful escape attempts during World War II.

Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula.

A vivid and harrowing account of ordinary Russians caught in the deadly WW2 siege, based on interviews, diaries, and memoirs.

With extensive firsthand accounts, this volume presents a vivid chronicle of the Duke's decisive campaigns in the War of Spanish Succession.

Operation BARBAROSSA, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was a turning point second only to Pearl Harbor.

This WWII military study sheds new light on the legendary Siege of Malta, combining a detailed narrative with provocative strategic analysis.

Until recently James Beatson was one of the millions of forgotten soldiers of the Great War.

A gripping account of the RAF's attempt to destroy a Messerschmitt factory in 1944, and the carnage and confusion that unfolded on a dark winter night.

The Battle of the Lys, fought in April 1918, was critical for the Allies and for Germany.

The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war.

On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War.

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous men in history, and many believe he was the greatest military genius of all time (Julius Caesar wept at the feet of his statue in envy of his achievements).

The Second World War spawned a plethora of crack special forces units (Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SBS, Phantom and Commandos) but 30 Assault Unit remains, even today, far more secretive and exclusive than the others.

This new edition of the classic WWI battlefield guide is updated with current information and a new walking tour through Mametz Wood.

The great retreat of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons in August 1914 is one of the most famous in military history, and it is justly celebrated.

John Howard’s name will forever be linked to the highly successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

A British Royal Air Force glider pilot recounts his service, capture, imprisonment, and escape during World War II in this gripping memoir.

The author, a young conscript, fought with The Glorious Glosters at the legendary Imjin River battle.

An ancient historian vividly reconstructs-and persuasively reassesses-the Roman Empire's most significant victory of the Gallic Wars.

A look at what world history might have been like if not for the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

The book examines examples of outstanding courage exhibited by people living in modern Britain.

The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the greatest dramas of the conflict.

A brilliant and prolific collection of rare photographs celebrating the war-winning qualities of arguably the most important tank of the Second World War.

"e;Hitlers decision to invade Poland in August 1939 triggered the start of the Second World War.

"e;During the Great War a German publisher produced a number of photographic books that are of considerable interest to the modern-day reader.

By Christmas 1914 Britain's Regular Army had virtually ceased to exist.

"e;German Guns of the Third Reich is an illustrated record of German light and heavy artillery, heavy mortars, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns at war.

"e;These photographs are taken from three unpublished albums featuring the German invasion of Poland in 1939.

"e;The greatest tank battle in world history, known as Operation CITADEL, opened during the early hours of 5 July 1943, and its outcome was to decide the eventual outcome of the war on the Eastern Front.

The North African campaign, the struggle of the Italians and Germans against the Allies in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia between 1940 and 1943, was a war of movement and maneuver, of dramatic changes of fortune, and it was a war in which mechanized forces-tanks in particular-excelled.

This fully illustrated WWII history offers a vivid look at the armored vehicles used by Allied and Nazi forces during D-Day and the Normandy Campaign.

Having fought their way up fifty miles of Hell's Highway and through Nijmegen, XXX Corps was just ten miles from Arnhem and the 1st British Airborne Division.

An account of the World War II clash between British and German forces, "e;the largest tank battle involving British armor ever fought"e; (MQ Magazine).

This WWII history and battleground guide offers a fascinating look at the vital and infamous stretch of road through the Netherlands.

A comprehensive history of the World War II raid.

A firsthand account of the battle of Isandlwana from one of the only survivors of the Zulu attack, Lieutenant Henry Curling of the Royal Artillery.

Operation Frankton is a story of how a handful of determined and resourceful men, using flimsy canoes, achieved what thousands could not by conventional means.