This latest book in the Battleground Europe series describes the battles over several years, and in particular 1917 and 1918, for a wood and small village.
A stirring biography of the fiery marshal who led Napoleon's forces-from his swift rise to fame to his tragic fall from grace and death by firing squad.
This WWII battlefield guide offers a detailed history of the Siege of Fort Eben Emael during the Nazi invasion of Belgium-with maps and photos throughout.
This book covers the bases used during the Second World War by the American fighter units that flew in support of the 8th Air Forces heavy bomber forces.
For sixty years the dramatic story of the Dunkirk evacuation and the defeat of France-the story of the German conquest of northwest Europe-has been the focus of historical study and dispute, yet myths and misconceptions about this extraordinary event persist.
There have been several books published about the wartime experiences of individual air gunners but there is no general history of Air Gunners, their equipment, training or service in the various RAF Commands in which they served.
A World War II survivor describes his combat experiences as a member of the Red Army's 5th Guards Cavalry Division in the fight against the Nazi Germany.
Major Louis Joseph Vionnets memoirs of Napoleons disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia are readable, detailed, and full of personal anecdote and vivid glimpses into the life of the nineteenth-century soldier.
The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its aim.
In a new departure in the Battleground Europe series, this book is a guide to both sides of a major battle in this case to the Canadian Corps operations against 1st Bavarian Reserve Corps at Vimy from 9 12 April 1917, which formed part of the opening of the British offensive, known as the Battle of Arras.
The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its aim.
The Maginot Line, the complex system of strongpoints constructed between the world wars by the French to protect against attack from Germany, is one of the most famous, extensive and controversial defensive schemes in all military history.
While best known as being the scene of the most terrible carnage in the WW1 the French department of the Somme has seen many other battles from Roman times to 1944.
Dramatic photographs of Nazi Germany's shocking Ardennes Offensive that nearly turned the tide of World War II-from the author of In Pursuit of Hitler.
A World War II survivor describes his combat experiences as a member of the Red Army's 5th Guards Cavalry Division in the fight against the Nazi Germany.
For sixty years the dramatic story of the Dunkirk evacuation and the defeat of France-the story of the German conquest of northwest Europe-has been the focus of historical study and dispute, yet myths and misconceptions about this extraordinary event persist.
This WWII battlefield guide offers a detailed history of the Siege of Fort Eben Emael during the Nazi invasion of Belgium-with maps and photos throughout.
A stirring biography of the fiery marshal who led Napoleon's forces-from his swift rise to fame to his tragic fall from grace and death by firing squad.
This latest book in the Battleground Europe series describes the battles over several years, and in particular 1917 and 1918, for a wood and small village.
Born in 1762, William Hargood's naval career spanned over 30 years, as he rose from humble midshipman to the captain of one of the most powerful warships of the day at Trafalgar.
