Battles and campaigns

The air war over the Steppes was more than a brutal clash in which might alone triumphed.

The Battle of the Somme is the most famous battle of World War I in the English-speaking world.

The Battle of the Somme is the most famous battle of World War I in the English-speaking world.

The First Blitz tells the story of Germany's strategic air offensive against Britain, and how it came to be neutralized.

The First Blitz tells the story of Germany's strategic air offensive against Britain, and how it came to be neutralized.

The follow-up to Finland at War: The Winter War, this is the astonishing David and Goliath story of Finland's military history during World War II as, heavily outnumbered, they held off the Soviet invadersIn the aftermath of the Winter War, Finland found itself drawing ever closer to Nazi Germany and eventually took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941.

The follow-up to Finland at War: The Winter War, this is the astonishing David and Goliath story of Finland's military history during World War II as, heavily outnumbered, they held off the Soviet invadersIn the aftermath of the Winter War, Finland found itself drawing ever closer to Nazi Germany and eventually took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941.

Although ultimately unsuccessful, Operation Agreement was one of the most dramatic raids of the war in North Africa.

Although ultimately unsuccessful, Operation Agreement was one of the most dramatic raids of the war in North Africa.

We March Against England tells the thrilling tale of Operation Sea Lion, Hitler's plan to invade Britain and end its involvement in World War II.

We March Against England tells the thrilling tale of Operation Sea Lion, Hitler's plan to invade Britain and end its involvement in World War II.

Meticulous detail and insightful analysis combine with a gripping chronological narrative to provide the essential guide to the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Meticulous detail and insightful analysis combine with a gripping chronological narrative to provide the essential guide to the Pacific Theater of World War II.

A detailed and absorbing narrative of the campaigns fought on the 'forgotten' Eastern Front of the Great War, vividly illustrating that these campaigns were no less costly, tragic and important than the catastrophes of the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele.

A detailed and absorbing narrative of the campaigns fought on the 'forgotten' Eastern Front of the Great War, vividly illustrating that these campaigns were no less costly, tragic and important than the catastrophes of the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele.

A fascinating insight into US and Coalition Special Forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali.

A fascinating insight into US and Coalition Special Forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali.

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and their antecedents have been involved in every major British campaign since the 17th century.

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and their antecedents have been involved in every major British campaign since the 17th century.

Step into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem.

Drawing on more than a half-century of research and teaching, Dennis Showalter presents a fresh perspective on the German Army during World War I.

The most famous tank of World War II, the Tiger was a monster of a machine that dominated the battlefields of Europe and beyond.

The most famous tank of World War II, the Tiger was a monster of a machine that dominated the battlefields of Europe and beyond.

Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-Hungarian commands held high hopes for 1916.

Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-Hungarian commands held high hopes for 1916.

A highly illustrated account of the race for the River Dnepr in 1943, one of the major campaigns on the Eastern Front in World War II, written by one of the pre-eminent historians of Eastern Front military history.

A highly illustrated account of the race for the River Dnepr in 1943, one of the major campaigns on the Eastern Front in World War II, written by one of the pre-eminent historians of Eastern Front military history.

This is a comprehensive account of the epic struggle between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, a culmination of the tensions between crown and aristocracy that was so typical of high medieval England.

This is a comprehensive account of the epic struggle between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, a culmination of the tensions between crown and aristocracy that was so typical of high medieval England.

A highly illustrated account of the many and complex operations in the final months of World War II in Europe, detailing the behind-the-scenes political machinations.

A highly illustrated account of the many and complex operations in the final months of World War II in Europe, detailing the behind-the-scenes political machinations.

A book by the specialist for the specialist, this is a must-have history of the SturmartillerieThe Sturmartillerie was a key part of Germany's armoured arsenal throughout World War II.

A book by the specialist for the specialist, this is a must-have history of the SturmartillerieThe Sturmartillerie was a key part of Germany's armoured arsenal throughout World War II.

The complete story of the Imperial Japanese Army's stunning victory over the British forces during World War IIFor the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II.

The complete story of the Imperial Japanese Army's stunning victory over the British forces during World War IIFor the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II.

The British Centurion and the American M48 Patton, two leading tanks of the Cold War era, clashed in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.

The British Centurion and the American M48 Patton, two leading tanks of the Cold War era, clashed in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.

Published to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, The D-Day Companion brings together the perspectives and opinions of leading military historians from both sides of the Atlantic.

Land of the Free is the new set of wargaming rules from Osprey that allow players to recreate the various conflicts that broke out in North America shortly prior to and just after Independence, including the French and Indian Wars, the Revolution and the War of 1812.

Land of the Free is the new set of wargaming rules from Osprey that allow players to recreate the various conflicts that broke out in North America shortly prior to and just after Independence, including the French and Indian Wars, the Revolution and the War of 1812.

Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, this lavishly illustrated volume looks at all the different aspects of the 100-day campaign which has become synonymous with the Napoleonic Wars and saw the eventual defeat of Napoleon's French forces.

In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte treacherously outmaneuvered the corrupt Spanish Bourbons and installed his brother Joseph as King of Spain, igniting the flames of war across the Iberian Peninsula.

In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power.

Now in a shorter, easy-to-read guide, this book explains Israel's complex, often bloody, foreign policy, and provides a definitive history of these ancient conflicts.

The wars against the Barbary pirates not only signaled the determination of the United States to throw off its tributary status, liberate its citizens from slavery in North Africa, and reassert its right to trade freely upon the seas: they enabled America to regain its sense of national dignity.

The history of the Mongol conquests is a catalogue of superlatives.

The Zulu War of 1879 remains one of the best known British colonial wars and included two battles whose names reverberate through history.

The Wars of the Roses raged from 1455 to 1485 - the longest period of civil war in English history.

An accessible introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe.

The Texas Revolution is remembered chiefly for the 13-day siege of the Alamo and its immortal heroes.