Battles and campaigns

This WWII history presents an in-depth study of the Battle of Greece and a provocative new analysis of Nazi military tactics.

The Battlefield General game books put you in command of the forces engaged in some of history's most famous battles.

The Battle of Marston Moor was key in English history.

Failure to exploit the potential of an original idea is a recurring phenomenon in our national history.

By the winter of 1810-11, the armies of Napoleon had overrun most of Spain and Joseph Bonaparte sat on the throne in Madrid.

The Battle of the Bulge took the Allied armies by surprise in 1944.

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

'The Art of War' is the most important book ever written about warfare and conflict.

I COMMANDED AND FOUGHT WITH 2 PARA AT THE BATTLE OF GOOSE GREEN.

Apart from the quiet chatter of a few mechanics, who were checking that one aircraft was too badly damaged ever to fly again, there was a shocked silence over the aerodrome as everyone there tried to understand the impossible.

The untold inside story of the audacious Nazi plot to rescue il Duce from an Allied prison.

This is the latest in the well-respected Battleground series of books, and covers a number of aspects of the battle of Arnhem.

A prewar Sapper, Charlie Radford served in North Africa until he returned to the UK for parachute training.

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

While the main focus in early 1945 was on the advance to The Fatherland, 15 Army Group's 5th (US) and 8th (British) Armies were achieving remarkable results in Northern Italy.

Why are some battles remembered more than others?

2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks of Kitchener's Army before the Battle of the Somme.

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).

SURVIVOR STORIES FROM DUNKIRK, NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR FILM FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLANWhen Britain declared war against Germany in September 1939, thousands of young men sailed across the English Channel to fight for their country.

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.