Battles and campaigns

This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the Japanese kamikaze.

This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the Japanese kamikaze.

Created during the Peace of Amiens, the nineteen regiments of cuirassiers that existed during the course of the 1e Empire were, after the Imperial Guard, perhaps the most famous and recognisable soldiers of the epoch.

Leading expert Gavin Mortimer tells the remarkable origin story of a wartime special forces unit that defied the odds.

A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial Allied Arctic Convoy route once and for all.

Created during the Peace of Amiens, the nineteen regiments of cuirassiers that existed during the course of the 1e Empire were, after the Imperial Guard, perhaps the most famous and recognisable soldiers of the epoch.

‘The Great War’ involved the mobilisation of 70 million soldiers worldwide.

"e;The great host came steadily on, spreading out spreading out - spreading out till they seemed like a giant pair of nut-crackers opening round the little nut of Rorke's Drift.

Explores the Civil War's related and enduring conflicts of ideas and principles through four centuries of a nation's history.

The first dedicated, illustrated study of the events of the Second Punic War in Iberia, which served as a launch pad for the Carthaginian invasion of Rome.

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An exploration into why and how Thermopylae is one of the most blood-soaked patches of ground in history and what its past can tell us about our future.

A highly illustrated history of the Wars of the Roses based on the medieval art of Graham Turner.

An exploration into why and how Thermopylae is one of the most blood-soaked patches of ground in history and what its past can tell us about our future.

A brief history of secret British and American World War II organizations, their training, tools, successes, and their legacy.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

A highly illustrated history of the Wars of the Roses based on the medieval art of Graham Turner.

"e;Engagingly written and persuasively argued, this daringly revisionist book is an essential addition to the Antietam bibliography.

Two renowned historians delve into the often-overlooked Second Manassas Campaign and its part in the dramatic evolution of the Civil War.

Two renowned historians delve into the often-overlooked Second Manassas Campaign and its part in the dramatic evolution of the Civil War.

Historiographically groundbreaking transnational history of the Mexican-American War.

Historiographically groundbreaking transnational history of the Mexican-American War.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

A gripping account of the most famous convoy operation of the war, which marked a high-water mark for the German naval campaign in the Arctic.

The second volume of this comprehensive military history examines the fall of the Second French Empire and the founding of a unified Germany.

During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force.

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"e;The Battle of Moscow, 1941-1942: The Red Army's Defensive Operations and Counteroffensive Along the Moscow Strategic Direction"e; is a detailed examination of one of the major turning points of World War II, as seen from the Soviet side.

The first volume of this comprehensive study of the Franco-Prussian War presents a detailed account of Germany Confederation's decisive victory over France.

"e;Physically the book is well produced, has numerous maps where they need to be in the text and is well footnoted.

After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it.

In this second of Tim Saunders' volumes on the opening stage of the 1945 Rhineland Campaign, the focus is to the north of the Reichswald, on the flood plain of the River Rhine and a narrow strip of slightly higher ground.

Greaves' work offers detailed maps and firsthand insight into the Anglo-Zulu War, providing necessary insight and overviews of the conflict's pivotal battles like Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift.

"e;Lucid analysis of Union and Confederate intelligence gathering functions and services .

After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it.

Greaves' work offers detailed maps and firsthand insight into the Anglo-Zulu War, providing necessary insight and overviews of the conflict's pivotal battles like Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift.

From a decorated officer, an extremely rare account of a World War II Soviet military unit comprised of prisoners of war.

Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Gettysburg battle's fateful final day.

Discover the Sunday Times bestseller and incredible true story behind the most catastrophic 24-hours the British military faced in World War II from the bestselling author.

Praise for War Beneath the Sea"e;I am truly filled with awe and admiration.

This engrossing book pits the legionaries of Imperial Rome against their Germanic and Sarmatian opponents in the 2nd century AD.

This engrossing book pits the legionaries of Imperial Rome against their Germanic and Sarmatian opponents in the 2nd century AD.

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The forgotten story of the major naval operations conducted in the Philippines by the US and Japanese navies after Leyte Gulf up to the US invasion of Luzon in January 1945.

How have poets in recent centuries been able to inscribe recognizable and relatively sincere voices despite the wearing of poetic language and reader awareness of sincerity's pitfalls?

How have poets in recent centuries been able to inscribe recognizable and relatively sincere voices despite the wearing of poetic language and reader awareness of sincerity's pitfalls?

This pictorial history covers the US Marine Corps' outstanding contribution, organization, tactics, fighting doctrine and weaponry during the Korean War.

An expert on German military history offers the first extensive, English-language study of one of the critical campaigns of World War I.

This appealing narrative history of one of the Civil War's most pivotal campaigns analyzes how the western Confederate army under John B.

With original research and interviews with survivors, a journalist reveals the brutal yet forgotten battles in Latvia during the final months of WWII.