Battles and campaigns

During the early 1960s the Cold War reached its climax.

Through letters and other writings, this historical study chronicles an Irish Catholic family's influence on mid-nineteenth-century South Carolina.

A history of 1805’s Battle of Trafalgar between the British Royal Navy and the joint forces of the French and Spanish navies.

The stories of the doctors, nurses and patients at the Union Army's hospital in Gettysburg come to life in this unique Civil War history.

The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-45 on the Eastern Front tells the story in words and images of the last bitter months fought on Russian soil and the battle of the Baltic States that ensued.

This classic account is a dynamic and vivid record of what it was like to fight with Britain's Commandos across wartime.

Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the six Abdiel-class fast minelayers, the fastest and most versatile ships to serve in the Royal Navy in the Second World War.

General Erhard Raus was one of the German Army's finest panzer generals and a leading exponent of blitzkrieg in the east.

Rare photographs from both official and unofficial SS sources illustrate the role of the individual in this epic struggle.

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The entire trilogy book is designed to show that true faith can accomplish just about anything in a person's life.

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The British archives of the Napoleonic wars are unique, brimming with personal letters to family and friends or journals that record their innermost thoughts.

The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-45 on the Eastern Front tells the story in words and images of the last bitter months fought on Russian soil and the battle of the Baltic States that ensued.

On 16 May 1811, the small town of Albuera was the setting for one of the Peninsular War’s most bloody and desperate battles.

Ordered by Hitler 'to hold, or to die' and to fight 'to the last grenade and round', the German army was a formidable opponent during the 1944 Normandy campaign.

Reinhard ‘Teddy’ Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, many before he even became a U-boat commander.

My First Year in the Army is Clyde W.

An overview of generations of Italians in the Big Apple, weaving together numerous stories from different epochs and different backgrounds.

On the tenth anniversary of Canada's involvement, a leading journalist offers a fascinating assessment of Canada's past and present role in the Afghan war Of the 33,000 troops under NATO command in Afghanistan in October 2006, 12,000 were Americans and 2,500 were Canadians.

A detailed history of one week during the Civil War in which the American president assumed control of the nation's military.

The stories of the doctors, nurses and patients at the Union Army's hospital in Gettysburg come to life in this unique Civil War history.

The Civil War historian recounts a significant yet smaller battle in the Shenandoah Valley-showing how it changed the war and the lives of those present.

More than an account of Churchill's momentous meetings with Roosevelt, Stalin and other leaders at the height of the Second World War, this book illuminates the practicalities of transporting a prime minister through dangerous skies and across hostile oceans in a time of global war.

This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the Imperial German Army at Ypres from 1914-15.

Reinhard ‘Teddy’ Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, many before he even became a U-boat commander.

Submarine' is almost certainly the first book to bring together eye-witness accounts from almost every navy that deployed submarines in WW2, and it is far more than an account of WW2 missions.

Richard Hughes was an artillery officer with the British Army in World War II.

Many histories have been written about the conflicts the British army was involved in between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War.

The desperate struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army for Budapest in 1944 and 1945 was as lethal and destructive as any of the urban battles fought during the Second World War.

On the tenth anniversary of Canada's involvement, a leading journalist offers a fascinating assessment of Canada's past and present role in the Afghan war Of the 33,000 troops under NATO command in Afghanistan in October 2006, 12,000 were Americans and 2,500 were Canadians.

Clara Krauss, since birth, was entrusted with a unique gift that made her special, almost mystical, a gift that would define her fate and the fate of everyone around her, a fate that would guide her, and her family through the time of turmoil that defined their world, a world tainted by evil, a world with the stench of death.

Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights.

Henry V's stunning victory at Agincourt was a pivotal battle of the Hundred Years War, reviving England's military fortunes and changing forever the course of European warfare.

As the events of the Second World War fade into the distance it is important that the activities of a small band of brothers are not overlooked.

Josef was a young German male who had recently finished school, but he was uncertain of his direction in life.

This is the latest book in the Battleground Europe series focusing on the Somme sector.

While artillery has been described as the queen of the Napoleonic battlefield, this was an era when cavalry could still play a decisive role in battle, as well as being vital on campaign.

It is June 1815 and an Anglo-led Allied army under the Duke of Wellington’s command and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher is set to face Napoleon Boneparte near Waterloo in present-day Belgium.

"e;From Pearl Harbor to Leyte Gulf and Okinawa to Iwo Jima, the stories are presented as the individual soldiers, sailors, and marines lived them.

This is the latest book in the Battleground Europe series focusing on the Somme sector.

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The events of Sunday, 18 June, stand as the defining moment of the year 1815, if not of an entire era.

The author of Shot Down in the Drink shares photos and anecdotes detailing the history of the World War II fighter plane and its crews across the globe.

Many histories have been written about the conflicts the British army was involved in between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War.

Major and Mrs Holt's Concise, Illustrated Battlefield Guide to the Western Front - South contains many fascinating but little-visited areas by travelers and is hoped that they will be tempted further afield than the 'showcase' and sophisticatedly presented battlefields like the Somme to discover some marvelous sites.