War and defence operations

Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War.

A view of the War of 1812 from a social perspective.

Short-listed for the 2009 Red Maple Award for Non-Fiction, OLA Forest of Reading and commended for the 2009 OLA Best Bets This book presents the story and issues of the First World War in a clear, concise and objective manner, accompanied on every page by photographs, original sketches or maps.

During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan.

Canadians line the overpasses of the Highway of Heroes to show their support, grief, and pride in our fallen champions.

1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War.

The first comprehensive biography of Canada's third-highest- scoring ace in the First World War.

During the First World War, the British Army's most consistent German opponent was Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.

During the First World War, the British Army's most consistent German opponent was Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.

Take a trip back in time to the chaos and destruction of the greatest invasion in military history, viewed through the lens of Canadian paratroopers.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan war, acclaimed by critics as a classic.

The First World War profoundly changed British society.

In prose as beautiful as it is powerful, Rita Gabis follows the trail of her grandfather's collaboration with the Nazis; a trail riddled with secrets, slaughter, mystery, and discovery.

Canadians have been celebrated participants in numerous conflicts on foreign soil, but most Canadians arent aware that theyve also had to defend themselves many times at home.

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home.

An emergency room doctor recounts harrowing stories about his time at a combat hospital in Kandahar.

1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War.

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home.

The trauma of hostile fire, roadside bombs, mines, and the ab- duction and death of comrades is told in vivid, unforgettable detail.

On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history.

His Majesty's Indian Allies is a study of British-Indian policy in North America from the time of the American Revolution to the end of the War of 1812, with particular focus on Canada.

The First World War profoundly changed British society.

April 24th, 1951,was a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea.

First published in the 1960s and long out of print, Edmund Cosgrove recounts the lives of Canada's outstanding pilots and their exploits in the two world wars.

While the Second World War raged in Europe, demanding most of Canada's military effort, an equally fierce war with Japan was going on in the Far East.

On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history.

During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan.

The story of a little-known Canadian victory in the Second Boer War.

Scarce Heard Amid the Guns tears the curtain of myth away, providing a rare, visceral inner perspective of the various Canadian peacekeeping missions.

World War Two was the greatest conflict in human history.

The price for a country.

'There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War' John KeeganLife and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint deep in Japanese territory, held it against counter-attack and spearheaded the final assault in which the Japanese armies were, to quote General Slim, "e;torn apart"e;.

Eine neue, einzigartige Perspektive auf die deutsche Geschichte – der Weg der Deutschen von 1942 bis heute, vom Volk der Täter zum anerkannten Partner in der Welt.

'There is a mad chap come here - whose name is Trelawny.

A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler's most terrifying battleship - the legendary Tirpitz - and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazi's fearsome war machine.

The First World War, a new low in the annals of armed conflict, coincided with a golden age for the relatively new art of advertising.

Afghanistan, Summer 2006.

Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945.

The First World War, a new low in the annals of armed conflict, coincided with a golden age for the relatively new art of advertising.

This is the incredible true story of a wartime sisterhood of women pilots: a group of courageous pioneers who took exceptional risks to fly Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters to the frontlines of World War II.

A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan.

This historical guide retells, in graphic detail, the story of nine of the most important battles to be fought in Scotland south of the Highland Line, stretching from Aberdeen to the Firth of Clyde.

Designed to act as a diversion to the 'big push', Gommecourt was an attempt to force the Germans to commit their reserves to the front line before the main battle took place.

Reveals, through the eyes of a conscripted soldier, the day-to-day lives of British soldiers in British West Africa during World War II.

“A fascinating account of three SAS missions to counter the Exocet missile .

John Gordon Smith wrote one of the most vivid, honest and readable personal accounts of the Battle of Waterloo and the ensuing campaign, where he served as a surgeon in the12th Light Dragoons, but his classic narrative was only published in a limited edition in the 1830s and since then it has been virtually unknown.

An incredible insight into the origins, training and earliest operations of the special service volunteer soldiers who formed the original units of the world's most famous military force.

The author, a young conscript, fought with The Glorious Glosters at the legendary Imjin River battle.

The five volumes that constitute Arthur Marder's From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow represented arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Alfred Mahan.