War and defence operations

To the US Navy they were CVEs!

A collection of British cartoons featuring Old Bill, "e;one of the best-loved characters of World War I,"e; created by a solider on the front lines (Warfare History Network).

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

"e;Hitlers decision to invade Poland in August 1939 triggered the start of the Second World War.

Some of the most famous memoirs of Britain's long war against Napoleon have come from the pens of members of Wellington's Light Division, but many wonderful accounts were never published and have sat in archives, libraries, museums, and private collections, forgotten for 200 years.

A fresh look at how Wellington triumphed over Napoleon and “a valuable contribution to the Waterloo historiography” (Journal of Military History).

1930s Warsaw was a thoroughly cosmopolitan, even swinging city.

A compelling and fascinating account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world's first air war.

Born in 1762, William Hargood's naval career spanned over 30 years, as he rose from humble midshipman to the captain of one of the most powerful warships of the day at Trafalgar.

Mafeking was the longest and the most controversial of the three sieges that began the South African War in 1899.

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

This is the second volume of a comprehensive five part work on D-Day that includes a multitude of personal military accounts from both Allied and German Aviation personnel who were there.

A battle summary of Britain’s raid on the French port town of Dieppe during World War II.

The air war over the critical Eastern Front is illustrated with 120 specially selected and informatively captioned photographs in this striking new book.

Mafeking was the longest and the most controversial of the three sieges that began the South African War in 1899.

Narrates the deployments, moves and countermoves on the day (6 Apr 46 BC) that led to another victory for Caesar.

For the first time, a scholar reveals the meaning of the marginal images on the Bayeux Tapestry, unlocking a completely new meaning of the work.

This WW2 military history "e;combin[es] a look at the background to the battle .

This book tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of the Second World War's defining and most memorable campaigns.

"e;During the Great War a German publisher produced a number of photographic books that are of considerable interest to the modern-day reader.

From the team that brought you the bestselling Bradshaw's Handbook comes another fantastic facsimile reproduction The Battle of Waterloo.

On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year.

The pilots and combined bombing forces of the Second World War are revered for a host of reasons.

By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum.

The threat of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise invasion of Russia in June 1941, succeeding prompted Churchill to decide to send vital military supplies to Britain's new ally.

The Battle of the Somme is fixed in the country's collective memory as a disaster-probably the bloodiest episode in the catalogue of futile offensives launched by the British on the Western Front.

This WWII battlefield guide offers a detailed history of the Siege of Fort Eben Emael during the Nazi invasion of Belgium—with maps and photos throughout.

This deep dive into the mind of the complex, controversial political and military leader is "e;a great addition to the field of Napoleonics"e; (Journal of Military History).

This is the vivid memoir of a man who was twenty-one at the outbreak of World War II.

The battle for Guillemont raged throughout August 1916.

The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tates Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations.

More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close as they and the hunted die off.

Martin Stauber, ein nicht minder begabter Freund des Astronomen und Mathematikers Johannes Kepler, ist von frühester Jugend von allem Lebendigen fasziniert.

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.

An in-depth analysis of what it was really like to fight at the sharp end in every theater of the Second World War from the author of Beachhead Assault.

This WWI military history presents a detailed account of the third Battle of Ypres, in the Belgian village of Passchendaele, from the German perspective.

In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place.

Facing Armageddon is the first scholarly work on the 1914-18 War to explore, on a world-wide basis, the real nature of the participants experience.

Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britains dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the convoy system in coastal waters at the outset of the war.

The bitter fight for Fort Vaux is one of the most famous episodes in the Battle of Verdun-it has achieved almost legendary status in French military history.

"e;These photographs are taken from three unpublished albums featuring the German invasion of Poland in 1939.

An in-depth analysis of Nazi Germany’s unused strategy to invade the UK during the Battle of Britain in World War II.

Building on the success of FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II, Gordon Rottman returns to the world of World War II slang to cover the armies, air forces and navies of Great Britain, the USA and Germany.

205 Group RAF provided the only mobile force of heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean theater in the Second World War.

“Tremendous .

In the long history of the British Isles few years can stand in comparison with 1940 in terms of unrivalled gloom.

A history of the conflict in Korea with an emphasis on the crucial role of aviation.

This little known campaign against the Italian invasion of British Somalia was bravely fought by a small force of elderly RAF and Commonwealth aircraft against almost overwhelming odds.

“This unique memoir tells the story of one of the field-grade officers whose martial skills sustained the Third Reich against a world in arms.