War and defence operations

Red Army anti-tank gunners offer vivid accounts of their World War II combat experiences.

The Korean War, which began with an unprovoked attack by North Korea in 1950, went on for three long years.

Caesar portrayed his invasion of Gaul as being a defensive pre-emptive action.

"e;The crushing defeat suffered by the British Army by the Zulus at Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 is by any standards a gripping and shocking story.

This regimental history chronicles the legendary exploits of the British Army's Light Division against Napoleon in Spain and Portugal.

Niccolo Machiavelli considered this book his greatest achievement.

After the Allies broke out from Normandy in July 1944, they drove quickly through the rest of France and were threatening the German border by the autumn.

Delve into a thousand years of battle and rebellion with this vivid chronicle of warfare between Scotland and England-with battlefield information.

The disastrous retreat and near disintegration of Sir John Moores army on the road to Corunna in 1809 is traditionally regarded as the low point in the history of the British intervention in the Peninsular War.

This history of the Siege of Cawnpore and the massacre of British noncombatants in Colonial India reveals the human side of the struggle.

The actions of General Patch's Seventh Army are analysed and assessed in this detailed history of their advance across Europe in 1943-45.

This is the story of an ordinary young man, unworldly, untried and patriotic, who enlisted at 18 in 1942 and became an infantryman specialising as a machine gunner with the Middlesex Regiment and later with the Cheshire Regiment.

Take up your weapons and prepare to fight your own battle in these all-action, interactive adventures, in which you take part in epic battles from throughout history.

A photographic history of WWII’s Operation Market Garden and the Allies’ quest for the famed “Bridge Too Far.

Alois Siska was born in Czechoslovakia and learnt to fly.

This is the most important book ever written about warfare and conflict.

The acclaimed WWII historian and author of Race to the Reichstag vividly chronicles the preliminary battle that opened the Red Army's path to Berlin.

A comprehensive illustrated overview of the dynamic operations that have saved lives in hostage situations around the world.

This is a first-hand account of the authors grandfather, Guy Mainwaring Knocker and his experiences as a pilot in the R.

The author of The Unseen Terror "e;looks at the fortunes of Richard II and Charles VI of France in a fascinating account of that war"e; (Books Monthly).