War and defence operations

A WWI guide “rich in personal experiences from French and German sources .

A pictorial history of the Nazi retreat from the Western and Eastern Fronts, back to Germany, as World War II came to an end.

An illustrated and informative guide to the WWI battlefields south of Arras, France, including some of the most significant battles of 1917.

An in-depth look at the contributions of the British cavalry during World War I.

First of a series of five titles which will cover each year of the war graphically.

What was life in the Red Army like for the ordinary soldier during the Great Patriotic War, the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany on the Eastern Front?

A World War II survivor describes his combat experiences as a member of the Red Army’s 5th Guards Cavalry Division in the fight against the Nazi Germany.

As the 1864 Overland Campaign shifted from the Wilderness toward Spotsylvania Court House, Confederate commander Robert E.

David James was in Motor Gunboats (with Robert Hichens of Gunboat Command.

A look at what world history might have been like if not for the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

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

The untold inside story of the audacious Nazi plot to rescue il Duce from an Allied prison.

First raised by his maternal grandmother and her four youngest sisters in the harbour city of Le Havre, in the English Channel, a boy, Jean, will discover later in tragic circumstances the love of his mother.

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

From the Battle of Britain to D-Day, this book uncovers the history of the Channel War.

This WWII pictorial history vividly captures the Allied liberation of Europe from Normandy to Berlin through rare wartime photographs.

“[T]here will be no turning back,” said Lt.

As the left most inland flank of the D-Day landings, Sword Beach was thought most likely to receive the first German counterattacks.

This is the latest in the well-respected Battleground series of books, and covers a number of aspects of the battle of Arnhem.