War and defence operations

Harry Lamin was born in Derbyshire in 1877 and left school at thirteen to work in the lace industry, but by December 1916 he had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war.

An overview of modern Western militaries’ response to armed rebellion, from Indochina to Northern Ireland to Iraq.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Caesar portrayed his invasion of Gaul as being a defensive pre-emptive action, most historians agree that the wars were fought primarily to boost Caesar's political career and to pay off his massive debts.

An in-depth analysis of one of the War for Independence's bloodiest and least understood conflicts.

By the spring of 1940, the phoney war suddenly became very real.

An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.

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The definitive inside account of the Falklands War, written by Margaret Thatcher herself.

Perhaps it was Adolf Hitler's implacable hatred of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that compelled the Fu*hrer to order the taking, whatever the cost, of the city that bore his enemy's name.

Few people alive today had direct experience of the First World War, and yet it seems embedded in the collective consciousness of the combatant nations as a warning to future generations of the futility of military conflict.

'El arte de la guerra' del tratadista Sun Tzu escrito hacia los siglos VI y V a.

Packed with illustrations, this is the first book to focus on the 'Transportation Plan', the air campaign to isolate the D-Day beaches from German reinforcements.

Packed with illustrations, this is the first book to focus on the 'Transportation Plan', the air campaign to isolate the D-Day beaches from German reinforcements.

"Este libro, fundacional sobre el tema Malvinas, fue escrito durante las primeras semanas de la guerra con el Reino Unido.

This book remains one of the best histories on the topic of American Civil War to this day.

This book explores the incredible life of the legendary General Robert E.

This "e;Story of Liberty"e; is a true narrative.

An eye witness account of the second battle of El Alamein by World War II veteran rifleman Victor Gregg.

First published ten years after the end of the Civil War, "e;Memoirs of General W.

Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940 1943) during the Second World War.

This "e;Story of Liberty"e; is a true narrative.

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This is Corran Purdon's story, one of five true-life recollections from the Second World War in Tales From The Special Forces Club.

The remarkable true story of an amazing and loyal donkey during World War I.

Why would a god-fearing Swiss citizen go against the laws of his own country to fight for Ukraine?

A US Army historian chronicles a vital zone of conflict within The Battle of the Bulge in this authoritative and detailed account of WWII combat.

Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.

Spring, 1648.

'The Twelve Caesars', is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Niccolo Machiavelli considered this book his greatest achievement.

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

It was early in December that H.

In September 1915 Kitcherner's men were in action for the first time in the largest offensive of the year.

At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war.

Great battles mark history's turning points, occurring as they do where cultures and ideologies clash.

“This book takes an innovative approach to describing the much-trodden territory of the D-Day landings by using a very broad range of aerial photographs.

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Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.

Sun-Tzu's 'Art of War' is perhaps the most important book ever written about warfare.

The Second World War was the final global conflict of the twentieth century.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES'A hugely important book .

It is generally recognized that the war in Burma against the Japanese was as fierce as any.

As well as being pathological about his security, Hitler believed only he could successfully oversee the Third Reichs operations.

In 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Third Reich collapsed and the Red Army swamped Berlin.

To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard and generally taking a tough stance against anything and everything that did not meet with his own strict disciplinarian code.

'The Twelve Caesars' is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes.