War and defence operations

"e;A fantastic overview of one of Britain's untold stories from the Great War"e;-the Salonika Campaign that pitted Allied forces against the Bulgarians (Burton Mail).

A former British Royal Army Veterinary Corps officer recalls his adventures with the Special Forces in Oman during the 1970s in this military memoir.

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

It had all the ingredients of a best-selling thriller the clandestine activities of mercenaries, an impossibly dare-devil plot to topple the regime of one of the worlds most corrupt countries; the boys own approach by arrogant old public school pupils and the controversy and intrigue from within governmental departments.

In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek - the head of China's military academy and leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) - began the `northern expeditions' to bring China's northern territories back under the control of the state.

The indistinct status of the Zainichi has meant that, since the late 1940s, two ethnic Korean associations, the Chongryun (pro-North) and the Mindan (pro-South) have been vying for political loyalty from the Zainichi, with both groups initially opposing their assimilation in Japan.

The Mediterranean was one of Napoleon's greatest spheres of influence.

This WWII journal takes readers inside an elite reconnaissance and raiding unit operating behind enemy lines in the North African campaign.

The story of this military powerhouse of ancient Greece, and its nearly two centuries of battlefield triumphs.

A career soldier, veteran of both World Wars, and British war hero remembers the campaigns he fought-and his worthy foes.

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A new battlefield guide to the Peninsular War is long overdue.

"e;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.

A revised & updated study of Admiral Horatio Nelson's battles, as well as his ships, armaments, tactics, signals and instructions.

Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent.

Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war.

The saga of a squadron, a plane, and the action, triumphs, and tragedies they saw during World War II-includes photos.

An extensive traveler's guide to the French region's World War II historical sites and everything else you need to know about the area.

In October 2005 an international naval conference was held at Portsmouth and well-known historians and naval officers from around the world, including Colin White, Brian Lavery, Contre Amiral Remi Monaque and Admiral Sir Jonathan Band, now First Sea Lord, gave a series of papers on aspects of the battle of Trafalgar.

The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC is one of the most famous battles in history.

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

This is the first volume of a most impressive tribute and accurate four part work that uniquely presents a complete account of the air operations throughout Market-Garden in September 1944 when British, US and Polish airborne troops made a gallant attempt to seize and hold bridges across the Lower Rhine in Holland as a springboard for crossing into Germany.

This is the third volume of a comprehensive five part work, detailing every aspect of air and paratroop operations on the night of 5/6 June 1944.

For the Allies as well as Germany, it will be the longest day'.

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.

This WWI history examines the Ottoman Army's defense of the Dardanelle Strait during Winston Churchill's failed Gallipoli Campaign.

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

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The Anzac legend was born on the shores of Gallipoli during the historic morning of 25th April 1915.

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

Major Louis Joseph Vionnets memoirs of Napoleons disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia are readable, detailed, and full of personal anecdote and vivid glimpses into the life of the nineteenth-century soldier.

Through a series of five walks this book discovers the sights, sounds and experience of the capital at war; it details the remaining tangible evidence of the dark days via air raid shelter signs, bomb damage on buildings and memorials detailing heroic and often tragic events.

The Anzac legend was born on the shores of Gallipoli during the historic morning of 25th April 1915.

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 WWII history and visitor's guide explores the extensive network of Nazi fortifications built to defend Fortress Europe.

Military histories of the struggle against the French armies of the Revolution and Napoleon often focus on the exploits of elite units and famous individuals, ignoring the essential contribution made by the ordinary soldiers the bulk of the British army.

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A team of historians and archaeologists re-examine what happened at the Battle of Culloden between the Scottish Jacobites and Great Britain.

This illustrated WWII history captures the brutal conditions and bitter combat of the Battle of Stalingrad through rare wartime photographs.

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

The 900-day siege of the Soviet city of Leningrad by the combined forces of the Germans and the Finns is one of the most remarkable, and terrible, events of the Second World War, yet until recently it has not received the attention it deserves it has been overshadowed by other massive confrontations on the Eastern Front, at Stalingrad and Kursk.

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This authoritative history chronicles the Royal Navy's decisive yet little-known victory over the French during the Seven Years' War.

In the summer of 1944 the Red Army crushed Army Group Centre in one of the largest offensives in military history.

This WWII military study sheds light on the overlooked Allied landing in Provence and the liberation of Southern France.

A British company commander details his experience serving in the Falklands War and reflects on the 1982 conflict.

Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia were all German allies in the Second World War, unlike the other countries of Europe which had either been forcibly occupied by the Nazis or remained neutral.

The capture by the German surface raider Atlantis of the British steamer City of Baghdads secret code books in July 1940 enabled the Nazis to de-cypher Admiralty convoy plans with deadly effect.

The assault crossing of the River Seine by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division in August 1944 remains one of the most important operations of the closing stages of the Second World War.