Military vehicles

This latest volume in Anthony Tucker-Joness series of photographic histories of armored warfare records in graphic detail the role played by tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled artillery during the decisive campaign in northwest Europe in 1944-5.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 sank or crippled almost all of the battleships belonging to the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, but the fleet's aircraft carriers survived to demonstrate that naval aviation was now the dominant factor in the struggle at sea, turning the tide of the Pacific War.

Adolph Gysbert Malan was born in Wellington, South Africa.

Germany was never able to match the power of the Allied air forces with their great four-engine bombers, the Lancasters, Liberators and Flying Fortresses.

Failure to exploit the potential of an original idea is a recurring phenomenon in our national history.

“An in-depth illustrated history of one of the most successful post-war British tanks” from the author of Special Forces Vehicles (Forces Pension Society).

The Battle of the Bulge took the Allied armies by surprise in 1944.

The Laforays were the largest, most powerfully armed and successful ships of this type to see frontline action with the Royal Navy in WWII.

The author of Boeing 707 Group: A History delivers “a stunning study in early French aviation design with a plethora of aircraft” (IPMS/USA).

A fully illustrated guide to the German Tiger I tank and its operations in the field by the renowned expert on WWII armored vehicles.

The Seventh ship to bear the name, the Assault Ship and Commando Carrier HMS Fearless was first commissioned in 1965.

This detailed history of Air Intercept radar traces the development of this vital military technology with the Royal Air Force during WWII.

A photographic history of German submarines in the world wars, including unseen images from the personal collections of captains and crew.

This final volume in the three-volume set covering more than 300 types of Surviving World War II aircraft includes the less-glamorous ones that couldn't qualify for two volumes on Fighters and Bombers.

The Royal Air Force had placed a great deal of faith in its force of bombers, Bomber Command, in the event of a future war.

The Japanese Imperial Navy’s impressive but ill-fated WWII battleships are examined in detail in this fully illustrated modeling guide.

The English Electric Lightning was the only single-seat supersonic interceptor fighter designed and manufactured in the UK.

The author of The Yompers details the history of Great Britain's innovation in combatting the German Zeppelin during World War I.

The helicopter came on the scene too late to play other than a minor role in the Second World War but by the Korean conflict the Bell H-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven, and Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw were in service.

A brilliant and prolific collection of rare photographs celebrating the war-winning qualities of arguably the most important tank of the Second World War.