Weapons and equipment

'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' Soldier magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War.

It's common knowledge that the Enigma cipher was broken at Bletchley Park, but less is known of the background: an exhilarating spy story of secret documents smuggled across borders, hair-raising escapes, Gestapo interrogations and betrayals.

PRE-ORDER THE ACTION-PACKED STORY OF THE WWII GROUP THAT BECAME OUR SAS, FROM ONE OF THE UK'S MOST STORIED SPECIAL FORCES OPERATORS History at its gripping, fascinating finest THE DAILY EXPRESS'A must read for any military enthusiast' JASON FOX Brilliant Stuff.

This book of selections from the distinguished journal International Security speaks to the most important question of our age: the deterrence of nuclear war.

Part I discusses the creation of the Commissariat a I'Energie Atomique and outlines its structure and function.

With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps the last all-white branch of the U.

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military.

'Excellent' Antony Beevor'Saul David is a brilliant historian .

With sweeping changes in the Soviet Union and East Europe having shaken core assumptions of U.

Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army.

Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army.

Der Atomschutzbunker erzahlt die Geschichte der Schweiz: von einbetoniertem Wissen, Macht und einem Raum, der vom Kalten Krieg bis heute nachhallt.

By the time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, China was already under siege.

By the time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, China was already under siege.

During World War II, the civilian Office of Censorship supervised a huge and surprisingly successful program of news management: the voluntary self-censorship of the American press.

World War II coincided with cinemas golden age.

World War II coincided with cinemas golden age.

From the American Revolution's "e;expert riflemen"e; to modern warfare's elite marksmen, "e;Sniper's Discretion"e; unveils the complex and often misunderstood history of America's sharpshooters.

During World War II the special relationship between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war.

Nicknamed the "e;Ghost Division"e; because of its speed and habit of turning up where its enemies least expected, the German 11th Panzer Division wreaked havoc in the East and West in World War II, playing a pivotal role in some of the biggest engagements, including Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, and the West.

German Panzer ace Michael Wittmann was by far the most famous tank commander on any side in World War II, destroying 138 enemy tanks and 132 anti-tank guns with his Tiger.

Henry Chamberlain was one of the longest-term prisoners of war in World War II.

Omaha was the make-or-break Allied beach on D-Dayin (perhaps) the make-or-break campaign of World War II.

The Waffen-SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were involved in almost continuous combat.

*; Hundreds of photos--many of them rare--of Tiger tanks and their crews *; Color illustrations by Jean Restayn focus on markings, camouflage, and insignia *; Inventories and timelines for each unit In this follow-up to Tigers in Combat I (0-8117-3171-5), Wolfgang Schneider turns his attention to the Tiger tanks of the Waffen-SS and the Wehrmachts named units, such as the Grodeutschland Division, Company Hummel, and Tiger Group Meyer.

Scores of unique photos of Tiger tanks Intricate and richly colored drawings, with special focus on markings and insigniaAccompanying text lists units combat strengths, equipment, commanders, and engagements By the end of World War II, the dreaded Tiger tank had achieved mythical, almost mystical status.

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer.

Stanisaw Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace and the first Allied fighter ace of World War II.

More than half of the U.

American troops invaded North Africa in November 1942, but did not face serious resistance until the following February, when they finally tangled with Rommels Afrika Korpsand the Germans gave the inexperienced Americans a nasty drubbing at Kasserine Pass.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people .

During World War II the special relationship between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war.

Explore more than 5,000 years of mechanised conflict around the globe from the earliest chariots and warships to the supersonic fighters and bombers of the modern era.

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The M16 rifle is one of the world's most famous firearms, iconic as the American weapon of the Vietnam Warand, indeed, as the U.

Sunday, June 22, 1941: three million German soldiers invaded the Soviet Union as part of Hitler's long-planned Operation Barbarossa, which aimed to destroy the Soviet Union, secure its land as lebensraum for the Third Reich, and enslave its Slavic population.

The M16 rifle is one of the world's most famous firearms, iconic as the American weapon of the Vietnam Warand, indeed, as the U.

Sunday, June 22, 1941: three million German soldiers invaded the Soviet Union as part of Hitler's long-planned Operation Barbarossa, which aimed to destroy the Soviet Union, secure its land as lebensraum for the Third Reich, and enslave its Slavic population.

The scope and scale of Operation Barbarossathe German invasion of the Soviet Unionmake it one of the pivotal events of the Second World War.

The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate.

The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate.

One womans extraordinary personal journey in the US military and her triumphant effort to honor her predecessors with the Congressional Gold Medal Looking back on her remarkable career, Retired Army Colonel Edna W.

A warning to humankind from one of the world s greatest physicists'What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics.

Former tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE offers a gripping and unique account of the evolution of tank warfare, in collaboration with The Tank Museum.

A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in AsiaA Telegraph Book of the Year 2025 'A short but quietly devastating book, in which Overy adds new perspectives to a subject that has often been approached from a narrowly American angle.

The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin.

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Esther Safran Foer has written of her family in a way that is both uniquely and heartbreakingly her story and a deeply important testament for Ashkenazi Jews.

A previously unpublished wartime memoir from the acclaimed author of Birdy and A Midnight Clear.

'We thought we had lived through the terror of a nuclear war, but something far more ominous was brewing in the Soviet Union - a biological Armageddon from which no one would escape.