Battles & Campaigns

The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in a conflict that was to shape the course of Eurasian history for...

Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the long and distinguished history of the British Army. At noon a massive Zulu host ...

A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vas...

A wonderful gift for any military history enthusiast.

Tanks features 52 of the best armoured fighting vehicles from World War I to the present day. Beginning with the prototype Mark V Male in 1917, the...

The Battle of Britain was fought between two airborne military elites and was a classic example of pure attack against pure defence. Though it was ...

By July 1940, Britain stood alone in Europe. Hitler's troops had reached the French coast after storming their way across northern Europe and, foll...

The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends in their own time, famous for their toughness, stoicism and martial prowess but was this r...

The final thrilling tale of the House of Appius Julianus.A new and deadly threat has emerged at the outskirts of the Roman Empire on the Danube, on...

'Gripping ... A terrific action narrative' Max Hastings 'Reads like a Tom Clancy thriller, yet every word is true ... This is modern warfare close-...

After the astonishing Japanese successes of 1941 and early 1942, the Allies began to fight back. After victories at Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Midway ...

The 4th Marine Brigade, with roughly 10,000 men, was the only large Marine unit to see major action in World War I. Dubbed Devil Dogs by the German...

In 1982, 8,000 miles from home, in a harsh environment and without the newest and most sophisticated equipment, the numerically inferior British Ta...

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'A riveting account of T. E. Lawrences battles on and off the battlefield Using scrupulous resear...

In June 1944 the Allies opened the long-awaited second front against Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, and this was to be the start of a lon...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Alex Kershaw, author of The Longest Winter and The Liberator, returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account ...

Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history ofthe Cold War's defining episode.Berlin, 1948 - a divided city in a divided country in adi...

A highly illustrated introduction to some of World War II's most famous and important battles, featuring colourful artwork throughout. World War I...

A highly illustrated study of the battle of Shrewsbury, made famous by Shakespeare in Henry IV Part 1, which secured Henry IV on the throne.The bat...

A fully illustrated study of the defensive struggle for the Kuban bridgehead on the Eastern Front of World War II, where the Red Army repulsed a se...

Published here for the first time, the Civil War combat memoir of Lieutenant Colonel James Taylor Holmes of the 52nd Ohio Volunteers presents a ...

Ideal for enthusiasts of WWII naval aviation, this illustrated volume covers the unequal clash between the United States and Imperial Japanese navi...

The first day of the Somme has had more of a widespread emotional impact on the psyche of the British public than any other battle in history. Now,...

In 196768, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was on the front line of the defence of South Vietnams Quang Tri province, which was at the very h...