Battles & Campaigns

In 1984, as an eighteen-year-old school leaver, the author was conscripted into a chaotic world of strict order, intense discipline and subtle brai...

On 19 July 1916, in the northern French village of Fromelles, Australia suffered its worst-ever military defeat when a British of?cer ordered 15,00...

The life of Charles Warren Royal Engineer is a compelling story, full of action, conflict, triumph and disaster, with reputations gained and lost. ...

D-Day, the Allied invasion of Europe, began on the night of 5-6 June 1944. At 07.00 hours on the 6th, Britain's First Corps and XXX Corps came asho...

This volume of French eyewitness accounts of Waterloo, published for the first time in full in English, completes Andrew Field's pioneering work on...

The Ploesti Raid took place on Sunday, August 1, 1943 and, but for a navigational error which put the leading formation on a course away from the t...

When we think of Arnhem we think of a Bridge too Far and a sky full of parachutes dropping the Allies into the Netherlands. Beyond these images, th...

In December 1944 the German military made its final attempt to end the Second World War by throwing in all its reserves in a desperate attempt to s...

'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written ...

The ascent of the Plantagenets to the English throne in 1154 led to the beginning of a new historical phase in the British Isles, which was marked ...

Learn the little-known history of the forgotten American Revolution Battle of Pell''s Point and the heroism of John Glover. General William Howe an...

What are the critical factors that determine the outcome of battles? Which is more decisive in a clash of arms: armies or the societies they repres...

As the nearest RAF station to Occupied Europe, the airfield at Hawkinge in Kent found itself quite literally on the frontline during the Second Wor...

Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer st...

Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade ...

This is the story of the Spanish-American War, told not from the perspective of generals, policy makers, or politicians, but from that of the so...

An Illustrated Guide to One of the Greatest Events of World War IIThe Allied landing in German-occupied Normandy on June 6, 1944 was the greatest a...

Sir Geoffrey Cox described Sidi Rezegh, fought during Operation Crusader in Libya over November and December 1941, as 'the forgotten battle of the ...

Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using Friedrich Pauluss 6th Army and...

'Just the thing for US Civil War buffs: snappily written, informative and entertaining. A cracking read.' - Saul David, bestselling author and hist...