Battles & Campaigns

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...

The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonisation of South Africa. In one blood...

A rare and forgotten first-hand account of the first day of the Battle of the Somme by a British infantry soldier who went over the top and survive...

The Second World War was a watershed in world history: the seizing of power by Hitler and the Nazis, the slowly building crescendo of annexations t...

By the end of January 1968 the American people thought their armed forces were winning in South Vietnam after three years of escalating conflict. T...

From Marathon in 490 BC or Hastings in 1066 to Trafalgar and Austerlitz in 1805; from Midway, Stalingrad or Leyte Gulf during the Second World War ...