Military History

In 2013, Germany celebrated the bicentennial of the so-called Wars of Liberation (181315). These wars were the culmination of the Prussian struggle...

The Great War - An Illustrated History looks at the causes of the war and the actual events themselves. Naturally, much of it covers the war on the...

Ever since mankind started to use aircraft to fight their enemies, the enemy found means to fight the aircraft. When armies and warfare turned moto...

This book is a rare examination of the Luftwaffe''''s greatest transport aircraft. The Messerschmitt ME 323 started out as the giant glider ME 321 ...

Few events in the history of Belfast have had such a profound effect upon the memories of its citizens as the blitzing of the city in April and May...

A remarkable tale of a local airman, this book is based on a true story. It is a tribute to all those who the author describes as 'helpers' - the m...

World War I is one of the iconic conflicts of the modern era. For many years the war at sea has been largely overlooked; yet, at the outbreak of th...

Britain's role and performance in the two World Wars continues to generate considerable debate but the wars are rarely considered together. Leading...

At 7.30am on 1st July 1916, some 60,000 men climbed out of their trenches and walked across No-Man''''s-Land and into the history books. The Battle...

When the Tuskegee Veteran's Hospital opened in 1923, many in the Veteran's Bureau believed that black physicians and nurses were not competent t...

During the Second World War, in the mountains and jungles of Timor, Bougainville and New Guinea, Australian commando units fought arduous campaigns...

Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railr...

Hill 731 was the scene of the most ferocious battle of the Greek-Italian War in Albania. Watched by Mussolini himself, on 9 March 1941 the Italians...

The all-too frequently cited mantra that 'the bomber will always get through' had dominated Britain's strategic air policy in the decades preceding...