Military History

The Red Fox of Colditz recounts the tale of Lt AM Sinclair KRRC, from his capture post-Calais' fall in May 1940 to his demise in September 1943 whi...

Of the thousands of commanders who served in historys armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What comb...

Kut: The Death of an Army is the fascinating, yet largely forgotten, story of the British-Indian Army that was besieged in Mesopotamia from 1915 to...

Eleven years after Reinhard Gehlen, the head of Adolf Hitlers Eastern Front military intelligence unit, emerged from hiding to hand himself over to...

On 10 May 1940 German Fallschirmjäger stormed the Dutch fort of Eben-Emael, south of Maastricht. The brilliantly executed operation was the first s...

Formed in July 1940 for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group was the first British special for...

In the tumultuous saga of the Napoleonic Wars, one critical narrative has remained notably absent: a comprehensive medical history. This meticulous...

In a single volume, Roman Republic at War catalogues and offers a brief description of every significant battle fought by the Roman Republic betwee...

The Eastern Front was where the war against Nazi Germany was lost and won. More people died there in the battles and destruction than all the other...

For General George S. Patton, Leadership is the thing that wins battles. I have itbut Ill be damned if I can define it. Probably it consists in kno...

The Hundred Years' War is one of the most famous conflicts in British history, featuring such renowned battles as Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt. It...

The remarkable story of the Seychelles Affair began in 1978 when representatives of the exiled Seychelles president approached legendary mercenary ...

Vietnams War of Hate recounts what returning from Vietnam was like for the author in 1969, proud of his combat service and proud of his Delta Compa...

Captain Anne Chichi Armstrong, a newly minted AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter pilot in the United States Marine Corps, dreamt of flying in comba...

In Displaced, Russian journalist Valery Panyushkin chronicles the devastating impact of his countrys invasion of Ukraine. By uncovering the stories...

Adolf Hitler remains one of the most discussed figures in world history. Every year, an untold number of articles and books are published, and tele...

In preparation for the liberation of the northern part of the Netherlands, Operation Amherst was launched on the night of 7 to 8 April 1945. This l...

Hillforts in modern day Britain occupy often, but not always, isolated, windswept locations on the edge of modern day society. For the Iron Age tri...

The watery, heavily vegetated marshlands of the Mekong Delta served as a formidable natural defense for Viet Cong units in the region, and the wate...

The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment was a Canadian armoured regiment attached to the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade which landed on the beaches of Norm...

Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest...

Even as the great siege began it was understood by both sides to be an epic a potentially decisive encounter between an uneasy assortment of soldi...