Military History

___________________ BASED ON THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ___________________ 'Wonderfully moving ... a noble story, beautifully...

Japan is a mysterious and beguiling country, steeped in the deepest of traditions yet strikingly modern. Here, Curator Emeritus Ian Bottomley sheds...

_______________________The true story behind the hit NETFLIX dramaFrom the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau, no World War II infantry unit ...

The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the gl...

Masters of the Battlefield examines the lives and tactics of 28 of the world's greatest military leaders, from Julius Caesar to Stormin' Norman Sch...

There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy...

The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians r...

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Throughout 1941, President Roosevelt concocted ingenious ways ...

Named Book of the Year by the Sunday Times, TLS, Spectator, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail and Scotland on Sunday, Ian Kershaw's The End is a searin...

This brief, provocative, and accessible book offers snapshots of seven pernicious myths in military history that have been perpetrated on unsuspect...

This brief, provocative, and accessible book offers snapshots of seven pernicious myths in military history that have been perpetrated on unsuspect...

Winner of the British Army Military Book of the Year 2011 The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history fought at a majo...

In early August 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson took to the field with his Army of the Valley for one last fightone that would also t...

The 19th Battalion was an infantry unit that fought in many of the deadliest battles of the First World War. Hailing from Hamilton, Toronto, and ot...

At 4:30 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire. Thirty-four hours later, with their supplies running low but their honor...

A gripping read as well as an important one. Rana Mitter, Guardian In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. Its brutality n...

When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he intended to capture Leningrad before turning on Moscow. Soviet resistance forced him to chan...

The Last Crusaders is about the titanic contest between Hadsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, t...

From the author of Wartime comes an outstanding history of the most sustained onslaught ever endured by Britain's civilian population the Blitz. ...

Publishing for the first time in paperback. this book by the specialist for the specialist is a must-have illustrated history of the definitive tan...

Throughout the 16th Century, the Spanish had an aura of invincibility. They controlled a vast colonial empire that stretched across the Americas an...

'You couldn't make these stories up: yet they're true, and Lewis does the memory of these extraordinary men full justice in a tale that is both hea...

World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns deployed at the start of the conflict were of World Wa...

Those on Crusade needed their interests at home to be protected; this volume looks at how this could be achieved, in both theory and practice. On ...

This title presents one of the bleakest episodes in Royal Naval history. Here is the inside story as told by the men who survived. It is the story ...

Well known in his time though now forgotten, Joseph Brown is a quintessential representative of mid-19th Century Midwestern economic and political ...

The incredible inside story of the world's most extraordinary covert operation.Air America - a secret airline run by the CIA - flew missions no one...

In 194144, Nazi Germanys Gebirgsjäger - elite mountain troops - clashed repeatedly with land-based units of the Soviet Navy during the mighty strug...

From the evacuation of France in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945, the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were on the front line throughout the Secon...

This is the story of Germanys commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes...

A comprehensive history of the legendary armoured vehicles of the Panzerwaffe, Germany's most famous fighting force.The final years of World War II...

What is the definition of assassination? Robert Baer's boss at the CIA once told him, 'It's a bullet with a man's name on it.' Sometimes assassinat...

As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and conf...

The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their...

Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used ...

This wide-ranging collection of articles by some of the most renowned names in the subject explores the tumultuous events of the final year of the ...

Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.Understand the longest battle of World War Two. This is an accessible, insightful and authoritative acco...

'You have to read it' Volodymyr Zelensky'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis...

A fascinating insight into how the Allies learned about the capabilities and limitations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force and Japanese Army...

Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small-arms engineer, George Patchett, the submachine gun that eventually became known as the Sterling was dev...

The start of a wonderful NEW series from bestselling author Rosie Clarke - prepare to meet the Talbot family and Blackberry FarmCambridgeshire. Mar...

The subject of international security is never out of the headlines. The subjects of war and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear...

Munich is one of Europe s most enchanting cities. Exploring its narrow cobbled streets or wide sunlight boulevards with views of the Bavarian Alps ...