Military History

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...

In February 1810, Wellington formed what became the most famous British unit in the Peninsular War: the Light Division. Formed around the 43rd and ...

The Battle of Krasny Bor in 1943 was part of the Soviet Red Army's efforts to lift the blockade of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructi...

On the night of 14/15 August 1944, the roar of an unknown aircraft was heard over the dense forests to the south-east of Moscow. Flying past the So...

Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining up and the outbreak of the First World War, he ...

Published to coincide with the major 2 part BBC1 series (Autumn 2000) of the same name, War Behind the Wire focuses on the capture, interrogation, ...

Hitler's attack on Poland in 1939 was the first brutal act in six years of world war, but the campaign is often overshadowed by the momentous strug...

At its height during the Second World War, the RAF totalled 185,000 personnel. Men and women, from home and overseas, served alongside members of D...

Orkney was a key strategic location during the Second World War. The vast anchorage of Scapa Flow was the main haven for the Royal Navy's Home Flee...

Gregory Blaxland has written a superb account of 1918, the final year of the war when the balance of advantage between the combatants changed so dr...

At the heart of David Butterys third book on the Peninsular War lies the comparison between two great commanders of enormous experience and reputat...

The term 'fighter ace' grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aeria...

In the world of military history there is no brand as potent as that of the SAS. They burst into global prominence in 1980 with their spectacular s...

The ninja is a well-known phenomenon in Japanese military culture, a fighter who is widely regarded as the world's greatest exponent of secret warf...

This is a book of two stories. The first is the sad tale of how at least 749 American servicemen lost their lives on a pre-D-Day landing exercise, ...

On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on the island of Guadalcanal, northeast of Australia, launching the first major Allied offensive against Jap...

The Lost Soldier offers a perspective on World War II we dont always get from histories and memoirs. Based on the letters home of Pete Lynn, the di...