Second World War

With exclusive access toprivate diariesand dozens of photographs, this is theincredible story of one of the most dangerous and thrilling secret mis...

A highly illustrated account of the race for the River Dnepr in 1943, one of the major campaigns on the Eastern Front in World War II, written by o...

General George S. Patton Jr. is one of the most successful yet misunderstood figures in American military history. Despite the many books and artic...

During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both the vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order redu...

A compelling and in-depth history of one of the worlds greatest armoured warfare commanders, Hermann Balck (18971982).During World War II, Balck co...

The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.Soon to be a major...

In this new paperback editon of German Automatic Weapons of World War II, the seven classic automatic weapons of the World War II German Wehrmacht ...

This is one of the most remarkable untold stories of the Second World war. At 11.02 am on an August morning in 1945 America dropped the worlds most...

This astonishing diary and collection of letters were written by Ryoichi Sasakawa, a wealthy business tycoon, statesman, nationalist leader, philan...

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Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Op...

An enthralling, behind-the-scenes account of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain. Citizens of London brings out of hist...

'Set Europe ablaze.' The order came from Churchill himself. The result was the Special Operations Executive - the SOE. Established in 1941 with t...

First published in 1943, this is the gripping story of one man's involvement in RAF Bomber Command's fledgling offensive between August 1940 and De...

Gold Run is the true story of arguably one of the greatest gold snatches in history. It is a tale of immense bravery, endurance and great leadershi...

Skalski-against all odds provides a gripping and detailed account on the career of General Stanislaw Skalski, VM & bar, KW & 3bars, DSO, DF...

The Second World War widows were the forgotten women, largely ignored by the government and the majority of the population. The men who died in the...

6 June 1944 marked the beginning of the Allied liberation of France and Europe. But what does the D in D-Day stand for? Why were the code names Om...

This book offers a powerfully intimate account of the Battle of Britain, related by young pilots in their most unguarded moments, talking with thei...

Known affectionately as ''Dad''s Army'', the Home Guard was Britain''s very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in ...

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight otherwise known as the BBMF or simply the Flight is based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Its collection ...

More than a quarter of a century after his death, Douglas Bader remains the most famous fighter pilot Britain has every known. He lost both of his ...

For Fuhrer and Fatherland is the extraordinary story of how British and American Intelligence thwarted a wartime plan for a daring mass break-out o...

Stanley Hollis won the Victoria Cross when, on the 6th of June 1944, he single-handedly stormed a German pillbox before going on to save the lives ...

The appalling story of Hitler's murderous policies aimed at the disabled including tens of thousands of children killed by their doctors. Between 1...

Britains war in the shadows of male spies and subterfuge in the heart of occupied France is a story well known, but what of the women who also risk...

The official account of the Royal Artillerys activities in the Normandy campaign, this volume breaks down the historic achievements of the Regiment...

He was the son of a hereditary peer, one of the wealthiest men in Britain. His childhood was privileged; at Cambridge, he flourished. At the age of...

The declaration of war against Germany on 3 September 1939 brought an end to the second (and as yet, final) Golden Age of English cricket. Over 200...

When the Blitz hit London, everything changed. Once, the Home Front was relatively safe now it wasnt. Suddenly, London was its own front line. Bli...

Although only children at the time, the Second World War had a permanent effect on the schoolboys who lived through the conflict. Watching a countr...

Churchill has gone down in history as one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. From the day the Second World War was declared he stood...

The Forgotten Army consists of the letters, photos and sketches of a soldier fighting the Japanese in Burma that were sent home to the author's par...

When Germany occupied the originally demilitarised Channel Islands in 1940, Hitler ordered the area to be staunchly fortified with colossal permane...

Odette Brailly entered the nation's consciousness in the 1950s when her remarkable - and romantic - exploits as an SOE agent first came to light. S...

The gripping stories of RAF escapes and evasions as detailed in Escape and Liberation, 1940-45 illustrate some of the difficulties and problems fac...

A quiet market town with no military presence was chosen as the secret communications centre for Britain as the country prepared for war with Germa...

Signals Intelligence, or SIGINT, is the interception and evaluation of coded enemy messages. From Enigma to Ultra, Purple to Lorenz, Room 40 to Ble...

Summer 1940. In the desperate fight against Nazi Germany, nothing is considered too outlandish, so the British secret services turn to figures from...

Long-awaited, the Normandy landings were the largest amphibious operation in history. Success was achieved by the advent of specialised landing cra...

As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastingss achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subj...

The Second World War was the most widespread conflict in human history. Involving over 100 million people from more than thirty nations, it complet...