Second World War

From the bestselling author of Guadalcanal Diary: The thrilling true story of the future presidents astonishing act of heroism during World War II....

Arguably two of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Tempest V and Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in terms of aircraft design and operation...

Time-Life Books' World War II in 500 Photographs brings the war to life today, in its most compelling moments and images. In this enthralling, illu...

A revealing look at the many conspiracy theories surrounding the death of the twentieth centurys most destructive dictator. Did Hitler shoot himse...

Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation Dan Snow A classic Mail on Sunday Astonishing James Holland Born...

Few decades have given rise to such potent mythologies as the 1930s. Popular impressions of those years prior to the Second World War were shaped b...

'Extraordinary yet previously untold true story . . . meticulously researched . . . it's also taut, compelling, and impossible to put down' Daily E...

The L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143, better known by the nickname given to it by the troops that used it Krupp-Protze (Krupp Boxer), was a specialized multi...

The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasa...

September 17, 1944; thousands of 101st Airborne Division paratroopers, known as the Screaming Eagles, descend from the sky over Holland, dropping d...

Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed ar...

Naval conflicts take place often far from our shores. Ships and men sometimes disappear, to leave only mystery in their wake. In the 1990s the Roya...

The true story of Dunkirk from its almost nebulous beginnings to the astonishing triumph of its end.This is the story of Dunkirk and of the men who...

Proceed to Peshawar is a story of adventure in the Hindu Kush Mountains and of a previously untold military and naval intelligence mission during W...

Lieutenant William Frederick Bill Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of...