Second World War

A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, paying detailed attention to an unrivalled range sources. Focusing c...

This is an unrivalled account of one man's service in the elite Waffen-SS Liebstandarte division, principally on the Eastern Front. The author, an...

If you who read this can say, I am not under fire; I am not under torture; I am not on the run; if I hear a noise at six in the morning, I know it ...

On 30 April 1943, the drowned corpse of Major William Martin washed up on the coast of Spain. In what appeared to be a stroke of grave misfortune f...

For troops in the desert, Cairo meant fleshpots or brass hats. For well-connected officers, it meant polo at the Gezira Club and drinks at Shephear...

A comprehensive look at World War II-era Fubuki class destroyers, giving readers an understanding of why and how the Imperial Japanese Navy took th...

On 7 March 1944 Tokyo announced that the Japanese invasion of British India had begun. By mid-month, the Japanese 31st Division had crossed the Chi...

One of the many wartime airmen who documented his day to day experiences in a diary, was RCAF navigator Jan Gellner. Prior to the outbreak of the S...

'This book is a must'COURIER-MAILAfter Singapore falls to the Japanese early in 1942, 70,000 prisoners including 15,000 Australians, are held as PO...

The Lavochkin fighters remain little known in the West, although with the Yakovlev fighter series they were the backbone of the Red Air Force fight...

The Blitz was a defining moment of the Second World War when civilians faced total war from the air with bombing raids over Britain. This title bri...

To commemorate 70 years since this momentous event, the guide looks at the greatest air battle in history, fought in the skies over southern Englan...

A new book about the Legion Wallonie on the Eastern Front, wearing the uniform of the Heer between 1941 and 1945. This book includes information fr...

This title features a directory of over 70 aircraft with 330 identification photographs. It includes Shipborne fighters, bombers, flying boats and ...

Also available in English On 12 June 1944, Britains wartime Prime Minister, Winston Spencer Leonard Churchill, crossed the English Channel to visit...

The thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern FrontAt the moment of crisis in...

The formation of the Pathfinder Force in August 1942 produced a steady but certain change in the fortunes of Bomber Command. Its effectiveness agai...

The key to getting on with our closest Continental neighbours is to know the truth about what they endured during the German Occupation in the Seco...

The concept of a twin-engine fighter that could accompany bomber formations and effectively drive off defending fighters was the rationale behind t...

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...

Dot May Dunn grew up in Derbyshire, the daughter of a miner, during the wartime years. In 1951 she joined the NHS as an early recruit and went on t...

The Longest Day is one of the best-selling military history books of all time. Its author, war journalist Cornelius Ryan, created a new style of mi...

This first of two volumes on de Havillands Wooden Wonder covers the night-fighter and fighter-bomber variants of the deadly Mosquito. The developme...

This memoir is an intimate and sometimes irreverent account of one man's coming of age during World War II. Born a North Carolina farmboy, Jones...