Second World War

More so than any war in history, World War II was a womans war. Women, motivated by patriotism, the opportunity for new experiences, and the desire...

I don't blame my executioners. I will pray God bless them. So said General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japan's most accomplished military commander, as he...

The air campaign that incinerated Japans cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war.As the United States pushed ...

In terms of the Second World War and Britain's wartime strategy three elements deserve close scrutiny: the paramount importance of defending the Br...

In October 1962, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War ensued, bringing the wor...

Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape....

The Sturmgeschütz, or StuG, as it is more popularly known, while conceived as self-propelled, infantry support artillery, in time, formed the backb...

A comprehensive and dramatic re-telling of the Guadalcanal and Solomons naval campaign the daring Allied offensive to protect Australia and the So...

Today USS Pampanito is a tourist destination. During WWII the submarine earned six battle stars, sank six Japanese ships, damaged four others, and ...

A Canadian medical officer and prisoner of war returns from the Second World War a hero and a very different man.In August 1941, John Reid, a youn...

'An energetic, ambitious, provocative work by a young historian of notable gifts, which deserves a wide readership' Max Hastings, The Sunday Times'...

World War II irrevocably shaped cultureand much of cinemain the 20th century, thanks to its devastating, global impact that changed the way we thin...

Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. Duri...

The battleship Yamato, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was the most powerful warship of World War II and represented the climax, as it were, of the ...

Paul Levy was a year old when his Uncle Phil was killed in World War II, and his family, like many, faced their grief with silence. Upon retirement...

In 1937 the swath of the globe from India to Japan contained half the worlds population but only two nations with real sovereignty (Japan and Thail...

The Battle of Britain was a critical period in the history of WWII when, thanks to the heroics of the RAF and their Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft...

Paratrooper David Kenyon Webster jumped into the chaos of occupied Europe on D-Day, fighting his way through Holland and finally capturing Hitlers ...

Although it was the largest and final battle of the Pacific War, the Battle for Okinawa has long been overshadowed by other dramatic events in 1945...

It is a story that has been told on numerous occasions. Still, it has an air of improbability about it. A low flying aircraft, faced with an onslau...

On December 14, 1944, the Oryoku Maru, or December Ship, was attacked by U.S. Navy planes who had no way of knowing 1,619 Allied POWs were on board...

During World War II, the U.S. Navy swiftly expanded to include an array of vessels, from smaller yachts and fishing boats bought early in the wa...

In 1975, James Jones - the American author whose novels From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line had made him the preeminent voice of the enlist...

Highlights include several chapters on the Mediterranean air forces, with special emphasis placed on the brave but futile attempts of the South Afr...

WINNER OF THE 2021 DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020From an acclaimed military historian, the de...

Josef Mengele has come to symbolise both the evil of the Nazi regime and the failure of justice. Drawing on new scholarship and sources, David G. M...

Soon after the end of World War II, a majority of the nearly 7 million Japanese civilians and serviceman who had been posted overseas returned home...

The Good War in American Memory dispels the long-held myth that Americans forged an agreement on why they had to fight in World War II. John Bodnar...

To continue doing business in Germany after Hitler's ascent to power, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films that attacked the Nazis or condemn...

Ernst Junger was one of twentieth-century Germany''s most important-and most controversial-writers. Decorated for bravery in World War I and the au...

The concept of strategic assault of a Nations industrial and military base by air was heralded by Britain as far back as the immediate period befor...

This highly illustrated title details the history of the Panzer III throughout World War II, from its early development in the pre-war years, throu...

On 6 June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness settled over the country...

In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career, touring the world with the all-star British team the...

For more than 80 years, images of the Third Reich have appeared in newsreels, documentaries, and fictional stories--from comedies and musicals t...

June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His i...

Mike Peyton lied about his age to enlist, worried that the war would be over before he had a chance to join in. After training, he initially fought...

The inside story of one of the most famous of all the 'back rooms' of the Second World War - and of the men and women who worked for it. Conceive...

Shot from the Sky is about one of the great, dark secrets of World War II: Neutral Switzerland shot down U.S. aircraft entering Swiss airspace and ...

Throughout the six years of conflict which began on 3 September 1939, military manoeuvres, bombs and calls for dedication to the war effort became ...