Second World War

Flora Crossley had never travelled far from her home town in Halifax until 1942 when, at the age of 26, she joined the Women''s Royal Naval Service...

According to Thomas Kilroy, his captivating memoir materialized in response to a cataract operation in 2006, shocking his memory into being and imp...

This extraordinary book tells the story of a remarkable family caught in Japan at the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific. With letters...

When Christobel Pickard died, aged 96, her family read, for the first time, the 1200 letters that she had exchanged with Stanley during the Second ...

Who Betrayed the Jews? is a groundbreaking study that examines the various ways Jews were betrayed by their fellow countrymen during the Holocaust....

On his wedding day Brian is captured by the Germans. He never thought that the Second World War would upset his plans and change his life forever. ...

Moving, complex, romantic, and beautifully written, Karen Campbells saga is a triumph Allan Massie, Scotsman Divided by loyalties, brought togeth...

The landing of Allied forces on the shores of Normandy on 6 June 1944 was the greatest amphibious invasion in history. Technology and innovation pl...

This book records the WWII battles in 1941, which took place in the Libyan Desert. Using the author''s personal collection of photographs as the ma...

In the tradition of #1 New York Times bestsellers like Unbroken, Boys on the Boat, and Band of Brothers, No Surrender is an unforgettable story of ...

Made famous by her final commanding officer, John F. Kennedy, PT-109 is one of the most celebrated warships in American history. However, a full ch...

This comprehensive atlas delves into the cartographic history of WWII: naval, land, and aerial attacks from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor ...

The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cyli...

An astonishing record...There is no other wartime diary that can match the scope of these diaries James HollandAn outstanding contribution to the l...