Second World War

Historians agree: the diary of Léon Werth (1878-1955) is one of the most precious--and readable--pieces of testimony ever written about life in Fra...

'It's like being in a dream', commented Joseph Goebbels when he visited Nazi-occupied Paris in the summer of 1940. Dream and reality did indeed int...

MI14 was set up in 1940 as a clearing house for intelligence from and about Nazi Germany. In addition to their own networks and operations, MI14 al...

In this rare World War II memoir, Lothar Herrmann, a soldier from the Wehrmacht, details his unimaginable experience as a German Prisoner-of-War in...

The German heavy tank Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger is a vehicle known even to laymen. It was heavily armored and armed with a deadly 88 mm gun. Despit...

This new book is the follow-on work to the authors well-received Rations of the German Wehrmacht in World War II. Aided by the discovery of a large...

For this book, Chris Ransted has researched some of the lesser known events and personalities relating to the early years of Explosive Ordnance Dis...

Although much maligned, Essex is a vibrant county with a long and exciting history. Being close to the Continent and with one of Britain s longest ...

The Second Happy Time was the informal name given to that phase of the battle of the Atlantic when German U-boats attacked both merchant and US nav...

1943 saw the Allies on the offensive, with victories in North Africa followed by the invasion of Sicily and landings in Italy establishing a footho...

As the Allies stormed across Normandy in late summer 1944, another strategically vital yet unsung campaign was being fought across the mountainous ...

When the Second World War began in 1939 it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War, with the Allied air for...

The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-45 on the Eastern Front tells the story in words and images of the last bitter months fought on Russian soil ...

In late 1941, President Roosevelt agonized over the rapid advances of the Japanese forces in Asia; they seemed unstoppable. He foresaw their intent...

The desperate struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army for Budapest in 1944 and 1945 was as lethal and destructive as any of the urban battl...

This volume reproduces a representative selection of official plans depicting the main types of warship with which the Royal Navy fought the Second...

What did the British or American soldier know about the German Army? Was this knowledge accurate - and just how did he know it? There have been se...

During WWII, on one raid alone, Nuremburg March 1944, more Bomber Command airmen lost their lives than were lost in the Battle of Britain. These we...

'Endlessly fascinating. Cram's story sizzles with adventure.' Giles Milton, Sunday TimesA genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of L...