Second World War

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomon...

Abram Games (1914-96) was one of the twentieth century's most innovative and important graphic designers. In his 60-year career he designed some of...

Jack H. McCall Sr. was a born storyteller, an inveterate practical joker, and a proud Tennessean whose flaws included a considerable taste for cand...

''It was a bridge too far and perhaps the whole plan was doomed to failure from the start, but we had to try, didn''t we?'' 17 September 1944: 3...

Ernst Jünger was one of twentieth-century Germanys most importantand most controversialwriters. Decorated for bravery in World War I and the author...

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

What would Europe have looked like if Nazi Germany had been victorious in World War II? Between 1933 and 1945, Hitler developed a vision for an inf...

Initially a handful of men raised to be Adolf Hitlers personal bodyguard, the SS meaning protection squad eventually became a multi-headed beast ...

The extraordinary autobiography of novelist Marina Jarre, tracing her identity and relationships through a turbulent era of European history. 'Bea...

World War II remains the largest conflict humanity has ever seen, both in terms of scale and loss of life. The war involved virtually every part of...

In April 1945, the final dramatic act of World War II in Europe was played out in Germanys capital city. Berlin The Final Reckoning is the compreh...

This is a new and expanded second edition of the best-selling first edition. The author has provided an in-depth historical account with new inform...

The four years between the military defeat of France by Nazi Germany and D-Day were vital, dramatic and eventful years in Anglo-French relations. T...