Second World War

From its onset, the Second World War changed the course of many couples lives as they were parted, not knowing if they would ever see their partner...

War in the Wilderness is the most comprehensive account ever published of the human aspects of the Chindit war in Burma. The word Chindit will alwa...

E.J. Rudsdales role as a museum curator and air-raid shelter superintendent at Colchester Castle during the Second World War gave him the perfect o...

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Britains manpower crisis forced them to turn to a previously untapped resource: women. For years it was th...

Mike Morgan presents 25 stories about the larger-than-life exploits of the SAS and SBS in World War II, supported by a selection of rare archive an...

Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into his 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. He ...

During World War II over 400,000 Germans and Italians were held in prison camps in Britain. These men played a vital part in the life of war-torn B...

Although not in the front line of the Second World War, East Devon had its share of privation. It was home to many evacuees, some of whom stayed in...

It is no surprise that the Air Ministry chose an author of H.E. Bates' talents to portray the battle over the night skies of Britain whilst the war...

SHE CAN'T HAVE A FUTURE UNTIL SHE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO HER FAMILY AFTER THE WAR.'Deeply moving and beautifully written' ANN CLEEVES'Heart-breakin...

This book tells in detail what it was like to live in an English town constantly under siege from enemy guns in the Second World War. Many towns in...

In 1943, as war raged along the Eastern Front, the German forces attempted to push further east in the brutal Operation Citadel, which saw one of t...

Black propaganda appears over a fake signature, for example of a fictitious resistance organisation. In this book, the author examines the 'black a...

A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the first major Allied victory of the...

On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reporte...

The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover ...

Winston Churchill is one of the dominating figures of the 20th century. In this stimulating and original book, David Dilks presents Churchill, not ...

Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britains fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the ...

Award-winning historian Mike Walling captures the essence of the Arctic Convoys of World War II. In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the ...

When American troops arrived in Paris to help maintain order at the end of the Second World War they were, at first, received by the local populati...

German leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was one of the most controversial politicians and military commanders in all recorded history. As such, his ...