Second World War

How did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as shocking as it is persuasive. By engaging in a campaign of theft on an almo...

A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of The Greatest Generation reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Wa...

From 1933 during the Nazi era when Hitler refashioned the German judicial system in line with his oppressive regime, many crimes became capital off...

Winston Churchill authorised the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive(SOE), with the order And now set Europe...

This book is a complete narrative history of the Second World War in the air which starts by describing the early days of flight in order to put mi...

On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied Piper bgan to place the children of Britain's industrial cities beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. 1.5 million c...

In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommis...

Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in World War II, the...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**  The book that inspired Steven Spielbergs acclaimed TV series, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Damian Lewis.   ...

In the bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, Stephen E. Ambrose portrayed in vivid detail the experiences of soldiers who fought on the bloody battleground...

The Victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose, author of the classic book Band of Brothers. It follows the ...

THE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022This book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s ...

The seminal account of the battle between Montgomerys Eighth Army and Rommels Afrika Corps, amidst the endless harsh wastes of the Western Desert. ...

'The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, any enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.' The Home Guard h...

In less than one day, the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy was destroyed and four of her great aircraft carriers sank burning into the dark dept...

Here is the shockin gstory behind the covert activity that shaped the outcome of one of the world's greatest conflicts- and the desiny of millions ...

What Soldiers Do presents a devastating new perspective on the Greatest Generation and the liberation of France, one in which the US military use t...