War & Defence Operations

Just how far would you go to escape? Would you bury yourself under the floor? Would you board a boat with a rotten bottom? Would you tunnel undergr...

The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army during a poppy erad...

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular ...

Masters of the Battlefield examines the lives and tactics of 28 of the world's greatest military leaders, from Julius Caesar to Stormin' Norman Sch...

Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-H...

'I was happy that Coventry was selected as a target, as it was an important military objective... The night was clear and flying was easy. Missing ...

The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II. Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the R...

Founded by Catherine the Great, the maritime city of Sevastopol has been fought over for centuries. Crucial battles of the Crimean War were fought ...

United States Marine Corps played a leading role in the war against Japan from Pearl Harbour in December 1941 until VJ Day on 2 September 1945. Liv...

This book brings together the best and most iconic fighters of World War II, pitted against one another in desperate aerial combat. The battle for...

The outline of Napoleons disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, the battle of Borodino, the burning of Moscow and the interminable, grinding misery...

In 1811, a portion of the Creek Indians who inhabited a vast area across Georgia, Alabama, and parts of Florida and Mississippi, interpreted an ear...

At the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, the colonies faced the daunting task of creating the first American army, and its requisite ...

The political, economic and social landscapes of the United States in the early 1940s were split by one overriding factor--race. This volume explor...

Throughout its history, the Department of Defense (DOD) has relied on contractors to support a wide range of military operations. Operations over t...

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, ...

Victorias World War I soldiers, nurses and their families are commemorated in stories from the home front and battlefront.Victoria at War records t...

Long before the overt war in Afghanistan and the covert war against al-Qaida,U.S. forces struck at one of the worlds hotbeds of terrorism. On 15 Ap...

As Europe descended into war the newly formed state of Croatia found itself an ally in Nazi Germany. Tens of thousands of Croatians volunteered for...

In August 1914, after almost a decade of sabre-rattling, arms races and localised wars, Europe erupted into the greatest conflict man had ever seen...

From best-selling author of A Brilliant Little Operation, winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for...