Warfare & Defence

'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...

The heroic and inspiring story of the fortunes of the Black Watch, whose soldiers have distinguished themselves in theatres of war across the world...

47 Royal Marine Commando: An Inside Story 1943-1946 tells the story of 47 Royal Marine Commando during the Second World War based on personal accou...

At the start of the Civil War, volunteers from six counties in southeastern Alabama formed the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment. As part of Robert...

Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam--the defining ex...

Everyone has heard of, say, the Irish Fusliliers, the Glorious Glosters, or Royal Scots Greys. But where are these regiments today? What are they c...

In 2014 the Royal Gibraltar Regiment celebrated its 75th anniversary. This is the history of the regiment and its preceding formations, a history t...

This book tells the dramatic story of Panzer Brigade 105, one of ten such units, and its formation, deployment, including its defence of the Siegfr...

An illustrated account of the Household Cavalry and Foot Guards in The Great War. The story of the Guards in the First World War epitomises the ...

A new book about the Legion Wallonie on the Eastern Front, wearing the uniform of the Heer between 1941 and 1945. This book includes information fr...

Based on an exhaustive search of various sources, this book provides a comprehensive roster of all known Confederate soldiers, sailors and marines ...

The first VC awarded to a Gurkha was as a result of the most conspicuous bravery in 1915 in France during the Great War. In all, the Gurkha Briga...

An inventive study of relations between the National Guard and the Regular Army during World War II, Guard Wars follows the Pennsylvania National G...

'It wasn't until after he was safely back in the aircraft again that I heard that he'd actually been out on the wing to try to put the fire out ......

In 1974 the Queen's Gallantry Medal was instituted to replace awards for gallantry in the Order of the British Empire for actions not quite meritin...

The enduring popularity of the BBC TV series Dads Army has focused attention on one of the strangest and least military armies ever formed the Bri...

This fascinating illustrated regimental history contains photographs between the 1860s and the last days of the Manchester Regiment in 1958, when i...

Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in U.S. history,...

This is the story of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the Panzer Graf (Armoured Count). An aristocra...