Warfare & Defence

After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy Fra...

From its origins as the Consular Guard of the French Republic, and as Napoleon's personal bodyguard, the Imperial Guard developed into a force of a...

The Guard charges Napoleon gave special attention to this splendid unit the Imperial Guard and it became a sort of little army within the Grande ...

The development of high-performance vertical take-off aeroplanes has proved to be one of the landmarks of aviation history, showcasing the best of ...

This is part two of a comprehensive two-volume reference that shows all the camouflage uniforms of the Waffen-SS. Using predominately modern color ...

This book brings a unique perspective to this previously unexplored topic of desert combat uniforms and patches with the authors' extensive knowled...

This is a detailed study of the armies of Rome and their enemies, including the Etruscans, Samnites, Carthaginians, Celts, Macedonians, Gauls, Huns...

The war of 1914-1918 was a military, political and social disaster. No other war changed the map of Europe so dramatically and more than 15 million...

This book is the culmination of many years' work from two authors who have lived and breathed the subject for the past forty years: one, a military...

This detailed, highly-illustrated study presents a unique and comprehensive collection of uniforms, insignia, and equipment used by the French Fore...

This volume examines what the citizen soldiery of the New England states wore when they marched off to save the Union in 1861. An exhaustive search...

The 82nd Division was first constituted on 5 August 1917 in the National Army. It was organized and formally activated on 25 August 1917 at Camp Go...

Included in this richly illustrated work by Daniel Blanchard are over 50 portfolios of American soldiers, ranging from paratroopers, pilots, infant...

Based on contemporary records and paintings, this book identifies each cavalry and infantry regiment and illustrates changes in uniforms, their fac...

Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Serv...

Women's participation in the Second World War is often overlooked, yet thousands of them wore their uniform, working mainly as nurses, but offering...

The B-17 Flying Fortress epitomized the American airpower for most of the Second World War. It was by far the most effective weapon to carry out th...

Masquerading as a civilian airliner during the mid-1930s, the Heinkel He 111 medium-range bomber saw its first combat in 1936 with Germanys Condor ...

The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilo...

Since he was a child in the 1950s watching Vampires and Meteors operating from RAF Turnhouse, Jim Walls wanted to fly aircraft, he just never envis...