Krig & slag

'A riveting thriller-style account of what happened to the Nazi gold hoard' Guardian'A major feat of detection . . . a remarkable story' Birmingham PostIn 1945, as Allied bombers …

The letters home to his family by Gerald Goodlake, a young officer in the Coldstream Guards, make remarkable reading. They vividly describe the ill-preparedness of the British Army …

This book delivers a slice of the exciting life of a former SAS man for hire.

For most, and particularly the injured and the wounded, being shot down over Occupied Europe during the Second World War meant that capture was immediate, that imprisonment was …

La Segona Guerra Mundial va deixar al seu pas per territori soviètic milions de víctimes infantils. Últims testimonis és el conjunt de veus d''aquells que van sobreviure. Nens de 2 …

Raised in the dark, post-Dunkirk days of 1940 to carry the war to the enemy, in five short and violet years the British Army Commandos established a reputation that has made the …

The author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego ill-prepared for the training and abuse that awaited him in boot camp. At the time, he would have done anything …

Billy Congreve was an exceptional soldier and an exceptional man. By the time he was killed on the Somme in July 1916 at the age of twenty-five he had been awarded the DSO, MC, and …

A prewar Sapper, Charlie Radford served in North Africa until he returned to the UK for parachute training. He volunteered and joined 2 SAS in Scotland. His first operation was …

Fritz-Julius Lemp's tragic sinking of the Athenia in a Second U-Boat Flotilla boat opened Germany's U-boat war against England. The following six years of bitter combat found the …