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Leningrad
The 900-day siege of the Soviet city of Leningrad by the combined forces of the Germans and the Finns is one of the most remarkable, and terrible, events of the Second World War, …
Campaigning for Napoleon
In 1806 an enthusiastic young Frenchman Maurice de Tascher embarked on a career as a soldier in Napoleon's Grand Arme. He was inspired by the emperor's triumphs and determined to …
Surgeon with the Kaiser's Army
The Author gave up his medical studies at Freiburg University in 1914 to enlist in the German Army. He was soon involved in bloody hand-to-hand fighting against the French before …
Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation
This cultural history of Ancient Sparta chronicles the rise of its legendary military power and offers revealing insight into the people behind the myths. The Spartans of …
Pharaoh Seti I
This authoritative biography examines the life and times of the transformative Egyptian ruler and father of Ramesses the Great. Pharaoh Seti I ruled Egypt for only eleven years, …
Nazi Concentration Camp Overseers
The Nazis' vast concentration camp network and, later, the 'Final Solution' programme made heavy demands on the SS whose responsibility it was. The use of 'overseers' minimised …
Japan's Pacific War
Personal accounts by individual Japanese servicemen.
Victory in Italy
While the main focus in early 1945 was on the advance to The Fatherland, 15 Army Groups 5th (US) and 8th (British) Armies were achieving remarkable results in Northern Italy. …
The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean
The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of …
In the Name of Lykourgos
In the middle of the 3rd century B.C. Sparta was a shadow of its glorious past. Politically and militarily weakened and with huge inner social problems, she seemed to have followed …
Wellington's Eastern Front
At last, in this absorbing and authoritative study, the story of the epic struggle on Spains eastern front during the Peninsular War has been told. Often overlooked as not integral …
SOE in The Netherlands
Until 1943 there was little effective resistance to the German occupation of The Netherlands. Though numerous small opposition groups had formed immediately after the German …