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Steel of the DLI (2nd Bn 1914/18)
The 2nd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry was one of only two battalions of the regiment that did not have its history published in some form after the Great War, the other …
Burnside's Bridge
The stone bridge on the southern flank of the Antietam battlefield became one of the Civil War's most powerful symbols of courage and sacrifice. Each stage of the battle is …
Disaster at D-Day
It is June 1944. The Allied armies are poised for the full-scale invasion of Fortress Europe. Across the Channel, the vaunted Wehrmacht lies waiting for the signs of invasion, …
The Great War Illustrated 1915 - paperback mono edition
The second in a series of five titles, which will cover each year of the war graphically. Countless thousands of pictures were taken by photographers on all sides during the First …
Planning the Murder of Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn's downfall was driven by political machinations, religious conflict, and alliances, with little connection to her alleged crimes.Almost 500 years have passed since the …
Greek Victories and the Persian Ebb 480-479 BC
The dramatic conclusion to this trilogy explains the reversal of fortunes and final defeat of Xerxes' Persian invasion of Greece; not as unlikely as usually presupposed. The focus …
Isles of Scilly in the Great War
The Isles of Scilly, five inhabited islands 24 miles west of Land's End, were of low priority to the War Department when the First World War was declared. With no manufacturing …
Guns Against the Reich
In three years of war on the Eastern Front-from the desperate defense of Moscow, through the epic struggles at Stalingrad and Kursk to the final offensives in central …
Victory at Poitiers
On 13 September 1356 near Poitiers in western France, the small English army of Edward, the Black Prince crushed the forces of the French King Jean II in one of the most famous …
Belgium in the Great War
A historian and former Belgian diplomat sheds light on the country's tumultuous experience during WWI. In August of 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to …
England Versus Scotland
Today the rivalry between St. Andrew and St. George may be fierce but at least it is limited to the sporting field. This was by no means always the case, before the Act of …