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Caesar's Conquest of Gaul
The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes. They lasted from 58 BC to 50 BC and culminated in the …
The Wars of the Maccabees
The Wars of the Maccabees covers a fascinating, but neglected conflict: the Jewish Maccabean revolt and the brief Jewish independence under the Hasmonean dynasty.By the early …
Hitler's Last Days
Studies Hitler's final days in the Fuhrerbunker looking at the Nazi leader's state of mind during the war and the effect if had on his physical state. Berlin, April 1945. After …
British Coastal Forces
The Royal Navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the First World War, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the Second. This book tells the …
Hitler's Paratroopers in Normandy
A retired U.S. Army Master Parachutist, strategist, and military historian analyzes the actions of one German special forces group during World War II. In June 1944, Allied …
The German Army on the Western Front 1915
Jack Sheldon examines the German mindset at the close of 1914 when it became apparent that a quick victory was no longer a possibility. Both sides were temporarily exhausted in …
Irish Servicewomen in the Great War
When the call went out in 1917 for volunteers willing to serve both at home and on the Western Front in a newly founded Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, young women from every …
Cornwall at War 1939 45
When the Second World War commenced on 1 September 1939, the people of Cornwall rallied together in a way that they hadn t done since the Great War of 1914 18\. Young men in their …
Survivors of Stalingrad
In November 1942 – in a devastating counter-attack from outside the city – Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad, trapping some 290,000 soldiers of the …
Spitfire Heaven - Hurricane Hell
‘The tempo of life here is just indescribable,’ reported one of the fighter pilots sent to the beleaguered and besieged island of Malta. ‘The morale of all is magnificent – pilots, …
General Sir James Scarlett
The morning of the Battle of Balaklava, on 25 October 1854, saw a desperate charge against a greatly superior Russian force. Epitomised by the reckless courage of the British …
Great War Fighter Aces, 1914-1916
Here, Norman Franks tells the story, in words and images, of the emergence of some of the greatest fighter aces to see action during the first half of the First World War. He …