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Stalin in October
Originally published in 1987. In March 1917 young Joseph Stalin, already a high-ranking Bolshevik, returned from Siberian exile in search of greatness and power. But his activities …
The Thompson Submachine Gun
One of a series of Second World War booklets on weapons intended for the training of recruits, this treatise is dedicated to the venerable military type Thompson .45 calibre …
The Bookseller's Secret
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!“The Bookseller's Secret is a delight from start to finish, a literary feast any booklover will savor!” —Kate …
Military Barracks
Military barracks played an important part in the social as well as the military history of Britain. They have served many purposes, being homes, training establishments and …
Fight, Flight, Mimic
Fight, Flight, Mimic is the first systematic study of deceptive mimicry in the context of wars. Deceptive mimicry -- the manipulation of individual or group identity -- includes …
The Battleships Fuso and Yamashiro
HJMS Fuso, and her sistership the Yamashiro was commissioned during World War I and were thefirst Japanese super-dreadnoughts within the "8 x 8" program. With 30,600 tons trial …
Hitler’s Fallschirmjäger’s Daring Attack on the Italian Army Headquarters in 1943
On 3 September 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies. This was an immediate threat to Germany’s southern flank and Hitler acted swiftly. As part of what was codenamed Operation …
Inventing the Schlieffen Plan
The existence of the Schlieffen plan has been one of the basic assumptions of twentieth-century military history. It was the perfect example of the evils of German militarism: …
The Arab Bureau: The Story of Britain's Most Ingenious Intelligence Unit
In the midst of the First World War, an extraordinary intelligence unit operated from Cairo's Savoy Hotel, combining the skills of archaeologists, academics and soldiers to …
In the Hell of Fortress Poznan
**Battle Group "Lohse"** - Oberleutnant Heinrich Lohse's memoirs detail his time as a training officer at the 5th Wehrmacht Infantry School in Poznan. When the battle for the city …
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China
"A crisp and readable account... A heartbreaking story of a war." (Washington Post) The Opium War is both the story of China's first conflict with the West and an analysis of the …
Fw 190 Schlacht Units
An illustrated account of the Fw 190 'tank-buster' and its operations on the Eastern, Western and Mediterranean Fronts from 1942–45. The Fw 190 offered the Luftwaffe a reliable …