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Armoured Warfare and the Fall of France
At 21:00 on 9 May 1940 Codeword Danzig was issued alerting Adolf Hitler's airborne troops that they were about to spearhead an attack on Belgium and the Netherlands. The following …
Norwich in the Great War
On the eve of the Great War, Norwich was very much a city on the rise – an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It was certainly not, however, without its problems, not least the …
Great Battles of the Classical Greek World
This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to the eclipse of the traditional hoplite heavy …
America's Unending Civil War
Explores the Civil War's related and enduring conflicts of ideas and principles through four centuries of a nation's history.The Civil War fascinates Americans like no other war in …
Churchill's Enemies, 1927- 1940
A revealing account of how Churchill's early battles with fascism and extremism shaped modern geopolitics.“Remarkably ambitious in scope, Harte manages to knit together a social …
A Soldier of the Seventy-First
‘The author’s sharp eye for the illuminating detail and the oddities of human behavior enabled him to present a picture of army life as graphic and revealing as any drawn by a …
British Army of George II, 1727-1760
Explores the history, organization, and uniforms of the British military under George II, detailing their roles in the Jacobite Rebellion, War of the Austrian Succession, and the …
Warsaw Uprisings, 1943-1944
By 1942 the Nazi leadership had decided that the Jewish ghettos across occupied Poland should be liquidated, with Warsaw's being the largest , processed in phases. In response the …
Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1814
Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic wars and the success in the struggle against France allowed Russian leaders to profoundly influence the course of European history. …
Beyond Rome to the Alps
Rome was liberated on 5 June 1944 but the Italian campaign had another eleven gruelling months to run. The US Fifth and British Eighth Armies drove across the Arno River, capturing …
Fort Douaumont
This fully revised second edition of Christina Holstein’s acclaimed Battleground guide to Fort Douaumont will be essential reading for students of the Battle of Verdun, for …
Alexander the Great versus Julius Caesar
In the annals of ancient history the lights of Alexander the Great and Gaius Julius Caesar shine brighter than any other, inspiring generations of dynasts and despots with their …