True war & combat stories books

The people of Nepal were not immune to the upheavals caused by the 1947 partition of India. This book tells of a...  Read More >>

What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget?...  Read More >>

This account of war in the air follows the combat squadrons of all sides on the Western Front during World War I,...  Read More >>

This is the first book to describe British wartime success in breaking Japanese codes of dazzling variety and great...  Read More >>

In selecting my adventurers, I have had to find limits. The first has been to confine my selection to men and women...  Read More >>

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On November 8, 1967, the author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, ill-prepared for the training...  Read More >>

First established by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918, the badge for wounded soldiers was reestablished by the Wehrmacht...  Read More >>

An epic yarn based on the true story of a great Australian war horse who rode with bravery and valour at Gallipoli,...  Read More >>

The true story of hardship and horror in the blood and mud seen through the eyes of a teenage volunteer and his...  Read More >>

Words of War is a collection of the world's greatest military speeches that helped inspire heroic deeds - each...  Read More >>

Based on ten interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from September 2004 to March 2006. The volume contains 927 pages...  Read More >>

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A brilliant autobiography which James (Jimmy) started writing at eighty seven years of age.  Read More >>

In April 1982 Harry Benson was a 21-year-old Royal Navy commando helicopter pilot, fresh out of training and one...  Read More >>

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My grandfather, Frank Carollo, was a prisoner of war in the infamous POW camp Stalag 17 B during World War II. During...  Read More >>

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Photographs and text add to the scant documentation of building Canada's DEW Line, the northern defense network...  Read More >>

Using a vast array of historical and contemporary material, Richard Snow has painstakingly and skilfully pieced...  Read More >>

On a summer's day on the Somme in 1916, one brave battalion, The Kensingtons, lost half its men in less than an...  Read More >>

This stunning new edition of AK Macdougalls famous pictorial history is a truly masterful work. Covering the more...  Read More >>

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"""First published in Great Britain in 1956 by George Newnes Ltd.; reprinted in 1964 by Collins Clear-Type Press...  Read More >>