War & defence operations books

Andrew Field, who has published four best-selling books on the Battle of Waterloo, has established himself as one...  Read More >>

In the summer of 1944 the Red Army crushed Army Group Centre in one of the largest offensives in military history....  Read More >>

The Battle of Bannockburn has long been recognised as one of the most influential moments in Scottish history. The...  Read More >>

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery had a dynamic personality that often led to difficulties with political or...  Read More >>

So Just and Glorious a Cause is a highly detailed narrative of Wellington's first campaign in the Peninsula. Using...  Read More >>

This comprehensive three-volume set provides an in-depth historical account of the military strategies and tactics...  Read More >>

Re-assessing the technical and intelligence problem solving behind the Normandy campaign through the eyes of those...  Read More >>

A definitive guide to the dress, weapons and accruements of the twenty-one regiments of cuirassiers and carabiniers...  Read More >>

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John Lukacs reconstructs five tense and decisive days during which Churchill and the British War Cabinet debated...  Read More >>

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The first shot of the American Civil War was not fired on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina, but instead...  Read More >>

The dramatic, moving story of The Last Citadel is told largely through the words of the men and women who were there,...  Read More >>

Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Gettysburg battle’s...  Read More >>

From the critically acclaimed author of Dünkirchen 1940, this is a groundbreaking history of the epic three-day...  Read More >>

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Including rare material from the Imperial War Museums archive, this graphic account of the planning and execution...  Read More >>

An engrossing history of the pivotal year 1217 when invading French forces were defeated and the future of England...  Read More >>

The Normandy Landings were the first operations of the Allied Powers' invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation...  Read More >>

The Atlantikwall (Atlantic wall) was an extensive system of coastal fortifications built by the German Third Reich...  Read More >>

June 6, 1944: a date forever etched in history. With the landing of allied troops on the Normandy coast, so began...  Read More >>

¿Preparado para adentrarse en las complejidades de uno de los líderes militares más emblemáticos de la historia?...  Read More >>

The Allied invasion of occupied France began with the delivery of three airborne and six infantry divisions onto...  Read More >>