On 9 May 1915 the British First Army under Haig and the French Tenth Army launched a joint offensive against the Germans on the Western Front. The British attempt to capture Aubers ...

A different kind of tour guide, to 136 sites in London associated with spies and spycatchers in the last century of English history.

This is the story of 835 Naval Air Squadron as told by one of its surviving officers. It tells the story of the outstanding fleets of flying and the importance of the Merchant Navy ...

This book provides a complete insight into the history of the Scots guards from 1956-1993.

This is the story of Roger Landes - "Aristide" of F Section, Special Operations Executive - who was born in Paris of British parents and came to London in 1938, to work in the LCC' ...

This tells the story of a soldier caught before the evacuation at Dunkirk, and his daring escape and life along the way.

This book tells the story of a small, yet significant, battle that was a precursor to the better known battles for Imphal and Kohima.

A study of the most important sites, primarily of the two world wars, covering both their history and descriptions of how they are today. For the interested traveller, the author g ...

Four regiments of Nepalese mountaineers remained with the British Army after Indian independence. They have seen a great deal of tough campaigning, particularly in Southeast Asia. ...

Following the success of British Battalions on the Somme, the author has produced a source book of the same quality on the Gallipoli Campaign. It has come about as a result of many ...

A succession of British disasters marked the early months of the Boer War of 1899-1902. It was the start of modern warfare: the empty battlefield. A scapegoat was found for thedefe ...

This book tells the story of captains of submarines and their experiences at war.

This title gives a complete history of the Kenya Regiment from 1937-1963.

This book is based on a collection of letter s about army life, written by Custard, a British Army mule working with a Royal Signal regiment between 1929 and 1932. Custard was actu ...

In the autumn of 1943 the German Bernhardt Line ran through Mignano Gap, 12 miles south-west of Cassino. XIV Panzer Korps was to make a stand there, holding up the advancing US 5th ...

Dawns Like Thunder' is a complete appraisal of the retreat from Burma using accounts from people who were there and not just the statements of commanding officers.

When the First World War started in 1914 the potential of the submarine as a tactical weapon was largely a matter of conjecture.

This book tells the story of Walter Guinness and his action during world war I. He served at Gallipoli and on the western front.

The Partition of India in 1947 probably created more problems than it solved, problems which have bedevilled the subcontinent ever since and which show no sign of going away, since ...

The Doomed Expedition tells the story of the counter against the German invasion of Norway and its failings.

These are the memoirs of Sergeant John Dougl as, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Scots, and his experiences as a soldier from 1809-1817. The book provides a narrative of the Peninsular Ca ...

In the summer of 1942 a Wellington bomber, operating with 115 Squadron from Marham in Norfolk was forced to ditch in the North Sea returning from a raid on Hamburg. Two members of ...

The F-Section of the SOE was a department that stood for French Section, whose job it was to carry out Churchill's famous command to 'set Europe alight'. This is the story of F-Sec ...

This book tells the story of the Falklands war after it ended. The people who were lost in the war and the numerous implications of lief after the war and how it irrevocably change ...

The author gives a vivid account of Scottish military history from the coming of the Romans to Scotland to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. There are detailed descriptions of sixtee ...