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THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. BESTSELLER 'Astonishing . . . Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost...

A Waterstones and BBC History Magazine Best Book of the Year The Aspects of History Book of the Year 2025 'Terrific - full of drama ... it has profoundly altered...

At last one of the greatest mysteries of the Second World War has been solved. Since historian Hugh Trevor-Roper made his name with the publication of "Hitler's Last Days", it...

This is a classic account by one of the officers who took part in one of the great escapades of WWII. In 1943, W. Stanley Moss and Patrick Leigh-Fermor, both...

From established historian James Holland, this is the top ten bestselling and second biggest history book of 2019. 'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military...

For the US airman in World War Two, flying was not just a test of skill, but it was also a feat of stamina, endurance and, often a matter of...

The era of the combat biplane is usually thought to have been between 1914 and 1938. By the outbreak of World War II, most of the advanced air forces of...

This inspiring book examines the often incredible and nearly always tragic examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the Nazis 'Final Solution'. It shows that the Warsaw...

From the deserts of Egypt to the rolling hills of South Australia, The Limestone Road is a captivating novel about one soldier's courageous journey 'home'. In the summer of 1944...

After her father's death, Katrina Kittel opens his old Globite suitcase and finds tiny photos, postcards in beautiful handwriting from a mysterious Swiss woman, and memorabilia from his war. Katrina...

'In her debut novel, a historian of Vichy France tackles her family's real-life collaboration during the Second World War' - New Yorker Best Books of the Year In a grand...

This text provides an insider account of the counter-intelligence operation (Operation Mincemeat) which paved the way for the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II. It outlines the audacious...

In September 1944, the river Rhine was a serious barrier to the advancing Allied armies in the West who were intent on charging Berlin and ending the war. Field Marshal...

Little has been published in English on the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF), let alone its most successful fighter pilots no less than 150 of them achieved ace status during...

A pictorial history of USS California, a battleship that was sunk in Pearl Harbor, raised, repaired, and returned to duty during the Second World War. USS California (BB-44) was commissioned...

'The best single-volume history of the war ever written' DOMINIC SANDBOOK, SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterly account of that epic conflict' ROBERT HARRIS The anniversary edition of multi-million copy bestselling author...

After the fall of France in 1940, Hitler turned his attention to Germany's sole remaining enemy: Great Britain. His plans to invade Britain depended on crippling Britain's Royal Air Force....

Britain's first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain. Often eclipsed...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From Martin Dugard, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O'Reilly, comes the spellbinding story of the Allied liberation of Paris...

A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that...

At 20 years of age, Ross Gregory was selected to play cricket for Australia. He went on to play alongside Bradman before enlisting in the RAAF and serving in England...

Surrealism was a revolution. Unlike such other modern movements as cubism and geometrical abstraction, it was not based on purely artistic innovation; its aim was nothing less than the liberation,...

The first part of a detailed study of one of the longest, and most brutal, tactical operations of World War II. In September 1944, the Allied High Command continued to...

"A masterpiece. . . . Nobody has done more than John Lukacs to turn the short history book into an art form."-Anthony Beevor "As gripping as any novel."-Robert Harris "A...

Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story,...

An illustrated study of the British Army's Anti-Aircraft (AA) Command's performance against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. When the Battle of Britain commenced in July...

'You climb and climb . . . This is the field of battle . . . tonight some of us will be dead . . . You'll never forget Shaggy...

With the aid of 116 extraordinarily detailed and accurate line drawings, Technical Aircraft Drawings of World War II shows how a wide selection of classic military aircraft were put together...

'A stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling,' James Holland, The Daily Telegraph , Five stars 'Terrifying' Simon Schama Ponar, Lithuania. 1944. The Nazis have enslaved Jewish men to exhume...