Encouraged by the success of an attack on Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917, Field Marshal Haig ordered that his generals should continue their preparations for the Third Battle of Ypres. Delayed due to a number of reasons, one of which was poor weather,...Loe edasi...
July of 1331 saw the gathering of a most unusual army; its billets scattered across the modest ports of Yorkshire’s eastern coast. Its purpose, the invasion of Scotland and the overthrow of the yet inchoate line of Bruce kings. This was a task monume...Loe edasi...
After defeating a coalition of Athens, Thebes, Persia, and other Greek city-states at the end of the Corinthian War in 387 BC, Sparta tyrannized all of Greece with nearly unchecked power. But her empire had been hollowed by the cost of generations of...Loe edasi...
The Gloucestershire Regiment is the most decorated in British Army history. During its 300-year history, the regiment bore more battle honours on its Colours than any other. From the deserts of North Africa to the jungles of Burma, this book will giv...Loe edasi...
Predicted to fail and outnumbered and outgunned, the National Guardsmen who withstood the last German onslaught of World War I The Champagne-Marne Defensive in July 1918 occurred at a crucial moment in World War I and proved to be the tur...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Leiden University Press, ISBN-13: 9789087285043)
This book examines the environmental history of the Napoleonic Wars through the lens of everyday military mobility, demonstrating that warfare created distinctive militarized landscapes along the roads traversed by armies on the march. These envir...Loe edasi...
Illustrated throughout, this uncovers the hundreds of British and French warships in the Dunkirk evacuation, whose actions have been overshadowed by the fame of the Little Ships.In this book, nav...Loe edasi...
This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War. This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War.In 1936, as...Loe edasi...
Packed with illustrations, this is the first history of MarinegruppenkommandoSüd, Germanys southern naval command that fought a fast and furious war at the far end of the Mediterranean....Loe edasi...
A Telegraph Best Book 2025 Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraines frontlines some to save democracy, some to save themselves. A modern-day Homage to Catalonia and Figh...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611215328)
The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 when advance elements from the Union Army of the Poto...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611215335)
Winner, 2014, The Douglas Southall Freeman AwardThe wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting began in June of 1864, when advance elements from t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611215441)
The importance of Robert E. Lees first movement north of the Potomac River in September 1862 is difficult to overstate. After his string of successes in Virginia, a decisive Confederate victory in Maryland or Pennsylvania may well have spun the war...Loe edasi...
Investigates the visibility of different short- and long-term consequences of armed conflicts in the archaeological record from prehistory to the medieval period. Examines which individuals and groups benefit the most and which suffer the most in the...Loe edasi...
Russian expert Mark Galeotti provides an in-depth look at the siege that pitted Ivan the Terrible and Russias first standing army against the Khanate of Kazan, leading to Muscovys rise. Russian expert Mark Galeotti provides an...Loe edasi...
This revised and updated edition of The American Revolution offers an accessible and authoritative account of the war that forged a nation.From the first sparks of rebellion to the final treaty, this comprehensive visual history...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008699796)
The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastingss portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings these men to life with sensitivity and beautiful prose THE TIMES...Loe edasi...
Written by one of the worlds leading experts on the Eastern Front, this captivating history explores the final battle for Berlin and the heart of Germany. Written by one of the worlds leading experts on the Eastern Front, this...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226846880)
A personal account by a war historian and adoptee who discovers his biological father was a famous Marine combat photographer in Vietnam. Robert K. Brigham has had a substantial career as a historian of the Vietnam War, with a hand...Loe edasi...
Explores the pivotal role of Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds II Canadian Corps in July 1944, detailing key operations like ATLANTIC and SPRING.The first of two volumes, Monty’s Normandy Hammer traces the major operations fought by Lieutenant-General...Loe edasi...
