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Om de arktiske konvojer, der under 2. Verdenskrig sejlede forsyninger til de nordligste af Sovjetunionens havne. Forfatteren diskuterer, hvor stor betydning konvojerne og de forsyninger, som de bragte, i virkeligheden havde, i forhold til hvad det kostede i både penge og mennesk…
Cyprus, long troubled by inter-communal strife, exploded onto the world stage with the Athens-inspired coup and the subsequent Turkish invasion. This led to partition on the island, a situation complicated by the Yom Kippur War. This book examines the role of the UN as it attemp…
We know that millions of soldiers were scarred by their experiences in the First World War trenches, but what happened after they returned home? Suzie Grogan reveals the First World War's disturbing legacy for soldiers and their families. How did a nation of broken men, and 'spa…
The Dawn of Victory, Thank You China! is based on his service with the 169 Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) between 1918 - 1919. There were 96,000 Chinese volunteer in the CLC and their achievements have gone largely unrecognized for 100 years. As Jim Maultsaid's diaries and drawings …
"The Battle of El Alamein is well established as a pivotal moment of the Second World War. Following the wildly fluctuating fortunes of the opposing sides, there was a real risk that Rommel s Afrika Korps and his Italian allies would break through and seize Cairo with catastroph…
"This is the story of two airmen - an RAF Rear Gunner and a Luftwaffe Pilot. Alexander Ollar was raised in the Highlands of Scotland. He became an exceptional sporting shot and volunteered as an RAF Air Gunner in 1939. Helmut Lent enrolled for pilot training in the Luftwaffe as …
Using previously unpublished archive material, Karyn Burnham has reconstructed the personal stories of several very different 'conchies' in an accessible, immediate style, without sentimentalising the facts.