In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. Herein, Horne's narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions to form a major contribution to our understanding of the cris…
Professor Stone's account of World War I discusses the importance of the battles fought on the Eastern Front. This groundbreaking study was the first authoritative account of Russia in the Great War.
This groundbreaking study was the first authoritative account of the Russian Front in the First World War to be published in the West and is now reissued with a new introduction by the author. The battles fought on the Eastern Front were decisive to the course of the war. As wel…
The internment of 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War was arguably the greatest stain on the Allied record of human rights on the home front. Internment during the Second World Warcompares and contrasts the experiences of foreign nationals unfortunate enough to be born in…
An authoritative, global historiography of the events of the Second World War from a military, political and sociological perspective. The Cambridge History of the Second World War is an authoritative new account of the conflict that unfolded between 1939 and 1945. With contribu…
"This book tells the story of a handful of men who remember the time, more than seventy years ago when Germany swept through Europe. They took part in the first successful skirmishes against the formidable German army, and then held their own as enemy armoured columns sliced thr…
"The French Resistance has an iconic status in the struggle to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe, but its story is entangled in myths. Gaining a true understanding of the Resistance means recognizing how its image has been carefully curated through a combination of French politics a…
Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the Red Army.
Describes the protracted World War II campaign in Burma, discussing how the clash of the multiple personalities and strategies of the American and British generals contributed to early defeats and eventual victory for the allied powers.
Based on archives of letters, diaries and police reports, 'Ivan's War' explores the human element of Russia's battle against German invasion, and the psychology that enabled a badly fed and badly run force to defeat a power that would otherwise have enslaved all of Europe.
On 4 August 1914 following the outbreak of European hostilities, large sections of Irish Protestants and Catholics rallied to support the British and Allied war efforts. Yet less than two years later, the Easter Rising of 1916 allegedly put a stop to the Catholic commitment in e…
Joseph Pilyushin, a top Red Army sniper in the ruthless fight against the Germans on the Eastern Front, was an exceptional soldier & he has a remarkable story to tell. His first-hand account of his wartime service gives a graphic insight into his lethal skill with a rifle & into…
