An operational history of the notorious Dirlewanger Brigade, culminating in its destruction in Budapest at the hands of the Red Army.
This book puts the reader at the very heart of this “hell on wheels” and presents the original instructions required to perform this most dangerous of wartime battlefield roles.
Case studies from Cyprus, Crete and Sardinia reconsider through evidence from archaeology, art, and history, assumptions about island identity and isolation and interaction, commerce and mobility involving other islands and the Mediterranean mainland
The true story behind famed photographer Robert Capa's actions on D-Day, placing his famous photographs in full context.
A fully illustrated introduction to the men who fought in the Panzerwaffe—the mailed fist of Blitzkrieg—covering selection and training, tactics and leadership, and life on the battlefield.
A new, readable account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
How conventional forces can adapt to fully address the problem of IEDs and IED-facilitated asymmetric warfare.
New, fully illustrated, comprehensive examination of the development, chronology, manufacture, context and use of British Neolithic and Bronze pottery by the country's leading expert.
An account of the IV SS-Panzerkorps, an SS corps that participated in many of the key battles fought on the Eastern Front during the last year of the war.
An overview of different topics covered by the field of archaeoacoustics, which seeks to advance the... Læs mere
A Montana farm boy with artistic talent flies B-24 bombers over Burma and C-108 gas-hauling tankers across the dangerous Himalayas into China.