It is an often overlooked fact that the SS Divisions included Cavalrymen, Paratroopers, Mountain and Ski Battalions and these rare photographs illustrate the unique role played by specialist units in action.
As well as offering a guide for researchers, this book will provide a narrative of the conflict, case studies of soldiers, and reveal how soldiers' families back home were affected.
Inspirational stories of what women achieved against the odds
The USMC saw some of the bitterest fighting of WW2 in the long Pacific campaign. This is a superb resume of the USMC's achievements against a fanatic enemy.
Provides a fresh 'take' on an old story and includes recently revealed facts about the Spitfire's design, now delivered to a wider audience.
An exciting new series aimed specifically at wargamers. In this book, Tony takes the reader through a varied range of step-by-step Napoleonic-era building projects in several scales and using a wide range of materials.
Suffrage and Struggle in Manchester' celebrates the struggle for the recognition of female rights, the centenary of female suffrage and the 90th anniversary of universal suffrage through the stories of the women of Manchester.
Learn why Yorkshire has such an eventful and stormy past.
Practical guide to the history of lunatic asylums and the lives of their patients.
This work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and under the law.
Dramatic new angle on the bitterly fought Peninsula War.
Most up-to-date guide available on this WWII destroyer with more than 200 detailed photographs.