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This book looks at the desperate last attempt by the Germans to win the battle of Stalingrad in an all-out effort and how the Red Army managed to clin...
Antonio L¢pez de Santa Anna (1794?1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country?s president, he is...
Latin America since 1780 provides an accessible introductory text aimed at Spanish linguists and historians taking modules in Latin American history. ...
This book is a study of the political development of the many factions that surfaced in Mexico from the achievement of independence in 1821 to General...
4 Commando and the US Rangers
Set in the context of the Dieppe raid as a whole, Will Fowler studies the contribution of No. 4 Commando and Operation Cauldron. In August 1942, the A...
A Mexican Case Study, 1857–61
Using the Mexican Civil War of 1857–61 as a principal case study, Will Fowler examines the origin, process, and outcome of civil war and provides a ...
6 June 1944
On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this dramatic volume describes the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings and what occurred in each landing zone. B...
The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico 1795-1853
This is a study of one of the leading politicians of Independent Mexico, Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, whose loyalty to Santa Anna and whose skills as...
The Indonesian Confrontation 1962–66
The 'Confrontation' between Malaysia and Indonesia in Bornew (January 20, 2006), the war against Indonesian raids across a 900-mile border in some of ...
A survival guide offers strategies for evading capture and returning to friendly territory if trapped behind enemy lines, in a resource that covers su...
The Vital 24 Hours
With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs and specially commissioned maps of the combat zones, this highly illustrated book is a com...
The Pronunciamiento in the Age of Santa Anna, 1821–1858
In mid-nineteenth-century Mexico, garrisons, town councils, state legislatures, and an array of political actors, groups, and communities began aggres...
Antonio López de Santa Anna es uno de los más famosos, y de los más despreciados, personajes de nuestra historia. Seis veces presidente de México,...
Bénouville D-Day 1944
The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly ...
Operation Herring and No 1 Italian SAS
The war in Italy was characterized by a host of Special Forces actions. The fact that the Italians had formed two governments, one backing the Allies ...
Stalin's Armoured Might
At the start of the campaign on the Eastern Front, in the earliest days of Operation Barbarossa, it was the German armour that swept all in front of i...
The SAS and Operation Barras 2000
In September 2000 the notorious militia gang, 'West Side Boys' kidnapped eleven British soldiers in Sierra Leone and Operation Barras was launched as ...
The Commandos, Channel Islands and Final Nazi Raid
When Germany occupied the originally 'demilitarised' Channel Islands in 1940, Hitler ordered the area to be staunchly fortified with colossal permanen...
The Vital 7 Days
Details the Wehrmacht's last ditch attempt to win the battle of Stalingrad in an all out effort, and how the Red Army managed to cling on against the ...
A visual historical reference to over 500 military, law enforcement and antique firearms from around the world with a fascinating history of small arm...
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Through in-depth research and interviews with veterans, William Fowler has produced the most complete history of this elite and elusive unit to date. ...
German Combat Photographs from the Archives of Signal Magazine
Preparation for Overlord describes the build-up to the landings themselves, the German preparations for defending the French coastline, and the reason...
Chronicles the history of small arms from the twelfth century through the early twenty-first century and provides a guide to pistols, revolvers, and s...
The Unpublished Photographs, 1941-1945
The war on the Eastern Front, 1941 - 1945, was the most bitterly contested, vicious and bloody campaign of the second world war. The conflict, lasting...
An Analysis of the Memorias de Guerra (1821-1855)
Gold, Juno and Sword describes the British and Canadian landings on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches. The book also includes details of the human cost of ...
Airborne Assault describes the airborne landings by paratroopers and glider troops that secured the flanks of the Allied beachheads, including such fa...
Omaha and Utah describes the American landings on Omaha and Utah beaches. The fighting on Omaha was some of the most desperate fighting took place. Th...
This is the first volume in a new series concentrating on Germany's Blitzkrieg tactics during the course of the Second World War. It describes in deta...
From Korea to the Falklands
One of the most prestigious and versatile units of the British armed forces, the Royal Marine Commandos were a specialized fighting force, serving in ...
Presents a history of weapons and examines how they have evolved into the weapons used today....
Memoirs of a Young Newspaperman
The Pronunciamiento in the Age of Santa Anna, 1821-1858
Pistols, Rifles, Revolvers, Machine and Submachine Guns Through History in 1100 Photographs
His Life and Plays