The Second World War is the most cataclysmic event in recent European history. In this new history James Holland looks at the conflict from a broader perspective than ever before, and in doing so, challenges some of the fundamentals of its by-now familiar story. The first part of this extraordinary new two-volume account spans oceans and continents from the perspectives of all the nations it will engulf.

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This epic account of the events of 1918 is a major reappraisal of the end of the war and describes what is in some respects a forgotten chapter in history.

I was just twenty-seven years old when I went to Burma. It was an experience that changed my life for ever. Up until that time I had not really travelled anywhere at all, apart from one touring visit to Holland with a band I was singing with before the war, and I had certainly never been in an aeroplane. But I wanted to make a difference, to do my bit.' And she did. Written with her daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones this is a powerful and life-affirming...

A small army of Germans and Africans fought a large British and Imperial force to a standstill, mainly due to their 'tip and run' tactics. The soldiers faced wide savannahs, deep jungles, all manner of diseases, as well as crocodiles, killer bees and raging heat. Their story has never been told - until now.

Against the epic backdrop of the impenetrable jungles of Burma, Frank McLynn constructs the dramatic story of the four larger-than-life commanders who directed the Allied efforts against the Japanese: Louis Mountbatten, Orde Wingate, Joseph Stilwell and William Slim.

The Burma campaign of the Second World War was one of the most gruelling ever undertaken by British forces. Although commanded by singular characters such as Slim and Mountbatten, it was dominated by the 'ordinary' soldiers from every country of the British empire. This is the story of lives transformed by war in the South-East.

This is the story of D-Day and the Invasion of Europe as seen by both the attacking and defending forces. It includes comments and descriptions from a wide range of Allied and German forces, from generals to front-line infantry soldiers.

The history of any war is more than a list of key battles and Saul David shows vividly how the First World War reached beyond the battlefield, touching upon events and lives which shaped the conduct and outcome of the conflict. Ranging from the young Adolf Hitler's reaction to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, through a Zeppelin raid on Scarborough, the tragic dramas of Gallipoli and the battlefields of the Western Front to the individual bravery...

The gripping tale of the campaign that ultimately determined the outcome of the Second World War. The Battle of the Atlantic was crucial to the Allied victory. If the German U-boats had prevailed, the maritime artery across the Atlantic would have been severed. Mass hunger would have consumed Britain, and the Allied armies would have been prevented from joining in the invasion of Europe. There would have been no D-Day. This work interweaves fascinating...