'Seldom is war so vividly described...An assault on the senses...Painful to read, impossible to put down' Gerard DeGroot, The Times 'Epic and moving...Holland brings this cramped universe vividly to life' Patrick Bishop, Daily Telegraph ______ It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in the Second World War. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to...

The Korean War, which began with an unprovoked attack by North Korea in 1950, went on for three long years. Over 100,000 soldiers of the United Nations forces, including those of the Republic of Korea, were killed and three times that number wounded. United Kingdom casualties amounted to some 300 Officers and 4,000 other ranks.

A history book that reads like a novel, 'Stirling's Men' investigates the story of the SAS from its creation by David Stirling to the last battles of World War 2. This account was officially supported by veterans and is based on their unique first-hand testimony.

Mark Urban follows the fortunes of six individual soldiers in a legendary regiment, drawing upon many new sources to recreate an extraordinary story of immense hardship, bravery and comradeship - and an experience which will change the nature of warfare forever.

During World War One, Australia's mounted troops fought at Gallipoli and later repulsed a Turkish invasion of Egypt. As well as the main campaign, this book adds insights and asides to the story as it follows the fortunes of three individual soldiers including the author's father, a decorated sergeant.

We share the triumphs and tragedies of a group of elite soldier trailblazers as they commit daring raids behind enemy lines in 1944, manage an against the odds escape to victory, and then seek post-war retribution for the terrible murder of their captured comrades. 'SAS Band of Brothers' is replete with action, peppered with great characters, and features two of the most daring escapes of WWII. It ends with the hunted becoming the hunters - a group...

The distinguished contribution of this, the first Pals Battalion, is recorded in text and contemporary images. Particularly poignant are the words of Battalion members from when it was formed in London in August 1914 until the end of the War. Many come from personal diaries and letters written at the time but the author also uses the War Diary of the Battalion and accounts of events written by participants after the War.

Andrew Uffindell explores the life and battles of Napoleon's Imperial Guard and destroys the many myths that have surrounded it. In doing so, he throws new light on Napoleon himself and contributes to the ongoing debate about the value of elite military units.

Formed in 1940, the British 6th Armoured Division was in the thick of the action in North Africa from December 1942 in the climactic encounters with the Deutsches Afrika Korps. Combining eye witness accounts, unit war diaries and unpublished sources, this is a history of this distinguished division.

This text is a study of the importance and significance of community identity to a fighting unit in the First World War. In this case the unit in question is primarily 7th King's Regiment and more widely the 55th West Lancashire Division, 1914-18. The book is based upon the author's own PhD thesis 'The 1/7th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment and the Great War - the experience of a Territorial battalion and its Home Towns'. It is an analysis of the...