nside these pages you will meet over 960 infamous men †the officers of Nazi Germany's Totenkopf (Death's Head). You will encounter the 256 SS off...

You've seen them as background "extras" in motion pictures with Holocaust themes. One was a guard who escorted Meryl Streep across the grim landsca...

This new book is a detailed study of one of the lesser known aspects of the German Wehrmacht in World War II. Covered are the variety of unit types...

A large format, color volume on Frederick's cavalry regiments. All currasier, dragoon and hussar regiments are illustrated with two color pages for...

This book is a comprehensive account of the Chelmno death camp. Chelmno was not only the first Nazi death camp, it also set a horrific example in e...

This book is centered around the author's father's World War II diary. Robert C. Sage was a B-17 pilot who flew twenty-nine missions out of Thurlei...

This book is a color celebration of the pocket knives of the United States military, and features both U.S. and foreign-made models. It is a histor...

This is the first book-length study devoted to the vessels of the Confederate Navy, including all types used during the conflict: ironclads (both d...

This is a brutal story - but, from the safety of fifty years distance in time - it is an extremely compelling one. It is also an enduring lesson th...

In addition to a clear, engaging survey of the Christian crusades to the Holy Lands, this book offers an overview of the many contemporary campaign...

In October 1962, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War ensued, bringing the wor...

In October 1962, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War ensued, bringing the wor...

This is the first book to detail the design and service history of the U.S. Navy?s first airplane, and presents the formative years of naval aviati...

This book is a lavishly illustrated story of Curtiss Wright Corporation's 1950s and 1960s efforts in developing a vertical takeoff (VTOL) aircraft....

The CZ handgun models 50 and 70 are available to Western collectors today but were both developed and produced behind the Iron Curtain. In the year...

The P-51 Mustangs of the 4th Fighter Group were the first to escort bombers over Berlin during World War II, the first to escort bombers from Engla...

It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittle\s legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed ...

Of all the Allied bombers of WWII, the Douglas A-20 Havoc is probably the least well known, but was a major contributor to the air war effort, flyi...

Beginning operations in April 1942 with a shoestring flight of four Lockheed F-4 Lightnings (the photo-recon version of the famed P-38), the 8th Ph...

The Emperor’s Grace is the story of the men of C Force – the first contingent of Australian, British and Dutch POWs shipped from Singapore to Japan...

Shortlisted, 2018 Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical WritingSuggested Reading by the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative AssociationNear...

Conceived in the waning days of World War II as an escort for the mammoth Convair B-36 bomber, the McDonnell Model 36 “Voodoo” first took to the ai...

The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife stands symbolic for daring secret operations that Britain ran during World War II. This book provides an insight...

This book captures the story of "Witchcraft," a B-24 Liberator, based in Rackheath, England, toward the end of World War II, that had a unique reco...

Two thousand nine hundred forty-five men lined up in four motorized columns immediately behind the German Army on June 22, 1941 as it prepared to l...

Unnamed Graves, a Secret Cemetery, Files Closed to the Public and Stored in "The Vault." During World War II, in the North African/Mediterranean an...

Following his first two massive volumes describing the day-by-day history of the 5th Fighter Command and associated tactical, strategic, and grand ...

This is a study of one of the 8th USAAF's sub-units. The 1st Combat Bomb Wing (1CBW), created on 13 September 1943, was preceded first by the 1st B...

Although there have been, and continue to be, many books written on a wide variety of aspects of the First World War, this work not only approaches...

Detailed coverage of the massive concrete towers used as anti-aircraft bastions, some of which still stand today.

Versatile German medium bomber also used as recon and assault.

Along with the Bf 109, the Fw 190 was a stalwart of the Luftwaffe and one of the top fighters of WWII.

The men of the 449th Fighter Squadron called themselves the "forgotten squadron." Despite serving to great effect as the only P-38 fighter squadron...

Distinguished author and lawyer Ron Crosby rewrites his seminal The Musket Wars on a thematic basis, simplifying it to a concise work full of maps ...

This detailed, highly-illustrated study presents a unique and comprehensive collection of uniforms, insignia, and equipment used by the French Fore...

The Countess Mountbatten's Own Legion of Frontiersmen was conceived and organized in 1905 as a body of frontier sentinels, and they first published...

This book addresses itself to the handwritten log of noncommissioned Ottoman Military officer Huseyin Atif Efendi, my grandfather. He fought in the...

This book by renowned World War II historian Janusz Piekalkiewicz presents the history of the famous German "88" in its ground combat role - a role...

During World War II nearly every Wehrmacht soldier outside of Germany came into contact, either directly or indirectly, with the nearly one-million...

This is the only book in English to present a detailed look at the German medical corps in World War II. Among the topics covered are training, str...

This rare volume was originally published in Germany during World War II and now makes its first appearance in an English language edition. It is a...

Covers the aircraft and many pilots of JG 3, JG 5, JG 51, JG 52, JG 54 and JG 77.

The Second World War made the greatest demands on the German Reichsbahn (national railway). Year after year, great quantities of war materiel were ...

Covers the ships, commanders, harbors, bases, uniforms and insignia of the U-Boot Waffe in over 270 photos.

Covers the ships, commanders, harbors, bases, uniforms and insignia of the U-Boot Waffe in over 270 photos.

A nation at war wants nothing less than complete information of her enemy. It is hard for the mind to conceive exactly what "complete information" ...

Hitler created the Sniper Badge on August 20, 1944, to impel soldiers to train and be used as snipers. Thus the strategic importance of single comb...

This book is a detailed look at the World War II German assault gun in all its variants. Everything from design and construction, to ammunition, ta...