Hats Off offers a concise history of U.S. Army headgear from the immediate post Civil War era to the eve of World War I. In this study historian Jo...

After receiving a bundle of worn letters written by her late grandfather George Black Jack Vowel during the First World War, journalist J...

All new photo collection covering BMW, ZÃ"ndapp, NSU, DKW sidecar motorcycles on a variety of war fronts.

During the late 1930s the He 100 was the fastest aircraft, yet was used only for propaganda purposes.

Covers the design and multiple uses of the Heinkel He 115.

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Over 200 images, including three-view d...

The jet powered “Volksjäger” actually saw combat during the late war months.

One of the best night fighters of World War II.

Though never used in combat, the He 280 was the first turbo-jet aircraft designed for fighter use.

Many books have been written about Heinrich Himmler and the SS though, strangely, no photographic study has ever been assembled. Contained within t...

Reichsführer-SS, Chief of German Police, Reich Commissar for the Consolidation of German Nationhood, Reich Minister of the Interior, Commander of t...

Superb color photographs, including multiple full-views and detail shots, depict over 150 helmets of Germany, Britain, France, United States, Austr...

Major Helmut Wick failed to return from a mission over the English Channel on 28 November 1940 and is listed as missing to this day. This fate ende...

Herbert Knötel adroitly brings soldiers of every age and every nationality to life with his detailed sketches and masterful watercolors. "Herbert ...

The dramatic life story of one of the legendary USAAF fighter pilots of World War II who fought across the skies over the Mediterranean and souther...

Heroes of Our Time contains all 239 Medal of Honor citations such as this excerpt: ...His rifle ammunition expended, he seized two grenades and, in...

A dark chapter in Australia’s wartime history has often been minimised or overlooked in mainstream history books. This collection of five scholarly...

In January 1942, Xan Fielding landed on German-occupied Crete with orders to disrupt the resupply of Rommel's Afrika Korps and establish an intelli...

On March 6, 1944, and the Eighth Air Force would launch a full scale assault on the German capital of Berlin. "High Noon over Haseluenne" is a micr...

This is the story of the "Handschar," a Muslim combat formation created by the Germans to "restore order in Bosnia." What actually transpired was q...

Dressed in black uniforms emblazoned with the SS flash, Heinrich Himmler's horsemen carried the SS banner across the German countryside and to eque...

This reprint of the 14th (King's) Hussars unit history was first published in 1901 and appears here in a new quality edition. The 14th (King's) Hus...

This is the remarkable story of an Indian Maharaja's passion for flight, and his contributions to the early commercial air routes to southeast Asia...