To commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this dramatic visual history explores every area of operation with firsthand accounts, timelines, and maps. With the aid of specially commissioned
The details behind Ypres?synonymous with the destruction, trench warfare, poison gas, and military stalemate of WW1 ?Through narrative, eyewitness accounts, and images, this book explores the first an
With 30 million soldiers and civilians killed, the Eastern Front proved to be World War II’s bloodiest conflict. Drawing on rare photographs from the Ukrainian State Archive, Eastern Front in World Wa
The occupation of the Channel Islands in World War II is an often-neglected aspect of the war: here, for the first time, Will Fowler presents an atmospheric account of life under German occupation pep
Antonio Lopez 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 consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, an
Explores how wars were and are conducted from 1700 to the present, including how changing technology and weaponry have affected the overall strategy and motivation of warfare.
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 a writer led him to play a crucial role in enabli
Travel back in time and find out about the first weapons and their uses, and about the lives of the people who used them. Vivid illustrations, maps and photographs bring history to life.
