Battle for the Baltic Islands 1917: Triumph of the Imperial German Navy (Staff Gary)(Paperback)

Battle for the Baltic Islands 1917: Triumph of the Imperial German Navy (Staff Gary)(Paperback)

The Imperial Japanese Navy of the Russo-Japanese War (Stille Mark)(Paperback)

When the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed Russia's battle fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, it marked the emergence of Japan as one of the world's major naval powers. Japan's navy had been built up over just two decades, with the IJN acquiring a fleet of modern foreign-built warships. Coupled

Armageddon - The Battle for Germany 1944-45 (Hastings Max)(Paperback / softback)

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 is the stunning bestseller from one of Britain's most highly regarded military

The German Occupation of the Channel Islands (Cruickshank Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Cruickshank provides a full account of the German invasion, the subsequent landings of various British agents, raids and an attempt to end the occupation using psychological warfare. He also looks at how the islanders and Wehrmacht lived, the reality of collaboration with the occupying

Messages from Islands: A Global Biodiversity Tour (Hanski Ilkka)(Paperback)

From a small island in the Baltic Sea to the large tropical islands of Borneo and Madagascar, Messages from Islands is a global tour of these natural, water-bound laboratories. In this career-spanning work, Ilkka Hanski draws upon the many islands on which he performed fieldwork to convey key

Enigma: The Battle for the Code (Sebag-Montefiore Hugh)(Paperback)

The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is

Battle of Surigao Strait (Tully Anthony P.)(Paperback)

Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts. Anthony P. Tully pulls

The Cambridge History of Russia (Lieven Dominic)(Paperback)

The second volume of The Cambridge History of Russia covers the imperial period (1689-1917). It encompasses political, economic, social, cultural, diplomatic, and military history. All the major Russian social groups have separate chapters and the volume also includes surveys on the non-Russian

Imperial Germany 1871-1918 (Lee Stephen J.)(Paperback)

Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 explores the rise of Germany as a nation state and a European power centre, through to the humiliation of the state in the First World War. Covering both domestic and foreign policy, this key text combines historical detail, questions and analysis and evaluation of

The Battle for Okinawa (Yahara Hiromichi)(Paperback)

Critical acclaim for The Battle for Okinawa'An indispensable account of the fighting and of Okinawa's role in the Japanese defense of the home islands.' --The Wall Street Journal'A fascinating, highly intelligent glance behind the Japanese lines.' --Kirkus Reviews'The most interesting of the 'last

Bolshevik Culture: Experiment and Order in the Russian Revolution (Gleason Abbott)(Paperback)

In the tumultuous years after the revolution of 1917, the traditional cutlure of Imperial Russia was both destroyed and preserved, as a new Soviet culture began to take shape. This book focuses on the interaction between the emerging political and cultural policies of the Soviet regime and the

Monte Cassino: A German View (Bohmler Rudolf)(Paperback)

Classic account of the Battle of Monte Cassino by a German historian.As a German battalion commander Rudolf Bohmler fought in the front line during the fierce battles fought at Monte Cassino. After the war he wrote this remarkable history, one of the first full-length accounts of this famous and

Shipwrecks of the Cayman Islands - A Diving Guide to Historical & Modern Shipwrecks (Lawson Wood)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive guide to exploring and diving the Shipwrecks of the Cayman Islands. For the first time in print, there is an accurate account of around 140 of the best-known and identified shipwrecks. This book will undoubtedly be used as the authoritative reference on how to dive and snorkel the

Waterloo: The French Perspective (Field Andrew W.)(Paperback)

The story of the Battle of Waterloo - of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Bl cher and their allied armies - is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of intensive research and the publication of hundreds

Napoleon's Greatest Triumph: The Battle of Austerlitz (Fremont-Barnes Gregory)(Paperback)

In August 1805, Napoleon abandoned his plans for the invasion of Britain and diverted his army to the Danube Valley to confront Austrian and Russian forces in a bid for control of central Europe. The campaign culminated with the Battle of Austerlitz, regarded by many as Napoleon's greatest triumph,

To Free the Romanovs: Royal Kinship and Betrayal in Europe 1917-1919 (Hall Coryne)(Paperback)

When Russia erupted into revolution, almost overnight the pampered lifestyle of the Imperial family vanished. Within months many of them were under arrest and they became 'enemies of the Revolution and the Russian people.' None of them wanted to leave Russia; they expected to be back on their

British Destroyer Vs German Destroyer: Narvik 1940 (Greentree David)(Paperback)

The opening months of World War II saw Britain's Royal Navy facing a resurgent German navy, the Kriegsmarine. Following the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in early April 1940, British and German destroyers would clash in a series of battles for control of the Norwegian coast. The operational

The Battle for Norway, 1940-1942 (Grehan John)(Paperback)

The first full collection of dispatch reports, giving new insight into the Battle of Narvik.Dispatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the dispatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, North West

Battle Flag (Cornwell Bernard)(Paperback / softback)

Third volume in the bestselling Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of

The Battle for Burma, 1942-1945 (Jowett Philip)(Paperback)

A visual record of all the armies involved in the Battle for Burma during the Second World War from the British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese Tribal forces as well as the Japanese Imperial Army.The battle for Burma during the Second World War was of vital importance to the Allies and the

Bolt Action: Campaign: Stalingrad (Games Warlord)(Paperback)

Campaign rules and scenarios for the Battle of Stalingrad, bringing the most infamous battle of the Eastern Front to the award-winning Bolt Action series.One of the most infamous and decisive battles of the Second World War, Stalingrad was a turning point of the Eastern Front, showing that the

Scramble For Africa (Pakenham Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

*the full-scale story of the nineteenth-century imperial invasion of

Islands of Abandonment (Flyn Cal)(Paperback)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD AND THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING'The most precious hymn to resilience ... written with a beautiful attention to detail ... Wonderful ' ADAM NICOLSON, winner of the 2018 Wainwright

Imperial China 900-1800 (Mote F. W.)(Paperback)

This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. No other work provides a