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First World War by H. P. Willmott; Robin Cross
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A dramatic account of The Great War that combines emotive photography with personal accounts which evoke both the futility and the spirit of World War I. Considering every aspect of the conflict - sea, land and on the home front - this book provides a vivid analysis of the causes and forces behind the m ...Show more
History of War: 50 Ideas You Really Need To Know by Robin Cross
Category: History | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Human history - from the empires of the ancient world to the superpowers of the 21st century - has been inextricably shaped by conflict and the weapons that have been used to wage it. The technologies that have produced advanced civilizations have also been harnessed to the grim business of warfare. Thi ...Show more
Hitler (book + CD) by Robin Cross
Category: Military
A concise new biography of Hitler with an accompanying DVD chronicling the Fuehrer's rise and fall. As Chancellor of Germany between 1933 and 1945, Adolf Hitler exercised untrammeled power over his country's social, political and economic life. Hitler's belligerent re-armament program, his imposition of ...Show more
Second World War by H P Willmott & Robin Cross
Category: History
A dramatic new illustrated account of the most destructive war the world has ever seen.
Tanks: 100 Years of Armoured Warfare by Robin Cross; David Willey (Editor); Dan Snow (Foreword by)
Category: Military
A century of the weapon that changed modern warfare.In 1916, for the very first time, the tank entered the military arsenals at a small engagement on the Somme. And despite its shortcomings, it altered the course of World War I. Tanks charts the weapon's first century, from its early stumbling attempts ...Show more
World War II by H.P. Willmott, Robin Cross, Charles Messenger
Category: Military
A new edition of this unique global account of the Second World War in all its brutal intensity Evoking the sheer, epic scale of combat and its appalling impact across the globe, this is a unique telling of the Second World War in all its brutal intensity. Digital maps and timelines cover every ...Show more
World War II by Robin Cross; Michael Paul (Contribution by); David Welch (Contribution by); H. P. Willmott; Charles Messenger; Richard Overy (Illustrator); Michael Barrett (Contribution by); Mark R. Grandstaff (Contribution by)
Category: Military
Decades on from when the last shot was fired, the battles may be fading from living memory, but the shock waves of WWII still resonate. This comprehensive history examines not just the many theatres of operations, but also provides a challenging analysis of the war's causes and momentous consequences - ...Show more
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