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The Book of Gun Trivia: Essential Firepower Facts by Gordon L Rottman
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: General Military Ser.
A complete guide to weapons history, facts, myths and trivia, covering everything you wanted to know, didn’t want to know and you don’t know you need to know...
The First World War: The War to End All Wars by Geoffrey Jukes
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterised by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun and Ypres incurred human loss on a scale never pre ...Show more
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I: 1939-42 by Thomas Anderson
Category: History | Series: General Military Ser.
This is the definitive history of the evolution of the feared German Panzerwaffe, from its earliest beginings to the height of its success. With rare and revealing combat reports and photographs sourced from previously unseen private and archival collections, it uncovers the technical and operational st ...Show more
The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War by Mark Stille
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
An highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II.The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early mo ...Show more
The Military History Quiz Book by Osprey Publishing Staff
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
How well do you know the who, where, what, when and how of military history? Pit your knowledge against Osprey's very own quizmaster in this unique guide to the famous, infamous and quirky facts of military history. Complete with questions ranging from easy to nearly impossible and including true or fal ...Show more
The Persian War: A Military History by William Shepherd
Category: History | Series: General Military Ser.
The victory of a few Greek city-states over the world's first superpower was an extraordinary military feat that secured the future of western civilization. All modern accounts of the war as a whole, and of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, the best-known battles, depend on the ancient sources, foremos ...Show more
The Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World by Chris McNab
Category: Australian History | Series: General Military Ser.
The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens - and enemies - of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the early Republic through the glorio ...Show more
The Samurai by Stephen Turnbull
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: General Military Ser.
The world of the samurai, the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan, has for too long been associated solely with military history and has largely remained a mystery. In this exciting new book, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a pic ...Show more
The Vikings by René Chartrand
Category: History | Series: General Military Ser.
The history of the Vikings is bloody and eventful, and Viking warriors continue to capture the popular imagination to this day. Their adventurous spirit saw them look far beyond their own borders, and the iconic Viking longship allowed them to navigate their way through the most treacherous waters. Viki ...Show more