Stephen Bull: 19 books
Commando Tactics
The Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
British commandos are among the most celebrated soldiers of the Second World War. Their daring, ingenuity and bravery have given rise to an almost legendary reputation that makes it difficult to appreciate fully their role and their true value as fighting men.
Stephen Bull, in this in-depth...
Trench
A History of Trench Warfare on the Western Front
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Even now, 100 years on from the conflict, the image of trenches stretching across Western Europe – packed with young men clinging to life in horrendous conditions – remains a powerful reminder of one of the darkest moments in human history. In this excellent study of trench warfare on the Western...
German Assault Troops of the First World War
Stosstrupptaktik - The First Stormtroopers
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
To many it would later seem as if the rule book of war had been torn up and thrown away. World War I is usually characterized as a static war of attrition, but by its end a new doctrine of fire and movement emerged, with the squad as the key tactical unit, marking a fundamental shift in methods of...
by Stephen Bull
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Photography explores the photograph in the twenty-first century and its importance as a media form. Stephen Bull considers our media-saturated society and the place of photography in everyday life, introducing the theories used to analyse photographs and exploring the impact of digital technology.
The...
Churchill's Army
1939–1945 The men, machines and organisation
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Winston Churchill, Britain's iconic war time Prime Minister, is inextricably linked with the victorious British Army of 1939 to 1945. Yet hindsight, propaganda, and the imperative of the defeat of Hitler and Imperial Japan, have led to a tendency to oversimplify the image of Churchill the war leader,...
Canadian Corps Soldier vs Royal Bavarian Soldier
Vimy Ridge to Passchendaele 1917
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
In 1917 the soldiers of the Canadian Corps would prove themselves the equal of any fighting on the Western Front, while on the other side of the wire, the men of the Royal Bavarian Army won a distinguished reputation in combat. Employing the latest weapons and pioneering tactics, these two forces...
D-Day to Victory
With the men and machines that won the war
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
The companion volume to the groundbreaking TV series, this book tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin. In their own words these brave men from Britain, the United States, Canada and Russia tell us...
by Dr Stephen Bull
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
This book describes and illustrates, in fascinating detail, the slow and painful learning curve followed by the Allies in the mid-war years as they attempted to end the Japanese stranglehold on Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Based on the actual wartime training documents and front-line memoirs, it...
by Dr Stephen Bull
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2013
The twentieth century saw an unprecedented emphasis on fighting in all terrains, seasons and weather conditions. Such conditions made even basic survival difficult as subzero temperatures caused weapons to jam, engines to seize up and soldiers to suffer frostbite, snow blindness and hypothermia. The...
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front
1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Many people have the idea that the 'Great War' on the Western Front was simple, if ghastly, to fight – with few tactics, and unbroken, monotonous, trench lines as the main feature of the battlefield. In such a scenario the archetypal image of battle is of soldiers with rifles and bayonets charging...
World War II: The Last War Heroes
From D-Day to Berlin with the men and machines that won the war
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The companion volume to the groundbreaking TV series, this book tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin. In their own words these brave men from Britain, the United States, Canada and Russia tell us...
British Infantryman vs German Infantryman
Somme 1916
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
The mighty struggle for the Somme sector of the Western Front in the second half of 1916 has come to be remembered for the dreadful toll of casualties inflicted on Britain's 'New Armies' by the German defenders on the first day of the offensive, 1 July. The battle continued, however, throughout the...
by Dr Stephen Bull
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
In a continuation of the tactics mini-series, this book analyzes the physical tactics of the close-quarter fighting that took place in ruined cities during World War II. Street-to-street fighting in cities was not a new development, but the bombed-out shells of cities and advances in weaponry meant...
by Dr Stephen Bull
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
This is the first Pocket Manual to be dedicated to the German Army in the First World War, with chapters comprising of complete documents or extracts drawn from two major sources: the German Army of 1914 - 1918 itself, or the intelligence sections of other armies.
It describes the new tactics...
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