Frontline Books: 219 books
The Charge of the Light Brigade
History's Most Famous Cavalry Charge Told Through Eye Witness Accounts, Newspaper Reports, Memoirs and Diaries
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
The most notorious, and most contentious, cavalry charge in history still remains an enigma. Though numerous books have been written about the charge, all claiming to ‘reveal the truth’ or to understand ‘the reason why’; exactly what happened at Balaklava on 25 October 1854 continues to be...
by Mike Spick
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The Luftwaffe excelled at ground attack and in doing so helped revolutionised modern warfare. Whether flying in support of panzer columns during the invasion of Poland and the destruction of France, deployed against British airfields and cities, sent against Soviet tanks, or thrown into the defence...
Day Fighters in Defence of Reich
A Way Diary, 1942-45
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich is a detailed, comprehensive daily reference to the air operations flown by the Luftwaffe. These operations were designed to combat the daylight strategic missions by the United States Army Air Force targeting the German Reich and the western zone occupied by Germany.
This...
by Manfred Griehl
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2000
This illustrated series presents every aspect of the German Air Force in World War II, on all fronts and in widely varying conditions. Contemporary photographs from archives and private collections, many never before published, show how and where all types of German military aircraft operated, and...
The British Army Against Napoleon
Facts, Lists and Trivia, 1805-1815
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
Despite the bewildering number of tomes devoted to the Napoleonic wars, much basic data as been hitherto unavailable to anyone other than the most ardent scholars. McGuigan and Burnham have collected a tremendous treasure trove of information in a readily accessible form. Other books may tell you...
The Anatomy of Glory
Napoleon and His Guard
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Napoleon’s Imperial Guard was arguably the most famous military formation to tread the battlefields of Europe. La Garde Imperial was created on 18 May 1804, and from its origins as a small personal escort, the Guard grew in size and importance throughout the Napoleonic era. Eventually, it became...
1812
The Great Retreat
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
1812: The Great Retreat – the third and final volume in Austin’s magisterial trilogy – concludes the story of one of history’s most disastrous campaigns. The author's previous books brought the Grand Army to the head-on battle at Malo-Jaroslavetz after withdrawing sixty miles from the burnt...
Billy Yank
The Uniform of the Union Army, 1861-1865
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2006
A history of the United States Army during the time it served as the vanguard of western expansion and a description of its uniforms and equipment in the late nineteenth century. Each volume in this ongoing series combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images. These books are a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms.
Napoleon and Grouchy
The Last Great Waterloo Mystery Unravelled
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
One of the enduring controversies of the Waterloo campaign is the conduct of Marshal Grouchy. Given command of a third of Napoleon’s army and told to keep the Prussians from joining forces with Wellington, he failed to keep Wellington and Blücher apart with the result that Napoleon was overwhelmed...
Hitler's Last Witness
The Memoirs of Hitler's Bodyguard
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
After being seriously wounded in the 1939 Polish campaign, Rochus Misch was invited to join Hitler's SS-bodyguard. There he served until the war's end as Hitler's bodyguard, courier, orderly and finally as Chief of Communications.
On the Berghof terrace he watched Eva Braun organize parties; observed...
Born of the Desert
With the SAS in North Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Born of the Desert is a classic account of the early years of the SAS. The Special Air Service was formed in 1941 and quickly earned a reputation for stealth, daring and audacity in the Western Desert Campaign. This elite force utilised the endless expans
SAS Zero Hour
The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
‘The most comprehensive and enlightening version of these seminal events yet.’
~Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Britain’s elite Special Air Service Regiment, the SAS, is one of the most revered – and feared – special-ops units in the world. Its high-profile operations include the spectacular...
The Scourge of the Swastika
A Shot History of Nazi War Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
This factual account of German war crimes of World War II is a formidable indictment of Nazi brutality and of the monstrous organisation which so terrorised occupied Europe and murdered at least 12 million civilians. Along with The Knights of Bushido:
A Short History of Japanese War Crimes,...
He Was My Chief
The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Secretary
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
A rare and fascinating insight into Hitlers inner circle Roger Moorhouse, author of Killing HitlerThe last unpublished work by a Nazi of any significance The Sunday Telegraph As secretary to the Führer throughout the time of the Third Reich, Christa Schroeder was perfectly placed to observe the actions...