Military History

From the Crusades to the Cold War, and from Spitfires to spies, our vast range of military history books spans centuries of global and local conflict. This is where you will find books on military operations, specific battles, the First World War and the Second World War, espionage and more. Reflecting on the impact of war on societies and economies worldwide, these books are essential guides to understanding the conflicts of the past and how they’ve shaped our world.

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  • Britain's Forgotten Battle : The Reichswald Forest Campaign, 1945-9781398114913
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  • The Armchair General World War One : Can You Win The Great War?-9781804941898
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  • On a Knife Edge : How Germany Lost the First World War-9781108965866
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  • The Siege : The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama-9780241675670
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  • The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, now a Major Guy Ritchie Film : The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Downfall, Giving Birth To Modern-Day Black Ops-9781529439526
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  • The Unknown Warrior : A Personal Journey of Discovery and Remembrance-9781398509443
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  • The Unknown Warrior : A Personal Journey of Discovery and Remembrance-9781398509443
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  • Conflict : The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza-9780008568016
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  • Spitfire : A Very British Love Story-9781471159237
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  • Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire : The Inside Story of Europe's Last War-9781783964451
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  • Lancaster : The Forging of a Very British Legend-9781471180491
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  • Eject! Eject! : Escaping disaster in the skies and surviving what comes next-9781398509436
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  • The Collaborators : Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II-9781838957674
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  • SAS Great Escapes Three : Gripping True Escape Stories Executed by World War Two Heroes-9781529429435
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  • D-Day: The Unheard Tapes : Powerful Eye-witness Accounts of The Battle for Normandy 1944-9781035049639
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  • SAS : The Illustrated History of the SAS-9780008549992
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  • Night Train to Odesa : Covering the Human Cost of Russia’s War-9781846976476
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  • Colonialism : A Moral Reckoning-9780008511678
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  • The Supersonic BONE : A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber-9781399014717
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  • Mosquito : The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission-9780552178006
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  • The Russo-Ukrainian War : From the bestselling author of Chernobyl-9781802061789
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  • Luck of the Draw : My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-9781783967353
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  • The Savage Storm : The Heroic True Story of One of the Least told Campaigns of WW2-9781787636682
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  • SAS Great Escapes Two : Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes-9781529429381
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  • Abyss : World on the Brink, the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962-9780008365035
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  • Speed, Aggression, Surprise : The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service-9780753559406
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  • SAS : Rogue Heroes - Now a major TV drama-9780241996904
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  • Eject! Eject!-9781398509405
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  • Command : The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine-9780141993515
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  • Colditz : Prisoners of the Castle-9780241986974
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