Als das deutsche Schlachtschiff »Bismarck« 1940 in Dienst gestellt wurde, war es das größte und k...

This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could dramatically influence the course o...

When the Romans left Britain around AD 410 the island had not been fully subjugated. In the Celti...

This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can b...

Superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships t...

A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the large...

A highly illustrated look at Operation Ironclad and Britain's attempt to curtail any Japanese thr...

As Japan attacked in 1942, the reeling Allies formed a joint command, the first of the war, which...

Koniggratz 1866

The story of the Norse Earls of Orkney, whose lands once covered much of Scotland, and whose reac...

In World War II, the Royal Navy fought a dashing, dangerous war to defend the last miles of Briti...

Warships in the Battle of Britain 1940

Highly illustrated with colour images and specially commissioned maps throughout, this is a uniqu...

In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty despe...

During the American War of Independence (1775-83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, ...

This study explores, in detail, the gripping tale of a handful of British X-Craft submarines whic...

This second volume by Angus Konstam on the Russian Army of the Seven Years War concentrates on th...

The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of World War I, and was closely linked to th...

In the early 20th century Britain's largest colonies established their own small naval presence, ...

For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the g...

An examination of the life and warfare of the typical pirate during the hey day of piracy.It char...

In the early months and years of World War II, it was Germany's cruisers and battleships that mos...

This fully illustrated study explains the British Pacific Fleet's campaign against the Japanese i...

As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of 'hyper-dreadnought...

When the Germans began building their own dreadnought fleet armed with larger guns in 1906, the A...

At the outset of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Na...

A history and analysis of one of the most dramatic moments in both air power and naval history. W...

The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare.The first half-dozen drea...

A ground-breaking narrative account of one of World War II's most exciting chase stories, the pur...

This Osprey title details General George B. McClellan's controversial Peninsula campaign and the ...

First mentioned by name in AD 297, the Picts inhabited Northern Britain from the end of the 3rd c...

Specially commissioned photographs of more than 700 key artifacts and military equipment bring to...

A beautifully illustrated history of the little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power...

For most of the Renaissance period, naval warfare in the Mediterranean was dominated by the war g...

Labelled a 'splendid little war' by Senator John Hay, the Spanish American War (1898) was a pecul...

In this book, expert Angus Konstam explores the fledging Tudor Navy, tracing its history, from it...

The creation of a Confederate ironclad fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logist...

This book tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first...

Ships have been part of military campaigns since the Ancient world, and this expertly illustrated...

Authors Angus Konstam and Roger Michael Kean reveal the truth behind our myths, fairy tales, and ...

A highly illustrated account of the hunt for the Bismarck.The break of the German battleship Bism...

This book gives an accurate picture of the pirates who sailed in the waters of the Caribbean and ...

When war broke out in 1939, only three true battlecruisers remained in the Royal Navy including H...

With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at ...

The most famous admiral in history, Horatio Nelson's string of naval victories helped secure Brit...

Before the era of great pirates in the early 18th century, there was an even more bloodthirsty ph...

A fascinating look at the British naval intervention in the Baltic in 1918-20, and at the British...

With Hitler's army rampaging across Europe, Winston Churchill ordered the creation of a special f...