A War of Empires. Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941-45, Hardback - Robert Lyman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Robert LymanIllustration(s): illustrated with 16 pages of b/w photos and 12 b/w maps.Number of pages...

Nothing less than one of the most interesting soldiers of his generation, Slim's 'smart' style of soldiering paved the way for how we make war today.

A superb example of the ever-popular Japanese POW genre. First hand and contemporaneous account of survival on the notorious Burma Railway.

An Authoritative study which explores how after years of fighting each other for South Asia, Russia and Britain started to lose their influence in ...

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Renowned military historian Dr Robert Lyman sheds new light on the inner workings of Churchill's war cabinet, its relationship with the overstretch...

Four years of fear: escapes, resistance, internment, occupation and finally - liberation. Philip Cracknell brings his unrivalled knowledge of Hong ...

A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

The central theme of Love Letters from World War Two is the story of Alan and Sheila Stevenson and their separation by war.

This fascinating new history follows the course of Japan's ultimately unequal struggle against the great allied powers. Unsparing in its treatment ...

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This highly illustrated book tells the heroic story of the air battle, as well asthe Blitz bombing campaign which followed, through photographs, in...

Publishing for the 75th anniversary of the Partition of India in August 2022, this book is a unique exploration of the rich and complicated history...

Reducere. Like their heavy cruiser brethren, the light cruisers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the build-up to WWII paid little more than lip service...

DescriptionA bespoke hardcover suite of short fictions set after the events of HG Wells' War of the Worlds A thrilling, timely anthology of short f...

During Second World War was largest single army worldwide, but is often overlooked. Book compiled from all divisions of the Fourteenth Armys report...

A comprehensive new history of British imperial policy-making in the Arab world.

Reducere. Bertil and Hseng Noung Lintner, and their baby daughter, born enroute, spent one and a half years traveling through northern and eastern Burma, fro...

Clipped Wings: Illustrated diary of my RAF service in India & Burma 1942-1946 by Cpl Peter Walker

Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East. This book begins with the first intimations of the existence of Georgians...

A concise and authoritative account of North Korea's post war historyIllustrations: 20 illustrations

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In September 1946, the London Gazette published a despatch from Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C T Dowding that was titled simply: The Battle of Britai...

The jungle war against the Japanese was arguably one of the worst terrors that could be inflicted upon a young soldier who had never been away from...

Captured on arrival in Singapore, Jack Chalker, an art student, joined the 60, 000 allied prisoners in the slave labour camps of the infamous Burma...

Extensive coverage of the arrangements for the defence of Burma and the characteristics of the country. Describes the Japanese invasion, from Malay...

Britain at War in Colour showcases 100 of the best rare and original colour images of the Second World War from the IWM photograph collection. Feat...

This detailed volume offers a comprehensive guide to the uniforms and equipment of the little known Croatian units that fought alongside Nazi Germa...

Offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays b...

Rare account of the experiences of a Chindit operating deep behind enemy lines in Burma.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Daniel BerkeIllu...

DescriptionThe significance of the Second World War and its relevance to the lives of so many, has generated a legacy of published material on the ...

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This book revises the conventional wisdom about the Anglo-Japanese relationship in the late nineteenth century that these two countries were bound ...

A new history of the battles in Burma in 1944, the outcome of which decided World War II in Asia and influenced the next 75 years of Asian history....

I cannot imagine what has got into the central nervous system of the men.'A War of Nerves is a history of military psychiatry in the twentieth cent...

In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a ...

A gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany during the decades lead...

DescriptionIn the aftermath of the Winter War, Finland found itself drawing ever closer to Nazi Germany and eventually took part in Operation Barba...

Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Jonathan ClementsIllustration(s): over 75 color and b&w photographs and mapsNumber of pages: 320Publication ...

The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-1945 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America's participation in the conflict.Publisher: Taylor &...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The S...

Russia's Road to War with Ukraine is a concise entry-level account of the path to the conflict that now dominates our headlines. It offers an objec...

At the start of the twenty-first century challenges to the global hegemony of U.S. culture are more apparent than ever. Two of the contenders vying...

Superbly, graphically and sensitively written.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Mooney, BrianIllustration(s): 8pp of B & W platesNumber of...

The monster hunter Solomon Kane's regime has crumbled. A small band of urban legends are working to return his former prisoners, legendary creature...