War changes everyone and for those lucky enough to survive there can be no return to the carefree...

Dunkirk resonates through British history. The 'miracle of deliverance', as Prime Minister Winsto...

Beans as bullets', 'Vegetables for Victory' and 'Cloches against Hitler': these slogans convey ju...

The New Forest at War documents aspects of the social and military history of this unique area of...

Produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, the 'Allotment and Garden Guides' were issued monthly th...

'Original text first issued by War Department, Washington, D.C., 1942'--Title page verso.

Containing over one hundred and twenty photographs of Dunton Green from the last one hundred year...

The story of a remarkable Irishman who served the British Empire for almost fifty years. His extr...

American paratrooper medics Robert E. Wright and Kenneth J. Moore exemplify remarkable courage an...

This book reveals the myths and mayhem which accompanied the three waves of wartime evacuation an...

Civilians as well as British and American servicemen were tempted into crime. What became of thos...

The 1960s, known as the 'Swinging Sixties', are recognised as a landmark decade both by those who...

An in-depth look at the experience of the civilian life of Britain throughout the four momentous ...

In this captivating and meticulously researched book, delve into the heart of history as the New ...

Contrary to the Hollywood-style romanticism of popular novels and films, the Second World War was...

The Second World War, often described as a 'People's War', was the first time civilians played a ...

The daring midnight mission on D-Day led by Major John Howard's Coup de Main party to capture str...

Parachute Doctor is the story of Captain David Tibbs RAMC MC who as a member of 225 (Parachute) F...