A controversial new history of the heroic year-long siege where British and Australian 'Desert Rats' held out against Rommel's Afrika Korps. The siege of Tobruk was the longest in British military history. The coastal fortress and vital deep-water port of Tobruk was of crucial importance for the battle for North Africa as the key that would unlock ...
An explosive new history of the battle immortalised in A Bridge Too Far where paratroopers fought in vain to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine. On Sunday 17 September 1944, over 2,000 transport aircraft lifted off from airfields across England and set a course for Holland. They were the first wave of the largest airborne operation in history, ...
This book features: unique format, comprehensive and easy to follow battlefield guide; and, in-depth battle history which traces the history of Verdun from the Iron Age to the horrendous battle in 1916. It is fully illustrated with contemporary maps and photographs as well as current day photographs, maps and walking tours plans. It includes ...
The siege of Tobruk was the longest in British military history. The coastal fortress and deep-water port was of crucial importance to the battle for North Africa, and the key that would unlock the way to Egypt and the Suez Canal. For almost a year the isolated garrison held out against all attempts to take it, and in the process Tobruk assumed a ...
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