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Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle

Mark Stille

A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War.

 

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Boots on the Ground: Modern Land Warfare from Iraq to Ukraine

Leigh Neville

Written by a renowned expert in modern conflicts, this fully illustrated book provides an examination of ground warfare over the past 20 years and looks ahead to the future.

 

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Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age

Si Sheppard

A groundbreaking history of the wars of the Ottoman Expansion, a truly global conflagration that crisscrossed three continents and ultimately defined the borders and future of modern Europe.

 

From Trenton to Yorktown: Turning Points of the Revolutionary War

John R. Maass

This sweeping narrative is an astute exploration of the five critical military events that changed the outcome of the Revolutionary war.

 

Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943

Jeffrey R. Cox

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey R. Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War.

 

Mediterranean Sweep: The USAAF in the Italian Campaign

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Filled with personal accounts of the action, this book details the USAAF's tactical and strategic campaigns in the skies over Italy in World War II.

 

Bagration 1944: The Great Soviet Offensive

Prit Buttar

This is a gripping account of one of World War II’s most crucial yet often overlooked campaigns.

 

Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918–40

Robert Lyman and Richard Dannatt

A compelling history of the decline of an army from the triumph of victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A cautionary tale for modern Britain.

 

Light Panzers

Thomas Anderson

This highly illustrated new study tells the full story of the German light Panzers in World War II.

 

Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.

 

Dogwood: A National Guard unit's war in Iraq

Andrew Wiest

This is the first major history of a National Guard unit fighting the War on terror. 

  

Warship 2025

Edited by John Jordan and Stephen Dent

The 2025 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships.

 

To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941–42

Prit Buttar

The first major history of the siege of Leningrad in over a decade, masterfully brought to life by a leading expert using original Russian and German source material.

 

Korea: War Without End

Robert Lyman and Richard Dannatt

A ground-breaking re-examination of one of the most overlooked modern conflicts. 

 

Over Cold War Seas: NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89

Mike Napier

Michael Napier describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral countries throughout the Cold War.

 

Opening the Gates of Hell: Operation Barbarossa, June–July 1941

Richard Hargreaves

A unique account of the opening weeks of history's largest, most brutal conflict, told through the eyes of those who were there and based on original source material from across Europe.

 

Nations in Arms: Five Armies That Made Europe

Barney White-Spunner

A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal with modern threats.

 

Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King

Michael Livingston

This groundbreaking study by Mike Livingston, as featured on History Hit's Agincourt, presents a new interpretation of Henry V's great victory.

 

Battle for the Island Kingdom: Vikings, Anglo-Saxons & Normans, 1000-1066

Don Hollway

Weaving together period sources and fast-paced narrative, Battle for the Island Kingdom reveals the life-and-death struggles for power which changed the course of English history. 

 

1217: The Battles that Saved England

Catherine Hanley

An engrossing history of the pivotal year when the future of England was secured.

 

Into the Reich: The Red Army’s advance to the Oder in 1945

Prit Buttar

A masterly study of both the last desperate struggles of the Wehrmacht to preserve the Third Reich and the unstoppable Soviet drive to final victory.  

Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest Enemy

Catherine Hanley

The extraordinary tale of Philip Augustus, one of medieval Europe's greatest monarchs, and the part he played in the downfall of four Plantagenet kings of England.

 

The Killing Season: A New History of Autumn 1914

Robert Cowley

An in-depth, authoritative account of the autumn of 1914 on the Western Front and the First Battle of Ypres, a true turning point in modern warfare.

 

The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025

Ben Barry

A new study of a critical period in the history of the British Army.

 

Rhineland: Hitler’s Last Defence, 1944–45

Anthony Tucker-Jones

A dramatic retelling of the desperate battle of the Rhineland during World War II from the German perspective.

 

Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

Lucy Betteridge-Dyson

Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign.

 

War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution

Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin

Drawing on vivid contemporary accounts, this is a fascinating exploration of how and why the Revolutionary War descended into a brutal existential struggle.

 

Defenders of the Reich: The Luftwaffe’s War Against America’s Bombers

Robert Forsyth

The story of the Luftwaffe fighter arm's desperate defence of the Third Reich from the growing Allied bomber offensive in World War II.

 

Pearl Harbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster

Mark Stille

A detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy that saw the USA enter World War II.

 

Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944

Jeffrey R. Cox

A fast-paced and absorbing read of the final months of the crucial Guadalcanal-Solomons campaign during the Pacific War by esteemed World War II historian Jeffrey R. Cox.