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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is one of the most famous fighters of all time. First flown in 1935, it was continually developed, serving with the Luftwaffe first-line until the German surrender in May 1945. More than 33,000 were built, serving in the air forces of over ten nations. Post-war, it remained in production in both Czechoslovakia and Spain.

'ABBA Song by Song' takes a detailed look at every single song by Swedish supergroup ABBA. All of their worldwide hits, the gems hidden on their albums and B sides, and lost songs performed in concert or hidden in the vaults for decades.

Detailed guide to sites and ruins from Hitler's Third Reich located at Nazi HQs in Berchtesgaden and the Obersalzberg, Bavaria. This book gives the history of Hitler and his henchmen at their Bavarian homes, and also the military headquarters built to support Hitler's home area. Many hidden and out-of-the-way sites are highlighted with directions.

Delve into the photographic history of one of the world's most famous tanks; the T-34. Explore the technical innovations that kept the tank above the cream of the Wehrmacht. Never before has such a detailed study of the T-34 been conducted through the use of photographs, most of which were taken by those who opposed the tank on the battlefield.

Using official WW2 documents this book provides the reader with the same information on the Panzer V Panther that was available to British and Commonwealth officers and tank crews during the war. As soon as intelligence reports confirmed the existence of the Panther tank the hunt was on to find reliable information on how to knock out the new tank.

1945: a mushroom cloud rises 20,000 feet into the sky. This is not from the bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It is the remains of the battleship 'Yamato'. Representing the ambition and determination of Imperial Japan, the loss of the 'Yamato' in a kamikaze operation in April 1945 has become a symbol of the downfall of the Imperial Japanese Empire.

This new history charts the development, production, deployment, and combat operations of Japan's tank forces between their inception in 1918 and their disbandment in 1945. The author's persuasive arguments encourage the reader to reappraise their existing views concerning the contribution of Japanese tanks towards the projection of combat power.

A compelling account of a young man's flying experiences over the north Atlantic during WW2. Joining the RAF in October 1940 aged 21 Jack is sent to Canada to learn to fly. On becoming a Pilot/Navigator he joins Coastal Command on Liberators based in Iceland, renowned for its bad weather. The difficulties encountered hunting U-boats are relived.

ELO were formed by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne as a fusion of rock and classically-influenced music with strings. After their 1971 debut, Wood left and Lynne took them into more commercial pastures. They disbanded in 1986, but Lynne returned with an album in 2001 and as Jeff Lynne's ELO in 2014. This book examines all their studio albums in detail.

From 'Arnold Layne' to 'Louder Than Words', Pink Floyd wrote about anger, isolation, regret, dismay and fear. These themes, not always obvious starting points for popular music, were married to a rare dynamism in rock music. This book is an intelligent and illuminating study of the meaning and context of every Pink Floyd song from 1966 to 2014.

The classic Junkers Ju 52/3m has been used by nearly 30 countries around the world as an airliner/freight carrier. Easy to fly and maintain, thousands were used by Luftwaffe during WWII, dropping paratroopers and delivering supplies on every front. Postwar the Ju 52 was used by numerous countries. About 50 survive with less than 10 still flying.

Fearing that his SS and Police convicts National Socialist spirit was irrevocably damaged in civil and military gaols, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, Heinrich Himmler, commanded the HA SS-Gericht in the spring of 1940 to establish a Waffen-SS prison within the environs of the dreaded KL Dachau. Here, he incarcerated the malodourous elements of the SS.

The story of Gestapo officer Horst Kopkow, who was responsible for coordinating the tracking down of all British and Soviet parachute agents in Europe. He was directly implicated in the concentration camp murders of several hundred agents. Despite this, Kopkow was a consultant with Britain's Secret Intelligence Service for 20 years after the war.

Rare Birds brings together dozens of the rare aircraft of WWII to tell a complete picture of the greatest conflict of the golden age of aviation. With craft drawn from all the combatant nations, this book is a fun and informative source of knowledge for any aviation enthusiast. A must-read for anyone with an interest in rare and unusual aircraft.

This is the extraordinary saga of Countess Evelina van Millingen Pisani, a modern woman who lived in the age of Queen Victoria. A friend of Henry James and Isabella Stewart Gardner, she led a rich but turbulent life that spanned from Rome to Constantinople and Venice.

The first ever biography of this iconic Birmingham-born musician who rose to become one of the biggest rock stars of the 70s and 80s.

How these divisions from the North of England and Scotland helped turn the war - first in North Africa then in Europe after D-Day

The first illustrated edition of these remarkable first hand diaries from Italy's foreign minister during the 2nd World War

Taking the reader from the colossal surviving fort at Portchester in Hampshire to the empty, windswept site of Brancaster on the north Norfolk coast, Seeking the Saxon Shore is both a practical guide to locating and exploring these ancient Roman forts and a handbook for bringing them to life.

English-language historiography traditionally disregards Italian military history with sweeping generalizations about ineptitude, cowardice, and an ethnic/cultural aversion to warfare. This dismissive and demeaning approach obscures thoughtful analysis and discourse on the strengths, weaknesses, and ways in which Italy's military history is not dissimilar from other nations. Italy experienced two anti-insurgent operations, two conventional wars against European powers, a civil war, and two colonial campaigns during its first fifty years as a nation. These encounters forced versatility. Italy entered World War One as a young nation with a fledgling industry and limited raw materials. Nevertheless, it progressed along the tactical learning curve of modern industrial warfare like other belligerents. The country's strategic aspirations in World War Two, like those of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, exceeded its war-making capabilities. The Italian Way of War synthesizes previous scholarship with original research to provide a balanced narrative and assessment of Italian military history from 1866 to 1943.

AC/DC is a band that defines rock music. From their early beginnings playing on Australia's pub circuit to the platinum-selling albums and stadium tours of today, they have never strayed from their unique, instantly recognizable formula. In fifty years of albums and performances, through the tragic deaths of singer Bon Scott and, more recently, rhythm guitarist and founder Malcolm Young, AC/DC has defied the odds to become one of the world's most successful rock bands, surpassing 200 million album sales globally.Illustrated with rarities, collectibles, and other highlights from their discography, this book explores every album, song by song, from the first Australia-only single to their latest #1 platinum album Power Up. So come on a journey to celebrate the classics, to uncover the lesser-known gems, and to explore in magnificent detail the small beginnings, the emphatic career, and the world-conquering legacy of one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

Edmund Gosse, author of 'Father and Son', kept a diary from 1904 to 1906 of his life at Westminster when librarian of the House of Lords. From his privileged position he gives an unrivalled inside view of parliament and its many characters, including A. J. Balfour, Asquith and Haldane, in this hitherto unpublished journal.

With 290 colour images, almost all previously unpublished, 'RAF Fast Jets in Colour: The Cold War and Beyond' shows the evolution of one of the most technologically advanced air forces in the world.

An entertaining biography of The Merry Monarch's fourteen illegitimate children, their place at the royal court and in history.

This is an account of the life of barnstorming author Ernest Hemingway. Aubrey Malone has immersed himself in recent research to discover what led the author through a tumultuous personal life to the psychological collapse of his final years.

A meticulously researched new history of the Essex Yeomanry, a volunteer cavalry and artillery regiment, from its inception in the late eighteenth century through two world wars

From training for the operation to the evacuations after D-Day, this is the story of the Glider Pilot Regiment's role in the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. Operation Tonga was vital to the success of D-Day. It included the famous attacks on the Merville Battery and the bridges over the Orne River and Caen Canal, as well as the lesser-known, though equally important provision of an anti-tank screen to protect the southern and eastern flanks of the invasion beaches from German counterattacks. This account, the product of several years of research, is told through the eyes of those who were there-glider pilots, paratroopers, pathfinders, tug crews and passengers. It includes the stories of the crews that evaded capture by the Germans and pays tribute to the help they received from local resistance fighters. The contribution of the nine gliders that took part in the 'Coup de Main' landings has been well documented, but little has been written of the other eighty-nine gliders that participated. Operation Tonga - The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 tells the full story.

The four volumes of The Complete Medal of Honor present the full citations of the 3,537 awards granted to 3,517 men (nineteen were double recipients) and one woman between the start of the Civil War in 1861 and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021.This first volume gives the citations of the 1,522 men and one woman whose courageous exploits during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865 were deemed worthy of their country's highest award for bravery.

The atom bombs dropped on Japan opened the door to the nuclear age. In an ambitious programme, the US Navy paired missiles with nuclear-powered submarines resulting in the Polaris fleet of forty-one deterrent submarines with the first leaving on patrol in 1960. Agreement was later reached to supply the missiles to the Royal Navy.