Frontline Books: 219 books
Triumphs and Disasters
Eyewitness Accounts of the Netherlands Campaigns 1813-1814
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Sir Thomas Graham’s Netherlands Campaign of 1813–1814 has produced a surprisingly rich crop of memoirs and letters. This compelling new book brings together six of the shorter accounts, several of them never before seen in print, to help shed new light on the triumphs and disasters of these forgotten...
Ambush
Surprise Attack in Ancient Greek Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
There are two images of warfare that dominate Greek history. The better known is that of Achilles, the Homeric hero skilled in face-to-face combat to the death. He is a warrior who is outraged by deception on the battlefield. The alternative model, equally Greek and also taken from Homeric epic, is...
Luftwaffe Over Germany
Defense of the Reich
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
The Luftwaffe over Germany tells the story of one of the longest and most intense air battles in history. The daylight air struggles over Germany during World War II involved thousands of aircraft, dozens of units, and hundreds of aerial engagements. Unti
Albuera 1811
The Bloodiest Battle of the Peninsular War
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
On 16 May 1811, the small town of Albuera was the setting for one of the Peninsular War’s most bloody and desperate battles. A combined Spanish, British and Portuguese force of more than 30,000 men, under the command of Lord Beresford, stubbornly blocked the march of the French field marshal Soult,...
The Very Thing
The Memoirs of Drummer Bentinck, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1807-1823
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures. His writings provide an evocative portrait of an ordinary soldier’s perception of living with one of the most experienced Napoleonic infantry battalions.
He...
Waterloo: The Defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard
Henry Clinton, the 2nd Division and the End of a 200-year Old Controversy
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015
This is the most detailed account of the 2nd Division at Waterloo ever published. It is based on the papers of its commander Sir Henry Clinton and it reveals for the first time the previously unrecognised vital role this division made in the defeat of Napoleon.
They Swept the Field Clear explains...
by Gareth Glover
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Much of the material available to readers in the English language interested in the exploits of the troops of Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau is in the form of dry official reports, which stick to the basic facts and avoid all sentimentality and emotion. However, unbeknown to virtually anyone in the...
Waterloo Archive Vol II
German Sources
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
German troops formed the majority of Wellington’s forces present at the Battle of Waterloo including those of Nassau, Brunswick, Hanover and the King’s German Legion, and they have left a large number of first-hand accounts of their role in the battle.
The actions of the King's German Legion...
From Corunna To Waterloo
The Letters and Journals of Two Napoleonic Hussars, 1801-1816
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
The book is a thoroughly researched and engaging history of the 15th Hussars throughout the wars, crammed full of interesting asides regarding the life and loves of a cavalryman in the Napoleonic age. As you read this book, you will learn to care passionately for these gregarious young men, partake...
With Winston Churchill at the Front
Winston on the Western Front 1916
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Following his resignation from the Government after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, Winston Churchill’s political career stalled. Never one to give in, Churchill was determined to continue fighting the enemy.
He was already a Major in the Territorial Reserve and he was offered promotion to Lieutenant...
Last Days of the Luftwaffe
German Luftwaffe Combat Units 1944–1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2009
The end of the Second World War in Europe was an epoch of complete social, cultural and technological upheaval. In the realm of military and aviation history this period was revolutionary. The eclipse of the piston-engine, and the introduction of electronic detection equipment, rockets and airborne...
Stuka Spearhead
The Lightning War from Poland to Dunkirk, 1939-1940
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1998
This addition to the Luftwaffe at War Series is a fully illustrated guide to the formative years of the Ju 87 dive-bomber which dominated the opening campaigns of W orld War II.
The Lines of Torres Vedras
The Cornerstone of Wellington's Strategy in the Peninsular War 1809-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
In 1809 French armies controlled almost every province of Spain and only Wellington's small force in Portugal stood between Napoleon and the conquest of Iberia.
The French invaded Portugal in the summer of 1810 but found their way blocked by the most extensive field fortifications the world...
by Kenneth Macksey
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Illustrated with maps and a center section of black and white photographs. Kesselring-commander, leader, administrator; the only senior German officer to start and finish the Second World War holding a high command appointment. There was scarcely a major campaign in which he was not at some time deeply...