Frontline Books: 219 books
Invasion
The Alternative History of the German Invasion of England, July 1940
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
'Macksey's blend of what actually happened and what might have been makes for a piece of writing comparable to Frederick Forsyth at his best.' Jack Higgins
'Convincingly described and excellently illustrated.' The Daily Telegraph
In June 1940, German troops massed across the Channel,...
SAS: With the Maquis in Action with the French Resistance
June - September 1944
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
On the night of 5/6 June 1944, D-Day, a Lockheed Hudson dropped a small group of parachutists into the mountainous Morvan area of central France. Their mission was to operate as an advance reconnaissance party 400 miles behind the German lines and to make contact with the French Resistance.
One...
Frederick the Great
A Military History
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Frederick the Great is one of historys most important leaders. Famed for his military successes and domestic reforms, his campaigns were a watershed in the history of Europe securing Prussias place as a continental power and inaugurating a new pattern of total war that was to endure until 1916. However,...
Gurkha Tales
From Peace and War, 1945–2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
J. P. CROSS has spent 67 years among the Gurkhas, first as a serving officer and then as a resident of Nepal, being the only foreigner in the history of the country to be allowed to be both a house- and land-owner. His language ability is such that, even after 90 minutes of being interviewed on the...
by Graham Summer, Raffaele D'Amato
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
From the Latin warriors on the Palatine Hill in the age of Romulus, to the last defenders of Constantinople in 1453 AD, the weaponry of the Roman Army was constantly evolving. Through glory and defeat, the Roman warrior adapted to the changing face of warfare. Due to the immense size of the Roman...
by James Dunning
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
This book tells the fascinating story of the origins of the Commandos (Britain's first Special Service troops and the forerunners of today's Parachute Regiment, the SAS and the SBS) and the development of their special training in World War II. The commandos were raised on the specific and personal...
Sparta At War
Strategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 950–362 BC
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
During the eighth century BC, Sparta became one of the leading cities of ancient Greece, conquering the southern Peloponnese, and from the mid-sixth century BC until the mid-fourth, Sparta became a military power of recognized importance. For almost two centuries the massed Spartan army remained unbeaten...
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Last Letters from the Front Line
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
In this brilliant and profoundly moving collection of farewell letters written by servicemen and women to their loved ones, Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past three hundred years.Each letter provides an enduring...
Britain's Wartime Evacuees
The People, Places and Stories of the Evacuations Told Through the Accounts of Those Who Were There
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
With the declaration of war in September 1939, the Government Evacuation Scheme was implemented, in which almost one and a half million civilians, mostly children, were evacuated from the British cities thought most likely to be the targets of aerial bombing. The fear of invasion the following year...
by Field Marshal von Hindenberg, Charles Messenger
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Revered as the epitome of German militarism and moral decency, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg was one of the most popular and dominant figures of the Great War and of 20th - century Germany. Alongside Erich Ludendorff he secured a crucial victory over
by Hilda Gadea
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
He stayed to talk that day for some time. Eventually Lucila left the room. Then we turned to more personal matters, the disagreement completely forgotten. I confessed that I had been deeply moved by what he had written in the book'
Che Guevara's first wife, Hilda Gadea, was with him during...
The Gestapo
History of Horror
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2008
The word 'Gestapo' has become synonymous with the terrible brutality and terror of the Nazi regime in World War II. The Gestapo came into existence in 1933 as Department 1A of the Prussian State Police. Under the SS, the Gestapo grew in power, and was given the job of investigating and combatting...
by Ernst Röhm
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Ernst Röhm was one of the key architects behind the rise of the Nazi Party. From 1919 until 1923, following the defeat of Germany in the First World War, Röhm served in the Freikorps and then NSDAP – the Nazi Party. He served as the party’s patron, promoter and watchdog, and helped found the...
Hitler's Stormtroopers
The SA, The Nazis’ Brownshirts, 1922 - 1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
The Sturm Abteilung der NSDAP (SA, assault battalion of the Nazi party) – created in August 1920 – were squads of strong arms intended to protect the Nazis’ meetings, to provoke disturbance, to break up other parties’ meetings, and to attack and assault political opponents as part of a deliberate...