World War I

This classic war memoir, first published in 1920, is based on the author's extensive diaries describing hard combat experienced on the Western Front during World War I.....

Ernst Jünger was a famous German soldier who saw action during World War I. He is best known for his memoirs Storm of Steel, which chronicle his experiences during World War I....

The inspiring true story of "the reluctant World War I infantryman who became an American legend" - in his own words (The New York Times). October 8, 1918: Amid the last of the Allies' attempts to defeat the Germans, Sgt. Alvin York of Tennessee found himself and his platoon of only 17 men...

African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes....

This account of the Great War puts you right in the action - from one of the fighter pilots of the Royal Flying Corps....

The incredible true story of Clifton B. "Lucky" Cates, whose service in World War I and beyond made him a legend in the annals of the Marine Corps. Cates knew that he and his small band of marines were in a desperate spot. Before handing the note over to a runner, he added three words that would...

Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker was best known as one of the commanders of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, a crack unit of pilots....

The Storm of Steel is a first-hand account of World War I trench combat lifted from the diaries of Ernst Junger, a German infantryman who would become one of Europe's most renowned writers.

Few participants in World War I are more famous than Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron....

An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of 20 men and women from around the globe - a powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like. In this masterful book, renowned historian Peter Englund describes this epoch-defining event by...

With a total of 40 victories, Oswald Boelcke was Germany's first ace in World War I-and a century later he remains a towering figure in the history of air warfare, renowned for his character, inspirational leadership, organizational genius, development of air-to-air tactics, and more....

More than three million American men, many of them volunteers, joined the AEF in the first twenty months of US involvement in the First World War. Of these, over 50,000 were killed on European soil. These were the Doughboys, the young men recruited from the cities and farms of the United States...

“Written with great accuracy, detail, enthusiasm, and insight . . . a new perspective on the well-trodden story of the Arab Revolt” (Military History Matters on its Book of the Year, Silver Award-winner). Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can...

Starting in 1969, Mark Urban reveals the extraordinary history of the special forces' operations in Northern Ireland and the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organisations.

From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer...

Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades. He meticulously examines York's youth, his service in the Great War, and....

In this vivid first-hand account we gain unique access to the inner workings of Stalin's Central Women’s Sniper School, near Podolsk in western Russia. Luliia was a dedicated member of the Komsomol (the Soviet communist youth organization) and her parents worked for the NKVD....

The only woman to serve as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a hero and media sensation....

In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing's legacy as the nation's first modern combat commander....

В настоящем издании впервые публикуется рукопись Федора Васильевича Челнокова (1866–1925) — потомственного промышленника и почетного гражданина Москвы — написанная им в эмиграции в 1919–1925 гг. «Балканские тетради», первая часть рукописи, описывают драматические события 1919 года.

Ernst Jünger (1895-1998) was a decorated German soldier and author who became famous for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel, published in 1920, shortly after the end of the war....

Only a man who had lived all his life in Suffolk could produce such a vivid and accurate portrayal of Akenfield and its inhabitants.

The dramatic true story of five brilliant young soldiers from Harvard, this is a thrilling tale of combat and heroism....

The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and...

Told for the first time, here is the story of a stray dog who eventually became affectionately known as Sergeant Stubby, the most famous war dog of World War I....