Recounting the key events of World War II, this book explores the war's ideological, nationalistic and economic causes; probes the motivation of those involved, including Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt and Truman. It also provides a narrative of the entire course of the struggle, which unfolded simultaneously in many places.

Major new biography of one of the most controversial commanders in British military history.

Explores the hidden history of orange juice. This book looks at the early forces that propelled orange juice to prominence, including a surplus of oranges that plagued Florida during most of the twentieth century and the army's need to provide vitamin C to troops overseas during World War II.

6 June 1944 is one of the most momentous days in history - the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, this title tells the compelling story of this turning point in the Second World War.

Recent history brought to life through the experiences of six people in each book.

A comprehensive history of one of the most reputed and active tank regiments of the Second World War, from their formation in 1939 through their actions with the Eighth Army in North Africa and Italy, to their disbandment in 1946.

It is 1913 - just prior to England's entry into World War I - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. A group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are obtuse and decorative finale of an era.

A collection of 40 postcards. It covers the range of military history, from the battlefields of the ancient world through the crusades and conflicts of medieval times to the aerial raids of World War II.

The First World War was the overwhelming disaster from which everything else in the twentieth century stemmed. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. This book presents the short history of the conflict.

Features the stories of country children waiting in the rain for the school bus. This title features Anna whose story takes the children to Nazi Germany; and Heidi, a young girl caught in the turmoil of World War II, whose father was one of the most dreaded men in history.