Sir Winston Churchill bestrode the 20th Century. He held many political and cabinet positions including Home Secretary from 1910 and then Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for War.
During the First World War, millions of soldiers saw the poppies in Flanders fields on the Western Front. Some even sent pressed poppies home in letters. Over 100 years later, the poppy is still a world-recognised symbol of remembrance of the First World War, and many of us choose to wear a red poppy in November. The poppy continues to capture our ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423958
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
From Triumph to Defeat on the Eastern Front (1941)
On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union that opened the Eastern Front in World War II. With lightning speed and devastating success, the German army tore through Soviet territory and rolled over the Red Army, scoring some of the most dramatic victories in military history--until the ......
We Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern England for Nazi-occupied arctic Norway to organize and supply the Norwegian resistance. But they were betrayed and the Nazis ......
It was a crucial moment of WW2. 1940. The Royal Air Force, virtually alone, defended the skies of Britain against massed formations of German bombers. They put up such a ferocious defence that Hitler gave up ideas of invading Britain and turned his attention to an assault on the Soviet Union.
IWM holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day. The Second World War was won by millions of Allied soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians, many of whom came from the countries of the British Empire. It was won using ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423972
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the man voted 'the Greatest Briton', Churchill: A Visual History tells the incredible story of Winston Churchill's long life and lasting legacy. With particular focus on Churchill's pivotal role during the Second World War, the book features artefacts, interviews, documents, art and ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423811
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons
Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast implants, and other physical alterations to prisoners, the idea being that by remodeling the face you remake the man.
The Failures of U.S. Military Intelligence from the Revolution to Afghanistan
Senseless Secrets is a military history of the United States through its intelligence operations, covering more than 200 years of intelligence breakdowns in every American war, from the Revolution's Benedict Arnold to the War on Terror and the chaos surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
