One vital convoy can break Mussolini's stranglehold on Malta, but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships. This work recounts life aboard a British warship during some of the darkest days of the Second World War, capturing the urgency of the blazing guns, the rupturing of deck plates, the screams of pain and the shouts of triumph.

Brings together the many dramatic discoveries resulting from research that has covered the five continents. This work reveals the code systems between the War Office and Colditz, shows how the author obtained information on Germany's secret weapons, and investigates the existence of traitors and the situation of non-collaborators in the castle.

Originally published in 1951 by Evans Brothers this is the story of the 1943 raid when nearly 350 tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr, when the Lancasters of 617 squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder dams with 'blockbuster' bombs. In the PAN GRAND STRATEGY series.

In the vineyards, wine caves, and cellars of France as war and occupation came to the country winemakers acted heroically not only to save the best wines but to defend their way of life. This title presents the true stories of vignerons who sheltered Jewish refugees in their cellars and of winemakers who risked their lives to aid the resistance.

Explores covert operations against the IRA from 1976 to 1987. Drawing on interviews with people who have served at the heart of intelligence and special operations in Ulster, as well as with members of paramilitary groups, this book examines the roles of the Army, the police, MI5 and MI6.

Published on the eightieth anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this book tells the story of a year during which the casualty lists on all sides were longer, and the turns of fortune most remarkable and action most intense.