Product Description: The post-Normandy battles that the Allies fought as they struggled for seven months to advance from the Seine to the Rhine were complex and controversial. Even after sixty years, the questions remain of who was responsible for the failure at Nijmegen, the destruction of the British First Airborne Division at Arnhem, and the failure of Operation Market Garden...read more

Presents a history of the battles of Arnhem and the Ardennes that decided the war in western Europe.

Product Description: The post-Normandy battles, as the Allies struggled for seven months to advance from the Seine to the Rhine, were never less than complex and controversial. Even after sixty years, the questions remain. In this account of the 1944 post-Normandy campaign, historian Robin Neillands examines the often difficult relationships between the Allied generals and the nature of Eisenhower's exercise of his role as supreme commander...read more

1915. A terrible, seminal year for the allied effort in WW1, is investigated by respected military historian Robin Neillands

Documenting one of World War II’s most controversial campaigns, this decisive guide provides an in-depth view of how, a full two years before D-Day, thousands of men—mostly Canadian troops eager for their first taste of battle—were deployed across the Channel in a poorly organized raid on the French port town of Dieppe. Revealing that air supremacy had not been secured, and that the topography of the town and its near-impenetrable surroundings were impossible to overcome, this startling account presents allegations of a dark conspiracy that resulted in the utter carnage of the attempted invasion—with entire regiments literally decimated before the troops had reached the shores. Striving to reveal the facts behind the myths, and debating whether the invasion was an attempt to prove to the Americans—at the expense of many Canadian lives—the impracticality of staging the Normandy landings for another two years, this intriguing volume is an invaluable resource for those captivated by the path of military history.

Product Description: The vicious conflict between the English noble houses of York and Lancaster—known as the War of the Roses—marked the end of medieval England and the birth of the Renaissance. Here is a concise and fascinating study of that 30-year period, which recounts the secret plots, hidden romances, royal murders, great battles, political intrigues, and broken promises...read more

Product Description: There is no single-volume, popular military history of 1916. Curious, because 1916 was the pivotal year of the First World War, a year of unparalleled disaster for the British, French and German Armies, yet the year in which the balance of advantage swung in favour of the Allies...read more

Documents the outstanding accomplishments of the British Eighth Army, under the command of General Sir Bernard Montgomery, which successfully battled the forces of the Axis powers in battles at Sidi Rezegh, Alamein, Sicily, and Cassino, on the path to ultimate victory in World War II. Reprint.

Product Description: Book by Neillands, Robin H.

An authoritative study of the Allied bombing campaign against Nazi Germany draws on the recollections of British, American, Canadian, and other Allied pilots, as well as on those of German fliers and civilians, to explore the role and effectiveness of the campaign and the moral issues involved. Reprint.

The Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a quarrel between two cousins resulting in decades of violence in the battle for the French throne. It was a war which wrought great change in two medieval societies, ushering in the Renaissance and having repurcussions down to the present day.

Product Description: The Green Berets. The Navy SEALs. The secret Delta Force. The British SAS. The Israeli Mossad. Almost every country has a special force unit in their military. But what do they do, whom do they recruit, and how do they train?Robin Neillands, renowned military historian and himself a former Royal Marine Commando, tells the story of special forces since the end of the World War II, where possible in the words of the soldiers themselves...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The history of the decline of the British Empire is traced from the partition of India in 1947 to the handing back of Hong Kong in 1997. Oral histories of civil and military individuals are used to explore and explain such events as the Suez Crisis of 1956 and the unrest in Northern Ireland...read more

Chronicling the last five months of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich from the viewpoints of those who were there, a detailed narrative draws on interviews, letters, and eyewitness accounts of Allied and Axis soldiers and citizens (view table of contents)

Product Description: Wining and Dining in France [May 01, 1995] Neillands, Robin

Product Description: Book by Neillands, Robin

Provides advice on equipment and preparations for skiing, describes a specific program of training spread over two days, and suggests follow-up activities