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Part of the Oxford University Great Battle Series. Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams.

Giles Orpen-Smellie writes about his experience as a battalion intelligence officer, of how battlefield or tactical intelligence, was collected and assessed to develop a picture of the Argentine defenders.

Dr Peter Caddick-Adams explores the final weeks of the Second World War and what it was like to encounter enemy combatants and civilians face-to-face during this closing stage of the Allies' fight against Nazi Germany.

A dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two.

Using letter, diaries and official recordings, Professor Stephen Conway provides an insight into the lives of British Soldiers and an analysis of what mattered most to them.

Sukwinder Bassi draws on previously unpublished accounts to highlight stories of Sikh service, offering a fascinating insight into the First World War through the eyes of Sikh people.

Dick Taylor highlights the often-painful process of reducing the size of the British regular cavalry through a series of amalgamations, and then the tortuous process of converting them to armoured cars and tanks prior to the Second World War.

Giving prominence to the deep, personal battles of those left behind, The Searchers brings the legacy of war vividly to life in testament to the bravery, compassion and resilience of the human spirit.

British POWs and the Holocaust: Witnessing the Nazi Atrocities Author Russell Wallis

This volume of French eyewitness accounts of Waterloo, published for the first time in full English, completes Andrew Field's pioneering work on the French experience in this decisive battle.

Women on the Front Line explains how women went from unacknowledged participation in combat in the Second World War to the opening of all combat roles by 2018.

Waterloo Medium Tray