Frontline Books imprint: 291 books
Gordon Welchman
Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
“Enigma’s ‘forgotten genius’ . . . [the] story of Alan Turing’s spymaster boss who led the team that cracked Hitler’s WWII codes” (Daily Mail).
The Official Secrets Act and the passing of time have prevented the Bletchley Park story from being told by many of its key participants....
I Was Hitler's Pilot
The Memoirs of Hans Baur
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
A chilling memoir by the man who flew the Führer.
A decorated First World War pilot, Hans Baur was one of the leading commercial aviators of the 1920s before being pitched into the thick of it as personal pilot to a certain “Herr Hitler.” Hitler, who loathed flying, felt safe with Baur...
The Young Hitler I Knew
The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
An “extraordinary memoir [that] lends a personal and unique eye to explaining Hitler’s character” (Midwest Book Review).
August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they competed for standing room at the opera. Kubizek describes a reticent young man, painfully shy, yet capable of bursting...
Feeding Nelson's Navy
The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
The author of How to Cook from A-Z disproves the myth of British navy culinary misconduct in “a work of serious history that is a delight to read” (British Food in America).
This celebration of the Georgian sailor’s diet reveals how the navy’s administrators fed a fleet of more than...
Disaster at Stalingrad
An Alternate History
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
A fascinating “what if” history of one of World War II’s most iconic battles.
It is early September 1942 and the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, is poised to advance on the Russian city of Stalingrad. His primary mission was to take...
The Hand Gun Story
A Complete Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
A firearms expert “traces the history of the ‘one hand gun’ from its 14th century origins . . . surveying changing technology, techniques, and design” (Midwest Book Review).
Ideally suited for both attack and self-defense, handguns have gotten smaller and deadlier. But the earliest pistols...
The Road to Dunkirk
The British Expeditionary Force and the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
“A detailed and fascinating account” of a little known WWII showdown in Belgium between the British Expeditionary Force and the German army (Barnsley Chronicle).
This is an important reassessment of a critical period in the British Expeditionary Force’s fight against the German armies invading...
With Hitler to the End
The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Valet
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
“Creepy yet fascinating . . . Of interest to anyone seeking more insight into the everyday life of one of history’s monsters” (Library Journal).
Heinz Linge worked with Adolf Hitler for a ten-year period from 1935 until the führer’s death in the Berlin bunker in May 1945. He was one...
Dawn of D-Day
These Men Were There, 6 June 1944
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
An “unforgettable . . . magnificently stirring” account of the most important offensive in World War II—and a day that decided the fate of humanity (The New York Times).
June 6, 1944, is one of the most famous dates in world history, and a defining date in countless personal histories....
Churchill and Tito
SOE, Bletchley Park and Supporting the Yugoslav Communists in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The true story of Winston Churchill’s fateful decision to side with the Communist Partisans of Yugoslavia in World War II—and seal that nation’s fate.
One of Winston Churchill’s most controversial decisions during the Second World War concerned the United Kingdom’s role in Yugoslavia....
by Peter Connolly, Adrian Goldsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The renowned archeologist’s classic guide to twelve centuries of ancient military development, beautifully presented in colorful illustrations and diagrams.
Generations of archeologists have been inspired by Peter Connolly’s beautifully rendered, highly detailed illustrations of ancient...
If Britain Had Fallen
The Real Nazi Occupation Plans
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
What if Germany had invaded the British Isles? “A distinguished contribution to the canon of alternate histories” (Military History).
If Britain Had Fallen is a fascinating contemplation of what it would have been like for Britain to live day to day under Nazi occupation. It discusses every...
Alastair Denniston
Code-Breaking from Room 40 to Berkeley Street and the Birth of GCHQ
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
“The expertly researched biography of the man who created and led the British intelligence organization best known for cracking the Nazi’s codes.” —Midwest Book Review
Some of the individuals who played key roles in the success of Bletchley Park in reading the secret communications of Britain’s...
Countdown to Valkyrie
The July Plot to Assasinate Hitler
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
There were over forty plots to assassinate Hitler— This is the “compelling, fast-paced account” of the one that came closest to succeeding (Publishers Weekly).
The July Plot of 1944 was masterminded by Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a member of the German General Staff, who had been rushed...