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Official histories are the High Streets of military history. Written by teams of military historians with unrivalled access to official and sometimes secret sources, they are for other, later historians to pick over, disagree with, elaborate upon, or dismiss. But they cannot be ignored. The Naval and Military Press publish a full range of official histories of both world wars and of many other conflicts and campaigns. Start your study of military history here with these often out-or-print titles only available form us.
Official Histories


OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. FRANCE & BELGIUM. 20 Volume set with Appendices.
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OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. FRANCE & BELGIUM. 20 Volume set with Appendices.
Product Code: 23536

New Editions with all Maps Reproduced in Full Colour.
The Official History of the Great War was the grandest official history ever produced in Britain. Its purpose was to provide "within reasonable compass an authoritative account, suitable for general readers and for students at military s...

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France and Belgium 1915.Vol II:Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos. OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
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France and Belgium 1915.Vol II:Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos. OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
Product Code: 5678

This volume completes the unhappy (for the BEF) year of 1915, one described with good reason as a year of disappointment. Its special interest is that it records the first employment of the Territorial and New Army divisions as complete formations in a major offensive and the first British employ...

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AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS IN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN THEATRES OF WAR 1914-1918
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AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS IN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN THEATRES OF WAR 1914-1918
Product Code: 5906

The official history of the Australian Flying Corps in the Great War.

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BATTLE OF JUTLAND 30TH MAY TO 1ST JUNE1916 - OFFICIAL DESPATCHES WITH APPENDICES
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BATTLE OF JUTLAND 30TH MAY TO 1ST JUNE1916 - OFFICIAL DESPATCHES WITH APPENDICES
Product Code: 9312

The official despatches recounting the greatest sea battle of WW1. But who won at Jutland? Read this book and make up your own mind.

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BATTLE OF LE CATEAU 26TH AUGUST 1914, TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD
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BATTLE OF LE CATEAU 26TH AUGUST 1914, TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD
Product Code: 5960

Combined War Office map package and tour guide to Le Cateau, where the BEF stood and halted the German juggernaut for a day on August 25th 1914.

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BATTLE OF THE AISNE 13TH-15TH SEPTEMBER 1914, TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD
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BATTLE OF THE AISNE 13TH-15TH SEPTEMBER 1914, TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD
Product Code: 5962

Official War Office guide to the First Battle of the Aisne in September 1914 in which the BEF helped the French push the Germans across the River Aisne. The battle marked the change in the Great War between the war of movement and trench warfare.

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BATTLE OF THE MARNE 8TH-10TH SEPTEMBER 1914, TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD
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BATTLE OF THE MARNE 8TH-10TH SEPTEMBER 1914, TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD
Product Code: 5961

The 3-day Battle of the Marne in September 1914 was the turning point of the Great War. The German capture of Paris was thwarted by the action of the French armies and the BEF. This is the official War Officce guide to the battle and the battlefield.

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BRITISH MINOR EXPEDITIONS 1746-1814
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BRITISH MINOR EXPEDITIONS 1746-1814
Product Code: 8268

Just 650 copies originally printed. Incudes Lorient 1746; St Malo 1758; Belleisle 1761; Quiberon 1795; Ostend 1798; Helder 1799; Copenhagen 1807; Walcheren 1809.

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CAMPAIGN OF 1866 IN GERMANY-THE PRUSSIAN OFFICIAL HISTORY
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CAMPAIGN OF 1866 IN GERMANY-THE PRUSSIAN OFFICIAL HISTORY
Product Code: 8437

Detailed account of the short 1866 war in which Bismarck’s Prussia decisively defeated Austria and assumed the leadership of German states.

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EAST INDIA MILITARY CALENDAR; Containing the Services of General & Field Officers of the Indian Army
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EAST INDIA MILITARY CALENDAR; Containing the Services of General & Field Officers of the Indian Army
Product Code: 9615

Massive three volume biograpohy of all the General and Field officers of the British East India Company’s army - compiled in 1823 at the height of its power, and containing detailed descriptions of its 18th and early 19th century Indian campaigns.

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