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Brought to you by Penguin. In the summer of 1940, Britain was under siege. Poland, Belgium, Holland, Norway and France had already fallen, and the British army had been routed on the continent, leading to the chaotic evacuation at Dunkirk. In the rubble of the Allie’s crumbled defence...

In the first light of dawn, as the Abu Dhabi desert shimmers in gold, a column of armored vehicles cuts through the sand with precision and purpose. Their movement is silent but deliberate—a reflection of the men and women who command them. They are members of the United Arab Emirates’ most elite military unit: the Presidential Guard Command (PGC). Part ceremonial honor guard, part modern special operations brigade, the PGC represents the fusion of tradition and technology, heritage and innovation—the embodiment of the UAE’s rise as a regional and global power.

The ultimate untold story of Russia’s spetsnaz: the elite secret warriors who execute the Kremlin’s most dangerous missions, from Cold War battlegrounds to the streets of Ukraine.

Wafadari Imaandari Zimmedari, translated as ‘loyalty, integrity and responsibility’, is more loaded than this rendition.What are these qualities?Are these attributes in-built in a leader?Or are they inculcated and polished over the years?And, who is a genuine leader?Centred on the concept of...

In 1858, 14-year-old Narcisse Pelletier sailed from Marseilles in the French trader Saint-Paul. With a cargo of Bordeaux wine, they stopped in Bombay, then Hong Kong, and from there they set sail with more than 300 Chinese prospectors bound for the goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo. Around the...

Toen de Iraanse gijzelingscrisis in de Amerikaanse ambassade in Iran in het voorjaar van 1980 zijn zevende maand inging, bestormden zes zwaarbewapende schutters de Iraanse ambassade in Londen en verschansten zich daar met 26 gegijzelden. Wat volgde was een gespannen zesdaagse impasse, die elk moment kon ontsporen in een bloedbad. De schutters waren Arabieren die hoopten Groot-Brittannië te kunnen dwingen hun kant te kiezen in hun onafhankelijkheidsstrijd tegen de hoogste Iraanse leider: ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Des montgolfières aux Canadairs en passant par l’Aéropostale et le Concorde, l’Histoire a pris son envol de bien des façons. Elisa Deroche, Roland Garros, Georges Guynemer, Adrienne Bolland, Charles Lindbergh ou Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ont parcouru le globe à bord d’avions mythiques pour entrer dans la légende suite à leurs fabuleux exploits. Voler, l’Homme en a rêvé longtemps. Depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle, la voie des airs s’est ouverte. En temps de paix ou de guerre, l'avion a été au coeur de faits historiques majeurs ou d'anecdotes plus confidentielles qui se sont écrits en plein ciel.

Brought to you by Penguin. The untold story of the SAS' forgotten founder, Jock...

In an era of global uncertainty, one forgotten strategy could shift the tides. Modern Privateering makes a bold case for the revival of a centuries-old tool: privateering. Once dismissed as a relic of the Age of Sail, it’s now reimagined as a cost-effective, legally sanctioned means to degrade enemy power, deter aggression, and defend freedom on the seas. Whether facing authoritarian regimes, pirates, or transnational criminals, this strategic handbook lays out how privateering could: *Impose steep economic costs on U.S. adversaries.

From the gleaming parade grounds of Buckingham Palace to the mud-churned battlefields of history, the British Guards Regiments have long stood as the very embodiment of discipline, loyalty, and national pride. Guardians of the Crown takes listeners behind the polished buttons and scarlet tunics to reveal the extraordinary dual world of these soldiers — at once symbols of royal pageantry and hardened warriors forged in the crucible of war.

Hidden in the world’s most dangerous places, where diplomacy ends and precision begins, work the men and women of the United States Special Operations Command—USSOCOM. They are known simply as the quiet professionals. Their missions rarely make headlines, yet their influence shapes global security every single day.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took the entire diplomatic staff hostage. While President Jimmy Carter initially pursued a diplomatic solution to the crisis, he authorized the military to begin planning a rescue mission.

Die SS – untrennbar ist dieses Kürzel mit der Ermordung der europäischen Juden verbunden, dem wohl größten Menschheitsverbrechen aller Zeiten. Überall auf der Welt stehen die beiden Buchstaben als Synonym für das Böse schlechthin. Doch wie genau wurde der „Schwarze Orden" zum Vollstrecker des nationalsozialistischen Rassenwahns? Auf dem neuesten Stand der Forschung führt Bastian Hein in die Geschichte des Staatsschutzkorps des Dritten Reiches ein, beschreibt die Entstehung der Organisation, ihren Kult sowie die Auslese des Personals und schildert die von der SS verübten Verbrechen.

NPR investigative journalist and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, Cheryl W. Thompson explores the stories of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen—the Black pilots who fought for America in WWII—who went missing in combat, the lives they lived, the reasons their planes went down, why the remains of all but two were never found, and the impact their disappearances had on their families and communities.

In Balloon Ace: The Life of an Early Airpower Visionary, historian Charles Dusch reconstructs Louis Bennett Jr.'s lost legacy. Advocating for a national aviation reserve years before the writings of "Billy" Mitchell, Bennett created a state aerial militia in 1917, complete with supporting airbases and an airplane factory. When the US Army refused to accept his unit, a frustrated Bennett joined the Royal Air Force to fight on the Western Front, destroying nine German balloons and three aircraft in a matter of days before he himself was shot down.

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte—manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent's borders were redrawn, and the French...

In the quiet Cambridgeshire countryside, between the villages of Coton and Madingley, lies a place where history and memory meet. The Cambridge American Cemetery, with its sweeping lawns, shining headstones, and solemn Wall of the Missing, is the only permanent American World War II cemetery in the United Kingdom. Nearly 4,000 servicemen and women rest here, and over 5,100 more are inscribed on the wall, their remains lost at sea or over enemy territory.

In Pathfinders: How 16 Air Assault Brigade Redefined Rapid Response Warfare in the 21st Century, military historian Mick Trenlow-Symes takes listeners deep into the hidden world of the men whose courage and precision define Britain’s airborne capability.

Lieutenant Commander Jerry Pait's semi-autobiographical collection of sixty stories recounts his thirty years in and around the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Ranging from light-hearted to wrenching, all are poignant inside looks at naval operations rarely seen by outsiders. Topics include the real story behind the shuttle Challenger tragedy, risking his own life underwater, discovering a Soviet spy living across the street, surviving when a DELTA Rocket engine ignites, critical missions, and the everyday lives of men and women of the fleet.

After travelling across various airbases in India and engaging with Air Force personnel-including the first generation of Chinook or Prachand helicopter pilots, Garud Commandos, surface-to-air missile operatives and Kargil heroes-Swapnil Pandey presents a collection of true stories that are more...