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MATCH 18
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

2005

NON-FICTION

Holland's gripping narrative of the Persian invasions of Greece, from Marathon to Salamis, and how a tiny Greek coalition stopped the mightiest empire on earth.

Same warTags: Ancient, Europe, Naval
MATCH 15
Gates of Fire

Steven Pressfield

1998

FICTION

A vivid fictional account of the 300 Spartans who held the pass at Thermopylae. Widely regarded as the finest military historical novel ever written.

Same warTags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 15
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World

Paul Cartledge

2006

NON-FICTION

Scholarly account of the Battle of Thermopylae by a leading classicist, examining the historical reality behind the Spartan stand and its extraordinary afterlife in Western culture.

Same warTags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 14
The Peloponnesian War

Donald Kagan

2003

NON-FICTION

Kagan's single-volume masterpiece covering the entire war between Athens and Sparta.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 11
Gallipoli
Gallipoli

Peter Hart

2011

NON-FICTION

Comprehensive account of the doomed Gallipoli campaign using firsthand sources.

Tags: Europe, Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 09
Sicily '43
Sicily '43

James Holland

2020

NON-FICTION

A history of World War II's Operation Husky, the first Allied attack on European soil, by the acclaimed author of Normandy '44. On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took plac...

Same war
MATCH 08
The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC

Adrian Goldsworthy

2000

NON-FICTION

Definitive modern account of all three Punic Wars, from Hannibal's crossing of the Alps to the final destruction of Carthage.

Tags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 08
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

2003

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of Rome's transformation from republic to empire, from Sulla's march on Rome to Julius Caesar's assassination.

Tags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 08
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Peter Heather

2006

NON-FICTION

Revisionist history arguing that the fall of Rome was caused primarily by external military pressure from the Huns and Goths.

Tags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 08
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

Robert L. O'Connell

2010

NON-FICTION

Account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy and the catastrophic Roman defeat at Cannae, the tactical masterpiece that still influences military thought.

Tags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 08
The Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign

Pam Rushby

2010

FICTION

"An effect is what happened or what the situation is, and a cause is why is happened or why it is so.Every year, thousands of Australians ad New Zealanders travel to Turkey to remember the ANZAC soldi...

Tags: Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 08
Anzac; the Australian and New Zealand Campaign on Gallipoli in 1915

Paul Wycherley

1964

NON-FICTION
Tags: Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 08
Gallipoli 1915
Gallipoli 1915

Tim Travers

2016

NON-FICTION

Why was the Allied naval assault of February/March 1915 so unsuccessful? Did the Ottoman Turks have knowledge of the Allied landings of 25 April 1915? And did Sir Ian Hamilton, the overall commander o...

Tags: Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 08
The Evacuation Phase Of The Gallipoli Campaign Of 1915
The Evacuation Phase Of The Gallipoli Campaign Of 1915

Major Keith A. Lawless

2015

NON-FICTION

This battle study investigates operational and tactical considerations of the battles of Arracourt, which took place in September 1944 as the 4th Armored Division of Patton's Third Army clashed with t...

Tags: Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 08
History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Gallipoli, Macedonia, Egypt and Palestine
History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Gallipoli, Macedonia, Egypt and Palestine

Whitworth Porter

1951

NON-FICTION
Tags: Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 08
The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor
The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor

Roy Elston

1923

NON-FICTION
Tags: Europe, Mediterranean
MATCH 08
The Story of Anzac: From 4 May, 1915, to the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsulsa (8th ed., 1939)
The Story of Anzac: From 4 May, 1915, to the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsulsa (8th ed., 1939)

Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean

1924

NON-FICTION
Tags: Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 08
Climax at Gallipoli
Climax at Gallipoli

Rhys Crawley

2014

NON-FICTION

Gallipoli: the mere name summons the story of this well-known campaign of the First World War. And the story of Gallipoli, where in August 1915 the Allied forces made their last valiant effort against...

Tags: Mediterranean, Naval
MATCH 05
They Shall Not Pass

Ian Ousby

2002

NON-FICTION

The story of the longest and most devastating battle of the Great War.

Tags: Europe
MATCH 05
The Somme

Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson

2005

NON-FICTION

Definitive modern account of the Battle of the Somme and its horrific toll.

Tags: Europe