Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser - the first of the series and one of the best as Flashman starts his misadventures in the Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-40.
The Longest Day: D-Day 75th Anniversary Edition
Cornelius Ryan - still a classic of reporting from the Normandy Landings.
Pegasus Bridge: D-day: The Daring British Airborne Raid
Stephen E. Ambrose. Another book about D-Day as the 75th Anniversary revitalised my interest. This is like most of Ambrose's books a very easy read though not a particularly accurate work of history.
John Keegan - The Face Of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme (New Ed)
- another reread of an important study of the sharp end of military history. This is really essential reading for anyone interested in military history as though the eye witness accounts assembled by Ryan or Ambrose do convey the feeling of what is happening in the front line, there is not a great deal of analysis to give a bigger picture around it.
