Robin Cross has written extensively on many aspects of 20^th century military history, including the British home front in World War 2, the Soviet contribution to Allied victory in the war against Hitler and the strategic and tactical roles of the bomber.

  
He is also an experienced and affectionate chronicler  of Hollywood in its heyday, from the silent era to the late 1950s. 

He was an early celebrant of the world of B-movies and has also written a detailed social and studio history of British cinema. 

The Bombers
A history of the bomber from its emergence in dedicated form in World War 1 to the late 20^th century. The Bombers is not only about the machines of war but is also an account of the men who designed and flew them, the fighter pilots whose business it was to shoot them down and the civilians whom the advent of the bomber thrust into the front line of warfare.

VE Day
A panoramic picture of the closing days of World War 2 seen through the eyes of soldiers and civilians across the world, VE Day  captures the mood of elation, exhaustion and despair which followed the years of global conflict. A UK Top-Ten best seller.

We’ll Meet Again (with Dame Vera Lynn)
A personal and social history of World War 2 which explains much about the British Home Front to those too young to remember and at the same time exercises a strong nostalgic appeal to an older generation who will never forget. A Number One Best-Seller.

Unsung Heroines (with Dame Vera Lynn and Jenny de Gex)
An anecdotal examination of the massive contribution to victory made by women in Europe and the Far East. From the factories and fields of embattled Britain to Japaneses detention camps in the Far East, Unsung Heroines celebrates the courage of  ordinary women caught up in extraordinary times.

Citadel: The Battle of Kursk
An account of the greatest armoured clash in history and the decisive battle, in the West, of World War 2. This was the battle that Adolf Hitler confessed made “his stomach turn over”. Citadel provides a detailed picture of the battle, from the strategic tug-of-war within the German and Soviet high commands in the agonising months which preceded the offensive to the first-hand experiences of the troops on the ground and the airmen flying over the blazing steppe as the battle reached furnace heat. Now republished in 2002 as a Penguin Classic.

Fallen Eagle: The Last Days of the Third Reich

The story of how the eagle was finally toppled from the roof of the Berlin Chancellery and how the Russian bear stretched out a massive paw to clutch a Europe laid waste by five years of war.

Both Citadel and Fallen Eagle have been published in several foreign editions, including, US, Czech, Japanese, and Russian.

The Battle of the Bulge - Hitler's Last Hope 

In December 1944, the German Army launched an attack through the Ardennes forest that aimed to seize the port of Antwerp and cut the allied supply lines, hoping to force the Western Allies either to delay their advance on Berlin or agree to a peace settlement. The Battle of the Bulge: Hitlers Last Hope is a comprehensive history of Germany's last offensive in the West in World War 2, the failure of which undoubtedly hastened the end of the war.
Published - November 2002

The Yom Kippur War - 1973 - Volume 2 of 2 
Written by Simon Dunstan - Consultant - Robin Cross

Robin has worked as the consultant on many books, the latest being the first of Simon Dunstan's two-volume history of the Yom Kippur War. This was published in 2003.

Military - Some Other Books and Credits

  World at War: World War I and World War II in Photographs
The US Marine Corps
Heroes of World War II
True Stories of World War II (as Editor)
The Guinness Encyclopedia of Warfare (as General Editor)

Robin Cross has also written many books on the history of cinema, concentrating on Hollywood in its heyday and the history of British films.

The Big Book of 'B' Movies Or How Low Was My Budget
An in-depth look at over 40 years of low-budget production, from the very worst to the very best churned out by the B-hives on Hollywood’s Poverty Row. 

The Big Book of British Films
Detailed coverage of three crowded decades from the beginning of World War 2 to the end of the Swinging Sixties, a journey which takes the reader from The Arsenal Stadium Mystery to Performance.

2000 movies - The 1940s
One of the most comprehensive visual histories of the Golden Years of Hollywood. If you want to find out more about such classics as Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga or Miss Mink of 1949, then this is the book for you.

2000 movies- The 1950s
A vivid visual record of ten turbulent years in which the face of Hollywood changed for ever.

 Robbie the Robot rubs shoulders with Mario Lanza, Mamie Van Doren and Marlon Brando in a pictorial and pectoral extravaganza.

The Life and Times of Charlie Chaplin (with Robyn Karney)
An examination of the life and art of one of the pillars of cinema.

Film - Some Other Books and Credits

  Marilyn Monroe: The Classic Poster Book  
  Stars of the Fifties  
  Science Fiction Films  
  The Picturegoer History of the Movies  
  The Movie Star Story (as contributor)  
  Chronicle of the Cinema (as contributor)  
The Chronicle of the Movies (as contributor)  
  Who’s Who in Hollywood (as contributor)  
Hollywood Scandals 

JFK: A Hidden Life
A searching examination, in words and pictures, of the Kennedy legend.

Curious London 
A guide to some of the more unusual, and unexpected, delights of the British capital adapted and expanded from Robin’s long-running column in The Sunday Express.