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The Note Through The Wire: The unforgettable true love story of a WW2 prisoner of war and a resistance heroine by Doug Gold
RRP: £7.99£5.79'An unforgettable love story set in perilous times' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzThe greatest love blossoms in the darkest hour.In the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, two people meet fleetingly in a chance encounter. One is an... -
Britain's Wartime Evacuees: The People, Places and Stories of the Evacuations Told Through the Accounts of Those Who Were There by Gillian Mawson 9781526781512
RRP: £14.99£10.95With the declaration of war in September 1939, the Government Evacuation Scheme was implemented, in which almost one and a half million civilians, mostly children, were evacuated from the British cities thought most likely to be the targets of aerial... -
Capturing Eichmann: The Memoirs of a Mossad Spymaster by Eitan, Rafi 9781784387570
RRP: £25.00£17.62**Argentina, 1960. A car speeds through the streets of Buenos Aires. Inside are four Israeli secret agents and their prisoner: one of the most notorious war criminals of Nazi Germany. The Mossad operatives need to get this man, Adolf Eichmann, back to... -
Monty and the Canadian Army: A Military Triumph by John A. English
RRP: £29.99£26.90General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "Monty," exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander. In 1942 he assumed responsibility for the exercise and training of Canadian... -
The Railway Man by Eric Lomax 9780099583844 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.81During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with... -
The Railway Man by Eric Lomax
RRP: £9.99£7.11During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with... -
Letters from Beauly: Pat Hennessy and the Canadian Forestry Corps in Scotland, 1940-1945 by Melynda Jarratt
RRP: £14.99£9.36Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-FictionDuring the Second World War, hundreds of New Brunswick woodsmen joined the Canadian Forestry Corps to log the Scottish Highlands as part of the Canadian war effort. Patrick "Pat" Hennessy of Bathurst... -
David I: King of Scots, 1124-1153 by Richard D. Oram 9781910900291
RRP: £80.00£55.74David I was never expected to become king, but on succeeding to the Scottish throne in 1124 he quickly demonstrated that he had the skills, ruthlessness and ambition to become one of the kingdom's greatest rulers. Drawing on the experiences and... -
What It Is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes
RRP: £12.99£8.56In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a war that had no defined military objective other than kill ratios and body counts,... -
To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 by John C. McManus
RRP: £31.99£21.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593186886Author John C. McManusFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur by William Manchester 9780316024747
RRP: £18.99£18.71Inspiring, outrageous...A thundering paradox of a man. Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the United States Army. He served in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War, and is famous for stating that... -
The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell by Simon Pearson
RRP: £10.99£7.40Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure... -
After Stalingrad: Seven Years as a Soviet Prisoner of War by Adelbert Toll 9781526761194
RRP: £12.99£9.09The battle for Stalingrad has been studied and recalled in exhaustive detail ever since the Red Army trapped the German 6th Army in the ruined city in 1942. Graphic first-hand accounts of the fighting have been published by soldiers of all ranks on both... -
Another Man's Shoes by Sven Somme 9780954913731
RRP: £9.95£8.74"Another Man's Shoes" is a gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist's escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying. Written just after the war, Sven Somme vividly describes his 200-mile trek across the... -
Confessions of a Phantom Pilot by Tug Wilson 9781781558508
RRP: £25.00£18.02'The Confessions of a Phantom Pilot' is the true story of a young RAF pilot who gets his dream to fly the old dirty workhorse fighter of the Cold War. From the first flight where he thought the jet was trying to kill him, through to his final trip of... -
Warrior of God: Jan Zizka and the Hussite Revolution by Victor Verney
RRP: £14.99£10.95Born in 1360, Jan Zizka was a formidable figure whose life and military career was set amidst the whirlwind of monumental revolutions - military, religious, political and social - that engulfed medieval Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. The leader... -
I Heard My Country Calling: Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE by Sue Elliott
RRP: £12.99£9.62After a tragic childhood among the Great War cemeteries of Flanders Fields, a troubled young woman searches for love and meaning in war-ravaged Europe. Elaine Madden's quest takes her from occupied Belgium through the chaos of Dunkirk, where she flees... -
Violette: The Missions of SOE Agent Violette Szabo GC by Tania Szabo
RRP: £14.99£11.95SOE agent Violette Szabo was one of the most incredible women who operated behind enemy lines during the Second World War. The daughter of an English father and French mother, and widow of a French army officer, she was daring and courageous, conducting... -
No Labour, No Battle: Military Labour during the First World War by John Starling
RRP: £25.00£18.94From 1917 British soldiers who were unfit or too old for front-line service were to serve unarmed and within the range of German guns for weeks or even months at a time undertaking labouring tasks. Both at the time and since they have arguably not been... -
Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician by Zhisui Li
RRP: £16.99£12.28For the first time, here is the extraordinary true story of one of the most powerful men, and ruthless dictators, who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for a longer period than any other leader in history. In this intimate biography we... -
Notes of a Russian Sniper by Vassili Zaitsev
RRP: £14.99£10.95'As a sniper, I've killed more than a few Nazis. I have a passion for observing enemy behaviour. You watch a Nazi officer come out of a bunker, acting all high and mighty, ordering his soldiers every which way, and putting on an air of authority. The... -
Speed: The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon by Bob Gilliland
RRP: £27.99£24.54On the morning of December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history. Developed at the... -
Devil's Adjutant: Jochen Peiper, Panzer Leader by Michael Reynolds 9781848840102
RRP: £19.99£14.28Much has been written about Jochen Peiper, though it is unlikely he would have been heard of outside Germany but for the infamous massacre near Malmedy, Belgium, with which his name has been forever associated. Initially shunned and even despised in the... -
Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin by Robert Service
RRP: £25.00£22.19Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. He served two terms as president, before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, Dimitri Medvedev, only to return to... -
C.Q.B. (Close Quarter Battle) by Mike Curtis
RRP: £18.99£14.52Even by SAS standards Mike Curtis has had a remarkable career. A former coal miner and likely Welsh international, he served with 2 Para in the Falklands before going on to join the SAS.In C.Q.B. he describes his gruelling experience in the Falklands... -
The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam by Andrew Wiest
RRP: £10.99£8.38Following on from the stunning success of the novel Matterhorn as well as Osprey's own Tonight We Die as Men, this book follows the trials and tribulations of a group of Vietnam draftees from basic training to the rice paddies of Vietnam. In the... -
Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 by Vera Brittain
RRP: £14.99£9.80NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still... -
Waterloo: Wellington's Victory and Napoleon's Last Campaign by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: £9.99£4.11THE GREATEST OF BATTLESThe defining military engagement of the nineteenth century. The epic battle that forever ended one man's dreams of a European empire unified under his rule.THE GREATEST OF RIVALSThis epoch-defining conflict would ultimately be... -
The Sniper Anthology: Snipers of the Second World War by Martin Mace 9781526760692
RRP: £9.99£7.11Revered by some as the ultimate warrior, and condemned by others as ruthless assassins, the combat sniper is more than just a crack shot. These are highly disciplined individuals, calm professionals skilled in marksmanship, reconnaissance and camouflage... -
Black Water: By Strength and By Guile by Don Camsell
RRP: £15.99£11.61Don Camsell joined the men in black of the SBS in 1974. From the deserts of Oman to the hills of Port Stanley, from the bottom of Gibraltar harbour to the deep, cold, black waters of Loch Long and from the QE2 to the back alleys of Belfast, his new role... -
Black Tulip: The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace by Erik Schmidt
RRP: £17.95£12.92Black Tulip is the dramatic story of history's top fighter ace, Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann. It's also the story of how his service under Hitler was simplified and elevated to Western mythology during the Cold War. Over 1,404 wartime missions,... -
Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front: Volume II: Russia, Hungary Lithuania, and the battle for East Prussia by Hans Heinz Rehfeldt 9781784383657
RRP: £25.00£18.02Returning to his old unit, the grenade launcher, in May 1944, he experienced the heavy defensive battles in Romania as a platoon commander and from August 1944 in East Prussia and Lithuania. After being transferred by ship from Memel to Konigsberg in... -
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules by L. David Marquet 9781591846406
RRP: £31.00£18.15"Leadership should mean giving control rather than taking control and creating leaders rather than forging followers." David Marquet, an experienced Navy officer, was used to giving orders. As newly appointed captain of the USS Santa Fe, a... -
Relentless by Dean Stott
RRP: £12.99£8.60**From the star of SAS AUSTRALIA**'Dean's journey from the Special Boat Service to intrepid adventurer is truly inspirational.' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes'An extraordinary tale of courage and adventure. Dean's story is inspirational.' - Levison Wood'Dean's... -
Spy Runner: Ronnie Reed and Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and the Cambridge Spies by Nicholas Reed
RRP: £10.99£8.25Most of us remember the seventh of September 1940 as the day the London docks were bombed and devastated by fire. I remember it as the day I was called up. But the police car that collected me took me to Wormwood Scrubs Prison . . . Major Ronnie Reed... -
No Place Like Home: A New Beginning with the Dogs of Afghanistan by Pen Farthing
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Nowzad was a gentle giant when it came to taking treats. He never, ever snatched. To me it was just further evidence that, deep inside, there was a great dog struggling to find his way out'When Pen Farthing brings stray dogs Nowzad and Tali back from... -
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny by Con Coughlin
RRP: £25.00£16.13'Important, compelling, and detailed . . . a superb analysis of the West's policy missteps and the tragic consequences of them.' - General David PetraeusIn Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and... -
Agent Twister: The True Story Behind the Scandal that Gripped the Nation by Philip Augar
RRP: £20.00£13.26He lived a double-life in the sixties.Faked his own death in the seventies.And retained his cover in the eighties. 'A case more important than Profumo' Financial Times 'A riveting read' Literary Review A period thriller with powerful political and... -
Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer: One Pilot's Extraordinary Account of the Battle of France by Alastair Panton
RRP: £12.99£9.09'DESERVES TO JOIN REACH FOR THE SKY AND THE LAST ENEMY AS ONE OF THE GREAT RAF BOOKS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' - ANDREW ROBERTSAs I write, I can clearly recall the stinging heat of aburning Blenheim, smells, tastes, expressions, sounds of voices and, most... -
Dresden by Victor Gregg
RRP: £8.99£4.46'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut fictionalised his time as a prisoner of war in Dresden in 1945. Vonnegut was imprisoned in a cellar while the firestorm raged...