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"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he opened fire. The rest was merely a matter of seconds. The bomber fell like a stone out of the sky and exploded on the ground. The nightmare came to an end." ...

Photo reconnaissance played a significant role during the Cold War, however it remained unknown to the public for many years because its product and methods remained classified for security purposes. While the U-2 gets most of the credit, low-level photo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983908074Author Nick SpillFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Midnight Over Miami Beach LLCPublisher Midnight Over Miami Beach LLCWeight(grams)...

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to give it its full name, owes its origins to the 'Pour le Merite' (Blue Max), an imperial award dating back to 1740. The Complete Knight's Cross volumes tell the story of all 7,364 men who were granted the award...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780958086837Author Esther LemmensFormat PaperbackPage Count 562Imprint Symphony of Peace Pty LtdPublisher Symphony of Peace Pty LtdWeight(grams) 1284g

Theodore Knell went through hell in the SAS - but his biggest battle began when he left. A Hell for Heroes is a searingly honest autobiography about what life in the military service is really like. This is my life story and the story of my time in the...

Theodore Knell went through hell in the SAS - but his biggest battle began when he left. A Hell for Heroes is a searingly honest autobiography about what life in the military service is really like. This is my life story and the story of my time in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916328525Author Simon DanielsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Powerhouse PublicationsPublisher Powerhouse PublicationsWeight(grams)...

John C. Woods, the US Army's hangman during World War II, is known for his role executing ten senior Nazis in 1946. For the first time, learn about Woods's early life in Kansas and his dishonorable discharge before World War II. Discover how volunteering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909020351Author John FlexmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Memoirs PublishingPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

The story of Jim Larkin and the lockout of Dublin workers in 1913 led by William Martin Murphy, told in graphic novel form. On August 26th 1913, the trams of Dublin stopped. The Great Dublin Lockout had begun. Over the next four months, James Larkin...

Georg Elser was just a working-class citizen living in Munich, Germany. He was employed as a carpenter and had spent some time working in a watch factory. That all changed when he took it upon himself, without telling his family or friends, to...

On August 5, 1964, while Lt. (jg) Everett Alvarez was flying a retaliatory air strike against naval targets in North Vietnam, antiaircraft fire crippled his A-4 fighter-bomber, forcing him to eject over water at low altitude. Alvarez relates the...

Towards the end of September 1918 the Allied armies were poised to seize the Hindenburg Line - the end of the war on the Western Front was at last in sight. These final days became a series of battles to capture a number of river lines: as each one was...

German general Hermann Balck (1897--1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battlefield commanders. His brilliantly fought battles were masterpieces of tactical agility, mobile counterattack, and the technique of Auftragstaktik, or...

Lucius Sergius Catilina ('Catiline'), was a Roman aristocrat from a poor but noble family. He was controversial figure both in his own times and in subsequent historical scholarship. Catiline was cast first as the Roman equivalent of Richard III and...

Tommy Atkins is the English soldier, who joking broke the cavalry of France at Minden, who singing marched with the Great Duke to the Danube, who grumbling shattered Napoleon's dreams at Waterloo, who sweating in his red coat tramped back and forth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300243109Author Marc WortmanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 146g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394746210Author Shelby FooteFormat PaperbackPage Count 1000Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1321gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400046959Author Dick CouchFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

A born raconteur, his escapes, his operations as a Spitfire pilot, his experiences as a prisoner-of-war, and his incredible escape crossing the Pyrenees - all are described in a breathtaking manner which made me read his book through in one sitting.'...

This is the story of a young Royal Artillery officer, Lieutenant Ronald Williams, who was held as a prisoner of war in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies from 1942-45. It is a true account of the alternate horror and banality of daily life, and the...

Gunner of the Somme is a remarkable memoir detailing the life of a gunner on the Western Front as observed by a gentleman scientist who served in the ranks. William Price was a Cambridge botanist who worked at Kew Gardens but a speech impediment made him...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451223920Author Stanley WeintraubFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Dutton CaliberPublisher Dutton CaliberWeight(grams) 601gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418757Author Gary SchroenFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

First published in 1899 and revised for the 1902 edition by its author Winston Churchill, this history of the River War in Sudan vividly chronicles the military campaign that altered the destinies of England, Egypt, and the Arabian peoples in northeast...

A superb analysis of the military power that underpinned Augustus' rise to power, his conquests, and his ability to sustain his rule. Powell's achievement is to demonstrate just how much Augustus deserved his name of Imperator'.'- Tom Holland, presenter...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473383312Author Polly WoodhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Polly WoodhousePublisher Polly WoodhouseWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

An autobiographical account of the writers return from the War in Burma to the poverty of the Welsh Coalfields.Book InformationISBN 9781902638591Author George Brinley EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Parthian BooksPublisher Parthian Books

An autobiographical account of the writers return from the War in Burma to the poverty of the Welsh Coalfields.Book InformationISBN 9781902638591Author George Brinley EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Parthian BooksPublisher Parthian Books

Joe Singleton was an unlikely hero. A junior manager at a paints and varnish company at the outbreak of war, he was surprised to discover he had a hidden talent for flying. Despite RAF Fighter Squadrons crying out for replacements after the carnage of...

This fascinating biography of the late Colin Powell brings to light his towering achievements and errors in judgment during a lifetime devoted to public service. Until he passed away in 2021, Colin Powell was revered as one of America's most trusted and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993428746Author Chris GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Omih LtdPublisher Omih LtdWeight(grams) 689gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 25mm

From the Arizona Congressman, a "powerful" and "searing" (PW) chronicle of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq WarAt first, they were "Lucky Lima." Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in...

"Sure to go down as an important piece of military-memoir history...a fast-paced, insightful, hold-nothing-back memoir" (Brandon Webb, former Navy Seal, New York Times bestselling author) from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon...

In late 1943, 362. Infanterie-Division was formed around the remnants of 268. Infanterie-Division, which had been disbanded after high casualties on the Eastern Front. It fought at Anzio in early 1944, overrun when the Allied broke through the German...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933909035Author John KosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint History Publishing Company llcPublisher History Publishing Company llcWeight(grams) 376g

From the best-selling author of The Commando and Born to Fight comes a fascinating investigation of modern warfare that combines methodical research and the fast-paced action of battle with the personal stories of the combatants on both sides of the line...

Albert Schwenn was called up by the SS Cavalry Replacement Battalion in Warsaw in October 1942, and in March 1943, was seconded to the SS Cavalry Division. Schwenn gives a vivid account of the brutal combat on the Russian front, and especially operations...