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Wellington's Infantry: British Foot Regiments 1800-1815 by Gabriele Esposito 9781526786678
£21.43The period covered in this book is one of the most famed and glorious for the British Army and the infantry were its backbone. Gabriele Esposito examines how the foot regiments were reformed and evolved to absorb the lessons of defeat in America and... -
Spitfire Leader: Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero by Dennis Newton
RRP: £20.00£13.74Robert Wilton Bungey was unquestionably an RAF hero. From the very beginning of the Second World War he was patrolling Germany's border with the AASF. In the retreat from France he survived frantic day and night bombing missions flying obsolete,... -
Germany's V-2 Rocket by Gregory P. Kennedy 9780764324529
RRP: £36.99£27.26Germany's V-2 looks at one of the major technological advances of the Second World War, the V-2 ballistic missile. Although dwarfed by today's giant rockets, the V-2 represented a quantum leap beyond anything previously built. During the last six months... -
The 3rd Ss Panzer Regiment: 3rd Ss Panzer Division Totenkopf by Pierre Tiquet
RRP: £19.99£14.83The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was part of the Totenkopf Division-one of the 38 Waffen-SS divisions active during World War II. Notorious for its brutality, most notably a mass execution of British prisoners in the battle of France, "Totenkopf" had a... -
Kew Pocketbooks: Herbs and Spices by The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 9781842467534
RRP: £8.99£5.92This stunning series of pocketbooks from Kew offers a snapshot into the diverse and beautiful world of plants and fungi. Each book lavishly showcases choice examples from different groups or collections. Hot, spicy, aromatic, zingy, floral, earthy and... -
Benjamin Ferencz, Nuremberg Prosecutor and Peace Advocate by Tom Hofmann 9780786474936
RRP: £21.99£17.97At the conclusion of World War II, war crimes tribunals were carried out at Nuremberg, Germany. Justice was meted out for countless war criminals, and Benjamin Ferencz was one of the chief prosecutors for one of the largest murder trials in history. This... -
Turnberry Airfield by Margaret Morrell 9781911043096
RRP: £30.00£25.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911043096Author Margaret MorrellFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint Carn Publishing ltdPublisher Carn Publishing ltd -
They Came Only to Die: The Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864 by Sean Michael Chick
RRP: £12.99£11.32The November 1864 battle of Franklin left the Army of Tennessee stunned. In only a few hours, the army lost 6,000 men and a score of generals. Rather than pause, John Bell Hood marched his army north to Nashville. He had risked everything on a successful... -
Illustrated World Guide to Submarines by John Parker
£16.73This is a complete encyclopedia of underwater vessels throughout history, from the Nautilus and Hunley to the nuclear-powered submarines of today. It charts a century of submarine development, from the earliest attempts to travel beneath the waves, two... -
They Flew Hurricanes by Adrian Stewart 9781526770257
RRP: £12.99£10.95The Hawker Hurricane, together with the Spitfire, is the most famous aircraft of the Second World War. Many pilots including Douglas Bader thought it was superior to the Spit but together they saved Britain from Nazi invasion and possible defeat. Adrian... -
F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War by Warren Thompson
RRP: £14.99£10.95Built within a 180-day time limit in 1943, the F-80 Shooting Star first saw service in Italy in the final year of World War 2, and consequently was sent to bases in the US, Europe and the Far East after VJ Day. It was the latter groups based in Japan... -
Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts by Chris McNab
RRP: £39.99£32.21When HMS Dreadnought was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1906 this revolutionary new class of big-gun iron-clad warship immediately changed the face of naval warfare, rendering all other battleships worldwide obsolete. The Admiralty realised that as... -
Panzer Battles by Maj Gen F. W. von Mellenthin 9781862274594
RRP: £14.99£11.55Born in 1904, von Mellenthin joined the Seventh Cavalry Regiment in 1924. In 1935, he began his general staff training and in 1939 was an intelligence officer. By the end of the war, he had risen in rank to Major General and was Chief of General Staff,... -
The Battle of Sekigahara: The Greatest, Bloodiest, Most Decisive Samurai Battle Ever Chris Glenn 9781399014175
RRP: £14.99£10.95Sekigahara was the greatest samurai battle in history. Japan had long been at civil war until brought under the rule of Oda Nobunaga, and then, following his death at the hands of a traitorous general, that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It was Hideyoshi who... -
The Armies of Bolivar and San Martin by Terry Hooker
RRP: £12.99£11.01Spanish Americans of the early 19th century were eager to institute self-government and open their ports to foreign commerce. During the years 1810-14 two men of outstanding ability appeared in the front ranks of the Republican cause: Simon Bolivar, the... -
D-Day To Berlin by Andrew Williams
RRP: £10.99£7.40Nightfall, 6 June 1944. D-Day is over and the Allies have carved a tenuous foothold in 'Fortress Europe'. The future of Europe hangs in the balance as Hitler's formidable SS Panzer troops threaten to drive them back into the sea. D-DAY TO BERLIN is the... -
Germany's Tiger Tanks Series Tigers at the Front: A Photo Study by Thomas L. Jentz
RRP: £27.99£22.37Tiger ! - the very name that Allied troops feared. It came to symbolize the superiority of German tank design. This book has been created as a photo essay showing the best available and rare photographs of Tigers with units at the front. No tank that the... -
The Privatization of Israeli Security by Shir Hever
RRP: £16.99£13.58Between 1994-2014, Israel's security service was transformed, becoming one of the most extreme examples of privatised security in the world. This book is an investigation into this period and the conditions that created 'Occupation Inc.': the institution... -
US Combat Shotguns by Leroy Thompson 9781780960142
RRP: £15.99£13.33When a soldier must face multiple opponents at close quarters, few weapons can match the effectiveness of the shotgun. From World War I to the War on Terror, the shotgun has been a devastating weapon in the hands of US troops. For urban combat, prisoner... -
Single 12: PZL P.7a by Dariusz Karnas
RRP: £9.00£8.82This book is compilations of the 4-view color profile, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the PLZ P11.a. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also photos of the details in B&W and color... -
From Defeat to Victory: The Eastern Front, Summer 1944 Decisive and Indecisive Military Operations, Volume 2 by Charles J. Dick
£66.09By the summer of 1944, the war in Europe had reached a critical point. Both the western Allies and the Soviets possessed the initiative and forces capable of mounting strategic offensives against the German enemy. Writing a study of operations on first... -
Edward I's Conquest of Wales Sean Davies 9781473861664
RRP: £25.00£17.62Edward I s conquest of Wales was a key formative event in the history of Britain, but it has not been the subject of a scholarly book for over 100 years. Research has advanced since then, changing our perception of the medieval military mind and shining... -
Cowpens 1781: Turning point of the American Revolution by Ed Gilbert
RRP: £16.99£13.16This is a blistering account of the battle of Cowpens, a short, sharp conflict which marked a crucial turning point in the American Revolution. With Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton and the British troops in hot pursuit, Daniel Morgan, leading a small force of... -
A People's History of the German Revolution: 1918-19 William A. Pelz 9780745337104
RRP: £18.99£12.75In October 1918, war-weary German sailors mutinied when the Imperial Naval Command ordered their engagement in one final, fruitless battle with the British Royal Navy. This revolt, in the dying embers of the First World War, quickly erupted into a full... -
The Battle of Itter Castle, 1945 by Stephen Wynn 9781399007078
RRP: £22.00£15.62The Battle of Itter Castle was undoubtedly one of the strangest events of the Second World War, being one of only two occasions during the war in which Americans and Germans fought side by side. The castle was seized by the Nazis on 7 February 1943, on... -
The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia by Sheila Miyoshi Jager 9780674983397
RRP: £33.95£28.56A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating wars.In the nineteenth century, Russia participated in two "great games": one, well known, pitted... -
Dalley and the Malayan Security Service, 1945-48: MI5 vs. MSS by Leon Comber 9789814818735
RRP: £22.95£19.73This book fills an important gap in the history and intelligence canvas of Singapore and Malaya immediately after the surrender of the Japanese in August 1945. It deals with the establishment of the domestic intelligence service known as the Malayan... -
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman 9780702311413
RRP: £9.99£7.03"Remarkable writing: courageous and dangerous as the best art should be." The Times "Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman... -
TSR2 Precision Attack to Tornado: Navigation and Weapon Delivery by John Forbat
RRP: £20.00£15.04Included are details on the ground-breaking navigation and attack system, its Cold War context, its requirements and the development of ATF (advanced terrain following), and in-depth analysis of automatic flight control systems, analogue and digital... -
Luftwaffe Eagle: A WW2 German Airman's story Erich Sommer 9781911667308
RRP: £12.99£9.09In this compelling memoir, Erich Sommer recalls his life in pre-war Germany and the adventures he had flying for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Born in 1912, the third son of a district court judge, Erich grew up in an atmosphere of... -
The Red Army in WWII by David Porter
RRP: £24.99£16.79Without the Red (or Soviet) Army, it is likely that the Western Allies would have taken much longer to defeat the Third Reich - they may even have lost altogether. However even decades after the war's end, little is widely known about this giant... -
From the Riviera to the Rhine: Us Sixth Army Group August 1944-February 1945 by Simon Forty 9781612006239
£21.57Two months after D-Day, just as the battle of Normandy was reaching its climax, with all eyes on the Falaise Pocket, the Allies unleashed the second invasion of France not in the Pas de Calais but the French Riviera. Immaculately planned, effectively... -
Love Letters from a Desert Rat: 'Alex and Nan' by Liz Macintyre 9780752447063
RRP: £16.99£12.94When Liz Macintyre's mother died she found a collection of 300 letters from her father Alex, spanning his service in Italy and Egypt in the Second World War. His career began in 1940 sailing down the west coast of Africa, then up to Egypt, and the next... -
Gator on the Rise: Kamov'S Hokum Attack Helicopter Story 1977-2015 by Alexander Mladenov
RRP: £29.95£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096450Author Alexander MladenovFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Russian Wristwatches: Pocket Watches, St Watches, Onboard Clock and Chronometers by Juri Levenburg
RRP: £18.99£12.27Twentieth century Russian wristwatches are too costly for many native buyers, but they are still inexpensive for Western Collectors, and are becoming extremely popular. Watch faces commemorate all the great moments of Russian and Soviet history-from Yuri... -
Royal Naval Submarines 1901 to 2008 by Maurice Cocker 9781526791900
£18.89Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Road to Arnhem: The Road to Arnhem is the second volume in the series 'Donald R. Burgett a Screaming Eagle' by Donald R Burgett 9780990350620
RRP: £7.99£7.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990350620Author Donald R BurgettFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Drb Enterprise, IncorporatedPublisher Drb Enterprise, IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
The Army of Occupation in Ireland 1603-42: Defending the Protestant Hegemony Malcolm Wanklyn 9781915070364
RRP: £35.00£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070364Author Malcolm WanklynFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
GMC DUKW: America's Amphibious Duck in World War II and Korea by David Doyle
RRP: £18.99£12.67The General Motors Corporation DUKW was without a doubt the most successful amphibious military vehicle ever constructed. This is due in large part to the enormous amount of scientific and engineering talent that was devoted to the project. Included in... -
Dictionary of Fortifications: An illustrated glossary of castles, forts, and other defensive works from antiquity to the present day by Jean-Denis Lepage
RRP: £25.00£18.62This Dictionary of Fortifications is an attractive and convenient reference for anyone with an interest in castles, forts, walled cities and any other defensive architecture, including temporary structures, of any period. The heart of the book is a...