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Japan's Trafalgar: The Voyage of the Condemned Fleet to the Straits of Korea by Phil Thorne
RRP: $87.75$66.71The Battle of Tsushima, the epic battle between the Japanese and Russian navies on May 27-28 1905, is examined in far greater detail than ever before. Making extensive use of official records, personal accounts and a wealth of untouched information on... -
War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Professor Margaret MacMillan 9781788162579
RRP: $19.48$13.86New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020 Sunday Times best books for Autumn 2020 Guardian critics' pick for Autumn 2020 Wall Street Journal notable book of 2020 The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted... -
The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
RRP: $19.48$14.53The Avro Lancaster was the RAF's most famous and successful heavy bomber of the Second World War. Used predominantly at night, 'Lancs' dropped 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties in the period 1942-1945. Some of these missions were incredibly daring... -
Medal Yearbook 2024 Deluxe Edition by Philip Mussell 9781908828675
RRP: $68.25$60.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908828675Author Philip MussellFormat HardbackPage Count 696Imprint Token Publishing LtdPublisher Token Publishing Ltd -
Mortain 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $33.13$23.95Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Luttich. The plan was to send a large Panzer force across the First US Army... -
THE CANBERRA IN THE FALKLANDS: A Very Strange Way to go to War by Andrew Vine
RRP: $19.48$13.26This fascinating and insightful book tells the thrilling story of the SS Canberra, the luxury passenger liner which was requesitioned as a troop transport in the Falkands War.Vast and brilliant white, P&O's flagship the SS Canberra was a final salute to... -
Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $31.18$22.64Arguably two of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Tempest V and Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in terms of aircraft design and operational capability during World War II. The long-nosed 'Dora 9', designed by Kurt Tank, first appeared in the... -
The Deadly Trade: The Complete History of Submarine Warfare From Archimedes to the Present by Iain Ballantyne
RRP: $25.33$17.55The Deadly Trade takes readers on an epic and enthralling voyage through submarine warfare, including how U-boats in two world wars tried to achieve victory, first for the Kaiser and then 20 years later for Adolf Hitler. It tells the story of how such... -
Tiger I, German Army Heavy Tank: Eastern Front, 1942 by Oliver, Dennis 9781399018081
RRP: $33.13$23.95The Tiger I and Tiger II tanks are probably the most famous German armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War and despite the relatively small numbers produced, the heavy Panzer units of the German Army played a key role in the battles fought in... -
The Men Who Would Be Kings: Colonial Wargaming Rules by Daniel Mersey
RRP: $25.33$18.92The Men Who Would Be Kings is a set of rules designed for fighting historical or Hollywood colonial battles in the mid to late 19th Century, from the Indian Mutiny to the Boxer Rebellion. Large scale colonial clashes tended to be one-sided affairs, but... -
The Mars Project by Wernher Von Braun
RRP: $46.78$39.80This classic on space travel was first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered science fiction by most of those who considered it at all. Here the German-born scientist Wernher von Braun detailed what he believed were the... -
Operators: On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service by James Rennie 9781781592625
$32.97Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the Operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off 14 Company prevent twelve. The... -
The Harwich Striking Force: The Royal Navy's Front Line in the North Sea 1914 1918 by Dunn, Steve 9781399015967
RRP: $48.75$35.14The Harwich Force has made its name and will not be forgotten during the future annals of history'; so said Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt on Armistice Day 1918. But that fame has not endured. Yet for the whole duration of the First World War, the... -
Spitfire!: The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot by Brian Lane
RRP: $19.48$12.95The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire pilot Brian Lane, DFC. Brian Lane was only 23 when he when he wrote his dramatic account of life as a Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. Lane was an 'ace' with six... -
Four Weeks in May: A Captain's Story of War at Sea by David Hart-Dyke 9781843545910
RRP: $21.43$14.27Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.A Sunday Times Bestseller'Electric... Outstanding.' GuardianIn March 1982 the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. By the end of April... -
The Indian Empire At War: From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War by George Morton-Jack 9781408707692
RRP: $48.75$14.68A brilliantly original history of the First World War, re-tracing the footsteps of the Indian Army's 1.5 million men who in 1914-18 served about the globe from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean. After years of neglect, The Indian Empire at War... -
The Rise of the Sikh Soldier: The Sikh Warrior Through the Ages, C1700-1900 by Gurinder Singh Mann
RRP: $42.80$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070524Author Gurinder Singh MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Flight Craft 22: Mitsubishi A6M Zero by Robert Jackson 9781526759948
RRP: $33.13$23.95Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of Odette Sansom, WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
RRP: $17.53$12.58'A thrilling account' Daily Mail'Thrilling and inspiring' Daily Mirror'Extraordinary bravery... made this woman one of WWII's most remarkable spies. That she survived the war was almost miraculous' TimeThe year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing... -
The Operator: The Seal Team Operative And The Mission That Changed The World by Robert O'Neill 9781471148156
RRP: $19.48$12.50'A riveting, unvarnished and wholly unforgettable portrait of America's most storied commandos at war.' - Joby Warrick, author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction A stirringly evocative,... -
Letters From the Front: Letters and Diaries from the Bef in Flanders and France, 1914-1918. by Kevin Smith 9781781553381
RRP: $29.23$22.00A generation raised on the British Empire confronted the unexpected horrors of modern war. Never were a nation's expectations so different from the coming clash of the First World War. Expecting a vigorous romp to victory, soldiers endured a brutal... -
The Tunnels: The Untold Story of the Escapes Under the Berlin Wall by Greg Mitchell
RRP: $21.43$17.73Read the incredible true story of the daring escapes from East Berlin. 'A story with so much inherent drama.' The Guardian 'One of the great untold stories of the Cold War.' Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies _______________ In the summer of 1962,... -
Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Spitfire by Nigel Cawthorne 9781780190341
RRP: $19.48$14.64This title tells the story of an iconic aircraft from World War II, that is illustrated with over 250 colour and black and white photographs. It takes you through the creation, construction, production and history of the Spitfire, as well as its role in... -
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
RRP: $67.26$59.81Why do people go to war? Is it rooted in human nature or is it a late cultural invention? How does war relate to the other fundamental developments in the history of human civilization? And what of war today - is it a declining phenomenon or simply... -
Town Class Destroyers: A Critical Assessment by John Henshaw
RRP: $38.90$32.06Early in World War II, fifty obsolete US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy in return for a 99-year lease British bases in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Newfoundland. Though they were obsolete and far from ideal, they played a vital role in... -
The Motherland Calls: Britain's Black Servicemen & Women 1939-45 by Stephen Bourne 9780752465852
RRP: $25.33$21.47During the Second World War, black volunteers from across the British Empire enthusiastically joined the armed forces and played their part in fighting Nazi Germany and its allies. In the air, sea and on land, they risked their lives, yet very little... -
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by MR Kingsley M Bray 9780806139869
RRP: $44.75$37.28Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched by any of his peers, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend... -
The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West by David Kilcullen
RRP: $25.33$22.76In 1993, a newly-appointed CIA director warned that Western powers might have 'slain a large dragon' with the fall of the USSR, but now faced a 'bewildering variety of poisonous snakes'. Since then, both dragons (state enemies like Russia and China) and... -
Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Afghanistan by Sir Lawrence Freedman
RRP: $58.50$53.98Throughout history, the concept of command -- as both a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority -- has been essential to military action and leadership. But, as Sir Lawrence Freedman shows, it is also deeply political.Military command... -
European Medieval Tactics 1: The Fall and Rise of Cavalry 450-1260 by David Nicolle
RRP: $29.23$21.35After the fall of the Western Roman Empire there was a decline in 'professional' cavalry forces, and infantry dominated in the Germanic successor 'barbarian' kingdoms. In the Carolingian and Norman periods from the 9th to the 11th centuries, the cavalry... -
Immediate Action by Andy McNab
RRP: $21.43$15.15Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a... -
The English Electric Lightning by Martin W. Bowman 9781526705563
RRP: $29.23$21.35The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, radar and aerodynamics had begun to reach fruition. In Britain, jet engine technology led the world, while... -
Reaper Force - Inside Britain's Drone Wars by Dr. Peter Lee 9781789460780
RRP: $17.53$11.76This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA. The author has... -
The Complete Book of the SR-71: Every Aircraft, Pilot, and Story from 1963 by Richard Graham 9780760348499
RRP: $68.25$45.94The ultimate SR-71 book which profiles the history, development, manufacture, modification, and active service of all 50 models in the SR-71 program. At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to... -
The Reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 138 161 by McHugh, John S 9781526773982
$46.66The reign of Antoninus Pius is widely seen as the apogee of the Roman Empire yet, due to gaps in the historical sources, his reign has been overlooked by modern historians. He is considered one of the five good emperors of the Antonine dynasty under whom... -
Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction by Harry Sidebottom
RRP: $17.53$12.58Greek and Roman warfare differed from other cultures and was unlike any other forms of warfare before and after. The key difference is often held to be that the Greeks and Romans practised a 'Western Way of War', where the aim is an open, decisive... -
British Motor Torpedo Boat 1939-45 by Angus Konstam
$18.60During the Second World War, flotillas of the Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boats and other coastal forces fought a deadly war for control of the English Channel and the North Sea. These small, fast boats attacked enemy convoys, escorted freighters, landed... -
SOE: Churchill's Secret Agents by Terry Crowdy
RRP: $17.53$12.58The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. Its mission was to export resistance, subversion and sabotage to occupied Europe and beyond, disrupting the German war effort and building a... -
Colonel Strutt's Daring Royal Mission: The Secret British Rescue of the Habsburg Family, 1919 by Diana Tritton
RRP: $42.90$34.36"An adventure story of daring and courage, superbly researched and written, and immensely rewarding to read." ~ Simon Heffer Four Empires were extinguished by the Great War 1914-18 - the Ottoman, German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian. This is the story... -
Eye of the Storm: Twenty-Five Years In Action With The SAS by Peter Ratcliffe
RRP: $19.48$13.86Peter Ratcliffe served in the SAS for twenty-five years. Blooded in Oman in the 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Ireland, in the Falklands War, and in the Gulf campaign. From his early days in the Paras to his time as Regimental Sergeant-Major in...