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Germany's Tiger Tanks: VK45.02 to TIGER II: VK45.02 to TIGER II Design, Production and Modifications by Thomas L. Jentz
RRP: $124.78$81.32This new volume covers development from the VK 45.02(P), VK 45.03(H) to the modifications under design for the Tiger II at the end of the war. All of this illustrated with scale drawings by Hilary L. Doyle combined with drawings, sketches, and... -
Me 262: Northwest Europe 1944–45 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $31.18$22.64Using rare first-hand accounts from Me 262 pilots, Robert Forsyth examines what it was like to fly the world's most advanced interceptor in the deadly skies over Germany in 1944-45. Right from its operational debut in the summer of 1944, the Me 262... -
South American Battleships 1908-59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race Mark Lardas 9781472825100
RRP: $21.43$17.10In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available - the dreadnought battleship. One Brazilian dreadnought by itself... -
The Needle-Ignition System of the Modele 1866 `Chassepot': an illustrated history of the Chassepot rifle and variants by Guy A-R-West 9781846831874
$90.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846831874Author Guy A-R-WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingWeight(grams) 470gDimensions(mm)... -
Operation 'Dragoon' and Beyond: Then and Now by Jean Paul Pallud 9781399046114
RRP: $58.50$40.85From the Riviera, to the Rhine and on to the Colmar pocket, all three operations are covered in this volume by Jean Paul Pallud, and each show the action and locations in our unique then and now style. The project of a landing operation in southern... -
The First and Second Italian Wars 1494-1504: Fearless Knights, Ruthless Princes and the Coming of Gunpowder Armies by Julian Romane 9781526750518
RRP: $48.75$35.14The First and Second Italian Wars describes the course of military operations and political machinations in Italy from 1494 to 1504/. The narrative begins with the French conquest of much of Italy. But the French hold collapsed. The second French... -
Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield Innes McCartney 9781472835413
RRP: $58.50$42.80The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the First World War. For years the myriad factors contributing to the loss of many of the ships remained a mystery, subject only to speculation and theory... -
Flying Fortress Gunner: B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Bob Harper's 35 Combat Missions over Germany by Bill Cullen
RRP: $44.83$29.35At 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing just 110 pounds, Bob Harper was below the minimum size requirements for US military service. As the demand for manpower increased, rules were bent, Harper's deferment was retracted, and he was drafted into the Army... -
Midnight in Cairo: The Female Stars of Egypt's Roaring `20s by Raphael Cormack 9780863563133
RRP: $39.00$26.811920s Cairo: singers were pressing hit records, dramatic troupes were springing up and cabarets were packed - a counterculture was on the rise. In bars, hash-dens and music halls, people of all backgrounds came together as a passionate group of artists... -
Old Testament Warriors: The Clash of Cultures in the Ancient Near East by Simon Elliott
RRP: $39.00$27.87The period covered by the Old Testament - beginning in approximately 3000 BC - was one of great technological development and innovation in warfare, as competing cultures clashed in the ancient Middle East. The Sumerians were the first to introduce the... -
Armies of the Baltic Independence Wars 1918-20 by Nigel Thomas
RRP: $29.23$21.35Immediately following the end of World War I, amid the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires, bitter fighting broke out in the Baltic region as Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania struggled for their independence, and... -
The Waffen-Ss in Normandy: June 1944, the Caen Sector by Yves Buffetaut 9781612006055
RRP: $38.98$27.85For many, the Waffen-SS soldier represents the archetype of the combatant, if not the warrior: well-armed, well-trained, possessing intelligence in combat, imbued with political and ideological fanaticism, he is an elite soldier par excellence, even if a... -
Panzer Tracts No.7-1: Panzerjäger (3.7cm Tak to Pz.Sfl.Ic) by Thomas Jentz 9781915969125
RRP: $42.88$30.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915969125Author Thomas JentzFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Panzer TractsPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedWeight(grams) 400g -
The Mask of Command: A Study of Generalship John Keegan 9781844137381
RRP: $33.13$23.95The Mask of Command is about generals: who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in. Through portraits of four generals - archetypal hero Alexander the Great, anti-hero Wellington, the unheroic Ulysses S. Grant and the false heroic... -
Sealand: The True Story of the World's Most Stubborn Micronation by Dylan Taylor-Lehman 9781785787164
RRP: $19.48$13.07'The unexpected comic masterpiece of the year' Daily MailIn 1967, retired army major and self-made millionaire Paddy Roy Bates inaugurated himself ruler of the Principality of Sealand on a World War II Maunsell Sea Fort near Felixstowe - and began the... -
Vigilante!: 1,200 Hours Flying the Ultimate US Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft by Robert "Boom" Powell 9781580072618
RRP: $68.15$48.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580072618Author Robert Boom PowellFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Specialty PressPublisher Specialty PressWeight(grams) 953gDimensions(mm) 262mm *... -
Tornado Gr1: An Operational History by Michael John W. Napier
RRP: $48.75$35.14Replacing the Vulcan, Buccaneer and Jaguar in the front line of the Cold War, the remarkable swing-winged Tornado GR1 provided Britain s strike capability in the last years of the Cold War in the 1980s, equipping some 10 RAF squadrons. During the Gulf... -
Aircraft Carriers, The World Encyclopedia of: An illustrated history of amphibious warfare and the landing crafts used by seabourne forces, from the Gallipoli campaign to the present day Bernard Ireland 9780754835714
RRP: $29.25$21.37This impressive, newly-updated encyclopedia is both a fascinating history of aircraft carrier development and a well-documented visual directory of more than 150 of the world's aviation ships spanning a period of almost 120 years. The book's coverage... -
The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol.II: 1942-1945: MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II by Nigel West 9780415550116
RRP: $74.08$65.09WALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security Service's most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The document was... -
Rate of Climb: Thrilling Personal Reminiscences from a Fighter Pilot and Leader by Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards
RRP: $39.00$28.80Rick Peacock-Edwards has led different lives at different times, but through it all has used a bonus in life nowadays often overlooked: he has consistently enjoyed himself. One of three brothers of outstanding South African Battle of Britain pilot F/O S... -
Shackleton Boys: Volume 1: True Stories from the Home-Based `Kipper Fleet' Squadrons by Steve Bond
RRP: $48.75$35.14Essentially a development of the Avro Lancaster via the later Lincoln, the Avro Shackleton was the RAF's first line of defence in the maritime role from 1951 for twenty years, thereafter continuing to serve as an airborne early warning aircraft for... -
The Global Seven Years War 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest Daniel Baugh 9781138212824
RRP: $72.13$69.69In this new edition of The Global Seven Years War, Daniel Baugh emphasizes the ways that sea power hindered French military preparations while also furnishing strategic opportunities. Special attention is paid to undertakings - always French - that... -
Meteor Boys: True Tales from UK Operators of Britain's First Jet Fighter - From 1944 to Date by Steve Bond
RRP: $25.33$17.73Grub Street is proud to present Meteor Boys, the latest title in its ever-popular Boys series. As Britain's first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor has had a remarkably varied and lengthy life. But whilst many books have focused on its development and... -
Flying Naked: An American Pilot in the Amazon Jungle by Michael Bleriot 9780983375166
RRP: $30.23$27.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983375166Author Michael BleriotFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint MacGregor Books IncorporatedPublisher MacGregor Books IncorporatedWeight(grams) 363g -
Seaforth World Naval Review: 2022 by Waters, Conrad 9781399018951
RRP: $68.25$49.32For more than a decade this annual volume has provided an authoritative summary of all that has happened to the world's navies and their ships in the previous twelve months. It combines regional surveys with major articles on important new warships, and... -
With and Against: the Situationist International in the Age of Automation by Dominique Routhier
RRP: $35.08$29.00No other art movement has so profoundly influenced radical politics as the Situationist International. But beyond the cliches about its purported leader Guy Debord, the "society of the spectacle," detournement and derive, lies a more complex story about... -
The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It by Mark B. Smith
RRP: $25.33$17.73'This exciting and provocative book blows apart misconceptions about the Russian past' Lara Douds, Times Higher Education Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and... -
Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England by Dr Michael Livingston 9781472849373
RRP: $39.00$32.66'No one has done more than Michael Livingston to revive memories of the battle, and you could not hope for a better guide.' BERNARD CORNWELL Bestselling author of The Last Kingdom series Late in AD 937, four armies met in a place called Brunanburh. On... -
Mutina 43 BC by Nic Fields
RRP: $29.23$21.35In the aftermath of the murder of Gaius Julius Caesar, his self-declared successor Mark Antony struggled to hold together his legacy. Following an abortive coup attempt by Caesar's adopted son Octavian, two of Antony's legions declared for him, leading... -
The Oxford History of World War II by Richard Overy 9780192884084
RRP: $27.28$19.01Histories you can trust. World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations... -
Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century - Discipline, Tactics, and Technology by Kelly DeVries 9780851155715
RRP: $48.73$34.34His detailed analysis of battles provides an important reassessment of the way in which infantry and dismounted cavalry achieved such striking successes. HISTORY This remarkable study confirms [DeVries's] emergence as one of the major scholars of his... -
The War For All The Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo by Roy A. Adkins
$29.70As France emerged from revolution, a young general named Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt, hoping next to march overland to India. It would not happen. Britain swung her forces into action to battle for control of the world's sea-lanes and thus all... -
Antonov's Heavy Transports: From the An-22 to An-225, 1965 to the Present by Yefim Gordon
RRP: $107.23$72.17This book charts the development and service history of the Antonov design bureau's heavy transport aircraft. In the late 1950s, the Antonov design bureau began developing the An-22 heavy military transport, intended to carry 50 tons. Powered by four... -
The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Red River to Appomattox by Shelby Foote 9780394749136
$127.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394749136Author Shelby FooteFormat PaperbackPage Count 3Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 4207gDimensions(mm) 241mm... -
Why the North Won the Civil War by Donald Herbert 9780684825069
$21.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684825069Author Donald HerbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 124g -
The French Fleet: Ships, Strategy and Operations 1870 - 1918 by Stanglini, Ruggero 9781526701312
$103.78At the end of the 1870-1 Franco-Prussian war, the French Navy began to reconstruct its fleet, replacing old generation warships with steam-powered and iron-hulled men-of-war. However, the process was slow and erratic since priority was initially given to... -
Texian Volunteer vs Mexican Soldier: The Texas Revolution 1835–36 by Ron Field
RRP: $31.18$22.64Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and mapping plus carefully chosen archive illustrations, many in color, this lively study investigates the Mexican soldiers and Texian volunteers who fought one another in three key battles during the... -
Marked for Death by James Hamilton-Paterson
RRP: $19.48$13.86A compelling and fascinating account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world's first air war. Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into... -
Bomber Command Pilot: From the Battle of Britain to the Augsburg Raid: The Unique Story of Wing Commander J S Sherwood DSO, DFC* by Gerald Sherwood
RRP: $48.75$34.36John Sherwood was commissioned into the RAF as a pilot officer on leaving school in 1936/. In mid-1940, he was posted to a frontline bomber squadron. He went on to undertake a full tour of thirty sorties against enemy targets during the summer of 1940,... -
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941-45 by Vesa Nenye
RRP: $48.75$36.31The follow-up to Finland at War: The Winter War, this is the astonishing David and Goliath story of Finland's military history during World War II as, heavily outnumbered, they held off the Soviet invaders In the aftermath of the Winter War, Finland...