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Aircraft Wrecks: A Walker's Guide: Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles by C. N. Wotherspoon 9781781594735
RRP: £16.99£12.68Originally published to acclaim in 2009, this paperback re-issue aims to give readers access to the tangible remains of hundreds of historic aircraft that still lie at crash sites on the moors and mountains of the British Isles, all of which can be... -
Messerschmitt Bf 109 : The Early Years - Poland, the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain by Chris Goss 9781848324794
RRP: £14.99£10.95The most iconic German aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe's principal fighter from 1939 until 1942 when the superior Focke-Wulf Fw 190 came into greater prominence. The Bf 109 served in every theatre of the war,... -
Conversations With Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers by Cole C. Kingseed 9780425271544
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425271544Author Cole C. KingseedFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 336g -
The Second World War by John Keegan
RRP: £30.00£21.35In this comprehensive history, John Keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In... -
Lion Rampant: The Memoirs of an Infantry Officer from D-Day to the Rhineland by Robert Woollcombe
RRP: £7.99£6.15Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. Vividly evoking the confusion,... -
To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision by Admiral James Stavridis
RRP: £28.00£15.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593297742Author Admiral James StavridisFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm)... -
HMS Li Wo: The Most Decorated Small Ship in the Navy by Arthur V. Sellwood
RRP: £7.99£5.41Li Wo had been built in 1935 for running a passenger service on the River Yangtse. In 1940, she was requisitioned and commissioned into the Royal Navy at Singapore as HMS Li Wo. Shortly before the surrender of Singapore in February 1942, HMS Li Wo was... -
Biafra Story - Isbn Previously 9781844155095 by Frederick Forsyth
RRP: £12.99£9.09This is the book which marked Frederick Forsyth's transition from journalist to author. A record of one of the most brutal conflicts the Third World has ever suffered, it has become a classic of modern war reporting. But it is more than that. It voices... -
It'll All be Over by Christmas: The First World War in Postcards, Letters and Memorabilia by John Wilton
RRP: £20.00£14.06The postcards in It'll All Be Over By Christmas paint a picture of the First World War as experienced by those at home, at the front, in training, in hospital and in convalescence. These personal messages were sent from fathers to their wives and... -
Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880 by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding 9780752445373
RRP: £19.99£15.02On 27 July 1880 the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment fought a terrible battle on the dusty plains of Afghanistan. The battle went down in history as a massacre which effectively wiped out the regiment. They lost 10 officers and 276 men. Nonetheless, their... -
RAF Marham: Bomber Station by Martin W. Bowman 9780752446943
RRP: £25.00£18.94RAF Marham's history reaches back into the First World War when its aircraft served a vital home defence role, intercepting raiding Zeppelins and Gothas. In the late 1930s the station was reopened as a bomber base and, post-war, operated bombers and... -
U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Survival Manual by Captain (Retd.) Dick Couch
RRP: £13.99£11.36Experts agree that the next terrorist attack on our soil will not come in the same form as September 11. The possibility of nuclear, chemical or biological attack is increasingly likely. The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Chemical and Biological... -
Leipzig, 1813: The Battle of the Nations by Peter Hofschroer 9781855323544 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£5.92The battle of Leipzig was, in terms of the number of combatants involved, the largest engagement of the entire Napoleonic Wars. It was the only battle of the wars in which all Allied armies (including even the Swedes) fielded troops against Napoleon... -
Second to None: The Fighting 58th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force by Kevin R. Shackleton 9781550024050
£18.72One of only fifty infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, the 58th nevertheless had no official history. Second to None tells the story of this important, yet forgotten, battalion. The soldiers who... -
Defending Gloucestershire and Bristol by Mike Osborne 9781781558898
RRP: £25.00£18.54Gloucestershire's strategic location straddling the Severn is reinforced by Bristol's importance as a port. The Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds are densely populated by prehistoric hillforts and Gloucester, Cirencester and Winchcombe were important... -
Human Game: Hunting the Great Escape Murderers Simon Read 9781472112620
RRP: £12.99£8.60In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders... -
BOUDICA THE TRUTH by Janet Smart
RRP: £9.99£9.61In the province of Britannia during AD60. the brutality of the Roman Empire forced catastrophic retaliation by the people. Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, rose in rebellion, joined by thousands of her fellow countrymen. Together they engaged in a deadly... -
Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by Major (Ret.) John L. Plaster
£6.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451195081Author John L. PlasterFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 170mm *... -
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M Barry
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1918, the world faced the... -
Catalaunian Fields AD 451 by Simon MacDowall
RRP: £15.99£11.61The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in a conflict that was to shape the course of Eurasian history forever. For despite the Roman victory, the Roman Empire would not survive for more than 15 years following... -
War and the Art of Governance: Consolidating Combat Success into Political Victory Nadia Schadlow 9781626164109
RRP: £28.00£24.96Success in war ultimately depends on the consolidation of political order. Nadia Schadlow argues that the steps needed to consolidate a new political order are not separate from war. They are instead an essential component of war and victory. The... -
European Ironclads 1860-75: The Gloire sparks the great ironclad arms race Angus Konstam 9781472826763
RRP: £11.99£8.43From Spain to Russia, and from Ottoman Turkey to Bismarck's Prussia, this book explores 15 years that transformed European naval warfare. When the Gloire slid down the Toulon slipway in 1859, it changed sea power forever. With this ship, the... -
The Dreyfus Affair: The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History by Piers Paul Read
RRP: £19.99£14.28Intelligent, ambitious and a rising star in the French artillery, Captain Alfred Dreyfus appeared to have everything: family, money, and the prospect of a post on the General Staff. But his rapid rise had also made him enemies - many of them aristocratic... -
United States Naval Aviation 1911-2014 by Michael Green 9781473822252
RRP: £14.99£10.95From humble beginnings in 1911 with floatplanes, by the 1930s, the US Navy possessed dirigibles and were introducing fighter planes. By the start of WW2, monoplane fighters were replacing bi-planes and a major aircraft carrier build was underway. ... -
Logistics in the Falklands War by Kenneth L. Privratsky
RRP: £14.99£12.68While many books have been written on the Falklands War, this is the first to focus on the vital aspect of logistics. The challenges were huge; the lack of preparation time; the urgency; the huge distances involved; the need to requisition ships from... -
Walcheren 1944: Storming Hitler's island fortress by Richard Brooks
RRP: £16.99£14.10Although the Alllies captured Antwerp in September 1944, the port itself could not be opened due to the continued German presence on the island of Walcheren, which guarded the port entrance. In November, the Allies launched an assault on the island,... -
British Forces in Germany: The Lived Experience Dr Peter Johnston (Head of Collections Research and Academic Access) 9781788160322
RRP: £35.00£25.29A lavishly illustrated military and social history of the forces in Germany, published to coincide with the winding down of the operation in 2019-20. The book is split into decades and covers important military strategy, political events such as the... -
Armies of Medieval Burgundy 1364–1477 by Nicholas Michael 9780850455182
RRP: £12.99£11.01King John the Good of France was captured by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356; his 14-year-old son Philip fought valiantly by his side until the bitter end, and as soon as he was in a position to do so, King John rewarded his son's courage... -
Extreme Fitness: Military Workouts and Fitness Challenges for Maximising Performance by Chris McNab
RRP: £14.99£9.98Who's going to guide you when your military boot camp class is over? What's going to help you prepare for the next boot camp challenge? With the aid of superb line artworks, SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Extreme Fitness demonstrates to the reader how... -
SAS and Special Forces Mental Toughness Training: How to Improve your Mind's Strength and Manage Stress by Chris McNab
RRP: £19.99£14.05SAS and Special Forces Mental Toughness Training examines what it takes to be as mentally fit as a special forces soldier. The book explains why it is equally important to focus on stress management and mental discipline as it is to concentrate on... -
A Memoir Of The Warsaw Uprising by Miron Bialoszewski
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590176658Author Madeline LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
HMS Dolphin: Gosport's Submarine Base by Keith Hall 9780752421131
RRP: £12.99£9.62In the latter half of the 19th Century, the Gosport side of Portsmouth harbour was developed as a fortified port. Fort Blockhouse, originally established in 1495, was updated and became the home of the Royal Engineers' Submarine Mining School in 1873... -
The Oxford Handbook of War by Julian Lindley-French 9780199676958
RRP: £34.99£34.29The Oxford Handbook of War is the definitive analysis of war in the twenty-first century. With over forty senior authors from academia, government and the armed forces world-wide the Handbook explores the history, theory, ethics and practice of war. The... -
The Road To Berlin by John Erickson
RRP: £14.99£10.20A compelling account of the Red Army's epic struggle to drive the Germans out of Russia and back to Berlin.Beginning with the destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, THE ROAD TO BERLIN is the story of how the Red Army drove the Germans from... -
The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village by Stephen G. Rabe 9781009206402
RRP: £14.99£10.95The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of... -
From Ushant to Gibraltar: The Channel Fleet 1778-1783 by Quintin Barry
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070395Author Quintin BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The World Crisis Volume III: 1916-1918 by Sir Winston S. Churchill
RRP: £25.99£23.25The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following... -
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941 by Alan Allport
RRP: £25.00£22.19Shortlisted for The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2021 A Times History Book of the Year 'Britain's wartime story has been told many times, but never as cleverly as this' Dominic Sandbrook 'Will make you think anew not just about... -
Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II Prit Buttar 9781472807496
RRP: £16.99£12.68The Baltic States suffered more than almost any other territory during World War II, caught on the front-line of some of the war's most vicious battles and squeezed between the vast military might of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. From an... -
Armies of the Muslim Conquest by David Nicolle
RRP: £12.99£11.01The dramatic eruption of the Arab peoples from Arabia after their adoption of the Muslim faith in the 7th century remains one of the most extraordinary events in world history. By the end of that century they ruled a state that stretched from the...