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Me 210/410 Zerstoerer Units by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $19.34$18.19Intended as a progressive development of the twin-engined Bf 110 Zerstoerer ('destroyer' or heavy fighter), the Me 210 first took to the air in September 1939. However, due to a lack of sufficient flight-testing before being declared service-ready, the... -
British Destroyer vs German Destroyer: Narvik 1940 by David Greentree
RRP: $18.05$12.58The opening months of World War II saw Britain's Royal Navy facing a resurgent German navy, the Kriegsmarine. Following the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in early April 1940, British and German destroyers would clash in a series of battles for... -
Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941 Volume 4: Atlas by David M Glantz
RRP: $64.44$45.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070999Author David M GlantzFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Victoria Cross 1856-1920: v. I by Sir O'Moore Creagh 9781847340917
RRP: $45.15$22.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847340917Author Sir O'Moore CreaghFormat HardbackPage Count 351Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd -
Don McCullin: The New Definitive Edition by Don McCullin 9781910702017
RRP: $64.50$49.17The updated retrospective published for McCullin's 80th birthday. Contains 40 new unpublished photographs and a new introduction - the definitive edition.McCullin's reputation has long been established as one of the greatest photographers of conflict in... -
Holding Out: The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 by Tony Cowan
RRP: $38.70$33.99This is a ground-breaking study of German operational command during a critical phase of the First World War from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres. The situation faced by the German army on the Western Front in 1917 was very... -
SAS and Special Forces Fitness Training by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
RRP: $25.79$18.12The SAS is probably the world's greatest elite military unit and its soldiers are renowned for their ability to cope when under great physical and mental stress. Now you can acquire the unique range of skills taught to members of the Special Air Service... -
The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story Serhii Plokhy 9781786071767
RRP: $15.47$10.871961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iron Curtain comes down and traps them in the East forever. This gripping story of real-life espionage... -
The Balkans, 1804-2012: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers by Misha Glenny 9781783784523
RRP: $25.79$17.87'A great achievement' Timothy Garton Ash Bloodshed. Invasions. Nationalist fervor. In this classic and celebrated history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny shows how the countries on the South-Eastern edge of Europe are seen by the rest of the world, and... -
The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham 9780349104669 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92$2.95Featuring previously unpublished sources, this 'enjoyable as well as massively impressive' bestseller is a definitive account of the Boer War (Financial Times)The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, 'no end of... -
Tales from the Frontline - Middle East Hunters by Ray Deacon 9781526721464
RRP: $38.70$35.71Having passed-out from Boy Entrant training in December 1959, Ray spent the following two years servicing Vampire trainers at the Central Flying School (CFS), RAF Little Rissington. In April 1962, Ray left Little Rissington and joined thirty fellow... -
A Higher Call: The Incredible True Story of Heroism and Chivalry during the Second World War by Adam Makos
RRP: $16.76$11.04This instant Sunday Times bestseller tells the story of two fighter pilots whose remarkable encounter during the Second World War became the stuff of legend.Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime... -
The Siegfried Line: Then and Now by Daniel Taylor 9781399048538
RRP: $32.25$27.03Lead author Karel Margry, with material by Winston Ramsey and Charles P Stacey Editor: Daniel Taylor Text: Approx 63,000 words in main account plus 31,000 word in captions. Up to 700 images including maps, photographs and illustrations. Of these,... -
Hitler's South African Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa by Evert Kleynhans
RRP: $14.18$9.18The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the Second World War is one of suspense, drama and dogged persistence. In 1939, when the Union of South Africa entered the war on Britain's side, the German government secretly contacted the... -
Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers Withers Harvey Capwell Tabias 9780754831952
RRP: $25.80$21.53This encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives, daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their Palaeolithic origins through to the 21st century. Weapons from around the world are examined, such as the decorated daggers of Persia and... -
D-Day in Photographs by Andrew Whitmarsh 9780752474793
RRP: $25.80$19.40The Allied landings in France on 6 June 1944 were a turning point in world history. This book is a compilation of 200 images relating to all aspects of D-Day and the Normandy landings, beginning with the years of planning and preparations, all conducted... -
The Nemesis File by Paul Bruce 9781843582731
RRP: $12.89$8.84Paul Bruce was a tough, idealistic young trooper in the SAS when he was dispatched to Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles. His top secret mission was to execute IRA suspects in cold blood. Bruce and his SAS comrades shot down one terrified... -
The Khazars by Mikhail Zhirohov
RRP: $16.76$11.73The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD. They were also unique in that their... -
SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard Vol:1 A-J by Max Williams 9781781554333
RRP: $58.05$46.17In the turbulent times of the post-World War One era, new political parties emerged frequently in Germany, many with opposing extremist policies. The Communist movement grew out of the Socialist working classes using the Russian Bolshevik Party as a... -
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose 9781471160783
RRP: $12.89$8.27'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a... -
Zulu Rising: The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke's Drift by Ian Knight
RRP: $21.92$16.09The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonisation of South Africa. In one bloody day over 800 British troops, 500 of their allies and at least 2000 Zulus were killed in a staggering... -
Passchendaele: A New History by Nick Lloyd
RRP: $16.76$11.73THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'A timely re-appraisal . . . a masterpiece' General Lord Richard DannattThe Third Battle of Ypres was a 'lost victory' for the British Army in 1917. Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than... -
Shrewsbury 1403: Struggle for a Fragile Crown by Dickon Whitewood
RRP: $21.92$15.84The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland in a bloody contest on a field outside the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury where two English... -
Casualty Evacuation for the Somme: British Ambulance Training, Provision and Operation 1914-16 Jeremy Higgins 9781913118600
RRP: $32.25$22.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118600Author Jeremy HigginsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The War in the West - A New History: Volume 1: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941 by James Holland
RRP: $16.76$12.24From the top ten bestselling author of Normandy 44 and Sicily 43The Second World War is the most cataclysmic and violent sequence of events in recent times. But for the past seven decades, our understanding of it has relied upon conventional wisdom,... -
The Black Book: What if Germany had won World War II - A Chilling Glimpse into the Nazi Plans for Great Britain: What if Germany had won World War II - A Chilling Glimpse into the Nazi Plans for Great Britain by Mei Trow
RRP: $12.89$9.64In July 1940, Walter Schellenberg of the German Secret Service drew up a list of 2,694 people believed to be living in Britain, who were known enemies of the Reich. In that month, the Wehrmacht was poised across the Channel ready to hit Britain with... -
Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by Oren Kessler
RRP: $25.79$18.94In spring 1936, the Holy Land erupted in rebellion, targeting both the local Jewish community and the British Mandate authorities that for two decades had midwifed the Zionist project. The Great Arab Revolt would last three years, cost thousands of... -
The English Civil War: A Military History Peter Gaunt 9781350143517
RRP: $28.37$24.87Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.' In one of the most famous and moving letters of the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell told his brother-in-law that on 2 July... -
The Love-charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War by Lara Feigel
RRP: $16.76$11.73When the first bombs fell on London in August 1940, the city was transformed overnight into a battlefront. For most Londoners, the sirens, guns, planes and bombs heralded gruelling nights of sleeplessness, fear and loss. But for Graham Greene and some of... -
A Spy Called Cynthia by Anonymous Anonymous 9781785907128
RRP: $16.76$11.95Elizabeth Thorpe, codenamed Cynthia, was a glamorous American socialite recruited by MI6 to obtain intelligence from the Polish Foreign Ministry and from the Italian and Vichy French embassies in Washington. Her method was to seduce whatever targets... -
SS Charlemagne: The 33rd Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS by Tissier, Tony Le 9781526756640
RRP: $16.76$11.73In May 1945, as the triumphant Red Army crushed the last pockets of German resistance in central Berlin, French soldiers fought back. They were the last surviving members of SS Charlemagne, the Waffen SS division made up of French volunteers. They were... -
Sniper's Conflict by Monty B 9781783462209
RRP: $25.79$18.42The Author sets the scene with his early experiences as a sniper during his 2004 Cimic House Al-Amarah tour in Iraq where hard lessons were learnt. Next stop after rigorous training came participation on Op HERRICK 8/9 in Helmand District, Afghanistan. ... -
Serial Killers: The World's Most Evil Nigel Blundell 9781526781741
RRP: $19.34$14.13On an internationally acknowledged Scale of Evil, these are the worlds worst serial killers. The qualifications for entry to this list of the vilest criminals of all time are a propensity for sadism, torture and murder without a shred of remorse. Using... -
Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq by Mark Urban
RRP: $14.18$9.55The book the MoD doesn't want you to read' Daily MailSoon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse.Facing defeat, the Coalition waged a hidden war within a war... -
On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War Holger Afflerbach 9781108965866
RRP: $24.50$15.83Was the outcome of the First World War on a knife edge? In this major new account of German wartime politics and strategy Holger Afflerbach argues that the outcome of the war was actually in the balance until relatively late in the war. Using new... -
Raiders: World War Two True Stories by Ross Kemp 9780099574774 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$2.77To the people of Great BritainWorld War II was the deadliest and bloodiest war in history. Never before or since have so many people made such a personal sacrifice in the line of duty.Raiders tells the extraordinary true stories of six of the most daring... -
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II by Gregory A. Freeman 9780451224958
RRP: $28.38$16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451224958Author Gregory A. FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint New American LibraryPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm)... -
Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples Since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson 9780141988887
RRP: $24.50$17.56*WINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY**A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022*'No one interested in the history of Europe can afford not to read this stupendous book' Simon Heffer, Daily TelegraphIron and Blood is a startlingly... -
The SBS in World War II Gavin Mortimer 9781472811134
RRP: $16.76$11.73A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association. The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during... -
War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France by Patrick Marnham
RRP: $14.18$9.18'One of our very best writers on France.' Antony Beevor After publishing an acclaimed biography of Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, Patrick Marnham received an anonymous letter from a person who claimed to have worked for British...