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Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces (2): 3rd Century AD by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £11.99£8.43Drawing upon the latest literary and archaeological research, this is an in-depth study of the Roman Army units based in the Eastern Provinces during the turbulent third century of the Roman Empire. In this book, eminent Roman historian, Dr Raffaele... -
German Night Fighter Aces of World War 2 Jerry Scutts 9781855326965
RRP: £16.99£14.10Germany's nightfighter force was virtually non-existent at the start of the war, mainly due to Reichmashall Herman Goring's boast that bombs would never fall on Germany. By mid 1940 the folly of this statement had been revealed and the first Luftwaffe... -
Up the Micks! An Illustrated History of the Irish Guards Irish Guards 9781473835634
RRP: £35.00£25.89The unique history of 'The Micks' - the Irish Guards - is chronicled in this photographic record that starts at their formation in 1900 and takes the reader through to the recent war in Afghanistan. It is the story of a remarkable family regiment that... -
Assault on the Gothic Line 1944: The Allied Attempted Breakthrough into Northern Italy by Pier Paolo Battistelli
RRP: £16.99£12.28Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy. The Italian theatre of operations post-summer 1944 was often (and incorrectly) surmised at... -
Insignia of the Waffen-SS: Cuff Titles, Collar Tabs, Shoulder Boards and Badges by Rolf Michaelis
RRP: £18.99£13.50All of the uniform-specific insignia used by the Waffen-SS in World War II are presented in this concise, all-color book. Included are sleeve and cap eagles in their various versions, collar tabs, sleeve shields, and cuff titles, as well as shoulder... -
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: £25.00£18.62A major illustrated history of the Long Range Desert Group from the foremost expert on British wartime special forces. Formed in June 1940 for the purpose of gathering intelligence behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) played a... -
British Cavalryman vs German Cavalryman: Belgium and France 1914 by Alan Steele
RRP: £14.99£10.95Fully illustrated, this book casts light on the utility and role of the German and British cavalry in the early stages of World War I on the Western Front. In the early months of World War I, before the fighting degenerated into static trench warfare,... -
Tank Warfare, 1939-1945 by Simon Forty 9781526767622
RRP: £25.00£11.35On the battlefields of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War tanks played a key role, and the intense pressure of combat drove forward tank design and tactics at an extraordinary rate. In a few years, on all sides, tank warfare was... -
Imperial Roman Warships 193-565 AD by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £11.99£9.08The period of relative peace enjoyed by the Roman Empire in its first two centuries ended with the Marcomannic Wars. The following centuries saw near-constant warfare, which brought new challenges for the Roman Navy. It was now not just patrolling the... -
Heydrich: Butcher of Prague: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Baxter, Ian 9781399097567
RRP: £14.99£10.95Reinhard Heydrich along with Heinrich Himmler, whose deputy he was, will always be regarded as one of the most ruthless of the Nazi elite. Even Hitler described him as a man with an iron heart'. He established his fearsome reputation in the 1930s, as... -
German Army Uniforms of World War II: A photographic guide to clothing, insignia and kit by Dr Stephen Bull
RRP: £35.00£27.73In the years after World War I, the defeated and much-reduced German Army developed new clothing and personal equipment that drew upon the lessons learned in the trenches. In place of the wide variety of uniforms and insignia that had been worn by the... -
AV-8B Harrier II: The US Marine Corps' VSTOL Jet Aircraft by Ken Neubeck
RRP: £18.99£12.67The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II-vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL)-is the US Marine Corps' current frontline close-air-support aircraft. A variant of the famed British Aerospace Harrier II, the AV-8B is noted for its ability to hover in... -
Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe 1943-45 by Neil Page 9781612008790
RRP: £19.99£16.05Around 500 Luftwaffe fighter pilots were awarded the Knight's Cross, accumulating huge numbers of missions flown. A similar number achieved more than 40 victories-more than the two leading USAF and RAF fighter pilots.This volume of Day Fighter Aces of... -
The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (1): Nationalist Forces by Alejandro De Quesada
RRP: £11.99£8.43The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. It was the first great clash of 20th-century ideologies, between the rebel Nationalist army led by General Franco (right-wing, and... -
The Falaise Gap Battles: Normandy 1944 by Simon Forty 9781612005386
RRP: £9.99£7.11The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the... -
Life and Death on the Eastern Front: Rare Colour Photographs From World War II by Tucker-Jones, Anthony
RRP: £25.00£20.39This incredible visual record of life and death along the Eastern Front features more than 250 images from the the PIXPAST Archive, a collection of more than 32,000 original colour photographs taken between 1936 and 1946/. Collated into three parts and... -
Luftwaffe in Africa 1941-1943 by Jean-Louis Roba
RRP: £19.99£14.28Adolf Hitler considered the Mediterranean an unimportant theater of the war, leaving it to the troops of Benito Mussolini who wanted to dominate the "Mare Nostro." Nevertheless, when the Italian army was defeated on the Libyan-Egyptian border at the... -
War: The Definitive Visual History Saul David 9780241392164
RRP: £35.00£26.69Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror - with this guided tour of every major conflict.Combining a clear and compelling historical narrative with a wealth of fascinating eyewitness accounts and... -
US Half-Tracks: In World War II by David Doyle
RRP: £18.99£12.67Based on an adaptation of the White Scout Car, the US half-track vehicles of WWII combined the cross-country ability of a fully tracked vehicle with the road performance of a medium truck. A myriad of variations of these vehicles were produced,... -
The German Freikorps 1918-23 by Carlos Caballero Jurado
RRP: £14.99£12.55This book charts the seemingly spontaneous growth of the 'Free Corps' movement from the ashes of the Imperial German Army following the 1918 Armistice. Large numbers of former officers and soldiers - often from elite units - assembled in 'private armies'... -
MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109: The Latter Years - War in the East to the Fall of Germany Chris Goss 9781473899483
RRP: £14.99£11.35The 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,... -
Templar Knight vs Mamluk Warrior by David Campbell
RRP: £15.99£11.61Step into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem. At the cutting edge of the conflict were the elite fighting men of the Crusader and Egyptian armies - the... -
Civil War - Us Edition by G & Burns Ward 9780394562858
RRP: £75.00£53.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Lincoln Prize 1991.Book InformationISBN 9780394562858Author Geoffrey C. WardFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA... -
B-17 Memphis Belle by Graham Simons 9781848846913
RRP: £14.99£10.95Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Indeed, it has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is in the top five of the most famous American aircraft of all time.In... -
The Mighty Eighth: A Glimpse of the Men, Missions & Machines of the U.S. Eighth Air Force 1942-1945 by Military Gallery
RRP: £30.00£27.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954997083Format HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Griffon International LimitedPublisher Griffon International LimitedWeight(grams) 1000gDimensions(mm) 240mm... -
The Battle of Stalingrad: Then and Now by Karel Margy 9781399046268
RRP: £25.00£17.62Stalingrad was not only the most-crucial battle on the Eastern Front, it was the main turning point of the whole Second World War in Europe. The Third Reich had suffered setbacks earlier, notably at El Alamein in North Africa in October 1942, but the... -
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,... -
German Armor in Normandy by Yves Buffetaut 9781612006437
RRP: £19.99£15.10Throughout the Second World War, a shift occurred in the composition of the large armored units of armies which lead to an increase in the power of their tanks in particular. The Germans were no exception. Many of its recently formed Panzer divisions,... -
The Nazi Death Camps: Then and Now by Winston G Ramsey, Edited by
RRP: £50.00£37.62In the 12 years that the National Socialist Party was in power in Germany, upwards of 15,000 concentration and labour camps were established in the Greater Reich and the occupied countries to incarcerate all who were deemed enemies of the state. Contents... -
Waffen-ss (europa Militaria 6) by Andrew Steven
RRP: £16.00£13.34This title offers a useful reference source for the uniform collector, modeller and student of military dress and equipment. The reader can trace the development of the colour and design of the Waffen-SS uniforms: all the uniforms worn in the 150 colour... -
A-26 Invader: Douglas A-26/B-26 from WWII Through Vietnam by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£14.65The Douglas Invader has the distinction of being used by the United States in a combat role in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Originally created as an attack aircraft, with the designation A-26, the Invader was intended to replace the Douglas A-20, North... -
The Waffen SS at Arnhem: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Baxter, Ian 9781399012942
RRP: £14.99£10.95The 1944 Arnhem airborne operation, immortalized by the film A Bridge Too Far, will forever be remembered as a great British feat of arms. British and Polish paratroopers displayed outstanding courage and tenacity in a desperate last stand situation. And... -
World War I: The Definitive Visual History by DK 9780241605417
RRP: £30.00£20.95Now revised and updated, World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles. Experience some of the most prominent battles, such as the Somme and Verdun, through compelling... -
War Bows by Mike Loades
RRP: £35.00£25.89War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history... -
Operation 'Dragoon' and Beyond: Then and Now by Jean Paul Pallud 9781399046114
RRP: £30.00£20.95From 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... -
Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps by Ian Baxter 9781399048774
RRP: £14.99£10.95As the Allies closed in on Hitler's Germany the horror and scale of the Final Solution and concentration camps became all too apparent. This latest Images of War book provides the reader a truly disturbing insight into the Nazi's brutal regime of... -
Sioux Warrior vs US Cavalryman: The Little Bighorn campaign 1876-77 by Ron Field
RRP: £15.99£13.33Following the discovery of gold deposits, in December 1875 the US Government ordered the indigenous population of the Black Hills in what is now South Dakota and Wyoming, the Sioux, to return to the Great Sioux Reservation. When the Sioux refused, the US... -
Pby Catalina: Consolidated's Flying Boat in WWII by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£15.65The PBY Catalina, designed and produced by Consolidated Aircraft, whose production was supplemented by that of Boeing Canada, Canadian Vickers, and the Naval Aircraft Factory, was the most widely used flying boat of all time. Developed in the 1930s, the... -
Corregidor 1945: Repossessing the Rock by Mark Lardas
RRP: £16.99£12.28A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrenched enemy. The islands guarding the entrance to... -
Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History by James N. Gibson
RRP: £45.99£30.72This new book covers every nuclear delivery system the United States ever deployed. With few exceptions, each weapon and system is illustrated by either color or black and white photographs. Each weapon also comes with specifications and a history of its...