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Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe by Wayne Vansant
RRP: £14.99£12.46Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there... -
Petsamo and Kirkenes 1944: The Soviet offensive in the Northern Arctic by David Greentree
RRP: £14.99£10.95This title examines the bitter conflict between two highly tactical armies as they battled across challenging terrain to gain control of strategically significant Northern Finland. On the one side were the invading Soviet troops, hoping to liberate an... -
The Destruction of 6th Army at Stalingrad: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Ian Baxter 9781526747952
RRP: £14.99£10.95The scale of death and destruction during the Battle of Stalingrad during late 1942 and early 1943 remains unprecedented in the history of warfare. The annihilation of General von Paulus' 6th Army epitomised the devastating defeat of Hitler's ambition... -
Athenian Hoplite vs Spartan Hoplite: Peloponnesian War 431–404 BC by Dr Murray Dahm
RRP: £13.99£9.75The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), waged between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies, involved some of the most important developments in ancient warfare. A life-and-death struggle between the two most powerful Greek city-states in the wake of... -
Hitlerjugend Soldier vs Canadian Soldier: Normandy 1944 by David Greentree
RRP: £12.99£9.09Canadian and Waffen-SS troops of 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend faced one another in a series of bloody battles following the D-Day landings of June 1944. The Canadian units fought in a number of distinguished regiments, while the Hitlerjugend... -
British Infantryman vs Mahdist Warrior: Sudan 1884-98 by Ian Knight
RRP: £13.99£9.75In the early 1880s, Britain intervened in independent Egypt and seized control of the Suez Canal. British forces were soon deployed to Egypt's southern colony, the Sudan, where they confronted a determined and capable foe amid some of the world's most... -
Kursk, 1943: Last German Offensive in the East by Ian Baxter
RRP: £19.99£12.86In the summer of 1943, the German launched Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), aimed at cutting off a large number of Soviet forces in the Kursk salient. This offensive resulted in the battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle of World War II.Kursk quickly... -
The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (2): Republican Forces by Alejandro De Quesada
RRP: £11.99£8.43The Spanish Civil War was the curtainraiser to World War II and involved a complex collection of forces, particularly on the Republican side. This title illustrates how diverse the Republican forces were, drawn from loyal elements of the Spanish army... -
The Final Archives of the FüHrerbunker: Berlin in 1945, the Chancellery and the Last Days of Hitler by Paul Villatoux 9781612009049
RRP: £29.99£18.81In November 1945, two French officers secretly entered the Fuhrerbunker, the air raid shelter near the Chancellery in Berlin. The bunker was the last home of Adolf Hitler, the background of the last months of his life, and the war, where he married Eva... -
British Rifleman vs French Skirmisher: Peninsular War and Waterloo 1808-15 by David Greentree
RRP: £15.99£11.61The battles between British and French forces during the Peninsular War (1807-14) and the Hundred Days campaign of 1815 saw both sides deploy specialist units of skirmishers trained in marksmanship and open-order combat. These 'light' troops fulfilled... -
Spetsnaz by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £14.99£10.95Authoritative illustrated analysis of the history of the military Special Forces units of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. When the shadowy, notorious Spetsnaz were first formed, they drew on a long Soviet tradition of elite, behind-the-lines... -
German Soldier vs Soviet Soldier: Stalingrad 1942-43 by Chris McNab
RRP: £14.99£10.95By the end of the first week of November 1942, the German Sixth Army held about 90 per cent of Stalingrad. Yet the Soviets stubbornly held on to the remaining parts of the city, and German casualties started to reach catastrophic levels. In an attempt to... -
Monte Cassino: Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Jeffrey Plowman 9781526718938
RRP: £14.99£10.95The battles fought between the Allied armies and the German Wehrmacht at Monte Cassino in 1944 were key episodes in the protracted Italian campaign, and the eventual Allied victory was a decisive step in the wider war to liberate Europe from German... -
Myasishchev M-50 and M-52: The First Soviet Supersonic Strategic Bomber by Yefim Gordon Dmitriy Komissarov
RRP: £45.99£30.12Reborn in 1951, the Myasishchev design bureau made its mark by creating the M-4 strategic bomber. Yet, this subsonic aircraft was soon made obsolescent by supersonic fighter technology-any new strategic bomber would need supersonic performance to avoid... -
The Sterling Submachine Gun by Matthew Moss
RRP: £13.99£9.75Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small-arms engineer, George Patchett, the submachine gun that eventually became known as the Sterling was developed during World War II. Some suggest it first saw action during Operation Infatuate with No. 4... -
The Crimean War: A History by Fellow Orlando Figes
RRP: £48.00£33.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805074604Author Fellow Orlando FigesFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint Metropolitan BooksPublisher Metropolitan BooksWeight(grams) 1066gDimensions(mm)... -
T-90 Standard Tank: The First Tank of the New Russia by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £12.99£11.01A highly illustrated study of the T-90, the backbone of the armoured units of Putin's Russia. In the wake of the T-72 tank's poor performance in the 1991 Gulf War, the Kremlin instructed the Russian tank industry to drop the discredited T-72... -
M26 Pershing: America's Medium/Heavy Tank in World War II and Korea by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£15.65In many ways, the M26 Pershing was the most advanced and most powerful tank fielded by the US military during the Second World War. The prototype T26 "heavy" tank design was developed to answer the threat of the German Panther and Tiger tanks... -
406th Fighter Group: P-47s over Europe in World War II by Steven A Brandt
RRP: £18.99£12.67This is the little-known story of the 406th Fighter Group, a famous but unsung P-47 unit in the European theater of operations (ETO) in WWII. The 406th was the first unit in the ETO to employ the 5-inch, high-velocity aerial rocket (HVAR) secret weapon... -
The Waffen-Ss in Normandy: June 1944, the Caen Sector by Yves Buffetaut 9781612006055
RRP: £19.99£14.28For 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... -
Finnish Soldier vs Soviet Soldier: Winter War 1939-40 by David Campbell
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Winter War was supposed to be a quick and easy conflict; instead it proved to be a bitter war that destroyed the international reputation of the Soviet Red Army. The diminutive Finnish force was desperately outnumbered by almost half a million... -
Villers-Bocage Through the Lens by Daniel Taylor
RRP: £17.95£16.24Villers-Bocage has, for years, been the battle that confirmed the reputation of Germany's greatest tank ace, Michael Wittmann. In this book the battle is analysed in depth for the first time through detailed examination of the images taken by war... -
Fighting in Ukraine: A Photographer at War by David Mitchelhill-Green
RRP: £14.99£11.35The outcome of the Second World War was decided on the Eastern Front. Denied a swift victory over Stalin's Red Army, Hitler's Wehrmacht found itself in a bloody, protracted struggle from late 1941 that it was ill-prepared to fight. Although many... -
Panther Tank: The Panzerkampfwagen V in World War II by David Doyle
RRP: £18.99£12.27Featuring sloping armor and armed with a powerful 75 mm gun, Germany's Panther tank was developed as a counter to the Soviet T-34. Entering production in 1943, the Panther was intended to become Germany's standard medium tank. Although featuring potent... -
Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts by Chris McNab
RRP: £39.99£25.86When HMS Dreadnought was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1906 this revolutionary new class of big-gun iron-clad warship immediately changed the face of naval warfare, rendering all other battleships worldwide obsolete. The Admiralty realised that as... -
British Destroyers 1939-45: Pre-war classes by Angus Konstam
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Royal Navy entered World War II with a large but eclectic fleet of destroyers. Some of these were veterans of World War I, fit only for escort duties. Most though, had been built during the inter-war period, and were regarded as both reliable and... -
Storm of Eagles: The Greatest Aviation Photographs of World War II by John Dibbs
RRP: £30.00£22.55Soaring high above the fields and cities of Europe and Asia as well as the vast expanse of the Pacific, Allied and Axis pilots engaged in a deadly battle for control of the skies in World War II. Whoever won the skies would win the war. Published in... -
Malta 1940-42: The Axis' air battle for Mediterranean supremacy by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain's last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping. Launching an air campaign to knock Malta out of the war, first Italy and then Germany sought to force a... -
Forts: An illustrated history of building for defence by The National Archives
RRP: £30.00£22.55A fascinating, illustrated history of forts and castles from their earliest origins to the 20th century. Ever since humans began to live together in settlements they have felt the need to organise some kind of defence against potentially hostile... -
Waffen-SS Soldier vs Soviet Rifleman: Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942–43 by Chris McNab
RRP: £15.99£11.61Fully illustrated, this study assesses the Soviet and Waffen-SS troops who contested the cities of Kharkov and Rostov-on-Don on the Eastern Front during 1942-43. As the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union unfolded, two places that suffered... -
Air War on the Eastern Front by Mike Guardia
RRP: £19.99£12.86The Red Air Force versus the Luftwaffe in the skies over Eastern Europe. June 1941: Having conquered most of Western Europe, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the vast Soviet Union. Disregarding his Non-Aggression Pact with Joseph Stalin, Hitler... -
The German Infantryman on the Eastern Front by Simon Forty 9781636243610
RRP: £24.95£15.81The German Army was all-conquering until late 1941 when, only a few miles short of Moscow, it ran out of steam. Maniacal defence, the Russian winter and exhaustion all played their part and, although they didn't realise it, the German forces wouldn't... -
World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy by Pier Paolo Battistelli
RRP: £14.99£12.55When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters. Beginning with low-level sabotage... -
Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge by Yves Buffetaut 9781612006697
RRP: £19.99£14.28German army deficiencies are often cited as the reason for the failure of the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes region of France, Belgium and Luxembourg in December of 1944 to January 1945 which the Germans called Operation Wacht am Rhein, the... -
Military Dogs of World War II by Susan Bulanda
RRP: £24.95£15.81Animals, especially dogs, have served in all the wars of men since time immemorial. During World War II, most combatant nations employed dogs on the battlefield in a number of ways, including searching for injured men or downed airmen, detecting mines,... -
Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
RRP: £25.00£16.78Fly with the best in Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority-the definitive, highly illustrated, in-depth look at the Navy's famous fighter unit, including its history, technology, and culture.Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority begins with a... -
Longbowman vs Crossbowman: Hundred Years' War 1337-60 by David Campbell
RRP: £14.99£10.95For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a... -
KV Tanks on the Battlefield: World War Two Photobook Series: Volume 5 by Neil Stokes 9789638962348
RRP: £25.99£18.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789638962348Author Neil StokesFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.Weight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 300mm... -
The Battle for Arnhem 1944-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Anthony Tucker-Jones 9781526730015
RRP: £14.99£10.95Operation Market Garden, September 1944, the Netherlands. Three parachute drops and one armoured charge. The prize was the last bridge at Arnhem over the Neder Rijn. Taken intact it would provide the Allies with a back door into Germany - the famous ... -
Panzerwaffe on the Battlefield: World War Two Photobook Series: Volume 3 by Peter Barnaky 9789638962324
£29.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789638962324Author Peter BarnakyFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.Weight(grams) 735gDimensions(mm)...