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Soviet Soldier vs Finnish Soldier by Mr David Campbell
RRP: £13.99£11.04In a bid to recapture territory conceded following the Winter War of 1939-40, Finnish forces cooperated with Nazi Germany and other Axis powers during the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. Rapid Finnish progress in reoccupying lost ground in... -
The Battles for Monte Cassino Then and Now by Jeffrey Plowman
RRP: £50.00£41.59The Battles for Cassino encompassed one of the few truly international conflicts of the Second World War. A strategic town on the road to Rome, the fighting lasted four months and cost the lives of more than 14,000 men from eight nations. Between January... -
Tirpitz in Norway by Angus Konstam 9781472835857
RRP: £13.99£9.75In September 1943, under the cover of darkness, six British midget submarines crept into the heart of enemy territory, penetrating a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord in an attempt to eliminate the threat of the powerful German battleship, the Tirpitz... -
Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV: Normandy 1944 David R. Higgins 9781472825865
RRP: £13.99£9.75By 1944, the evolution of armoured doctrine had produced very different outcomes in Britain and Germany. Offering a good balance of speed, protection and firepower, the British Cromwell tank was much faster than its German opponent, but the Jagdpanzer IV... -
Roman Shields by M.C. Bishop
RRP: £14.99£11.75The introduction of the scutum in the 4th century BC revolutionized the way the Romans fought. Instead of being purely defensive, the shield became a weapon in its own right. Using the top edge or boss to punch an opponent, or the lower rim to smash down... -
Stuka: Hitler's Lethal Dive Bomber (Images of War Series) by Alistair Smith 9781848848047
RRP: £14.99£10.95The photographs in this collection belonged to Luftwaffe Stuka rear gunner and radio operator Erich Heine. The collection includes photographs of flights of Stukas in formation, operating training aircraft, and a selection of different Luftwaffe uniforms... -
Viking Warrior vs Frankish Warrior: Francia 799-911 by Noah Tetzner
RRP: £14.99£10.95Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the warriors fighting on both sides during the Vikings' attacks on the Frankish realm in the 9th century, as raiding escalated into full-scale siege warfare. On the eve of the 9th century, Vikings first... -
Military Low-Level Flying From F-4 Phantom to F-35 Lightning II: A Pictorial Display of Low Flying in Cumbria and Beyond by Scott Rathbone
RRP: £35.00£24.29The United Kingdom has some of the most dramatic landscapes that can be used by pilots to train in the vital skill of low flying. Aircrew preparing for operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other potential war zones frequently hone their skills flying... -
The British Army in Afghanistan 2006-14: Task Force Helmand by Leigh Neville
RRP: £14.99£10.95Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan has been involved in asymmetric warfare for the best part of a decade. The eight-year series of deployments jointly known as Operation Herrick, alongside US and other... -
Across the Rhine: January-May 1945 by Simon Forty
RRP: £25.00£18.79The last rites were administered to the Third Reich from the west by a massive concentration of Allied forces and firepower. With France secured, Hitler's vain counterattack in the Ardennes held and the Channel and North Sea ports cleared, little stood... -
7th SS Mountain Division Prinz Eugen At War 1941-1945: A History of the Division by Ian Baxter 9781526721426
RRP: £14.99£10.95Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs the The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 1941 - 1945 is the 7th book in the Waffen-SS Images of War Series written by Ian Baxter. The book tells the story of the 7th SS... -
Continental vs Redcoat by David Bonk
RRP: £15.99£12.46The American Revolutionary War pitched the newly formed Continental Army against the professional British Redcoats - a highly trained organization manned by long-serving and experienced infantrymen with a formidable reputation forged on European... -
Operation Typhoon: The Assault on Moscow 1941 by Philippe Naud 9781612006710
RRP: £19.99£14.28After the initial successes of Operation Barbarossa, at the end of September 1941 Hitler turned his focus to Moscow, with the unshakeable belief that capturing the capital would knock the Soviets out of the war. On the face of it, it was an unequal... -
Military Camouflage by Bernard Lowry
RRP: £15.99£10.85The twentieth century ushered in new forms of warfare. On the high seas the submarine would challenge the supremacy of surface craft, and in the air the aeroplane offered new forms of both attack and reconnaissance. The advent of the tank made cavalry... -
Clydebank Battlecruisers: Forgotten Photographs from John Brown's Shipyard Ian Johnston 9781399024891
RRP: £16.99£12.28Between 1906 and 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger than the last, culminating in the mighty Hood, the largest warship of her day. If Tiger is regarded as a modification of the Lion class design,... -
Waffen-SS in Normandy, 1944: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Baxter, Ian 9781399091411
RRP: £14.99£10.95In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the greatest ever amphibious invasion, initially overwhelmed German Normandy defences. To attempt to stabilise the situation, Hitler deployed his elite Waffen-SS divisions to avert the crisis. This classic Images of War... -
The 2nd Ss Panzer Division Das Reich by Yves Buffetaut 9781612005256
RRP: £19.99£14.28The 2nd SS Division, "Das Reich," was a battlefront mainstay for Nazi Germany throughout WWII-from the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the final surrender in May 1945. In between it was switched back-and-forth between east and west depending on the crisis,... -
Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991 by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £14.99£11.75A detailed illustrated study of Putin's shadowy security and paramilitary armed forces. While the size of Russia's regular forces has shrunk recently, its security and paramilitary elements have become increasingly powerful. Under the Putin regime... -
The Aircraft Carrier Hiryu by Stefan Draminski
RRP: £45.00£35.63A uniquely detailed study of a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, before being sunk at Midway. Superbly illustrated with line drawings, full-colour artwork of the ship through its career, internal... -
Dunkirk Evacuation - Operation Dynamo: Nine Days that Saved an Army by Martin Mace 9781526770356
RRP: £15.99£11.61The miracle' of Dunkirk is one of the most inspiring stories of all time. The British Expeditionary Force had been all but surrounded, and, with the French armies collapsing on all sides, it appeared that Britain was about to suffer the heaviest defeat... -
From Moscow to Stalingrad: The Eastern Front, 1941-1942 by Yves Buffetaut 9781612006093
RRP: £19.99£14.28The path from Moscow to Stalingrad was littered with successes and losses for both the Red Army and the Wehrmacht, with tensions remaining high and culminating in one of the harshest battles of the Second World War. Part of the Casemate Illustrated... -
FV430 Series: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Robert Griffin
RRP: £16.99£12.68During the Second World War the British infantry found itself lacking suitable transport to cope with the fast moving German Blitzkrieg tactics. Various stop-gap measures were introduced with mixed success but, with the pots-war nuclear biological and... -
World War II Battle by Battle by Nikolai Bogdanovic
RRP: £7.99£5.79This compact gift book takes thirty of World War II's most significant clashes, both the famous and the lesser known, and presents their stories in a concise, easy to digest format, accompanied by beautiful Osprey artwork plates in full colour that... -
Operation Market Garden: September 1944 by Simon Forty
RRP: £25.00£22.43The battle of Normandy ended as the Allied armies crossed the Seine at the end of August 1944, a month after Operation Cobra had broken the stalemate. The Allies harried the retreating Germans, who left their tanks and heavy weapons south of the Seine,... -
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... -
Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass by Trevor Absolon
RRP: £40.00£30.79For beauty, precision and strength, nothing has ever matched the combination of form and function found in the armour of the samurai. For a samurai, the consummate warrior, his suit of armour was so much more than 'just' protective equipment that could... -
With the Paras in Helmand: A Photographic Diary by Allen, Craig 9781399020886
RRP: £14.99£13.61Craig Allen, a Paratrooper for 29 years, returned to 2 PARA as a reservist and unofficial photographer for the Battlegroups dramatic 2008 Tour in Helmand. As both a respected soldier and photographer he had unrivalled access to the fighting and moved... -
Gebirgsjager vs Soviet Sailor: Arctic Circle 1942-44 by David Greentree
RRP: £12.99£9.79In 1941-44, Nazi Germany's Gebirgsjager - elite mountain troops - clashed repeatedly with land-based units of the Soviet Navy during the mighty struggle on World War II's Eastern Front. Formed into naval infantry and naval rifle brigades, some 350,000 of... -
P-61 Black Widow: Northrop Night Fighter in WWII by David Doyle
RRP: £18.99£12.27The complete history of the P-61 "Black Widow," one of the most advanced and most sinister-looking fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The striking P-61 Black Widow was the first purpose-built American night fighter. Designed by Jack... -
Victory 1945 by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99£11.75Even when Western Allied troops gained a foothold in Normandy, World War II in Europe was far from over. The route to Germany's interior and the Nazis final surrender was long, arduous and blood-stained. The Wehrmacht's stubborn resistance and the... -
The Spy Toolkit: Extraordinary inventions from World War II by The National Archives
RRP: £10.99£7.77Spies claim that theirs is the second oldest profession. Secret agents across time have had the same key tasks: looking and listening, getting the information they need and smuggling it back home. Over the course of human history, some amazingly complex... -
Vietnam War Booby Traps by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99£10.95During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong were frequently unable to hold their own in stand-up fights against US and allied forces who were superior in strength, firepower, mobility, and logistics. They relied instead on traditional guerrilla warfare tactics... -
A Photographic History of Amphibious Warfare 1939-1945 by Simon Forty
RRP: £25.00£17.62Amphibious operations have always been an important element of warfare, but they reached their climax during the Second World War when they were carried out on a large scale in every theatre of the conflict. That is why this wide-ranging, highly... -
The Late Roman Army by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £30.00£17.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996365796Author Gabriele EspositoFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Winged Hussar PublishingPublisher Winged Hussar PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th-15th Centuries Dr David Nicolle 9781782007791
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and... -
British Airborne Soldier vs Waffen-SS Soldier: Arnhem 1944 by David Greentree
RRP: £15.99£13.22Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan to try and end the war before the end of 1944, and relied on landing airborne troops to secure bridges over the Rhine bridges in the Netherlands. Critical to this plan were the glider troops of Britain's 1st... -
Camp Forrest by Elizabeth Taylor 9781531698706
RRP: £31.99£19.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781531698706Author Elizabeth TaylorFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublisher Arcadia Publishing Library... -
SR-71 Blackbird: Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane by David Doyle 9780764367083
RRP: £22.99£15.05As of 2023, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned jet aircraft ever produced. It set the record in 1976 and has been retired since the late 1990s. With its unrivaled speed and stunning appearance, the Blackbird has maintained an almost... -
Panzer IV vs Sherman by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £15.99£13.33As the Allies attempted to break out of Normandy, it quickly became apparent that there would be no easy victory over the Germans, and that every scrap of territory on the way to Berlin would have to be earned through hard fighting. This study... -
Soviet Airborne Forces 1930-91 by David Campbell
RRP: £14.99£10.95Established in 1932, the Vozdushno-desantnye voyska ('air-landing forces', or VDV) of the Red Army led the way in airborne doctrine and practice. Though they were initially handicapped by a lack of infrastructure, due in part to a turbulent political...