Weapons

In November 1921 the first purpose-built carrier was launched by the Japanese, followed a year later by the British launch of the Hermes. After WWI, battlecruisers were readily converted into aircraft carriers, with questions on how to handle the...

While the use of drones is now commonplace in modern warfare, it was in its infancy during the Vietnam War, not to mention revolutionary and top secret. Drones would play an important - and today largely unheralded - role in the bloody, two-decade US air...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648371042Author David James KnightFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint Echo Point Books & Media, LLCPublisher Echo Point Books & Media, LLCWeight(grams)...

The Sturmgeschutz, or StuG, as it is more popularly known, while conceived as self-propelled, infantry support artillery, in time, formed the backbone of Germany's anti-tank operations during WWII. With more than 135 war-era photos, this volume...

The first volume of the Propaganda Photo Series, a unique series of books on World War II small arms. Each volume covers all essential information on history & development, ammunition & accessories, codes & markings and contains photos of nearly every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316387699Author Annie JacobsenFormat HardbackPage Count 784Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 1089g

In this stunning account of the human impact of a single machine, John Ellis argues that the history of technology and military history are "part and parcel of social history in general." The Social History of the Machine Gun, now with a new foreword by...

Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper Chris Kyle dramatically chronicles the story of America-from the Revolution to the present-through the lens of ten iconic guns...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012778Author Peter PadfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783310838Author Major H G ParkynFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams)...

Compared to the fighting in Northwest Europe or the epic battles in the Soviet Union, the battles for the possession of the Italian peninsula seem to seem to pale in insignificance. The Allies regarded it as a side-show and the men that fought there were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601631558Author William WeirFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780756695736Author DKFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Dorling KindersleyPublisher DKWeight(grams) 850gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 211mm * 26mm

From the beginning in 1935 this attractive book describes the different elements that went into the Panzer-Divisions. It describes how the Germans carefully built up their assault forces utilizing all available reserves and resources into making an...

The Field of Cloth of Gold was one of the greatest courtly spectacles of the sixteenth century. A carefully-orchestrated meeting outside Calais between Henry VIII and Francis I, it encapsulated Henry's imperial ambitions and confirmed the role of the...

Germany's V-2 looks at one of the major technological advances of the Second World War, the V-2 ballistic missile. Although dwarfed by today's giant rockets, the V-2 represented a quantum leap beyond anything previously built. During the last six months...

This highly illustrated volume covers the uniforms and insignia of Germany's military in transition from the trenches of the Western front, to street fighting in Berlin, Munich, and other cities, the bitter contests with the Poles and Communists in the...

The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char leger Modele 1935 R (or R35), was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the tank was intended as an infantry support light tank. To this end it was...

This book presents several years of research into the history of America's post-World War II M-1 Helmet. It provides the most comprehensive look into the research, development, and production of the M-1 Helmet during this often overlooked period. All...

This title presents a detailed account of the development of swords, sabres, spears and lances illustrated with over 230 photographs and images. It provides a fascinating history of edged weapons, written by a leading antique sword expert and lavishly...

This book is primarily a reference for the most famous revolver manufactured by Eli Whitney, Jr. during the late-1850s and throughout the American Civil War. The Whitney Navy Revolver documents the results of a two-year research project and provides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788360672310Author Jeffrey PlowmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint en PublicationsPublisher en Publications

From the Capture of Algiers to the disbanding of the REP, through the Carlist Wars in Spain, Camerone, the Great War, Bir-Hakeim or Indochina, this book retraces the history of the most famous corps in military history over the last two centuries.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857066343Author S Bertram BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780716528951Author A.R. OppenheimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd

In 1944 the Maus giant battle tank, weighing almost 190 tons, was supposed to help turn the Wehrmacht's fortunes of war on the Eastern Front. Just two prototypes of this monster were delivered, for its undeniable advantages-tremendous firepower and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846831980Author Leonard Alston-Roberts-WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474538053Author Major J Lee-Richardson R a O CFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912680054Author Russell PhillipsFormat HardbackPage Count 458Imprint Shilka PublishingPublisher Shilka PublishingWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780795300356Author William L. ShirerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Rosetta BooksPublisher Rosetta BooksDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612003245Author Stephen NapierFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint CasematePublisher CasemateWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 163mm * 41mm

This modern textbook provides an extensive depiction of more than 75 dagger fencing techniques according to 15th-century dagger Master Hans Talhoffer's manuscripts, among other fencing luminaries, from past and present. In the Middle Ages, dagger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588344670Author Michael J. NeufeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

“A must read for anyone who wants to understand the new American way of war.”  — General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency A former special operations member takes us inside America’s...

Among other major navies, that of the United States put armed naval landing parties ashore during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although done primarily to protect American interests, they also safeguarded international communities against...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635617467Author R P HunnicuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

This book in the series described the technical and tactical development of these light tanks - from the Reichswehr years to the World War II campaigns in Poland, France and Russia.Book InformationISBN 9780764326240Author Walter J. SpielbergerFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995513327Author Russell PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Shilka PublishingPublisher Shilka PublishingWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

From lowly attendants (samurai literally means 'those who serve') to members one of the world's most powerful military organisations, the samurai underwent a progression of changes to reach a preeminent position in Japanese society and culture. Even...

This companion volume presents how the Panzertruppen fought during their defensive struggle with details on the units, organizations, types of Panzers, and tactics.Book InformationISBN 9780764300806Author Thomas L. JentzFormat HardbackPage Count...