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German Bomber Aircraft of World War II by Thomas Newdick
RRP: £17.99£12.39Organised chronologically by type, German Bomber Aircraft of World War II offers a highly-illustrated guide to the main types of aircraft used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The book offers a comprehensive survey of German aircraft, from... -
Roman Soldier vs Parthian Warrior: Carrhae to Nisibis, 53 BC-AD 217 by Si Sheppard
RRP: £13.99£9.75In 53 BC, Roman and Parthian forces collided in a confrontation that would reshape the geopolitical map and establish a frontier between East and West that would endure for the next 700 years. From the initial clash at Carrhae through to the battle of... -
US Navy Battleships 1895–1908: The Great White Fleet and the beginning of US global naval power by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: £11.99£8.43The last predreadnought battleships of the US Navy were critical to the technological development of US battleships, and they were the first tool of international hard power wielded by the United States, a nation which would eventually become the world's... -
The Martini-Henry Rifle by Stephen Manning
RRP: £15.99£11.61The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th... -
Stug IIl Enthusiasts' Manual: Ausfuhrung A to G (Sd.Kfz.142) Mark Healy 9781785212130
RRP: £25.00£18.02Based on the chassis of the Panzer III tank, the Second World War German Sturmgeschutz series of assault guns was a successful and cost-effective range of armoured fighting vehicles. Originally intended as a mobile assault weapon for infantry support,... -
Tanks in the Battle of the Bulge by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £11.99£8.43The Battle of the Bulge raises many questions which, until now, have not been adequately answered: How did the major tank types perform during the battle? What were the specific 'lessons learned' from the combat? And did these lessons result in changes... -
U.S. Army Vehicle Markings 1944 by Jean Bouchery 9781612007373
RRP: £29.99£24.36Everyone is familiar with the iconic WWII Jeep, its green paintwork annotated with white letters, numbers and symbols. Unintelligible to the casual observer, these markings were integral to the organization of the U.S. Army on the move in 1944.This... -
Tanks in the Battle of Germany 1945: Eastern Front by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £12.99£9.09A new history and analysis of the German and Soviet tank forces that battled on eastern German soil in the final months of World War II. The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw the Wehrmacht fighting with exhausted armoured... -
The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles: Panzers, Jagdpanzers, Assault Guns, Antiaircraft, Self-Propelled Artillery, Armored Wheeled and Semi-Tracked Vehicles, and More by David Doyle 9781510716575
RRP: £25.00£16.84Here is a jam-packed visual encyclopedia of the armored vehicles used by the Nazi forces in World War II. With over six hundred photos, many of which never before seen by the public, David Doyle book offers military historians a unique look at the German... -
German Combat Equipment, 1939-45 by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £12.99£9.09The field equipment of the German Army in World War II was closely related to that used throughout World War I and earlier, yet it was of relatively light weight, ruggedly constructed, well designed, functional, and generally of a high quality, though... -
Military Vehicles: 300 Innovative Forms of Transport by Chris McNab
RRP: £9.99£6.85Military Vehicles is a wide-ranging guide to the world of military mobility in the twentieth century and beyond. In 300 detailed entries, it explores the combat, transport and utility vehicles that have supported military units from World War I to the... -
Enigma: The Battle For The Code Hugh Sebag-Montefiore 9781474608329
RRP: £14.99£9.80The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians... -
Panther by Thomas Anderson
RRP: £25.00£18.02A highly detailed illustrated history of one of the most famous tanks of World War II - the German Panther. Often considered the most elegant tank design of the war, the Panther embodied a balance of firepower, armour protection, and mobility... -
British Sniping Rifles since 1970: L42A1, L96A1 and L115A3 by Steve Houghton
RRP: £13.99£9.75In response to the challenge of the Soviet Dragunov self-loading rifle, the British Army adopted the 7.62mm L42A1 bolt-action sniping rifle in 1970. The L42A1 was deployed in Dhofar and Northern Ireland, but arguably saw its finest hour during the... -
Japanese Aircraft of World War II: 1937-1945 by Thomas Newdick
RRP: £17.99£12.39Illustrated with detailed artworks of Japanese aircraft and their markings, Japanese Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircraft deployed by the Japanese military from the Second Sino-Japanese War to the surrender in the Pacific in... -
Painting Wargaming Figures: Axis Forces on the Eastern Front by Andy Singleton
RRP: £14.99£10.95Andy Singleton has been modelling and painting most of his life and has been a professional commission figure painter for some years now. Here he shares his experience and tips of the trade for painting Axis forces on WW2's Eastern Front: Germans,... -
The Kingtiger by Thomas L. Jentz 9781855322820
RRP: £12.99£11.01As World War II entered its later stages and Germany was forced increasingly onto the defensive, the need for fast-moving mobile forces lessened and the Wehrmacht required better protected and more powerfully armed tanks. After debacles against the T-34,... -
The Imperial Japanese Navy of the Russo-Japanese War by Mark Stille
RRP: £12.99£11.01When the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed Russia's battle fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, it marked the emergence of Japan as one of the world's major naval powers. Japan's navy had been built up over just two decades, with the IJN acquiring a fleet... -
Panzerwaffe on the Battlefield 2 (Vol.21) Jon Feenstra 9786155583230
RRP: £25.99£18.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786155583230Author Jon FeenstraFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft. -
A History of the Samurai: Legendary Warriors of Japan by Jonathan Lopez-Vera 9784805315354
RRP: £15.99£10.93A History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan's legendary warrior class from beginning to end-an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed and bravery that is central to an understanding of the Japanese character and of Japanese history. It describes... -
The Bayonet by Bill Harriman
RRP: £13.99£9.75Although muskets delivered devastating projectiles at comparatively long ranges, their slow rate of fire left the soldier very vulnerable while reloading, and early muskets were useless for close-quarter fighting. Consequently, European infantry... -
Tank Wrecks of the Eastern Front 1941 - 1945 by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: £14.99£10.95Four years of armoured battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War littered the battlefields with the wrecks of destroyed and disabled tanks, and Anthony Tucker-JonesOs photographic history is a fascinating guide to them. It provides a graphic... -
The M4 Carbine by Chris McNab
RRP: £13.99£9.75The M4 carbine has become one of the defining military firearms of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Developed as a fusion of the XM177E2 Colt Commando and the M16A2 assault rifle, the M4 offered a more convenient battlefield firearm than the... -
Japanese Arms and Armour by Ian Bottomley 9780948092794
RRP: £9.99£7.06Japan is a mysterious and beguiling country, steeped in the deepest of traditions yet strikingly modern. Here, Curator Emeritus Ian Bottomley sheds light on one of the most popular facets of the Royal Armouries' collection, reflecting this mesmeric... -
Tank Craft 2: Sherman Tanks: British Army and Royal Marines Normandy Campaign 1944 by Dennis Oliver 9781473885301
£16.19With production in excess of 55,000 the Sherman tank was eventually in service with most Allied armies of the Second World War and by the time of the Normandy landings was the mainstay of Britain's armoured battalions. In his second book in the TankCraft... -
The Lee-Enfield Rifle by Martin Pegler
RRP: £15.99£11.61The Lee-Enfield is one of the 20th century's most recognisable and longest-serving military rifles. It was adopted by the British Army in 1895 and only replaced by the L1A1 SLR in 1957. It saw combat from the Boer War onwards, and thousands are still in... -
Chinese Tanks & AFVs: 1950-Present by Martin J Dougherty
RRP: £17.99£12.79With a new world order emerging in the early 21st century, Chinese ground forces have been consistently improved and geared towards quality for costly main battle tanks, while still maintaining a huge number of cheaper AFVs. With 7,450 vehicles, China... -
Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller by Gregg Herken 9780805065893
RRP: £29.99£19.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805065893Author Gregg HerkenFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)... -
Tanks in the Battle of Germany 1945: Western Front by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £11.99£8.43The crossing of the river Rhine marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich, but the Wehrmacht would fight ferociously on its home soil until the fall of Berlin. The Battle of Germany saw the most advanced tanks of the Allies pitted against the... -
SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane Richard H. Graham 9780760354483
RRP: £18.99£13.15SR-71 covers every aspect of the spyplane's development, manufacture, and active service, all from the insider's perspective of one its pilots. Features over 200 incredible photos. Flying to a coffee table near you comes the new paperback edition of this... -
Berlin: Life and Loss in the City That Shaped The Century by Sinclair McKay 9780241503171
RRP: £20.00£14.69The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - Berlin'I loved this book . . . apposite and wise . . . To anyone who knows Berlin a little and is fascinated by it, but... -
By the Emperor's Hand by Timothy Dawson 9781848325890
RRP: £30.00£21.95By the sixth century of the common era the Roman Empire already had many hundreds of years of accumulated ceremonial embedded in its government, and practical science embodied in its army. The transition from Republic to Imperium and the more... -
Nuclear Weapons Manual: All models from 1945 David Baker 9781785211393
RRP: £22.99£16.681945 onwards (strategic and tactical delivery systems), Much misinformation has been published by those who support, as well as those who are against, the continued deployment of nuclear weapons as instruments of deterrence. This book provides an... -
Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £12.99£9.09A concisely detailed guide to the Allied tanks that fought from D-Day to the break out from Normandy, their qualities, numbers and performance, and how they were used on the battlefield. When Allied tanks began to roll off the landing craft on D-Day,... -
Weapons of the Samurai by Stephen Turnbull
RRP: £13.99£9.75This fully illustrated new book describes and analyses the weapons and equipment traditionally associated with the samurai, Japan's superlative warriors. It examines the range of weapons used by them at different times and in different situations. ... -
Tanks of D-Day 1944: Armor on the beaches of Normandy and southern France by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £12.99£9.09Allied success in invading Fortress Europe (the area of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany) depended on getting armor onto the beaches as fast as possible. This book explains how the Allies developed the specialist tanks it needed, their... -
Armies of Julius Caesar 58-44 BC by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £14.99£10.95Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him to be, in practice, the very first 'emperor' - after all, no other name in history has been synonymous... -
M1 Garand: Variants, Markings, Ammunition, Accessories by Jean Huon 9780764358562
RRP: £22.99£19.14Gen. George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised." The legendary .30-caliber M1 Garand semiautomatic rifle was the standard US service rifle in WWII and Korea. More than five million were made in American factories between 1937... -
51 Lessons from the Sky by Fletcher McKenzie 9780995117013
RRP: £14.49£13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995117013Author Fletcher McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Squabbling Sparrows PressPublisher Squabbling Sparrows PressWeight(grams) 440g -
Winston Churchill's Toyshop: The Inside Story of Military Intelligence (Research) by Stuart MacRae
RRP: £12.99£8.48The inside story of one of the most famous of all the 'back rooms' of the Second World War - and of the men and women who worked for it. Conceived by Winston Churchill to circumvent the delays, frustrations and inefficiencies of the service ministries,...