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The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume 3: The Panzer Division by Thomas Anderson
RRP: £35.00£25.29The first two volumes of the History of the Panzerwaffe have described how the Germans transformed armoured warfare from a lumbering and ponderous experiment in World War I into something that could decide the outcome of conflicts, and how the legendary... -
Armoured Warfare in the British Army, 1914-1939 by Taylor, Richard
RRP: £25.00£17.62This is the first volume in a three-volume illustrated history of the evolution of armoured manoeuvre warfare in the British army, covering the period from 1914 until 1939/. Author Dick Taylor's tour de force covers the evolution of the tank and armoured... -
Mosquito Mayhem: de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII by Bowman, Martin W 9781399085069
£18.44The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous... -
Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt by Robert Forczyk 9781526781543
RRP: £14.99£10.95The German panzer armies that swept into the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had honed their skill in combined arms warfare to a fine edge. The Germans focused their panzers and tactical air support at points on the battlefield defined... -
Men of Armor: the History of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in World War II: Part 1: Beginnings, North Africa, and Italy by Jeff Danby 9781636240138
RRP: £27.50£22.39After the shocking fall of France in June 1940, the U.S. Army embarked on a crash program to establish a new armored force. One of the units formed was the 756th Tank Battalion (Light), activated at Fort Lewis in June 1941. Because of severe equipment... -
Sniping Rifles in World War I by Martin Pegler
RRP: £14.99£10.95While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not. This highly illustrated volume tells the inside story of the rifles carried by snipers of all the major powers during World War I. ... -
The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England - Its Archaeology and Literature by Hilda Ellis Davidson 9780851157160
RRP: £19.99£15.11This book is an invaluable exploration of the significance of the sword as symbol and weapon in the Anglo-Saxon world, using archaeological and literary evidence. The first part of the book, a careful study of the disposition of swords found in peat... -
MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns by Chris McNab
RRP: £14.99£11.75With the MG 34, the German Wehrmacht introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower - the general-purpose machine gun (GPMG). In itself the MG 34 was an excellent weapon: an air-cooled, recoil-operated machine gun that could deliver killing... -
Napoleon's Military Machine Operations Manual by Chris McNab
RRP: £22.99£9.27The Grande Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever deployed. With it the French scored a streak of historic victories that gave them an unprecedented grip on power over the European continent. At... -
Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War: Colt, Sharps, Spencer, and Whitworth by Martin Pegler
RRP: £15.99£13.33At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative... -
Two Handed Sword History, Design and Use by Neil Melville 9781526733139
RRP: £25.00£18.02The two-handed swords found in modern museums are often so large and elaborately decorated that the onlooker might question whether such an apparently impractical weapon could ever have been a serious weapon of war. Yet during the Late Middle Ages,... -
No Cloak, No Dagger: Allied Spycraft in Occupied France Benjamin Cowburn 9781848327764
RRP: £12.99£9.09The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war and the ways that agents would set... -
Hetzer - Jagdpanzer 38 Tank Destroyer: German Army and Waffen-SS Western Front, 1944-1945 by Dennis Oliver
RRP: £16.99£15.60By 1944 the German army was on the defensive on all fronts and Allied bombing was putting increasing pressure on the nation's industrial output. Since the earliest days of the war the Germans had experimented with mounting anti-tank weapons on obsolete... -
The Colt 1911 Pistol by Leroy Thompson
RRP: £15.99£13.33First used in combat during the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and then extensively during the world wars, the Colt Government Model (1911) pistol remained the standard issue handgun in the US armed forces for nearly 80 years and has continued in... -
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... -
NATO and Warsaw Pact Tanks of the Cold War by Green, Michael 9781399004312
RRP: £25.00£17.62Led by the USA with Western European partners, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet threat. In response the Soviet Union assembled and dominated the Warsaw Pact in 1954. The mainstay of both alliances'... -
Panther Medium Tank: German Army and Waffen SS Eastern Front Summer, 1943 by Oliver, Dennis 9781399017961
RRP: £16.99£12.28In July 1943 the German army launched what was to be its last major offensive on Soviet soil. Codenamed Operation Citadel, the attack had initially been scheduled to commence in May but was postponed by Hitler on a number of occasions to allow the... -
Armies and Enemies of Louis XIV: Volume 1: Western Europe 1688-1714 - France, England, Holland by Mark Allen
RRP: £29.95£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628057Author Mark AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Islamic Arms and Armour by Thom Richardson 9780948092718
RRP: £9.99£7.06The Royal Armouries' collection of Asian arms and armour is among the finest in the world. With the aid of stunning photography, former Deputy Master Thom Richardson outlines a rich and vibrant diversity of military cultures from the Ottoman Empire to... -
Cromwell and Centaur Tanks: British Army and Royal Marines, North-west Europe 1944-1945 Dennis Oliver 9781526725417
RRP: £14.99£10.95Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one of the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced... -
SU-85 and SU-100 on the Battlefield: World War Two Photobook Series: 9 by Neil Stokes 9786158007207
RRP: £25.99£18.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786158007207Author Neil StokesFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.Weight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 215mm... -
The French Army of the Orient 1798-1801: Napoleon'S Beloved 'Egyptians' by Yves Martin
RRP: £25.00£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512714Author Yves MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
I am Minded to Rise: The Clothing, Weapons and Accoutrements of the Jacobites from 1689 to 1719 by Jenn Scott 9781912866632
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866632Author Jenn ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The 'Broomhandle' Mauser Jonathan Ferguson 9781472816153
RRP: £15.99£11.61At a time when most handguns were limited to six rounds, the ten-shot Mauser caught the attention of the world for its unprecedented firepower and formidable high-velocity 7.63x25mm cartridge. This saw its ultimate expression in the first-ever... -
The Evolution of Gun Making: Machine made weapons, 1700–1820 Peter G. Smithurst 9781036107789
RRP: £25.00£17.62A variety of factors surround military firearms – they needed to be produced in large numbers to a standardised pattern at an affordable price. This books examines the transition from traditional hand-craft methods to the beginnings of mechanised... -
Roman Legionary vs Carthaginian Warrior: Second Punic War 217-206 BC David Campbell 9781472828040
RRP: £15.99£13.33The peace that followed the First Punic War was shallow and fractious, with the resumption of hostilities in 218 BC sparked by Carthaginian expansion in Iberia seeing Rome suffer some of the worst defeats in her entire history. The Carthaginian... -
Super-heavy Tanks of World War II Kenneth W Estes 9781782003830
RRP: £12.99£11.01The super-heavy tanks of World War II are heirs to the siege machine tradition - a means of breaking the deadlock of ground combat. As a class of fighting vehicle, they began with the World War I concept of the search for a 'breakthrough' tank, designed... -
Panzers in Normandy: Then and Now by Eric Lefevre
RRP: £28.00£20.62Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Normandy campaign, Panzers in Normandy Then and Now is a detailed study of the German panzer regiments in Normandy in 1944 as seen from the German side. The book is basically divided into two parts:... -
Falklands Gunner: A Day-by-Day Personal Account of the Royal Artillery in the Falklands War by Tom Martin 9781473881211
RRP: £25.00£18.02The Royal Artillery played a vital, though often forgotten, part in the British armed forces' successful operation to re-capture of the Falkland Islands in 1982. However, the actions of the artillery were recorded by one young officer in a journal which... -
The Origins of Surface-To-Air Guided Missile Technology: German Flak Rockets and the Onset of the Cold War by James Mills
RRP: £29.95£20.92World War II saw the appearance of numerous revolutionary armaments on both sides of the conflict that would radically change the nature of warfare, from jet aircraft to the ballistic missile and the atomic bomb. The greatest conflagration in history... -
Practical Ballistics: An Introductory Guide for Rifle and Shotgun Shooters by Lewis Potter
RRP: £19.95£16.80This fascinating book starts with the basics, going back to the days of muzzle loading before considering the various attempts made over the centuries to improve the bullet. It moves on to examine the development of the cartridge right up to the present... -
Way of Archery: A 1637 Chinese Military Training Manual by Jie Tian 9780764347917
RRP: £36.99£23.98The Way of Archery provides a detailed introduction to practicing archery in the traditional Chinese military style. It explains the basics of how to shoot using the Asian thumb ring: proper posture, training regimen, equipment, and avoiding pitfalls in... -
Royal Artillery in the Second World War by Richard Doherty 9781803995564
RRP: £18.99£14.32During the Second World War, the Germans considered the Royal Artillery to be the most professional arm of the British Army: British gunners were accurate, effective and efficient, and provided fire support for their armoured and infantry colleagues that... -
Renault R35 & R40 Through a German Lens by Alan Ranger
£16.41The 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... -
The German Peasants' War 1524-26 by Douglas Miller 9781804512029
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512029Author Douglas MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Leopard 2: NATO's First Line of Defence, 1979-2020 by David Grummitt 9781526774101
RRP: £16.99£12.28When the Leopard 2, a third-generation main battle tank, first entered service with the Bundeswehr in 1979, at the height of the Cold War, it was indisputably the most advanced and potent tank in the world. During the last four decades it has undergone... -
The Cavalry Lance by Alan Larsen
RRP: £12.99£9.09The development of cavalry firearms and the widespread disappearance of armour from the European battlefield saw a decline in the use of the cavalry lance in early modern warfare. However, by 1800 the lance, much changed from its medieval predecessors in... -
German Commerce Raiders 1914-18 by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: £11.99£8.43This is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. To that end pre-war German... -
US Marine Corps Uniforms and Equipment in World War II by Jim Moran 9781526749048
RRP: £16.99£12.28The United States Marine Corps was one of the phenomena of the Second World War. Greatly expanded from its pre-war order of battle of scattered defence battalions, overseas garrisons and ship detachments, it became a multi-division force bearing the... -
Medieval Military Technology by Kelly Robert DeVries
RRP: £35.00£29.45First published in 1992, Medieval Military Technology has become the definitive book in its field, garnering much praise and a large readership. This thorough update of a classic book, regarded as both an excellent overview and an important piece of...