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Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir About What Happens After a Miracle by Douglas Michael Day
RRP: £25.00£15.55p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.5px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #353535} On the night of April 6, 2007, in Iraq's Anbar Province, Senior Chief Mike Day, his team of Navy SEALs, and a group of Iraqi scouts were on the hunt for a high-level al Qaeda... -
The Badges of Kitchener's Army by David Bilton
RRP: £30.00£21.95Badges of Kitchener's Army is based on thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the thirty divisions raised by Kitchener's appeal for men. ... -
Fire And Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 by John C. McManus
RRP: £19.99£13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451475053Author John C. McmanusFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi
RRP: £15.99£11.61A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube. The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of... -
The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler by Chris Bryant
RRP: £9.99£7.36A STORY OF UNSUNG BRAVERY AT A DEFINING MOMENT IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY 'Superb' Stephen Fry 'Thrillingly told' Dan Jones 'Fascinating' Neil MacGregor 'Astonishing' Peter Frankopan We like to think we know the story of how Britain went to war with... -
Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East by James Holland
RRP: £10.99£8.02'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times'A first-rate popular history of a fascinating and neglected battle... a veritable page-turner' BBC HistoryIn February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops,... -
The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend by August Kubizek 9781784389772
RRP: £14.99£10.95August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they were both competing for standing room at the opera. Their mutual passion for music created a strong bond, and over the next four years they became close friends. Kubizek describes a reticent young man,... -
Bletchley Park: The Secret Archives by Sinclair McKay
RRP: £30.00£19.61This is beautifully slipcased presented collector' s edition of the best selling title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, a comprehensive illustrated history of this remarkable place, from its prewar heyday as a... -
Belladonna by Dasa Drndic
RRP: £10.99£7.30"Belladonna is brutal, beautiful, and unforgettable . . . One of the truly outstanding novels of recent years" EILEEN BATTERSBY, Los Angeles Review of Books** Winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2018**** Shortlisted for the inaugural E... -
Cher Ami: Based on the World War I Legend of the Fearless Pigeon by Melisande Potter
RRP: £12.99£8.43In October 1918, during World War I, nearly seven hundred American soldiers were trapped behind enemy lines with no prospect of rescue. Allied troops did not have access to their location, and every attempt at communication provoked more casualties... -
US Go Home: The Us Military in France, 1945-1968 by David Egan
RRP: £45.99£31.52This monumental project is the definitive work on the postwar American military occupation of France. In 1951, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, hero of the liberation of Europe, returned to Paris to command NATO forces. The US Army built a huge... -
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird 9781838959708
RRP: £12.99£9.21***THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM OPPENHEIMER***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday TimesPhysicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu... -
Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila by James M. Scott 9780393246940
RRP: £25.99£23.71By early 1945, the war against Japan was at its height and General Douglas MacArthur began to fulfil his vow of liberating the Philippines. He was already planning his own victory parade down Dewey Boulevard in Manila, a city he loved dearly. But the... -
To VE-Day Through German Eyes: The Final Defeat of Nazi Germany by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: £10.99£7.50'If Germany stays united and marches to the rhythm of its revolutionary socialist outlook, it will be unbeatable. Our indestructible will to life, and the driving force of the Fuhrer's personality guarantee this.' (Joseph Goebbels, 4 June 1943.) It... -
Stalingrad 1942–43 (1): The German Advance to the Volga by Robert Forczyk
RRP: £15.99£11.61After failing to defeat the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Adolf Hitler planned a new campaign for the summer of 1942 that was intended to achieve a decisive victory: Operation Blue (Case Blau). In this new campaign, Hitler directed that... -
The Battle of Waterloo Road by Diana Author Forbes-Robertson 9781014764355
RRP: £17.95£16.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014764355Author Diana Author Forbes-RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams)... -
Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War by Hal Vaughan
RRP: £18.00£11.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307475916Author Hal VaughanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
World War II Fighter Planes Spotter's Guide by Tony Holmes
RRP: £7.99£6.04World War II saw pilots from around the world battling in the skies over Europe, Asia and Africa, with victory resting upon their nerve, skill and the capabilities of some of history's most iconic aircraft. In the chaos of battle, it was vital that they... -
Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible by John C. McManus 9780471739050
£27.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471739050Author John C. McManusFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It by Nina Siegal
RRP: £32.50£20.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063070653Author Nina SiegalFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler by David I. Kertzer 9780812989960
RRP: £24.00£15.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780812989960Author David I. KertzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Random... -
Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: And Other Small Events That Changed History by Phil Mason
RRP: £14.99£9.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510744400Author Phil MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
War in the Ukraine Volume 1: Armed Formations of the Donetsk People's Republic, 2014 - Today by Edward Crowther
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070661Author Edward CrowtherFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
US Landing Craft of World War II, Vol. 1: The LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCS(L), LCM and LCI by David Doyle 9780764358616
RRP: £18.99£12.67No less than Dwight Eisenhower described Andrew Jackson Higgins as "the man who won the war for us," referring to the landing craft he perfected. Those craft, the WWII LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, and LCM, are presented in this volume (the first of two on... -
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
RRP: £9.99£5.56THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZEA MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, GUARDIAN, THE SPECTATOR, TIME,... -
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003 by Steve Coll 9780241686652
RRP: £30.00£21.95From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of America's long and ruinous relationship with Saddam HusseinThe Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's... -
The Tennis Champion Who Escaped the Nazis: Liesl Herbst’s Journey, from Vienna to Wimbledon by Felice Hardy
RRP: £9.99£6.99"Stunningly descriptive, compelling writing. I was moved close to tears on several occasions." - Peter James, international bestselling crime writer 'A fabulous story guaranteed to capture people's imagination' - Mail on Sunday In 1930, at the age... -
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor 9781474610162
RRP: £10.99£7.30'A masterpiece of history'DAILY TELEGRAPHBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible... -
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank 9780241952436
RRP: £8.99£6.70THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IS 'A MONUMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT'One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Edited by her father Otto H. Frank and German novelist Mirjam... -
Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff
RRP: £8.99£6.70Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as 'useful [corrective] to the romantic conception of war', R.C. Sherriff's Journey's End is an unflinching vision of life in the trenches towards the end of the First World War, published in Penguin Classics.Set in the... -
No More Secrets: My part in codebreaking at Bletchley Park and the Pentagon by Betty Webb
RRP: £9.99£6.86The incredible true story of the only woman to have worked during the Second World War as a codebreaker at both Bletchley Park and the Pentagon Betty Webb is the only surviving codebreaker to have worked on both Nazi and Japanese codes at Bletchley... -
World War II Map by Map by DK
RRP: £30.00£21.57Explore World War II in unprecedented detail with this compelling geographical guide.If you're interested in finding out more about one of the deadliest wars in history, then this war book is perfect for you. World War II Map by Map is an intricately... -
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray 9781472284631
RRP: £10.99£7.30Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the recent huge success of his podcast We... -
Judy: A Dog in a Million: From Runaway Puppy to the World's Most Heroic Dog by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.30The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell.Judy, a beautiful liver and white English pointer, and the only animal POW of WWII, truly was a dog in a million, cherished and adored by the... -
Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry 9780300260779
RRP: £25.00£21.90A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the... -
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944: The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.34THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERThe great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War' - Robert Fox, Evening... -
SAS Great Escapes by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.30'Riveting. Extraordinary. A real-life thriller.' - Dan SnowIn SAS Great Escapes, bestselling author Damien Lewis tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military... -
Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£9.34'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians.' Sebastian Faulks'Holland's skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose.' The TimesShortlisted for the 2021 British Army Military Book of the... -
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster 9780008599171
RRP: £22.00£14.31'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON 'An elegant... -
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France by James Holland
RRP: £10.99£8.02'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and...