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Mountbatten's Samurai: Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Forces Under British Control in Southeast Asia, 1945-1945 by Stephen B. Connor 9780957630574
RRP: £23.99£23.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957630574Author Stephen B. ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Seventh CitadelPublisher Seventh Citadel -
The War of 1812 by Carl Benn 9781472858566
RRP: £12.99£9.34In this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Carl Benn examines the War of 1812 and its significance in US history. The war of 1812-1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper... -
Women in the First World War by Neil R. Storey 9780747807520
£7.17As millions of young men marched off to war, they left behind mothers, wives, sisters, and sweethearts who were determined to contribute to the British cause. Women enrolled as nurses to treat wounded soldiers, and over 700,000 became workers in... -
Tarawa 1943: The turning of the tide by Derrick Wright
RRP: £16.99£14.72The island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll was defended by the elite troops of the Special Naval Landing Force, whose commander, Admiral Shibasaki, boasted that "the Americans could not take Tarawa with a million men in a hundred years". In a pioneering... -
Sign Here for Sacrifice: The Untold Story of the Third Battalion, 506th Airborne, Vietnam 1968 by Ian Gardner
RRP: £25.00£17.12A hard-hitting history of the U.S. airborne unit who made a name for themselves in the unforgiving jungles of South Vietnam. "It was easier killing than living." Third Battalion 506th Airborne veteran Drawing on interviews with veterans, many of... -
When God Looked the Other Way: An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption by Wesley Adamczyk
RRP: £17.00£16.68In the shadow of the Holocaust, the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens is often overlooked. Wesley Adamczyk's gripping memoir, "When God Looked the Other Way", gives voice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of Soviet... -
Reluctant Partner: The Complete Story of the French Participation in the Dardanelles Expedition of 1915 by George H. Cassar 9781911628927
RRP: £35.00£24.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628927Author George H. CassarFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Forgotten Giant of Bletchley Park Harold Liberty 9781399089616
RRP: £20.00£14.51In recent years, the work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers has caught the public's imagination with books and films. While men such as Alan Turing and Dilly Knox have been recognised, Brigadier John Tiltman has been hardly mentioned. This overdue... -
Wehrmacht Priests: Catholicism and the Nazi War of Annihilation by Lauren Faulkner Rossi 9780674598485
RRP: £39.95£32.70Between 1939 and 1945 more than 17,000 Catholic German priests and seminarians were conscripted into Hitler's Wehrmacht. Men who had devoted their lives to God found themselves advancing the cause of an abhorrent regime. Lauren Faulkner Rossi draws on... -
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge 9780891419068
RRP: £13.99£11.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891419068Author E. B. SledgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Northern 'Q': The History of Royal Air Force, Leuchars by Ian Smith Watson 9781781556092
RRP: £18.99£13.82Northern 'Q': The History of Royal Air Force, Leuchars takes its title from the long standing primary role as one of the oldest airfields in the UK. Leuchars began its links with military aviation as far back as 1911 with the arrival of the Royal... -
24 Hours at the Somme by Robert J. Kershaw
RRP: £14.99£11.11The first day of the Somme has had more of a widespread emotional impact on the psyche of the British public than any other battle in history. Now, 100 years later, Robert Kershaw attempts to understand the carnage, using the voices of the British and... -
German Paratroopers Uniforms and Equipment 1936 - 1945: Volume 3: Campaigns and Combat Operations, Decorations, Ephemera by Karl Veltze 9783938447888
RRP: £69.95£61.54The books will be indispensable to collectors, uniform enthusiasts and military historians alike. This three-volume work is the most comprehensive and detailed study of the World War II German paratrooper to date, providing in-depth examinations of... -
The D-Day Landings: IWM Photography Collection by Stephen Walton 9781912423736
RRP: £12.99£9.23IWM holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day. Offering a snapshot into this unique collection, The D-Day Landings showcases 50... -
Women Interned in World War Two Sumatra: Faith, Hope and Survival by Coombes, Barbara 9781526787750
RRP: £25.00£18.30Thousands of women and children were among those who struggled to leave Singapore just before capitulation on February 15 1942; their hope was to reach safety. For many that hope was never realised; countless numbers drowned as ships were bombed and sunk... -
Flakhelfer to Grenadier: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, 1943-1945 by Karl Heinz Schlesier 9781909384989
RRP: £16.95£14.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384989Author Karl Heinz SchlesierFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Cruel Hunters: SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger Hitlers Mt Notorious Anti-Partisan Unit by French Maclean 9780764304835
RRP: £31.99£20.40This is a brutal story - but, from the safety of fifty years distance in time - it is an extremely compelling one. It is also an enduring lesson that a military unit, formed under an evil ideology, led by a social outcast and composed of vicious... -
We Will All Go Down Fighting to the End by Winston Churchill
RRP: £7.99£5.89'Wars are not won by evacuations''We can take it!''Westward look, the land is bright'This collection of speeches from one of the great modern orators includes Churchill's famous words on the declaration of war with Germany, as well as his rousing call to... -
A School in Arms: Uppingham and the Great War by Timothy Halstead
RRP: £25.00£18.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512646Author Timothy HalsteadFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Churchill's Colonel: The War Diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Barne by Anthony Barne 9781526759702
£30.24Anthony Barne started his diary in August 1939 as a young, recently-married captain in the Royal Dragoons stationed in Palestine. He wrote an entry for every day of the war, often with great difficulty, sometimes when dog-tired or under fire, and... -
Cambrai 1917: The Myth Of The First Great Tank Battle by Bryn Hammond 9780753826058
£17.02The story of the first great tank battle, and the genesis of one of the most formidable weapons of the twentieth century. Cambrai was the last - and most influential - battle fought by the British on the Western Front in 1917. With many of the Allies on... -
The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America by Michael S. Neiberg 9780190464967
RRP: £24.99£20.72America's entry into World War One in April 1917 marked the end of one era in the nation's history and the start of another. As acclaimed historian Michael S. Neiberg reveals in his compelling new work, the Great War erupted in the midst of lively... -
World War II Winter and Mountain Warfare Tactics Dr Stephen Bull 9781849087124
RRP: £14.99£12.75The twentieth century saw an unprecedented emphasis on fighting in all terrains, seasons and weather conditions. Such conditions made even basic survival difficult as subzero temperatures caused weapons to jam, engines to seize up and soldiers to suffer... -
D-Day to Carpiquet: The North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of Europe by Marc Milner
RRP: £13.99£9.01The brutal battlefields of Europe during World War II were the testing ground for the young men of the 1st Battalion of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. On June 6, 1944, the soldiers landed on the coast of France as part of the first wave of the... -
Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 2: Arab Side Shows, 1914-1918 by David Nicolle
RRP: £16.95£14.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118761Author David NicolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Stuka Attack: The Dive-Bombing Assault on England during the Battle of Britain by Andy Saunders
RRP: £12.99£9.74The Junkers 87 Stuka was an iconic weapon of World War Two and an aircraft name that was, and still is, instantly recognised worldwide. Its roles in Poland and the Battles of France and the Low Countries are almost legendary, but in the UK its import... -
The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII by Nahlah Ayed 9780735242067
RRP: £21.99£14.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735242067Author Nahlah AyedFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
The Battle of Goose Green: A Battle is Fought to be Won by Mark Adkin 9781526760142
RRP: £15.99£11.79This book tells the story of the battle for Goose Green - the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - through the eyes of the commanders, both British and Argentine, from brigadier to corporal. It follows in detail, with the aid of maps, the 14 hours... -
Kohima by Arthur Swinson
RRP: £25.00£19.58On 7 March 1944 Tokyo announced that the Japanese invasion of British India had begun. By mid-month, the Japanese 31st Division had crossed the Chindwin River in northern Burma, advancing on a wide front towards Imphal and Kohima. In bitter jungle... -
Tin Can Titans: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron by John Wukovits
RRP: £13.99£11.48When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 (Desron 21) to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war.But it was not the squadron of ships that... -
Churchill's Last Wartime Secret: The 1943 German Raid Airbrushed from History by Adrian Searle 9781399077705
£19.49Its been a State secret for more than seventy years. The official line in the UK has always been that it never happened but this new work challenges the assertion that no German force set foot on British soil during the Second World War (the Channel... -
A Great Feat of Improvisation: Logistics and the British Expeditionary Force in France 1939-1940 by Clem Maginniss 9781913336158
RRP: £45.00£32.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336158Author Clem MaginnissFormat PaperbackPage Count 578Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer 9780571230440
RRP: £12.99£8.80The Assassins' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where he... -
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides
RRP: £19.00£11.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385495653Author Hampton SidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
The World War I Reader by Michael S. Neiberg 9780814758335
RRP: £23.99£21.56An accessible compilation of primary and secondary scholarship on the frequently misunderstood First World War Almost 100 years after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, World War I continues to be badly understood and greatly oversimplified. Its... -
Aircraft Salvage in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz by Andy Saunders 9781783030408
RRP: £14.99£11.11Aircraft Salvage in the Battle of Britain and Blitz will comprise of some 140-150 images of the work of RAF and civilian salvage squads during the Battle of Britain, the Blitz and beyond. The images will depict losses across Britain, both RAF and German,... -
US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft: 1941–42 by Mark Stille
RRP: £13.99£10.01The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier- based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJN's carrier- based torpedo and dive- bombers showed their prowess again at the Battle of Coral Sea when they sank the US Navy... -
Isle of Thanet in the Great War: Margate Broadstairs Ramsgate by Stephen Wynn 9781473834057
RRP: £14.99£11.11Because of the geographical location of the Isle of Thanet, it was always going to play a part in the First World War. For some wounded British and Commonwealth troops returning from the fighting in France and Belgium, it was their first sight of England... -
Verdun 1917: The French Hit Back by Christina Holstein 9781526717085
RRP: £16.99£12.47Unlike the popular view, the French army did not cease offensive operations after the disastrous Nivelle Offensive of spring 1917 and the subsequent mutinies. Nor did the fighting at Verdun come to an end in 1916. The successful French counter... -
Letters from the Few: Unique Memories from the Battle of Britain Dilip Sarkar 9781526775894
RRP: £25.00£18.30Fascinated by the Battle of Britain from an early age, as a young man Dilip Sarkar realised that recording and sharing the Few's memories was of paramount importance. At the time, back in the mid-1980s, membership of the Battle of Britain Fighter...