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The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram: A compelling story of courage and endurance in the Second World War by David M. Guss
RRP: $19.48$14.59A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram by David M. Guss is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of the Scotsman. It is a tale of courage in the face of extraordinary odds and a testament to one man's dogged... -
Blood, Dust & Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front by Robin Schafer
RRP: $48.73$36.84'The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our infantry came past him! That's an old classic, pretending to be dead and then firing from the rear... -
MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two Helen Fry 9780300260939
RRP: $23.38$20.30A thrilling history of MI9-the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines"A fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees."-Giles Milton, Sunday Times... -
Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich by Eric Kurlander
RRP: $31.18$30.73The definitive history of the supernatural in Nazi Germany-the occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by the Third Reich in the service of power"[Kurlander] shows how swiftly irrational ideas can take hold, even in an age before... -
Blood and Power: The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism by John Foot
RRP: $25.33$18.21'Clear, cool, plainly written and devastating' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Times Literary Supplement A major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of violence, ideals and a country at war. In the aftermath of the First World War,... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Cold War, c1945-1991 Melanie Vance 9781471876318
RRP: $24.38$23.44Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank 9780670919796
RRP: $39.00$28.29One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive... -
Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of WWI's War Graves by David Crane
RRP: $21.43$15.58Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware. ... -
Death's Own Door: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 6 by Andrew Taylor
RRP: $19.48$13.65'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesWhen the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower... -
The Indian Empire At War: From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War by George Morton-Jack
RRP: $25.33$15.05'Essential to a proper understanding of the war and of our world of today' Michael Morpurgo1.5 million Indians fought with the British in the First World War - from Flanders to the African bush and the deserts of the Islamic world, they saved the Allies... -
Knights of Bushido: A History of Japanese War Crimes During World War II by Baron Russell of Liverpool, Edward Frederick Langley Russell 9781848327399
RRP: $33.13$25.10Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Eastern Front 1945: Triumph of the Soviet Air Force by William E. Hiestand 9781472857828
RRP: $33.13$24.32A detailed, illustrated account of the air campaign that accompanied the Red Army's final push towards Berlin, in which massed Soviet air power defeated the Luftwaffe's high-tech Me 262 jets and Mistel exploding drones. The last months of World War... -
Napoleon’s Heavy Cavalry: Uniforms and Equipment of the Cuirassiers and Carabiniers, 1805-1815 by Paul L Dawson 9781526784193
RRP: $54.60$39.04Created during the Peace of Amiens, the nineteen regiments of cuirassiers that existed during the course of the 1e Empire were, after the Imperial Guard, perhaps the most famous and recognisable soldiers of the epoch. This book explores the long... -
Message To Adolf, Vol. 2 by Osamu Tezuka
RRP: $50.68$34.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935654445Author Osamu TezukaFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 814g -
Tannenberg 1914: Destruction of the Russian Second Army by Michael McNally
RRP: $33.13$23.95Explore the Eastern Front battle that resulted in one of the greatest defeats of World War I, in which an entire Russian army was annihilated by German arms. Tannenberg is a major battle that deserves a fully illustrated treatment all of its own, and... -
Born For War: One SAS Trooper's Extraordinary Account of the Falklands War Tony Hoare 9781802791389
RRP: $33.13$19.15'Tony is the real deal.' Andy McNabThe full, explosive, boots-on-the-ground story of the Falklands War, from a soldier at the heart of the action, published for the 40th anniversary of the conflict. Tony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS.Both... -
The Real 'Dad's Army': The War Diaries of Col. Rodney Foster Rodney Foster 9780670919802
RRP: $31.18$22.99Rodney Foster's The Real Dad's Army is the true-life account of Britain's Home Guard and now the subject of the new film Dad's Army (Feb 2016).'Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?' Not Colonel Rodney Foster, a platoon commander of the Kent Home... -
The Ultimate World War II Quiz Book: 1,000 Questions and Answers to Test Your Knowledge by Kieran Whitworth
RRP: $19.48$13.75Published in association with the Imperial War Museums, this book will provide the ultimate challenge to even the most knowledgeable military historian.You might think you know a great deal about World War II but have you ever really tested your... -
Arnhem: Ten Days in the Cauldron Iain Ballantyne 9781804363676
RRP: $25.33$16.40The account of the fateful bridge too far...'It was a bridge too far and perhaps the whole plan was doomed to failure from the start, but we had to try, didn't we?'17 September 1944: 30,000 airborne soldiers prepare to drop 64 miles behind enemy lines... -
Stalin's War by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $38.98$28.63SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL AND THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022'A terrific read ... McMeekin is a superb writer' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'Gripping, authoritative, accessible and always bracingly revisionist' Simon... -
Passchendaele: The Fight for the Village by Nigel Cave 9780850525588
RRP: $19.48$18.21The British offensive, which became known as Passchendaele, got underway on 31 July, 1917 with the objective of capturing fifteen miles of territory.The attack quickly lost momentum and, it was not until finally in November that the line managed to... -
Homage to Barcelona by Colm Toibin
RRP: $19.48$13.81Colm Toibin's Homage to Barcelona celebrates one of Europe's greatest cities - a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the city's founding and its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the... -
The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 by Paddy Ashdown
RRP: $25.33$16.98From best-selling author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation', winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for 2013, comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the... -
In the Shadows: The extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Corps by Michael Ashcroft
RRP: $48.75$36.09With a Foreword by Lord Hague of Richmond The Intelligence Corps is one of the smallest and most secretive elements of the British Army. It has existed in various guises since the early twentieth century, but it was only formally constituted in July... -
We Were Warriors: A Powerful and Moving Story of Courage Under Fire by Johnny Mercer
RRP: $21.43$15.89'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan' - Andy McNabUnflinching and laced with wry humour, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is an action-packed account of his journey from young commando to a captain with one of... -
The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy
$32.90Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza was an act of aggression that killed over a thousand Palestinians and devastated the infrastructure of an already impoverished enclave. The Punishment of Gaza shows how the ground was prepared for the assault and documents... -
The Russian Origins of the First World War by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $40.85$34.20The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major... -
The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl by Alexander Watson
RRP: $25.33$18.21WINNER OF THE SOCIETY FOR MILITARY HISTORY'S DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019, AND FINANCIAL... -
Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire by Saul David 9780141005553
RRP: $29.23$21.35In Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire Saul David explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign,when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This is the story of how it happened and the people... -
In Search of Old Bill: The Life of Thomas Rafferty by John Belcher
$19.81'Old Bill' began as the cartoon creation of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather: born amidst the carnage of WWI 'Old Bill' lampooned life within the trenches and went on to become a beloved character within the play The Better 'Ole which filled the music halls of... -
Berlin: The Downfall: 1945 by Antony Beevor
RRP: $25.33$18.21THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ON THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH'Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death-throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'An irresistibly compelling... -
SOE Heroines: The Special Operations Executive's French Section and Free French Women Agents by Bernard O'Connor
RRP: $25.33$16.98Nearly forty female agents were sent out by the French section of Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The youngest was 19 and the oldest 53. Most were trained in paramilitary warfare, fieldcraft, the use of weapons... -
Popski's Private Army Vladimir Peniakoff 9781474609692
RRP: $25.33$17.22In October 1942, with the sanction of the army, Vladimir Peniakoff (nicknamed Popski) formed his own elite fighting force. By befriending and enlisting desert Arabs, he was able to penetrate deep into German territory without being detected - over the... -
Executed at Dawn: British Firing Squads on the Western Front 1914-1918 by David Johnson
RRP: $25.33$19.25Much has been written about the 302 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were executed for military offences during the First World War, but there is usually only a passing reference to those who took part - the members of the firing squad, the officer... -
Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy
RRP: $37.03$27.32A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY'A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade' Saul David, The... -
Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe by John Buckley
RRP: $29.23$25.41Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and... -
What It Is Like To Go To War Karl Marlantes 9780857893802
RRP: $25.33$17.16In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a war that had no defined military objective other than kill ratios and body counts,... -
The Balkans 1940-41 (2): Hitler's Blitzkrieg against Yugoslavia and Greece by Pier Paolo Battistelli
RRP: $31.18$22.99The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks. Although the... -
The Merlin: The Engine That Won the Second World War Gordon A. A. Wilson 9781398103252
RRP: $21.43$14.55The Rolls-Royce Merlin is the most recognisable aero engine in the world. It powered the Battle of Britain aircraft, the Spitfire and Hurricane, as they defended the shores of Britain against the Luftwaffe, foiling Hitler's plans to invade in summer 1940... -
Other Losses: An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans after World War II by James Bacque
RRP: $35.08$24.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780889226654Author James BacqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Talon Books,CanadaPublisher Talon Books,CanadaWeight(grams) 511g