Wars & Conflicts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955781339Author David ReynoldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint DRA PublishingPublisher DRA Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609103996Author Stephen PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Booklocker Inc.,USPublisher Booklocker Inc.,USWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In this searing indictment of the rationale behind the First World War, Paul Ham argues that European leaders did not 'sleepwalk' into war, but that they fully accepted and understood the consequences of the decisions they were making.In August 1914, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781863734615Author Joan BeaumontFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 453g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781722862Author Mike ReesFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press

Scotland's response to the Great War has, up until now, largely been marginalized or ignored. With a proportionally higher number of volunteers than any other home nation, Scotland's youth played a significant part in Britain's war effort. Here is the...

Following on from the success of Ian Gardner's critically acclaimed trilogy on the exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in World War II, Sent by the Iron Sky tells their exhilarating story. From the...

Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-FictionDuring the Second World War, hundreds of New Brunswick woodsmen joined the Canadian Forestry Corps to log the Scottish Highlands as part of the Canadian war effort. Patrick "Pat" Hennessy of Bathurst...

This dramatic narrative recounts the last high-casualty U.S. action in the Vietnam War. Military leaders and historians have attributed the disaster to a dereliction of duty in the ranks, but Nolan's interviews and research in declassified documents...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803311Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)...

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Using archival sources and private documents recently unearthed, Come Back to Portofino chronicles the journey taken by volunteers in the 6th South African Armoured Division. From training camps in Egypt through to the blissful summer of 1945 the 'Div'...

Based on a variety of classified military records, Lewy provides the first systematic analysis of the course of the Vietnam War, the reasons for the failure of American strategy and tactics, and the causes of the final collapse of South Vietnam.Book...

“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” – General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Order of the...

Karel Kuttelwascher may have had a German surname, but he was a Czech who became the scourge of the Luftwaffe bombers operating from France and the Low Countries in 1942. Flying with the RAF's legendary No. 1 Squadron, his destruction of fifteen aircraft...

The world's oldest still-active war correspondent, Al J. Venter has reported from the front lines for well over half a century, witnessing the horrors humanity visits upon itself in twenty-five conflict zones across Africa, the Middle East, and Central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096641Author Wieslaw RogalskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Having left Gotenhafen July 3, 1940 for a campaign that will last 516 days, the Komet is one of the cargos transformed by the Kriegsmarine to operate as an auxiliary warship for the allied commercial ships. Spreading over the Pacific except the partly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070494Author Gerard HenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

'A concise study of one of the most fascinating and evil men in history... Essential for anyone interested in military history' - SoldierMillions of words have been spent and misspent on Adolf Hitler. But there remains one aspect as yet insufficiently...

Histories of the German army on the Eastern Front generally focus on battlefield exploits on the war as it was fought in the front line. They tend to neglect other aspects of the armys experience, particularly its participation in the racial war demanded...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143137177Author Ernie PyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

The terrifying first use of nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was the most controversial act of warfare in history, dramatically ending the Second World War but ushering in the age of mass destruction. Yet it was also the climax...

In 100 Missions North, Ken Bell recounts the harrowing sorties that he and his comrades flew in F-105 Thunderchiefs, the famous "Thud", in 1966-67, when pilots faced a 50 percent loss rate. What was it like to face these odds day after day? We learn that...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390755Author Kenneth RadleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 548Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

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This book makes five original documents relating to the work of Britain's Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during the First World War readily available to students and historians. To enhance visual interest a large collection of photographs, many hitherto...

On 31st January 1916 nine Zeppelin airships of the Imperial German Navy bombed the Midlands, opening a strategic bombing campaign designed to cripple British war production. It ended in total failure. The main target was Liverpool but none of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791571Author Chris GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

A classic memoir of the Vietnam War written by a Marine captain. He recalls the work of Combined Action Platoons (CAPs), and describes how 15 US Marines worked with the inhabitants of the small village of Binh Nghia to battle against the Viet Cong.Book...

General Hans von Seekt (1866-1936) was the military counterpart of the Weimar Republic, both attempted to restore Germany's international acceptance and security following defeat in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. And the failure of...

Throughout his political life, Adolf Hitler was the subject of numerous assassination plots, some of which were attempted, all of which failed. While a few of these have become well known, particularly the bomb explosions at the Burgerbr ukeller in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250159687Author Stephen KinzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Quite simply, without engineers the U.S. Army would have been unable to fight World War II. The men of the Corps of Engineers, with the strength of more than 700 battalions mobilised during World War II, were tasked with every imaginable engineering...

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This collection of photographs offers a glimpse into what it was like for a soldier to fight and live in the jungles of Vietnam. All aspects are covered here: weapons, from M-16 machine guns to grenades; uniforms, including boots, headgear, and...

Unnamed Graves, a Secret Cemetery, Files Closed to the Public and Stored in "The Vault." During World War II, in the North African/Mediterranean and European Theaters of Operation, 96 American soldiers were convicted by Army General Courts-Martial and...