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Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign 1941-1943 by Werner Held 9780887403439
RRP: $36.11$24.02This classic photo volume on the North African campaign is a gripping study of one of the major campaigns of the Second World War. From the point-of-view of Luftwaffe pilots and crews the reader is shown the campaign from its outset - from the initial... -
Oswald Boelcke: German's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat by R. G. Head 9781910690239
RRP: $25.80$18.95Oswald Boelcke was Germany's first ace in World War One with a total of forty victories. His character, inspirational leadership, organisational genius, development of air-to-air tactics and impact on aerial doctrine are all reasons why Boelcke remains... -
The German Army at Cambra. by Jack Sheldon 9781526766724
RRP: $20.63$15.49This latest German Army book by Jack Sheldon covers a shorter (three week) timeframe than his earlier works. After an introductory chapter tracing the development of the Hindenburg Line, the author concentrates on German aspects of the bitterly fought... -
The Combat History of German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653 in World War II by Karlheinz Munch 9780811739313
RRP: $34.83$26.11German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653 was equipped with the heaviest tank destroying vehicles of the German armed forces. Initially activated as an assault gun battalion and redesignated in April 1943, the 653 received its first Ferdinand heavy tank destroyers... -
War Crimes in Vietnam by Bertrand Russell 9780853450580
RRP: $16.76$16.38In this harsh and unsparing book, Bertrand Russell presents the unvarnished truth about the war in Vietnam. He argues that "To understand the war, we must understand America"-and, in doing so, we must understand that racism in the United States... -
Commander in Chief: Fdr's Battle with Churchill, 1943 by Nigel Hamilton 9780544944466
RRP: $25.79$17.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544944466Author Nigel HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 132mm *... -
Moro Warrior: A Philippine Chieftain, an American Schoolmaster, and The Untold Story of the Most Remarkable Resistance Fighters of World War II in the Pacific by Thomas McKenna 9781956450088
RRP: $27.09$19.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956450088Author Thomas McKennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Armin Lear PressPublisher Armin Lear PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
A Soldier of the Reich: An Autobiography by Gunter Beetz 9781781556849
RRP: $32.25$24.28Gunter Horst Beetz was born in Berlin in 1926. Growing up as part of a typical family-his father was a banker, his mother a housewife-he joined the Hitler Youth-somewhat against his wishes-and after a short period manning anti-aircraft guns in Berlin he... -
The British Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious by Witold Koszela 9788366673885
RRP: $20.63$20.27The British Airship Carrier HMS Furious is one of the most unusual units of the Second World War.The ship was designed during the previous conflict as a "great light cruiser" with 457mm guns, but far-reaching changes were made during construction... -
Desert Anzacs: the Under-told Story of the Sinai Palestine Campaign, 1916-1918 by Neil Dearberg
RRP: $27.72$24.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925231625Author Neil DearbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Glass House BooksPublisher Interactive Publications -
You Can't Fight Tanks with Bayonets: Psychological Warfare against the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific by Allison B. Gilmore 9780803270893
RRP: $20.63$17.23A startling omission from the extensive literature on the Pacific events of World War II is an analysis of Allied psychological operations. Allison B. Gilmore makes a strong case for the importance of psychological warfare in this theater, countering the... -
American Aircraft Development of WWII: Special Types 1939-1945 by William Norton 9780859791885
RRP: $36.06$26.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791885Author William NortonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Great War and the Making of the Modern World by Jeremy Black
RRP: $21.92$19.49Casting aside conventional narratives of The Great War, Jeremy Black returns to a vast range of original sources and investigates not only the key events of the war, but its consequences in restructuring the old order. Black also considers the struggle... -
Women of Empire: Nineteenth-Century Army Officers' Wives in India and the U.S. West by Verity McInnis 9780806157740
$39.24In his Rules for Wife Behavior, Colonel Joseph Whistler summed up his expectations for his new bride: "You will remember you are not in command of anything except the cook." Although their roles were circumscribed, the wives of army officers... -
Domestic Soldiers: Six Women's Lives in the Second World War Jennifer Purcell 9781849017145
RRP: $11.60$8.13Over 8 million women stayed at home during the Second World War and their story has never been told. Using brand new research from the Mass-Observation Archive, Jennifer Purcell brings to life - in all its tragedy, pathos, joy and fear - the lives of six... -
World War II in Cartoons by Mark Bryant
$23.57The cartoon has a special place in the history of World War II, and the power of its message was felt by all sides of the conflict. Acclaimed cartoon historian Dr Mark Bryant has amassed a marvellous collection of images in colour and black and white,... -
Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War Puawai Cairns 9781991150950
RRP: $34.82$21.97The long-running Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War is one of Te Papas most popular exhibitions, attracting over three million visitors since it opened in 2015. There is still strong visitor interest in the story of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign in... -
A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 by David J. Silbey 9780809096619
RRP: $16.76$12.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809096619Author David J. SilbeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. -
Scorched Earth: The Russian-German War 1943-1944 by Paul Carell 9780887405983
RRP: $47.72$30.93The classic! This new edition of Paul Carrell's eastern front study picks up where Hitler Moves East left off. Beginning with the battle of Kursk in July 1943, Carell traverses the vast expanse of the Russian War, from the siege of Leningrad and the... -
The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire by Stephen Kinzer
RRP: $18.05$16.87Apologies 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 -
From Downing Street to the Trenches: First-hand Accounts from the Great War, 1914-1916 Mike Webb 9781851243938
RRP: $12.90$11.74Why did Asquith take Britain to war in 1914? What did educated young men believe their role should be? What was it like to fly over the Somme battlefield? How could a trench on the front line be 'the safest place'? These compelling eye-witness... -
Graphic War: the Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II by Donald Nijboer 9781554078929
RRP: $38.70$25.55Graphic War is a superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. They were brilliantly created from a few downed aircraft, but mainly from pilots' views of the enemy in the air,... -
Smashing Hitler's Panzers: The Defeat of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $24.50$17.83In this riveting book, Steven Zaloga describes how American foot soldiers faced down Hitler's elite armored spearhead-the Hitler Youth Panzer Division-in the snowy Ardennes forest during one of World War II's biggest battles, the Battle of the Bulge. The... -
Three in Thirteen: The Story of a Mosquito Night Fighter Ace by Roger Dunsford 9781612004402
$26.91Joe Singleton was an unlikely hero. A junior manager at a paints and varnish company at the outbreak of war, he was surprised to discover he had a hidden talent for flying. Despite RAF Fighter Squadrons crying out for replacements after the carnage of... -
Mr Hitler Missed Me: A Former Fleet Air Arm Officer's Tale of Laughter, the Sea, Death and Showbusiness by David Gunn
RRP: $25.74$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510926Author David GunnFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Napoleon'S Admirals: Flag Officers of the ARC De Triomphe, 1789-1815 by Richard Humble
RRP: $45.15$31.33On the four sides of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, serried tablets display the names of 660 honoured commanders of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Most are those of generals and marshals of the French Army - but 26 are the names of admirals,... -
Raising the Fleet: The Pearl Harbor Salvage Operation, 1941-1944 by Ernest Arroyo 9780878426843
RRP: $36.12$32.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878426843Author Ernest ArroyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pictorial Histories Publishing CompanyPublisher Pictorial Histories Publishing... -
The Battle of Megiddo Palestine 1918: Combined Arms and the Last Great Cavalry Charge Eric W Osborne 9781804513293
RRP: $28.32$20.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513293Author Eric W OsborneFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Italian Partisan Weapons in WWII by Ralph Riccio
RRP: $47.72$30.93This book covers all classes and types of small arms, from pistols to heavy machine guns, known to have been used by the Italian partisans during WWII. It provides a brief history of the origin and development of the partisan movement in Italy following... -
Mod Lib Soldier's Story by Omar N. Bradley
RRP: $25.80$22.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375754210Author Omar N. BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 743gDimensions(mm)... -
A Northern Childhood: Growing Up in Oldham Before the War by Audrey Evans 9781909360556
RRP: $7.73$5.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360556Author Audrey EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 86g -
From the Riviera to the Rhine: Us Sixth Army Group August 1944-February 1945 by Simon Forty 9781612006239
$28.84Two months after D-Day, just as the battle of Normandy was reaching its climax, with all eyes on the Falaise Pocket, the Allies unleashed the second invasion of France not in the Pas de Calais but the French Riviera. Immaculately planned, effectively... -
Raid 42 by Graham Hurley 9781788547529
RRP: $11.60$11.11'Liked this. Went someway to plugging the ginormous hole that Philip Kerr's sad passing has left in my life' DERMOT O'LEARY. Spring, 1941. The war in the West is as good as won. Nation after nation has fallen before the Reich's armies. Only Britain... -
First Kills: The Illustrated Biography of Fighter Pilot WlAdyslAw Gnys by Stefan Gnys 9781612005560
RRP: $32.25$31.37"A completely wonderful book! ...it seems to be quite out of the ordinary, with illustrations as well as photographs, and the strong narrative running through, revealing the brave-as-a-lion man ...a work of real and loving scholarship." - Joanna... -
Cumbria at War 1939-45 by Ruth Mansergh
$22.87The outbreak of war marked a new era for the people of Cumbria. Many young men and women enlisted in the Forces, while older people joined the Home Guard or became Air Raid Precaution Wardens. Children from cities were sent to Kendal to escape the threat... -
The Dauntless in Battle by Peter C. Smith 9781526704603
RRP: $25.79$18.42The Douglas Dauntless was a Second World War American naval scout plane and dive bomber that saw active service during the course of this conflict and beyond, before being retired in 1959. US Navy and Marine Corps SBD's (Small But Deadly) saw their... -
Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War by Kevin Ruane 9781472530806
RRP: $30.95$24.30Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's... -
Vampire by Key Publishing 9781802824766
RRP: $20.63$14.98Successful aircraft manufacturer de Havilland began design development of the Vampire in 1941, to assess the feasibility of jet propulsion as a means of powering fighter aircraft. Rolling off the production line too late to see action in World War Two,... -
Forgotten Victory: First Canadian Army and the Cruel Winter of 1944-45 by Mark Zuehlke
$25.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771621052Author Mark ZuehlkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyreWeight(grams) 779g -
A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro 9780465028351
RRP: $25.79$25.41The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the...