Wars & Conflicts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188441768Author Christer BergstromFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Vaktel ForlagPublisher Vaktel ForlagWeight(grams) 1095g

When introduced in 1914, the Military Cross filled a large void in medallic recognition for junior officers--the first men over-the-top when going into action. Here the author covers a diverse range of heroic Military Cross actions in exciting detail...

In June 1940, Britain's front line against the German armies was the coast of Kent and Sussex. Across the Channel, Hitler's forces gathered, preparing for invasion, as the Home Forces struggled desperately to recover from the disaster and miracle of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512197Author Antonio Luis Sapienza FracchiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390649Author Alexander MladenovFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786155583186Author Kamen NevenkinFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.

In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperately to establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confining bocage found themselves opposed by a bewildering array of formations of the German Wehrmacht. Among them were the newly formed German...

One of the main dangers to Britain during the Second World War was the possibility of the country being starved out of the war. Indeed, it was what Churchill feared the most. Before the war, Britain was hugely dependent upon foreign imports of food and...

Sarajevo, 28 June 1914: The story of the assassination that changed the world.'Outstanding' SPECTATOR'A fine piece of political and literary detective work, which held this reader enthralled' TRIBUNEYoung Gavrilo Princip arrived at the Vlajnic pastry...

In 2012, President Obama announced that the United States would spend the next thirteen years - through November 11, 2025 - commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, and the American soldiers, "more than 58,000 patriots," who died in Vietnam...

Before and after the outbreak of the Second World War, there were a number of sizable Fascist groups active in Britain, all of whom were working towards a violent uprising to overthrow the British government. These groups included The Right Club, led by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372735Author Dan HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777671Author Richard W. HarrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 390Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

In June 1942, the U.S. Army began recruiting immigrants, the children of immigrants, refugees, and others with language skills and knowledge of enemy lands and cultures for a special military intelligence group being trained in the mountains of northern...

In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova - the boy she liked - liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning German, the language of Russia's...

Britain is often revered for its extensive experience of waging 'small wars'. Its long imperial history is littered with high profile counter-insurgency campaigns, thus marking it out as the world's most seasoned practitioner of this type of warfare...

No 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471134398Author TARRANTFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 560gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493056756Author Jonathan GardinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Amsterdam PublishersPublisher Amsterdam PublishersWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm)...

In the early years of World War II, Germany shocked the world with a devastating blitzkrieg, rapidly conquered most of Europe, and pushed into North Africa. As the Allies scrambled to counter the Axis armies, the British Eighth Army confronted the...

You've seen them as background "extras" in motion pictures with Holocaust themes. One was a guard who escorted Meryl Streep across the grim landscape of Auschwitz in Sophie's Choice (1982). In the dark comedy Seven Beauties (1976), a hapless Italian POW...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593185315Author Adam MakosFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

During the critical summer months of 1943, Noor Inayat Khan was the only wireless operator transmitting secret messages from Nazi-occupied France to the Special Operations Executive in Britain. As the daughter of an Indian mystic, brought up in a...

One of the least-known stories of World War II, Operation Mars was an epic military disaster. Designed to dislodge the German Army from its position west of Moscow, Mars cost the Soviets an estimated 335,000 dead, missing, and wounded men and over 1,600...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911255512Author Chris WardFormat HardbackPage Count 406Imprint Mention the WarPublisher Aviation Books Ltd.

"Gripping...filled with...dramatic escapes, moments of surprising humanity, and acts of bravery." -Publishers Weekly A Story of Adventure, Survival, Loyalty, and Brotherhood Taking off from England on March 16, 1944, young Lt. George Starks and the...

During World War II, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) projected American military might across distances and with destructive force unimaginable just a decade previously. The B-17s and B-24s of the US Eighth Air Force turned much of Germany's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593471722Author James P. DuffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Sheds new light on the mistreatment of downed airmen during World War II and the overall relationship between the air war and state-sponsored violence. Throughout the vast expanse of the Pacific, the remoteness of Southeast Asia, and the rural and urban...

This gripping history details the remarkable exploits of a Commando and Special Operations Executive operative during the Second World War. It is a story of extreme courage and a revealing portrait of a man who ultimately gave his life for the liberation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684511303Author Carole Engle AvriettFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Regnery HistoryPublisher Regnery HistoryWeight(grams) 152g

This first volume (of a four volume series) on the German U-boats at Lorient, France, covers the period from June 1940 to June 1941, and reveals the evacuation of the port by the French navy and the subsequent takeover by the Kriegsmarine. Illustrated...

This book describes the background to and the development of the Nazi Party Rallies held at Nuremberg each September from 1933 to 1939. These Reichsparteitage (National Party Days) were vast and meticulously staged managed extravaganzas in which ritual...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550028645Author C.W. HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Dundurn Group LtdPublisher Dundurn Group LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm

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As the Allies advance towards Germany, they face dogged resistance from the hard-pressed German forces. Take command of the Allies in their final push to end the war in Europe, or hold fast as the German defenders as the fight is brought to your door...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906033941Author Dr Fred McGladeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Society of Midland Authors Award (Adult Nonfiction) 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780805062908Author Rick AtkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 896Imprint Henry Holt &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476763262Author Fred KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm *...