Wars & Conflicts

Healing the nation is a study of caregiving during the Great War, exploring life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western Front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, this study draws...

A classic and poignant treatment of Japan's struggle between recognition of the kamikaze's futility and the country's pride in having made the attempt to stem the tide of the American advance in 1944-1945, this account, given by two former Kamikaze...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628347Author Lars T. LarssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Operation Forager, was intended to facilitate the recapture of the Philippines and to provide bases for the bombing of the Japanese mainland. This new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to...

"Sure to go down as an important piece of military-memoir history...a fast-paced, insightful, hold-nothing-back memoir" (Brandon Webb, former Navy Seal, New York Times bestselling author) from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316337052Author Robert WeintraubFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

In contrast to the trench-war deadlock on the Western Front, combat in Romania and Transylvania in 1916 foreshadowed the lightning warfare of WWII. When Romania joined the Allies and invaded Transylvania without warning, the Germans responded by...

The definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese colony for almost four years, a turning point in the process by which the British were to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839011801Author R C RivazFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 9mm

The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char leger Modele 1935 R (or R35), was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the tank was intended as an infantry support light tank. To this end it was...

The siege of Tobruk lasted 240 days during which the 'gallant garrison' of Allied soldiers, including the famous 'Desert Rats' held out against constant attacks from Rommel's Afrika Korps. The battle became one of the longest sieges in British military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898757972Author Williamson MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

The amazing tenacity and cohesion of the German Army in Russia from 1941-1945, fighting against overwhelming odds but refusing to disintegrate, has fascinated readers for decades. But most of the available sources concentrate on the maneuvers of armies...

On 1 January 1943, with German Sixth Army about to be destroyed in the Stalingrad pocket, the Stavka (Soviet High Command) launched Operation Don, a strategic offensive conducted by the Red Army's Southern, Southwestern, and Trans-Caucasus Fronts aimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789059110045Author Dr Perry PierikFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijPublisher Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijWeight(grams) 520g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800555235Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 404g

The St Mihiel Offensive, which took place between the 12th and 16th September 1918, was the first full scale attack that was under the direct command of the Americans, in the person of General J Pershing. He combined his command of the First (at the time...

Intriguing, real-life espionage stories bring to life a comparative history of the Allies' efforts to seize, control, and exploit German science and technology after the Second World War.During the Second World War, German science and technology posed a...

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Frank and Percy Talley of the 1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) were destined to leave England to take part in the last, and most costly, single-day battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, on 21 August 1915. In never-before published letters, the...

The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as "Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan's larger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius who had devised the devastating attack on...

Cambridge is one of the most famous universities in the world and its library is one of only five copyright libraries in the UK. At the start of the twentieth century it was a privileged life for some, but many in Cambridge knew that war was becoming...

By the author of Ashes Under Water (Lyons Press), here is one of the great untold stories of World War II. The Hidden Hindenburg at last reveals the cause of aviation's most famous disaster and the duplicity that kept the truth from coming to light for...

The old light cruiser Marblehead was living out her final years of naval service as a member of the United States Asiatic Fleet in 1941/. The small group of mostly antiquated ships based in the Philippines sailed the waters of East Asia to show the...

Revolution, civil wars, and guerilla warfare wracked Ethiopia during three turbulent decades at the end of the twentieth century. This book is a pioneering study of the military history and political significance of this crucial Horn of Africa region...

Immortalised by 'Dad's Army' - this is the true story of the men who manned the British frontline.Book InformationISBN 9780752449463Author David CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628279Author Stephen BadseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

An American classic! This new book is a detailed, highly illustrated look at the legendary World War II era Jeep. Detailed text discusses Jeep planning, development and production, then moves into its World War II variants, specialized equipment,...

This full color illustrated book covers the highly collectible World War II era German visor cap. Officer and enlisted caps of the Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS are shown in over 360 high-quality photographs, and described in detailed text...

The Battle of Bannockburn is the most celebrated battle in history between Scotland and England. Fought over two days on 23 and 24 June 1314 by a small river crossing in Stirling, it was a decisive victory for Robert the Bruce in the Scottish Wars of...

By the summer of 1945, Adm. Bull Halsey's U.S. Third Fleet had fought its way far enough in the Pacific that its carrier-based fighters could launch attacks on Japan itself in preparation for the invasion of the home islands, planned for the fall of 1945...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190621803Author Daniel TodmanFormat HardbackPage Count 848Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams)...

While the myth of Soviet benevolence has now largely been discredited, the idea that Stalin's Soviet Union was a peaceful power that sought to prevent the war through all kinds of means - including an ill-fated non-aggression treaty with Hitler - remains...

Chartres Cathedral is one of the crown jewels of world art and architecture. Construction began a decade and a half before, and concluded a century before, Notre-Dame was completed. Chatres avoided destruction during the anti-religion fervor of the...

The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the "pioneer" unit for what evolved from the "Mighty Eighth's" 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838010737Author James BergeronFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Paul HoneywillPublisher Paul HoneywillDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 20mm

Max Immelmann was born in Dresden, the son of a paper board container factory owner. When World War I started, Immelmann was recalled to active service, transferred to the Luftstreitkrafte and was sent for pilot training in November 1914. He was...

Describing the radical transformation in German Infantry tactics that took place during World War I, this book presents the first detailed account of the evolution of stormtroop tactics available in English. It covers areas previously left unexplored:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850773313Author Sultan Ghalib bin 'Awadh al-Qu'aiti IIFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint Darf Publishers LtdPublisher Darf Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054685Author Jean-Michel StegFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The University of Buckingham PressPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g