Wars & Conflicts

In 1919, the new governments of the besieged Baltic states appealed desperately to the Allies for assistance. A small British flotilla of light cruisers and destroyers were sent to help, under the command of Rear Admiral Sir Walter Cowan. They were given...

In the summer of 1942 a Wellington bomber, operating with 115 Squadron from Marham in Norfolk was forced to ditch in the North Sea returning from a raid on Hamburg. Two members of the crew, who were picked up by the Luftwaffe, have written this book...

June 6, 1944. In the gray light of dawn the landing craft carrying the assault wave of two US divisions as well as the Engineers and the Rangers, advanced toward the beach that was their assigned objective, code-named Omaha. Exhausted by the crossing...

The First World War constitutes a point in the history of New York when its character and identity were challenged, recast and reinforced. Due to its pre-eminent position as a financial and trading centre, its role in the conflict was realised far sooner...

Col. Mark James Alexander was the only airborne officer to lead three different battalions into combat in World War II, successively commanding the 2nd and 1st Battalions, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, 508 PIR, of the 82nd...

Traveling to Hanoi during the U.S. war in Vietnam was a long and dangerous undertaking. Even though a neutral commission operated the flights, the possibility of being shot down by bombers in the air and antiaircraft guns on the ground was very real...

For three years, Staff Sergeant Charles M. Eyer served as a B-17 ball turret gunner over Europe during World War II. Based in part on a secret journal he kept as a prisoner of war, this book records Eyer's firsthand account of his harrowing 59 combat...

Often overshadowed by the persecution of Jews in Germany, the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy comes into sharp focus in this volume by Italian historian Michele Sarfatti. Using thorough and careful statistical evidence to document how the Italian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060532185Author MS Irmgard A HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Keith Nightingale's accomplishments in both military and civilian life largely contribute to the excellence of Living and Breathing as a memoir of unusual depth as well as breadth.Uniquely adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906033880Author Denes BernadFormat HardbackPage Count 404Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

At the dawn of the Cold War, the world's most important intelligence agencies-the Soviet KGB, the American CIA, and the British MI6-appeared to have clear-cut roles and a sense of rising importance in their respective countries. But when Kim Philby, head...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771039300Author Major General David FraserFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

In this book James E. Westheider explores the social and professional paradoxes facing African-American soldiers in Vietnam. Service in the military started as a demonstration of the merits of integration as blacks competed with whites on a near equal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783746007533Author Stephan D Yada-MC NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 297mm...

Ordered by Hitler 'to hold, or to die' and to fight 'to the last grenade and round', the German army was a formidable opponent during the 1944 Normandy campaign. This book depicts the experience of that army in Normandy through its own records and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668011867Author Donald L MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 680g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857065940Author Georg Von HaseFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 181g

Because of its safe distance from German airfields, the sheltered Orkney Islands harbour at Scapa Flow continued as the main British naval base during the Second World War. For the war, Scapa Flow remained a very busy naval base, serving as a staging...

Steve N. Pisanos's The Flying Greek is both the classic tale of an immigrant's bond with America and an aerial adventure. When young Pisanos arrived in the U.S. in 1938, he worked, studied English, and learned to fly. He earned a private pilot's license...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593556399Author Alex KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams)...

The 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment was raised in August 1914 and sailed for Gallipoli in July 1915. Upon arrival, the Battalion was almost immediately thrown into action at the Suvla Bay landings on 6 August 1915. The 6th Lincolns continued to serve...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688122881Author James F. DunniganFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800737273Author Christoph CornelissenFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Berghahn BooksPublisher Berghahn Books

This volume in the series is a collection of lesser-known German armor developments including the Maus, Hummel, Wespe, Karl, Goliath and others.Book InformationISBN 9780764326226Author Walter J. SpielbergerFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Schiffer...

It is said that 'an army marches on its stomach,' but histories of the First World War usually concentrate on its political and military aspects. The gargantuan task of keeping the British Expeditionary Force fed and watered is often overlooked, yet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857061362Author Dorothy LawrenceFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 281g

Written by Captain A. Radclyffe Dugmore of the Kings Own Light Infantry, this personal memoir provides an excellent account of the Great War up to the Battle of the Somme. A wide ranging and perceptive relation of events, Radclyffe Dugmores pedigree as a...

Originally published in 1970 and out of print for nearly thirty years, this book has already earned its place as a classic of submarine history by an author with an international reputation for being second-to-none in evoking the claustrophobic horror of...

World War One took place just after the birth of powered flight, when aerial technology was still in its infancy. At the outbreak of war, the military potential of this novelty invention was not fully recognised until commanders began to use the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402243578Author C. Brian KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams) 619gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250006967Author Mark UrbanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398419780Author Pip BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Hitler's decision to renege on his alliance with Stalin and invade Russia in June 1941 was to have the most far reaching consequences for the world. Indeed, if there was one critical turning point in the Second World War, it would have to be this.The...

From Dennis Showalter, recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize and the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement, a fascinating account of Nazi Germany's armored forces during World War II Determined to secure a quick, decisive victory in...

The determining factors in the Battle for Leyte Gulf were superb skill, heroism, and aggressiveness, but confusion, surprise, and faulty assumptions also played significant roles. The Japanese Centre Force, comprising more than half of Japan's naval...

This book presents the evolution of one of the most famous French-made fighter aircraft of WWI-the fast, rugged Spad. From humble beginnings this airplane became the mount for such famous WWI aces as Frenchmen Georges Guynemer and Rene Fonck, American...

Cambrai 1917 was the battle that sowed the seeds of future combined-arms tank and infantry warfare, while remaining a battle of singular drama in its own right. If you truly want to understand what happened and why - read Battle Story. Detailed profiles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996480093Author Matthew RozellFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Woodchuck Hollow Studios IncorporatedPublisher Woodchuck Hollow Studios...