Wars & Conflicts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439161029Author Bob DruryFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 146mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628728569Author James Reston, Jr.Format HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The German conquest of Denmark and Norway in spring 1940 presents an interesting study of joint strategy between ground, air, and sea forces. In this campaign, the Germans placed great emphasis on mobility, speed, and surprise. The Fallschirmjager of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839013157Author Nicholas BestFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791311Author Jerry ScuttsFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Photo history covers the German Tagjager from 1934-1945 with over 500 photos.Book InformationISBN 9780887403552Author Werner HeldFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 1270g

Originally published in 1896, Small Wars is an ambitious attempt to analyze and draw lessons from Western experience in fighting campaigns of imperial conquest. The quality of C. E. Callwell's analysis, the sweep of his knowledge, and his ability to...

When war broke out in 1914 conscription seemed unnecessary; there was no shortage of volunteers ready to lay down their lives for England. In this book Caroline Dakers explores exactly what 'England' meant to the men and women who fought, died, survived...

Beginning in 1942, the Eighth Air Force began a precision bombing raid offensive deep into Nazi Germany, embarking from bases in rural England. Nearly 350,000 Americans were transplanted to English soil, joining their British colleagues for this joint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415725Author Richard O'KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 454g

During the Second World War aeronautical technology gathered rapid pace. By 1945, bombers had not only greatly increased in engine power and range, but the bombs which they carried rose from 250lbs to 10 tons; the navigator's pencil and rubber of 1939...

The object of this book is not to prove that Adolf Hitler was insane. So much is obvious, both intuitively and from a clinical perspective. Nevertheless the reasons for arriving at such a conclusion will be reiterated and enlarged upon. Instead, the aim...

This book is a rare look at Soviet combat divers from the 1930s up to the end of World War II. The initial formation of the military diving services, including diving reconnaissance and sabotage units of the navy, and Red Army during the prewar years are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777060Author Tim JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

A final chase between Allied and Nazi submarines at the dawn of the Cold War. December 1944. As the fate of World War II seems to be sealed, a submarine leaves Germany, taking with it Hitler's last hope for winning the war. Two allied commandos...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Three Horten Ho 9s were constructed prior to war's end: the V1 sailplane, the twin 004B powered prototype V2, and the serial production prototype...

These are the stories of fourteen men whose lives were changed the day that telegram arrived. In 1914 they were accountants, shopkeepers and labourers. When they were called to arms they became soldiers, sailors and airmen, fighting in the mud of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939739902Author H D BaumannFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Piscataqua PressPublisher Piscataqua PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

An accurate, exciting diary-like chronicle of the day-to-day machinations of the German generals as they struggle to prepare to meet the enemy in the West.In December 1943 with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress...

This classic history of the Korean War-from its origins through the armistice-is now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Trump and Kim Jung-un escalate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789501988Author Michael FitzGeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

This new illustrated book by noted Third Reich edged weapon author, collector, and dealer Thomas Johnson explores the vast array of militaria "liberated" from Germany by U.S. soldiers during the Second World War. The book contains over 580 beautiful...

This new work explores in detailed color the complex subject of Allgemeine and Waffen-SS uniforms, insignia, and accoutrements. Hundreds of authentic items are extensively photographed in close-up to enable the reader to examine and study.Book...

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The immediate post-VJ-Day period of RAF history is often consigned to be little more than a footnote in most published accounts. In this first detailed look at the RAF in the Middle and Far East regions in the three years following the end of the war,...

Elephants have fought in human armies for more than three thousand years. Asian armies boasted of their pachyderm power, while the Romans fielded elephants alongside their legendary legions but were perhaps too proud to admit that mere animals...

Originally built as an airliner that could carry passengers across the Atlantic for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor developed into the Luftwaffe's principal long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. It was used in the North Sea and in...

World War 1 Roll of Honour of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Naval Division men and women lost, 1914-18. Listed by Name. Compiled from original sources including Admiralty Death Ledgers and Admiralty Communiques. Foreword by Capt Christopher Page RN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496658592Author Eduardo DelgadoFormat HardbackPage Count 504Imprint Andrea PressPublisher Andrea PressWeight(grams) 2404gDimensions(mm) 305mm * 218mm *...

The 3. Kompanie of the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment, 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler were formed in the summer of 1933. This work looks briefly at their pre-war activities as part of Hitler's showpiece protection squad. The main focus...

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Coventry offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully...

The story of Winnie, the real Canadian bear that captured the heart of Christopher, son of A.A. Milne, and became immortalized in the Winnie the Pooh stories, is told against the backdrop of the First World War. In August 1914, a Canadian soldier and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087282370Author Wim RemmelinkFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press

Following the end of the First World War, a new world order emerged from the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. It was an order riddled with contradictions and problems that were only finally resolved after the Second World War. Beyond the Great War brings...

This book compiles 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the NAA Mustang III, (P-51B-5-NA). Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also includes photos of the details in...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857065841Author W C C WeetmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 331g

Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Three names. Three people in one. Born in Portsmouth on 9 April 1806, there was Brunel the great engineer, who would habitually throw out the rule book of tradition and established practice, and start again with a blank sheet of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986375767Author Stephen M BeckettFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Mapleflower House PublishingPublisher Mapleflower House PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780374535926Author Nikolaus WachsmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Farrar, Straus...