Wars & Conflicts

Middle-aged Mildred is at war. She's driving an ambulance in London during the Blitz, terrified but determined to do her bit while the bombs rain down. She's living at her friend Daphne's house, sleeping in the living room alongside other women...

The B-24 was heavily utilised in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the USAAF's Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American 'heavy' in World...

Featured in Stylist's guide to 2019's best non-fiction booksThe true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.On 12 February, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who,...

Called by some a "Mediterranean Jutland," the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. Although fought by light units with no dreadnoughts involved, Otranto was a battle in three...

The October Revolution happened in November 1917. Later Soviet propaganda pretended for several decades that it was 'the will of the people', but in reality the brutal rebellion, which killed millions and raised the numerically tiny Bolshevik Party to...

On June 28, 1919, the Peace Treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggered Europe's precipitousdescent into war. This war was the first conflict to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804118804Author Frank JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788893274630Author Luigi ManesFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Luca Cristini Editore (Soldiershop)Publisher Luca Cristini Editore...

What did the British or American soldier know about the German Army? Was this knowledge accurate - and just how did he know it? There have been several 'handbooks' of Second World War armies, but they never tell us exactly what the Allied soldier knew...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063319660Author Larry LoftisFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

No other combatant nation employed motorcycles on the scale produced by the Third Reich. During Nazi Germany's campaigns, first of invasion, then of the retreat that followed, motorcycles served a variety of functions: as couriers, for reconnaissance,...

Having driven the British and Indian Forces out of Burma in 1942, General Mutaguchi, Commanding the 15th Japanese Army, was obsessed by the conquest of India. In 1944 the British 14th Army, under its commander General Slim, drew back to the Imphal Plain...

The Canadian contribution to the Second World War Allied bombing campaign, from the first days of the war to the last, proved instrumental in securing the defeat of Nazi Germany. Author and historian Ken Cothliff has pieced together the extraordinary...

With the transfer of German units to the western front in the spring of 1918, the position of the Central Powers on the Macedonian front worsened. Materiel became scarce and morale among the Bulgarian forces deteriorated. The Entente Command perceived in...

Assault guns (Sturmgeschutz in German) were armored fighting vehicles similar to tanks, with the chassis and tracks of a panzer but without the rotating turret, which allowed the mounting of a larger gun. They were usually used to support infantry...

When the military aspect of the Second World War is discussed, especially regarding how the war was won, people tend to talk about, Winston Churchill, D-Day, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the Dam Busters, the Allied bombing of German cities,...

As a 26-year old Marine radar intercept officer (RIO), Fleet Lentz flew 131 combat missions in the back seat of the supersonic F-4 B Phantom II during the wind-down of the Vietnam War. Overcoming military regulations, he and his fellow Marines at The...

In just three months in 1940, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France fell to the Nazis. The German occupation of Western Europe had begun-but a brave few rose up in defiance. National resistance has long been celebrated in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510703575Author David C IsbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 226mm...

In a probing look at the myths of American culture that led us into the Vietnam quagmire, Loren Baritz exposes our national illusions: the conviction of our moral supremacy, our assumption that Americans are more idealistic than other people, and our...

The enemy must not get the Messines Ridge at any price � So read the orders to German troops defending the vital high ground south of Ypres. On 7 June 1917, the British Second Army launched its attack with an opening like no other. In the largest...

Behind this decision lay another. Whose forces would be the first to reach Berlin? General Dwight David Eisenhower, supreme commander of the British and American armies, chose to halt at the Elbe River and leave Berlin to the Red Army. Could he have...

In August 1914 Kipling's son John, not yet seventeen, volunteered for a commission in the Army, but was initially refused as under age and with poor sight. Kipling pulled some strings and his son was killed at the battle of Loos a short time after. Asked...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513774Author Michael EmbreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743223270Author Tim ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

There have been many books on Adolf Hitler and specific military campaigns and battles during the time of the Third Reich. However, there has never been a comprehensive analysis of Hitler's role as the supreme military leader of the Third Reich across...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593472316Author M.G. SheftallFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945430039Author Gabriele EspositoFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Winged Hussar PublishingPublisher Winged Hussar Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451219510Author Don KeithFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New American LibraryPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594632860Author Wil S. HyltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Hudson Street Press (an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)Publisher Penguin Putnam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786156602275Author Norbert SzamveberFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.

While much has been written about the Nazis' panzers, comparatively little is known about the armoured vehicles in service with the other Axis armies. This classic Images of War book redresses the balance by covering in detail the equipment operated by...

Although never formally diagnosed, Frank Merritt was on the autistic spectrum. He was also dyslexic and it was rare for him to write anything down. When he was called up for National Service in the 1950s, during the Korean War, he could have deferred, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416580522Author Doug StantonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm)...

Using original material and letters from the First World War, this captivating and eye-opening account uncovers the unnerving realities of the First World War and the impact it had on the town of Tunbridge Wells. It looks at world events, which...

A detailed history of all seven Waffen-SS panzer divisions in World War II: 1.SS-Panzer-Division "Lebstandarte Adolf Hitler"; 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"; 3.SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"; 5.SS-Panzer-Division...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921966934Author Ashley EkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Exisle PublishingPublisher Exisle Publishing

They were the deadliest ships of World War II-nine German commerce raiders disguised as peaceful cargo ships, flying the flags of neutral and allied nations. In reality these heavily armed warships roamed the world's oceans at will, like...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625645739Author Peter J HaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...