Wars & Conflicts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061997204Author Tim TownsendFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

In late 1942 Hitler's forces advanced far into the Caucasus in the southern Soviet Union in one of the most ambitious offensives of the Second World War, but this extraordinary episode is often forgotten-it is overshadowed by the disastrous German attack...

Gazetted into the 9th Foot as an ensign in 1808, Peter Le Mesurier saw action from the earliest days of the Peninsular War almost to its end. The 'Fighting Ninth' were in the thick of it, and his letters describe nearly every major engagement of the war;...

The author of When Paris Went Dark returns to World War II to tell the remarkable story of the youngest members of the French Resistance and their war against the German occupiers and their collaboratorsOn June 14, 1940, German tanks entered a nearly...

In a little-known episode of the Vietnam War, the CIA hired Norwegian skippers to command fast patrol boats to land South Vietnamese commandos and combat swimmers on the coasts of North Vietnam. This book will explain who the “Vikings” were, describe...

During the first few days of the Spanish Civil War, women played an integral role in the spontaneous uprising that prevented the immediate success of the Nationalist coup. Around one thousand of these women went on to join the militias who fought at the...

Silver Medal winner in the Independent Book Publishers Awards Late in 1939 Nazi Germany was poised to overrun Europe and extend Adolf Hitler's fascist control. At the same time, however, two British physicists invented the resonant cavity magnetron...

Behind-enemy-lines stories of elite Marines in Vietnam Force Recon companies were the eyes and ears of the Marine Corps in Vietnam. Classified as special operations capable, Force Recon Marines ventured into the enemy's backyard to conduct...

D-Day - June 6, 1944 - was a pivotal day in human history. This was the great turning point of the Second World War, when the largest armada ever assembled took a third of a million Allied men across the English Channel. The invasion force of 150,000...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087283643Author Mirjam Grandia MantasFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press

Steel Inferno provides a unique insight into the experiences of 1st SS Panzer Corps, one of only two units in the German Army which bore Hitler's name, during their fight against their Allied adversaries in Normandy. This meticulously researched book...

Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers' idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-class masculinity directly affected whom they targeted...

It took the US army two full years after the attack on Pearl Harbour to break the radio codes of the Japanese Imperial Army. But by 1944, the US was decoding more than 20,000 messages a month filled with information about enemy movements, strategy,...

This book centres on the bombing of Getafe, a small town south of Madrid shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Sections of the international press reported that forty or more children had been killed by bombs dropped in the Nationalist...

An action-filled memoir by Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins, whose heroic deeds as a Green Beret in Vietnam in March 1966 became legend in the ArmyFor four days in early March 1966, then-sergeant Bennie Adkins and sixteen other Green Berets held...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637584675Author William SwansonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Permuted PressPublisher Permuted PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 147mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399583551Author Stephen L. MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Hitler's Artillery 1939 - 1945 is a highly illustrated record of the firepower of the German war machine between 1939 - 1945. Many of the photographs, all from the author's collection, come originally from the albums of individuals who took part in the...

The Canadian 4th armoured division crossed the Channel in July 1944 to reinforce the invading forces and assist in the Allied attempts to breakout of the Normandy beachhead around. They were heavily engaged in Operation Totalize and Operation Tractable...

OSTFRONT 1944: The German Defensive Battles on the Russian Front in 1944 Alex Buchner. In 1944, when the entire Russo-German front was "ablaze" under continual Soviet attacks, wrong estimations by the highest German command led to critical decisions with...

The first squadrons of American-trained fighter pilots to enter combat in April 1918 during World War I were equipped with the Nieuport 28. Douglas Campbell, Jimmy Meissner, and Eddie Rickenbacker, were among those who cut their teeth on the Nieuport 28...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555262Author Neville ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 498Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc.

Throughout the Vietnam War, one focal point persisted where the Viet Cong guerrillas and ARVN were not a major factor, but where the trained professionals of the North Vietnamese and United States armies repeatedly fought head-to-head. A Shau Valor is a...

The Somerset town of Frome is something of a paradox. Since being founded at the end of the sixth century its fiercely independent nature has been unchanging. A nature which, as one columnist has noted: 'seems to have revolved around the eminently...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645247015Author Geoffrey BennFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Geoffrey V BennPublisher Geoffrey V BennWeight(grams) 1878g

The dramatic story of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, illuminating both the causes and the consequences of this momentous event. Morgan shows how Italians of all classes coped with the extraordinary pressures of wartime living, both on the...

Covers the aircraft and many pilots of JG 3, JG 5, JG 51, JG 52, JG 54 and JG 77.Book InformationISBN 9780887402463Author Werner HeldFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 907g

U.S. Army Rangers & Special Forces of World War II tells the story of the U.S. Army's elite Rangers and special forces largely through pictures. Never before has such an expansive view of World War II been offered in one volume. Furthermore, an extensive...

Like its predecessors in the series, this book is an epic chronicle of previously unpublished topics, including the uniforms and equipment of the submarine force, PT boat squadrons, mine warfare men, gun crews, signalmen, and more. In addition,...

In Vanishing Point, award winning journalist and author Tom Wilber pieces together the largely forgotten story of the bomber, Getaway Gertie, and an eclectic group of enthusiasts who have spent years searching for it. At the height of World War II, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802148964Author James HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 864Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

This updated and expanded edition of Cyberspace in Peace and War by Martin C. Libicki presents a comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity, cyberwar, and cyber-terrorism. From basic concepts to advanced principles, Libicki examines the sources and...

H.L. Oakley was one of the most talented and prolific silhouette artists of the twentieth century. Despite his fame, he was determined to enlist and play his part in fighting for his country in the First World War. He joined up in the summer of 1914, but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982054192Author Richard A RinaldiFormat PaperbackImprint General Data LLCPublisher General Data LLCWeight(grams) 585g

Berlin, November 1937. In a secret meeting with his top advisors, Adolf Hitler proclaims the urgent necessity for a war of aggression in Europe. Some conservatives are unnerved by this grandiose plan, but they are soon silenced, setting in motion events...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425273012Author Marlin GroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

The author draws on a dazzling variety of archival and printed sources.... The Dutch Moment is a signal contribution to the field. Renaissance Quarterly In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063097698Author Eddie JakuFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

One of the most common assumptions about World War II is that the Jews did not actively or effectively resist their own extermination at the hands of the Nazis. In this powerful book, Benjamin Ginsberg convincingly argues that the Jews not only resisted...

In 1941, before America entered World War II, determined young LeRoy Gover signed on with Britain's Royal Air Force to fly the plane of his dreams, the fast, sleek Spitfire. When America joined the fight, he transitioned to the powerful P-47 Thunderbolt...