Wars & Conflicts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496658516Author Ricardo Recio CardonaFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Andrea PressPublisher Andrea PressWeight(grams) 1157gDimensions(mm) 292mm *...

Since World War II, the US 101st Airborne Division has achieved legendary status. But within the ranks of the 101st there existed a rougher, tougher and more ruthless unit whose formidable reputation has persisted over the decades to this day: the Filthy...

Think You Know Everything about the death of Hitler? Think Again. After World War II, 50 percent of Americans polled said they didn't believe Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide in their bunker in 1945, as captured Nazi officials claimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476782737Author The United States Military AcademyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

In the summer of 1940 the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war machine. Never before had the United Kingdom been in a state of such uncertainty and possible peril. Fortunately the full breadth of...

Women's participation in the Second World War is often overlooked, yet thousands of them wore their uniform, working mainly as nurses, but offering also other services, such as managing the enrollment of men in military units. The movement started on a...

This book, part media history and part group biography, tells the story of the BBC's attempts to reach out to listeners in Nazi Germany at a time when Anglo-German relations were particularly strained. Who were the individuals behind the microphone,...

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19,000 American Marines had been wounded and 7,000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines' bloodiest battle of the war and the only Pacific battle in...

A new look at the legacy of WWI, a war fought for peace yet followed by a century of devastating violence "The war to end all wars" rings out a bitter mockery of the First World War, often viewed as the seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648308270Author Penny FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 850Imprint Echo BooksPublisher Echo BooksWeight(grams) 1279g

Noted historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world . . . the skyway to Hell." This is the story of the air war over the Himalaya Mountains, in World War II, when Japan and China were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476795119Author Jody MiticFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

There has been very little previous attention paid to Scottish civilians during the Great War, but, as is revealed here, Scotland had its own unique experience. Of multi-disciplinary interest for academics, and of broad general interest too, this is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345806949Author J. Kael WestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

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How close did Germany come to winning World War II? Did Hitler throw away victory in Europe after his troops had crushed the Soviet field armies defending Moscow by August 1941? R.H.S. Stolfi offers a dramatic new picture of Hitler's conduct in World War...

When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights. Many from New York City joined the 15th N.Y. Infantry, a National Guard regiment later...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789059111066Author Dr Perry PierikFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijPublisher Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijWeight(grams) 129g

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Through hundreds of color photos, the bulk previously unpublished, Images of War: M2 Bradley explores America's premier Infantry Fighting Vehicle in an unprecedented level of detail. Go inside and out the modern-day icon, then ride it into battle through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526797001Author Christopher ArnanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword MilitaryWeight(grams) 165g

The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. It was also the crucible of combat tactics and logistic techniques that would decide the outcome of the Second World War... The Battle of Normandy began on D-Day. June...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873585132Author Kenji KawanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Roundhouse Publishing LtdPublisher Roundhouse Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647487133Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)...

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During World War One, as the casualties mounted and with the introduction of conscription, over a million women were employed for the first time in industry, replacing the men recruited for the armed services. Many of these women worked in industries...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802144515Author Bob DruryFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

The hopeless yet determined resistance of American and Filipino forces against the Japanese invasion has made Bataan and Corregidor symbols of pride, but Bataan has a notorious darker side. After the U.S.-Filipino remnants surrendered to a far stronger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328505682Author A J BaimeFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

This book is the day-by-day story of the Jumping Mustangs - 1st Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry, of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, written by the man who knows them best. 1st Air Cav Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Mertel. On 1 July 1965, at Fort Benning,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621579861Author Robin HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 466Imprint Regnery HistoryPublisher Regnery Publishing IncWeight(grams) 538g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804108072Author Lawrence C. VetterFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Ivy Books,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358414247Author Maurice IssermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143109860Author Antony BeevorFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979689611Author C Douglas SternerFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint American Legacy Historical PressPublisher American Legacy Historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692944905Author Steve NicklasFormat HardbackImprint Steven NicklasPublisher Steven NicklasWeight(grams) 1302g

"I am not pressing you to fight the weather as well as the Germans, never forget that." So wrote Winston Churchill to Arthur Harris, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, after the terrible events of 16 December 1943. In the murky dusk almost...

Japan’s Holocaust is a comprehensive exploration of Japan’s mass murder and sexual crimes during the Pacific and Asian Wars from 1927 to 1945.Japan’s Holocaust combines research conducted in over eighteen research facilities in five nations to explore...

Inspired by a collection of letters received by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the First World War, Philip Abbott sets out to explore the inspirational campaign to provide body armour to British soldiers serving in the trenches. Setting the letters in...

The first volume garnered such popular acclaim--and drew so many more veterans and photographs out of obscurity--that a follow-up book was called for. Like the first installment, this one assembles hundreds of photos--most of them in color, most of them...