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Leyte, 1944: The Soldiers' Battle by Nathan N. Prefer
RRP: £19.99£17.50When General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia in March 1942, having successfully left the Philippines to organize a new American army, he vowed, "I shall return!" More than two years later he did return, at the head of a large U.S. army to retake... -
I Attacked Pearl Harbor: The True Story of America's POW #1 by Gary R Coover 9780997074840
RRP: £14.95£12.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997074840Author Gary R CooverFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Rollston PressPublisher Rollston PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *... -
Sayonara Singapura Joseph John Parapuram 9789814625357
RRP: £8.99£6.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814625357Author Joseph John ParapuramFormat PaperbackImprint Monsoon BooksPublisher Monsoon Books -
Towards Gommecourt: Two accounts of British Soldiers on the Western Front During the First World War by Edward G D Liveing 9780857061195
£9.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857061195Author Edward G D LiveingFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 154g -
From World War to Postwar: Revolution, Cold War, Decolonization, and the Rise of American Hegemony, 1943-1958 by Andrew N. Buchanan 9781350240209
RRP: £21.99£19.58Offering a global account of the 'long' World War II, this book challenges conventional narratives that picture a clearly defined war period (1939-1945) followed by a distinct postwar era dominated by the encroaching cold war. Arguing instead that while... -
Zeebrugge & Ostend Raids 1918 by Deborah Lake 9781473837966
RRP: £12.99£4.88The Zeebrugge Raid is one of the most exciting small actions, not just of the First World War but in British history. The purpose was to counter the U-boat menace. Submarine attacks on Allied shipping caused great difficulty. The Admiralty claimed that... -
War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by John Winton 9781800554719
RRP: £10.99£9.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800554719Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm -
U.S. Aerial Armament in World War II - Ultimate Look: Vol 2: Bombs, Bombsights, and Bombing by William Wolf 9780764335242
RRP: £63.99£41.70Following his previous "Ultimate Look" volumes on the B-29, B-32, B-18, and B-25, and volumes one and two in this series, Wolf continues his definitive history of U.S. aerial armament in World War II. Drawing from his extensive library, microfilm... -
Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups: The Frontlines of Diplomacy Ashley Clements 9781032239545
RRP: £39.99£35.33Humanitarians operate on the frontlines of today's armed conflicts, where they regularly negotiate to provide assistance and to protect vulnerable civilians. This book explores this unique and under-researched field of humanitarian negotiation. It... -
Exile and Identity: Polish Women in the Soviet Union during World War II by Katherine Jolluck 9780822959502
£52.12Using firsthand, personal accounts, and focusing on the experiences of women, Katherine R. Jolluck relates and examines the experiences of thousands of civilians deported to the USSR following the Soviet annexation of eastern Poland in 1939.Upon arrival... -
The Diaries of Ronald Tritton, War Office Publicity Officer 1940–45 by Frederick McGlade 9781907677441
RRP: £29.95£24.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907677441Author Frederick McGladeFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Axis Forces 22 by Massimiliano Afiero 9788893279543
RRP: £18.90£16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788893279543Author Massimiliano AfieroFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Luca Cristini Editore (Soldiershop)Publisher Luca Cristini Editore... -
Order in Chaos: The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck by Hermann Balck
RRP: £86.50£78.32German general Hermann Balck (1897--1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battlefield commanders. His brilliantly fought battles were masterpieces of tactical agility, mobile counterattack, and the technique of Auftragstaktik, or... -
Imperial Germany's "Iron Regiment" of the First World War: War Memories of Service with Infantry Regiment 169 1914 - 1918 Second Edition by John K Rieth 9780998804507
RRP: £24.95£22.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998804507Author John K RiethFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Badgley Pub CoPublisher Badgley Pub CoWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Great War Explained by Philip Stevens 9781783461868
£9.61This is much more than just another book to add to the thousands on The Great War. It sets out to fill a gap. Written for the layman by a layman (who is also an articulate and experienced battlefield guide) it summarises the key events and... -
Patton's One-Minute Messages: Tactical Leadership Skills of Business Managers by Charles Province 9780891415466
£12.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415466Author Charles ProvinceFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 147g -
War By Other Means: The Pacifists Of The Greatest Generation Who Revolutionalized Resistance by Daniel Akst
RRP: £25.99£18.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612199245Author Daniel AkstFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Unraveling the Myth of Sgt. Alvin York: The Other Sixteen by James Patrick Gregory
£40.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648430756Author James Patrick GregoryFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Texas A&M University PressPublisher Texas A&M University PressWeight(grams) 363g -
Jagdstaffel 356: The Story of a German Fighter Squadron by M. E. Kahnert 9781612001449
RRP: £25.00£18.57Although the author has given this Jagdstaffel a fictitious number and changed the names of the pilots composing it, the incidents related in this book have the genuine ring of truth and will be recognised as facts by anyone who has had experience of... -
Everest and the Struggle to Conquer the Himalaya by Richard Sale 9781848841390
RRP: £19.99£16.82A century ago the summits of the world's highest peaks, Everest included, were beyond reach. Pioneering attempts to overcome the dangers of climbing at extremely high altitudes ended in failure, sometimes with disastrous consequences. Yet today... -
The First Summit: Roosevelt and Churchill at Placentia Bay, 1941 by Theodore A. Wilson 9780700604852
RRP: £37.95£33.22Four months before Pearl Harbour, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in secret aboard a ship in a secluded Newfoundland harbour. This was the first summit conference of World War II. Although it would soon be overshadowed by the events to... -
Mao, Stalin and the Korean War: Trilateral Communist Relations in the 1950s Shen Zhihua 9780415748124
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book examines relations between China and the Soviet Union during the 1950s, and provides an insight into Chinese thinking about the Korean War.This volume is based on a translation of Shen Zihua's best-selling Chinese-language book, which broke the... -
Night of the Intruders: the Slaughter of Homeward Bound Usaaf Mission 311 by Ian McLachlan
£26.84This is the full account of USAAF Mission 311 on 22 April 1944 when American bombers suffered their highest ever loss to German intruders. The German fighters followed the air armada home after the raid, picking individual bombers off on their return... -
Herky! The Memoirs of a Checker Ace by Herschel H. Green 9780764300738
RRP: £40.99£27.07The dramatic life story of one of the legendary USAAF fighter pilots of World War II who fought across the skies over the Mediterranean and southern Europe in the great aerial campaigns against the Luftwaffe - Herschel H. "Herky" Green. By the time... -
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson 9781250037817
RRP: £26.99£17.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250037817Author Rick AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 928Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 46mm -
Airwar Over the Atlantic by Manfred Griehl 9781848327917
£13.04Late in 1938, the German Navy Supreme Command commissioned a report into the combat effectiveness of its airborne divisions. As a result of its findings, the German High Command instigated a major construction program for planes with a specifically... -
'Neath Verdun: the Experiences of a French Soldier During the Early Months of the First World War by Maurice Genevoix 9780857062079
£10.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857062079Author Maurice GenevoixFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 231g -
Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage by Joseph E. Persico 9780375761263
£19.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375761263Author Joseph E. PersicoFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 675g -
Night Fighters: Hunters of the Reich by David P. Williams 9780752459615
RRP: £17.99£13.94At the outbreak of war in September 1939 no one in the German High Command had envisaged a long and protracted campaign, for which reason the possibility of having to fight at night had not seriously been considered. However, the shortcomings in the... -
Queen of the Midnight Skies by Garry R. Pape 9780887404153
RRP: £40.99£27.67This new book chronicles not only the aptly named P-61 "Black Widow", but also the Douglas P-70 series, the P-38 night fighter variants, the Bristol Beaufighter, B-25s and the DeHavilland Mosquito - the proposed XA-26A and the P-39 nightfighters are also... -
To the Tashkent Station: Evacuation and Survival in the Soviet Union at War by Rebecca Manley
RRP: £46.00£40.74In summer and fall 1941, as German armies advanced with shocking speed across the Soviet Union, the Soviet leadership embarked on a desperate attempt to safeguard the country's industrial and human resources. Their success helped determine the outcome of... -
Avenue Of Spies by Alex Kershaw
RRP: £15.99£11.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804140058Author Alex KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
First Fighter Ace: In the Cockpit with a World War II Fighter Pilot by Stanislaw Skalski 9780811718493
RRP: £16.99£14.61Stanislaw Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace and the first Allied fighter ace of World War II. His combat career began on the war's very first day, September 1, 1939, and within two weeks, Skalski had achieved ace status, with six German kills to his... -
The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley: Code Name 'Grin' by Clive Jones
RRP: £95.00£85.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474441155Author Clive JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Taken Captive: A Japanese POW's Story Ooka Shohei 9780471142850
RRP: £30.00£19.80"I do not know whether I dozed off or passed out, but the nextthing I remember is gradually becoming aware of a blunt objectstriking my body over and over. Just as I realized it was a bootkicking me in the side, I felt my arm being grabbed roughly, and... -
The Origins of the Second World War by Patrick Finney 9780340676400
£27.80Our understanding of the origins of the Second World War have been transformed in recent decades. The opening of the archives of the major combatant powers, changing perspectives, and the reorientation of international history away from a narrow... -
The Colonel and the Vicar by Edward Rayner 9780996547246
£11.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996547246Author Edward RaynerFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Edward RaynerPublisher Edward RaynerWeight(grams) 490g -
The Sinking of the Laconia and the U-Boat War: Disaster in the Mid-Atlantic by James P. Duffy 9780275993641
£65.53Packed with rich detail and analysis, this exciting tale of war at sea relates the dramatic and moving true story of the sinking of the British liner Laconia and its consequences for the conduct of marine warfare. Duffy discusses in rich detail the dire... -
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson 9780805087246
RRP: £26.99£17.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805087246Author Rick AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Holt PaperbacksPublisher Holt PaperbacksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm... -
Trunk Monkeys: The Life of a Contract Soldier in Iraq by Lewis Steiner 9781781552209
RRP: £14.99£11.55Trunk Monkeys: The Life of a Contract Soldier in Iraq tells the true story of operators from a private military contractor working in Iraq shortly after the Gulf War. From the perspective of grizzled veteran Lewis Steiner who had left the British Army to...