Wars & Conflicts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451490070Author Alex KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin Random House IndiaPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams)...

The fighting in the Gallipoli or Dardanelles campaign began in 1915 as a purely naval affair undertaken partly at the instigation of Winston Churchill, who, as First Lord of the Admiralty, had entertained plans of capturing the Dardanelles as early as...

When 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...

Apologies 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 *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814625357Author Joseph John ParapuramFormat PaperbackImprint Monsoon BooksPublisher Monsoon Books

Apologies 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

Offering 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...

The 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...

Apologies 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

Following 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...

Humanitarians 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...

Using 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...

Apologies 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

Apologies 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...

German 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...

Apologies 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 *...

This 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...

Apologies 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

Apologies 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

Apologies 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

Although 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...

A 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...

Four 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...

This 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...

This 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...

The 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...

Apologies 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

Late 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...

Apologies 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

Apologies 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

At 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...

This 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...

In 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...

Apologies 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 *...

Stanislaw 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...

Apologies 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

"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...

Our 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...

Apologies 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

Packed 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...