Wars & Conflicts

The central focus of this book is the traumatized German war veteran. Using previously unexplored source material written by the psychologically scarred veterans themselves, this innovative work traces how some of the most vulnerable members of society,...

During the Second World War, military gliders were used for carrying troops and heavy equipment silently into a combat zone. These engineless aircraft were towed into the air and most of the way to their target by military transport planes and once...

For Home and Empire is the first book to compare voluntary wartime mobilization across the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand home fronts. As communities organized to raise recruits or donate funds, their efforts strengthened communal bonds, but they...

Focusing on the so-called 'Phoney War' at the start of World War II, this well-researched account concentrates on incidents when Britain stood alone during those tense and dark early days of hostilities. The book contains graphic accounts of enemy action...

Nobility Lost is a cultural history of the Seven Years' War in French-claimed North America, focused on the meanings of wartime violence and the profound impact of the encounter between Canadian, Indian, and French cultures of war and diplomacy. This...

Signed on September 2, 1945 aboard the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay by Japanese and Allied leaders, the instrument of surrender formally ended the war in the Pacific and brought to a close one of the most cataclysmic engagements in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857069597Author Thomas T JeansFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 308g

Whether providing support for the blitzkrieg in Poland and France, bombing British cities and industrial centers, or attacking Allied fighters and bombers in the light of day and dark of night, the Luftwaffe revolutionized aerial warfare and experienced...

Strategy and reality collide in Peter Fey's gripping history of aircraft carrier USS Oriskany's three deployments to Vietnam with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). Its tours coincided with the most dangerous phases of Operation Rolling Thunder, the ill-fated...

This book covers the history of the 4th Fighter Wing, from re-activation in 1946, through the end of the "short TDY" to Korea in 1957. The early history covers the entire F-80 era, including the first jet aerobatic team, and the introduction of the...

One of Nazi Germany's most famous -- and most feared -- units of World War II was the 3rd SS Panzer Division, known as the "Totenkopf" or "Death's Head." Initially formed from a cadre of concentration camp guards, the division saw combat service starting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425215296Author Richard LowryFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 488g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470084564Author Marcia KurapovnaFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Located in an Observer Corps post on the top of a Martello tower on the seafront at Dymchurch in Kent, Mr E.E. Woodland and Mr A.M. Wraight were on duty on the morning of 13 June 1944. Shortly after 04.00 hours they spotted the approach of an object...

Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the "rousing" (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II-a triumph achieved only through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans,...

* What it was like to fight Hitler's ideological troops in Normandy starting on D-Day, June 6, 1944 Regarded as Nazi Germany's elite military force, the Waffen SS had a reputation for ferocity on the battlefield and mercilessness to prisoners. This...

Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679): a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, translated by Hobbes from a Latin original...

This new book covers the little known combat operations of the German Ordnungspolizei (Order Police - regular uniformed police) during World War II. Discussed are unit formations, personalities, and operations including frontline combat, security duties...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804176606Author Adam MakosFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Samurai: An Illustrated History brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life.This Japanese history book traces the story of a unique historical phenomenon: a period of 700 years-equivalent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383315Author Anat Granit-HacohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425255735Author Adam MakosFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dutton CaliberPublisher Dutton CaliberWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

An original and spellbinding reinterpretation of the most significant events of the Great War Nearly a century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the devastating global conflict that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129431Author Brian KilmeadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987156457Author Daryl SahliFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint MyStory PublishingPublisher MyStory PublishingWeight(grams) 529g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493067992Author Vincent dePaul LupianoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512080Author David RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496658318Author Agustin SaizFormat HardbackPage Count 465Imprint Andrea PressPublisher Andrea Press

In 1917 and 1918 Germany made her first attempt to wage long range submarine warfare against the faraway shores of the US, Canada, and West Africa. In that deadly last chapter of the Great War the Germans sent giant submarines to prey upon Allied...

Amphibious operations have always been an important element of warfare, but they reached their climax during the Second World War when they were carried out on a large scale in every theatre of the conflict. That is why this wide-ranging, highly...

The Frantic operations were conceived in late 1943 as Soviet advances made Soviet airfields accessible to Allied long-range aircraft. American aircraft could hit targets in central Europe, refuel and rearm at Soviet bases, then fly back to bomb...

This is the war diary of one of the longest-serving American POWs in the Pacific. Preserved within this book is the diary of Lieutenant Walter J. Hinkle. The diary begins in the spring of 1941 as he prepared for a new assignment in the Philippines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857063854Author H P HoltFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 531g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998375939Author Eric WibergFormat HardbackPage Count 928Imprint Island BooksPublisher Island BooksWeight(grams) 203g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306921407Author Edward G LengelFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 148mm...

Based on newly accessible Turkish archival documents, Onur Isci's study details the deterioration of diplomatic relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union during World War II. Turkish-Russian relations have a long history of conflict. Under Ataturk...

This series focuses on the soldiers and warriors of specific historic conflicts. The in-depth text and illustrations will not fail to inspire modelers, historians, re-enactors and enthusiasts alike. Each volume features 20-22 detailed colour plates of...

This book is a compilation of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photographic details of the IIa variant of the Supermarine Spitfire, featuring scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals and also photographs of...

The third and final volume of the Author's Americans in North-west Europe series covers the historic period December 1944 to May 1945. Launched in December 1944, the Nazis' Ardennes offensive, known as the Battle of the Bulge, was one of the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593471616Author Steven M. GillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc