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The Canal Line 1940: The Dunkirk Campaign by Jerry Murland 9781473852198
RRP: €17.84€13.03The network of canals stretching from the coast at Gravelines, through St-Omer, B thune and La Bass e, follows the approximate boundary between Artois and Flanders and was, in 1940, the defensive line established on the western edge of the so-called... -
Operation Big: The Race to Stop Hitler's A-Bomb by Colin Brown 9781445682853
RRP: €11.89€7.90A professor of architecture at Cambridge University, Marcial Echenique, recently became curious when he found wiring concealed under the floorboards of his country mansion, Farm Hall in Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire. The mansion had an astonishing past... -
The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
RRP: €19.03€13.82This book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign during the Vietnam War between 1965 to 1975, where the US Seventh Fleet, stationed off the Vietnamese coast, was given the tongue-in-cheek nickname 'The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club'. On August 2,... -
USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go: The Central Pacific 1943-44 by Romain Cansiere
RRP: €16.65€11.60The different national tank doctrines of the United States and Imperial Japan resulted in a terrible mismatch of the predominant tank types in the crucial Central Pacific campaign. A flawed Japanese doctrine emphasized light infantry support tanks, often... -
Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience in the Second World War: Northwestern Europe - from the Battle of Britain to the Battle of Germany by Patrick Eriksson
RRP: €13.08€8.63Alarmstart (scramble) charts the experiences of the German fighter pilots in the Second World War, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well as primary documents, diaries and flying log books, with photographs from the veterans themselves,... -
The Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942 1944: The Fleet that Had to Hide by Stephenson, Charles
RRP: €19.03€13.82The story of the British Eastern Fleet, which operated in the Indian Ocean against Japan, has rarely been told. Although it was the largest fleet deployed by the Royal Navy prior to 1945 and played a vital part in the theatre it was sent to protect, it... -
Field Marshal: The Life and Death of Erwin Rommel by Daniel Allen Butler 9781612005669
RRP: €19.03€14.29Erwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proud father; intelligent, instinctive, brave, compassionate, vain, egotistical, and arrogant. In France in 1940, then for two years in North Africa, then finally... -
Polish Armor of the Blitzkrieg by Jamie Prenatt
RRP: €15.46€13.10The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges. In actuality the Poles, in the midst of a large-scale re-armament programme, had up to 600 armoured vehicles... -
Hitler's Alpine Headquarters by James Wilson 9781526782113
€21.24Hitlers Alpine Headquarters look at the development of the Obersalzberg from a small, long established farming community, into Hitlers country residence and the Nazis southern headquarters. Introducing new images and additional text, this book is a much... -
The Flame of Resistance: American Hero. French Hero. British Spy. by Damien Lewis
RRP: €23.80€21.44'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the half of it. Lewis' story-telling blew my mind. Again.' Dan SnowDuring WW2, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most... -
The Grand Alliance: The Second World War by Winston Churchill
RRP: €22.60€16.20Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally... -
Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America by Qiao Liang 9781946963420
RRP: €23.50€20.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946963420Author Qiao LiangFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Albatross PublishersPublisher Albatross PublishersWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
James Stewart at War: His Career in the USAAF by Pavel Turk 9781399066952
RRP: €23.80€20.97Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War by MR Winston Groom 9780802140616
RRP: €15.46€14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802140616Author MR Winston GroomFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert by Spike Milligan
RRP: €11.89€9.22VOLUME TWO OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A OUTRAGEOUS, HILARIOUS WW2 MEMOIRS'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times______________'Keep talking, Milligan... -
What Went Wrong?: The Clash between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
RRP: €11.89€8.09A bestselling account of why the Islamic world has been losing the conflict with the West for 300 years - and the frustration and humiliation this has produced.For many centuries, Islam was the world's greatest, most open, most enlightened, most... -
Operation Mayhem by Steve Heaney
RRP: €11.89€8.09'Captures the confusion, black humour, raw courage and sheer exhilaration of combat brilliantly' THE TIMES'Read this account of his stint with the 26-man strong X Platoon in the sweltering jungle, living on grubs, outnumbered 80 to one, battling heavily... -
The RAF Regiment at War 1942-1946 by Kingsley M Oliver
RRP: €17.84€13.03Born out of necessity in the dark days of the War, the RAF Regiment found itself in the thick of the action supporting the vital operations in all theatres. This comprehensive record of their operations gives the clearest indication of the contribution... -
War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1939-1945 by Marcus Faulkner 9781848320475
RRP: €59.50€44.77In the vast literature of the Second World War there has never been a naval atlas showing graphically the complexities of the war at sea, a war which spread across every ocean. This new book will fill the gap.With more than 200 beautifully-designed maps... -
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay
RRP: €19.03€13.48Stephen Bungay' s magisterial history is acclaimed as the account of the Battle of Britain. Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic analysis and its truly compulsive narrative, this... -
The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Sir Winston S. Churchill 9780486474748
RRP: €17.24€10.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486474748Author Sir Winston S. ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
German Fighter Aircraft of World War II by Thomas Newdick
RRP: €21.41€14.74Arranged by type, German Fighter Aircraft of World War II offers a highly illustrated guide to the most important fighters used by the Luftwaffe during the conflict. It features such classics as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Bf 110, the Heinkel He 100D-1... -
Israel's Long War with Hezbollah: Military Innovation and Adaptation Under Fire by Raphael D. Marcus 9781626166110
RRP: €38.08€30.44The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now in its fourth decade and shows no signs of ending. Raphael D. Marcus examines this conflict since the formation of Hezbollah during Israel's occupation of Lebanon in the... -
Not Much of an Engineer by Stanley Hooker 9781853102851
RRP: €17.84€14.93Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to... -
Syria and Lebanon 1941: The Allied Fight against the Vichy French by Dr David Sutton
RRP: €19.03€12.15A detailed study of the Syrian and Lebanon campaign of World War II. In June 1941, Australian, British, Indian and Free French forces invaded the Vichy French-controlled mandate of Syria and Lebanon. They faced an enemy that had more artillery, tanks... -
1940: The World in Flames by Richard Collier 9781800325913
RRP: €15.46€6.32The most shocking year in history. Week by week, hour by hour.In his brilliant reconstruction, Richard Collier vividly brings one of the most momentous years in world history to life once again.This was a time of blitzkrieg and the Blitz; of the Battle... -
A War Transformed: WWI on the Doggerland Front: A Wargame by Frederick Silburn-Slater 9781472856258
RRP: €29.75€23.21The Great War meets the horrors of forgotten folklore in this occult skirmish wargame. 1916: A World Transformed. As the Great War raged, the Moon fell from its orbit. Seas shifted, uncovering new lands and revealing what tide and time had concealed... -
Strategy, Evolution, and War: From Apes to Artificial Intelligence by Kenneth Payne 9781626165809
RRP: €33.32€29.20Decisions about war have always been made by humans, but now intelligent machines are on the cusp of changing things - with dramatic consequences for international affairs. This book explores the evolutionary origins of human strategy, and makes a... -
Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance by Robert Gildea
RRP: €15.46€10.19The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. Not simply an effort to free the country from German occupation, it was part of a Europe-wide anti-fascist struggle, which included Spanish republicans,... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer
RRP: €23.80€17.01How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Dunkirk: The Epic Story of History's Most Extraordinary Evacuation by John Harris
RRP: €15.46€3.95How the miracle on the beaches saved a nation. A gripping account of one of the most famous episodes of the Second World WarIn May 1940 British and Allied troops on mainland Europe were in a perilous situation: cut off and surrounded, at the conclusion... -
Land Girls: Women's Voices from the Wartime Farm by Joan Mant
RRP: €11.89€7.90The Women's Land Army was actually founded in 1917, but it was during the Second World War that it attracted the kind of attention which assured its place in the annals of the British war effort. The Services' demands on manpower created a gap which the... -
Hull Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 1914-1918 by Bilton, David
RRP: €29.75€20.97Hull Rifles looks at the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War and examines the origins of the battalion and its history over the three years it fought in France and Belgium. The battalion was involved in some of the bloodiest battles of the... -
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe
RRP: €17.84€13.03Keith Lowe's Savage Continent is an awe-inspiring portrait of how Europe emerged from the ashes of WWII.The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on... -
T-34 vs StuG III by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: €17.84€13.03In the summer of 1944, the Red Army staged a massive armoured assault up the Karelian Isthmus with the intent of eliminating any remaining German and Finnish forces facing the Leningrad region. Most of the Soviet units sent into Finland were new to... -
Stirling's Desert Triumph by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: €19.03€15.86Specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs and expert analysis combine to tell the absorbing story of the SAS's legendary raid on Sidi Haneish at the height of World War II. The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of... -
The Union Army 1861–65 (1): The Regular Army and the Territories by Ron Field 9781472855794
RRP: €15.46€10.82This fully illustrated study investigates the uniforms and equipment of the US regular troops and volunteers from the territories fighting for the Union during the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, the United States Army, pitted... -
Escape from St-Valery-en-Caux: The Adventures of Captain B.C. Bradford by Andrew Bradford 9781803995922
RRP: €19.03€14.58The dramatic story of Captain Bill Bradford, Adjutant of the 1st Battalion Black Watch, compiled using diaries and letters, coded messages and correspondence between his family and the War Office in their desperate effort to hear news of his safety... -
SBS: Special Boat Squadron by Iain Gale
RRP: €11.89€7.76A historical adventure chronicling the exploits of the Special Boat Squadron, the seaborne raiders who, by strength and guile, carried out World War Two's most daring covert operations. From this moment on, you and your men, you don't exist. ... -
Lindell's List: Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruck by Peter Hore 9780750966214
RRP: €23.80€19.55Already a decorated heroine of the First World War, British-born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has almost been forgotten. Evoking the spirit of Edith...