Wars & Conflicts

In 1942 the air defence of the northern Australian frontier town of Darwin was operated by airmen from the United States. That year was very nearly the end of Australia as a country. To those men the present nation owes a debt. A massive Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968583Author John TolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 896gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional way but through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets who came to describe it best, and indeed to symbolize the war’s tragic arc...

This book looks at WWII from a largely British perspective, based upon approximately 350 photographs from the archives of Mirrorpix. It takes a look at the legacies of the war, including the establishment of the United Nations and the European Union. The...

Madame Anna Gu rin is the fascinating personality behind the title The Poppy Lady'. Her idea of the Inter-Allied Poppy Day' gave work to women and children in the devastated areas of France, in addition to offering support for First World War veterans...

2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377808Author Adrien FontanellazFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.A rich and suggestive analysis of military "ways of seeing"About the AuthorPaul Virilio trained as an artist in stained glass, working with Braque...

In many ways, the M26 Pershing was the most advanced and most powerful tank fielded by the US military during the Second World War. The prototype T26 "heavy" tank design was developed to answer the threat of the German Panther and Tiger tanks...

The remarkable story of Mohammed Helmy, the Egyptian doctor who risked his life to save Jewish Berliners from the Nazis. One of the people he saved was a Jewish girl called Anna. This book tells their story. The Israeli holocaust memorial at Yad...

Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to...

Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, numerous Dutchmen, Belgians and Danes volunteered for the Waffen-SS. The largest division, SS Volunteer Legion Netherlands operated in Yugoslavia and then Northern Russia. It was later re-designated 23rd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628729Author Michael LoCiceroFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium.During the siege that followed, a small band of badly organised defenders,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809761Author Robert J KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing

Born of the Desert is a classic account of the early years of the SAS. The Special Air Service was formed in 1941 and quickly earned a reputation for stealth, daring and audacity in the Western Desert Campaign. This elite force utilised the endless...

THE TOUCHING TRUE STORYTwo young Second World War evacueesFar from home, far from family, safe from the warGwenda and Douglas Brady were among the millions of British children sent to live with new families for their own safety during the Second World...

Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize.Drawing on major new sources hitherto unexamined by western historians, Douglas Smith's Rasputin is the definitive biography of this extraordinary figure for a generation.Nearly a century after his murder,...

Helmand Province in Afghanistan in 2008 was the most dangerous place on earth. George McCafferty of Delta Company led 12 Platoon Delta Company, 5 SCOTS through the fighting season. He kept a diary. For some of that period Ross Kemp went out with the...

From the acclaimed author of John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life, the biography of one of America's greatest presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt.'Meticulously researched and authoritative, heroically objective and wide-angled ... Roosevelt is with us...

An estimated 300,000 people have been detained or have died in prison since the Syrian uprising broke out. Syrians can be arrested for liking a post on Facebook or for the political activities of a distant relative. They are imprisoned without trial, and...

It shows the variety and depth of the men sent into harms way during World War II, something emphasised by the population of Stalag Luft III. Most of the Allied POWs were flyers, with all the technical, tactical and planning skills that profession...

A MAIL ON SUNDAY AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR. The little-known true story of the woman who headed the largest spy network in Vichy France during World War II. In 1941, a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and...

A secret State. A dark conspiracy. A terrible crime.Karin Muller of the German Democratic Republic's People's Police is called to a factory in the east of the country. A man has been murdered - bound and trapped as a fire burned nearby, slowly...

One of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War was the German attempt to forge currency and trigger the economic collapse of the Allies. The counterfeit operation was one of the largest the world has ever seen and lead to the post-war...

"Stunningly descriptive, compelling writing. I was moved close to tears on several occasions." - Peter James, international bestselling crime writer 'A fabulous story guaranteed to capture people's imagination' - Mail on Sunday In 1930, at the age...

An detailed illustrated exploration of the Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942 - one of the largest operations conducted by the Imperial Navy during the war. In the wake of Japan's conquest of Burma in early 1942, plans were formed by...

A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro...

A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific. After the devastating Japanese blows of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2021, THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS. FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2021. ...

Ideal topic books to use as a complete course or as supplementary resources providing in-depth focus on major themes and events.Book InformationISBN 9780582223691Author Josh BroomanFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint LongmanPublisher Pearson Education...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812978964Author Bruce CumingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Arranged 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...

MI14 was set up in 1940 as a clearing house for intelligence from and about Nazi Germany. In addition to their own networks and operations, MI14 also had the benefit of intelligence from MI5, MI6 and MI9. The Gestapo was one of the main areas of MI14...

The 306: Day is the second part of Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams' powerful new First World War trilogy, charting the heart-breaking journey of the 306 men executed for cowardice and desertion during the conflict and the devastating consequences for...

The Stasi and MI6 clash in this gripping Cold War crime thriller, from the award-winning author of Stasi Child.______________________Dresden, East Germany, 1980 - A man's body is found buried in concrete at a building site in the new town district. When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872197364Author David IrvingFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Focal Point PublicationsPublisher Focal Point PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936891245Author Jim GantFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Black Irish Entertainment LLCPublisher Black Irish Entertainment LLCWeight(grams)...

The Franco-Swiss photographer Helene Binet (b. 1959) is renowned for making images that express an intimate experience of architecture. Using a combination of analogue and digital techniques, her photographs are both a representation and a discovery of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476739151Author Damien LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 23mm