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SAS Band of Brothers by Damien Lewis
RRP: €15.46€10.23The new SAS epic from bestselling military historian Damien LewisWe share the triumphs and tragedies of a group of elite soldier trailblazers as they commit daring raids behind enemy lines in 1944, manage an against the odds escape to victory, and then... -
Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943 by James Holland
RRP: €15.46€10.82The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there.In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta - smaller than the Isle of Wight -... -
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II by Ben Macintyre 9781408885390
RRP: €13.08€8.47A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION A SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. BESTSELLER 'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining'... -
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
RRP: €13.08€8.63THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people ... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished ..... -
Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East by James Holland
RRP: €13.08€9.25'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times'A first-rate popular history of a fascinating and neglected battle... a veritable page-turner' BBC HistoryIn February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops,... -
First Light: The Phenomenal Fighter Pilot Bestseller by Geoffrey Wellum
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Vivid, wholly convincing, compelling. One of the best memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war' Max Hastings, Sunday TelegraphTwo months before the outbreak of WWII, seventeen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF ... -
The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII by Will Iredale
RRP: €17.84€11.94THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compelling... sensitive, colourful and moving' -- Saul David, Telegraph'Fascinating and utterly gripping' -- James Holland'Absorbing' -- Daily Mail Book of the... -
The D-Day Atlas: Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign by Charles Messenger 9780500297643
RRP: €29.75€20.68A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs. This powerful study chronicles the evolution of the invasion plan and culminates in a... -
The Man who Never Was: The Remarkable True Story of Operation Mincemeat by Ewen Montagu
RRP: €15.46€11.45Now the subject of a major new film starring Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu in Operation Mincemeat.In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse wearing the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines was slipped into the waters off the south-west coast of... -
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
RRP: €15.46€10.82The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2______________In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town . . . Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men... -
The Girls of Bomber Command: An uplifting and charming WWII saga by Vicki Beeby 9781804365601
RRP: €10.70€6.99With an enemy in their midst, can they still protect their fighters in the skies?Pearl has given up on her dreams of being a journalist after being denied a promotion because of her gender. Joining the WAAF as a radio telephone operator for Bomber... -
Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows by Jason Fox
RRP: €13.08€9.25___________THE EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.'The most important book you'll ever read... Battle Scars will save lives.' TOM MARCUS, author of SOLDIER SPYBattle Scars tells the story of Jason Fox's career as an elite operator, from the gunfights,... -
Masters of Death by Richard Rhodes
RRP: €22.61€13.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375708220Author Richard RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers by Craig Harrison
RRP: €15.46€10.45Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison.It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a... -
Babi Yar: The Story of Ukraine's Holocaust by A. Anatoli
RRP: €23.80€17.48The powerful rediscovered masterpiece of Kyiv during the Second World War, told by a young boy who saw it all.'Read it and weep... Nothing I have read about that barbaric time has been as affecting as this gripping, disturbing book - rightly hailed a... -
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII's Greatest Battle by Iain MacGregor
RRP: €15.46€8.94'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written narrative' - James Holland'The sheer brutal intimacy of his descriptions of the fighting are extraordinary'... -
The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Official Secrets by Marcia Mitchell
RRP: €10.70€7.16INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETS FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION In January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US... -
Counterfeit Countess, The: The untold story of the Jewish heroine who defied the Holocaust by Elizabeth White 9781789467468
RRP: €22.60€15.49'Powerful. . . . A heart-wrenching profile of resilience, ingenuity, and heroism.' Publisher's Weekly 'A story of courage, compassion, and cunning so profound that it must be included with the greatest Holocaust literature. Janina Mehlberg is a... -
The Royal Station Master's Daughters: A heartwarming World War I saga of family, secrets and royalty by Ellee Seymour
RRP: €10.70€8.20A heartwarming and dramatic World War I saga of secrets, love and the British royal family for readers of Daisy Styles and Maisie Thomas. 'A heartwarming historical novel' Rosie Goodwin'A gripping historical saga' Daisy StylesRoll out the red carpet. The... -
Growing Up for Boys: Everything You Need to Know by Dr Emily MacDonagh 9780702310973
RRP: €10.70€6.93A reassuring, fact-packed book for boys on what to expect when growing up. From Dr Emily MacDonagh, practising NHS doctor and OK! magazine's popular Health and Parenting Columnist. Dr Emily talks about the physical... -
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre
RRP: €29.75€21.44THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph_____________________________FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE... -
Sd.Kfz.6 Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5t by Alan Ranger
€18.89During WW2, the German armed forces were the greatest user of half-track vehicles. Such vehicles were used in the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS, where they served as personnel carriers, tractors, combat engineering vehicles, as well as... -
Easy Company Soldier by Don Malarkey 9780312563233
RRP: €15.46€14.83Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. In the... -
Prolonging the Agony: How the Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-And-A-Half Years. by Jim MacGregor 9781634241564
RRP: €29.69€20.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634241564Author Jim MacGregorFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Trine DayPublisher Trine DayWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm * 36mm -
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
RRP: €11.89€7.63'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From... -
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin 9781324093084
RRP: €28.55€23.10The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters tells the story of a wild encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig and a British warship in the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings... -
Escape or Die: True stories of heroic escape in the Second World War by Paul Brickhill
RRP: €11.89€3.95Extraordinary times. Extraordinary courage.Here, from the bestselling author of The Great Escape, are eight true and startling escape stories from the Second World War.The heroism of the servicemen who dared to defy their captors in this volume is... -
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
RRP: €11.89€8.46'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in... -
Break Point: SAS: Who Dares Wins Host's Incredible True Story by Ollie Ollerton
RRP: €10.70€7.40DON'T MISS OLLIE OLLERTON'S MUST-HAVE SURVIVAL GUIDE, HOW TO SURVIVE (ALMOST) ANYTHING! PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEROLLIE OLLERTON CO-HOSTS SAS: WHO DARES WINS ALONGSIDE ANT MIDDLETON, JASON FOX and MARK BILLINGHAM. THIS IS HIS... -
The Lost Tommies by Ross Coulthart 9780008103316
RRP: €47.60€34.91'Lost Tommies' brings together stunning never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies and their amazing stories in a beautiful collection that is part thriller, part family history and part national archive. For much of the First World... -
SAS Italian Job: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress by Damien Lewis
RRP: €15.46€10.23Praise for Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Damien Lewis' SAS mission series:'One of the great untold stories of WWII' - Bear Grylls on SAS Ghost Patrol'The untold story' - Daily Mail on SAS Nazi Hunters'A tale of bravery against desperate odds' -... -
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt
RRP: €23.80€15.78The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I-this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel. September... -
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Goldhagen
RRP: €17.84€11.66Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is: How could the Holocaust happen? His response is an exploration of... -
SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Explosive Untold Story by Damien Lewis
RRP: €13.08€8.81'An incredible story, and so well told' Bear Grylls'Honesty, integrity and real experience that puts you in the thick of the action.' Billy BillinghamThere were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Bravo... -
Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to Ypres and Passchendaele by Tonie Holt 9781844153770
RRP: €8.32€6.10Covering the important WW1 Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the well-known and most important sites of the area. This book, part of a new series of guides, is... -
The Nazi Hunters by Damien Lewis
RRP: €15.46€10.23'A humbling, inspiring account of some of the real founders of modern day Special Forces soldiering' Bear GryllsPraise for Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Damien Lewis' SAS mission series:'One of the great untold stories of WWII' - Bear Grylls on... -
Napoleon's Spy: The brand-new historical adventure about Napoleon, hero of Ridley Scott’s new Hollywood blockbuster by Ben Kane 9781409197911
RRP: €10.70€7.38NAPOLEON: EMPEROR OF FRANCE, MASTER OF EUROPE.1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a... -
Battles Map by Map by DK
RRP: €35.70€23.69Explore the world's most famous battles by their geography as you uncover the most ancient, medieval and modern combats in history.If you're interested in finding out more about the biggest battles fought throughout the ages, then this war book is... -
Hawker Hurricane IIc by Marek Ryś
RRP: €10.71€9.48This book compiles 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Hawker Hurricane IIc. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also includes photos of the details in B&W and... -
No Way Out: The Searing True Story of Men Under Siege by Adam Jowett
RRP: €13.08€9.44A Sunday Times bestseller, powerful, highly-charged and moving, No Way Out is Adam Jowett's tribute to the men of Easy Company who paid a heavy price for serving their country in Afghanistan.'Fiercely immersive. Truly heroic.' - Tom Marcus, bestselling...