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A Dangerous Game: Growing Up East of the Oder Under the Nazis and Soviets by Luise Urban
RRP: £12.99£9.62Luise Urban was born in 1933 into a world about to be turned upside down. Her family lived east of the river Oder. Fatefully, her family were not Nazi Party members and suffered as a result. As the Third Reich crumbled and the Red Army advanced, she was... -
The World Crisis Volume III: 1916-1918 by Sir Winston S. Churchill
£29.47The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following... -
The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo by Walter Lord
RRP: £14.95£12.60The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Day of Infamy. In May 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler's blitzkrieg,... -
World War I: The Definitive Visual History by DK 9780241605417
RRP: £30.00£20.95Now revised and updated, World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles. Experience some of the most prominent battles, such as the Somme and Verdun, through compelling... -
Barbarossa by Stewart Binns
RRP: £20.00£12.07Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of the Second World War.On June 22nd, 1941 the largest military invasion in human history was launched - an attack on the... -
Hidden History of the Korean War: New Edition by I F Stone
RRP: £25.00£20.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900083Author I F StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Battle of the Bulge 1944-45 by Andrew Rawson
RRP: £9.99£7.55In December 1944 the German military made its final attempt to end the Second World War by throwing in all its reserves in a desperate attempt to shatter the Allied lines. After breaking through the American-held sector in the Ardennes, two Panzer armies... -
Faithful in Adversity: The Royal Army Medical Corps in the Second World War by John Broom 9781526749550
RRP: £25.00£18.02The Royal Army Medical Corps was present during all engagements in the Second World War. From the frozen wastes of Norway through to liberation from the death camps of Germany and the Far East, RAMC personnel were frequently close to the front line,... -
Desert Storm 1991: The most shattering air campaign in history by Dr Richard P. Hallion
RRP: £14.99£10.95An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world's ideas about... -
Bullet Magnet: Britain's Most Highly Decorated Frontline Soldier by Mick Flynn
RRP: £9.99£6.80A raw, honest and evocative account of life as the most highly decorated serving soldier in the British Army.From the breakneck pace of an opening where he is in action in Helmand province, under fire from the Taliban, Mick Flynn pulls no punches. It's... -
The Final Over: The Cricketers of Summer 1914 by Christopher Sandford 9780750962988
RRP: £14.99£11.55Shortlisted for the 2015 Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award.Shortlisted for the Cross British Sports Book of the Year 2015 (Cricket category). August 1914 brought an end to the 'Golden Age' of English cricket. At least 210 professional... -
The Polish Resettlement Corps 1946-1949: Britain'S Polish Forces by Wiesław Rogalski 9781912390892
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390892Author Wieslaw RogalskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Hill 112: The Key to defeating Hitler in Normandy by Saunders, Tim 9781399010474
RRP: £25.00£17.62He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy' seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a distance, but on reaching its plateau, the vistas unfold in every direction across a huge swath of Normandy. For the Germans it was their vital defensive... -
The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean by O'Carroll, Brendan 9781399003681
RRP: £16.99£12.28Shortly after the invasion of Sicily and to distract German attention from the Italian campaign, Churchill ordered the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean. The Long Range Desert Group, retraining in Lebanon, were now part of Raiding... -
Zitadelle: The German Offensive Against the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943 by Mark Healy 9780752457161
RRP: £35.00£27.22Few battles attract interest so much as the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle, the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943, has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of... -
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front Battles of the Hindenburg Line Canal du Nord: September October 1918 by Paul Oldfield 9781526788115
RRP: £25.00£14.28IN THE PAST, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the... -
War Stories: Experiences of Women in the Second World War by David Bolton
RRP: £17.99£13.64After listening to his mother-in-law talking about her experiences in the Second World War, David Bolton set out to record the wartime memories of British women before it was too late. Many of those he interviewed were child evacuees, some were single... -
Black Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War by Stephen Bourne
RRP: £12.99£8.32In 1914 Britain was home to at least 10,000 black Britons, many of African and West Indian heritage. Most of them were loyal to the 'mother country' when the First World War broke out. Despite being discouraged from serving in the British Army, men... -
Emmerdale at War: a gorgeous wintery read for cosy nights (Emmerdale, Book 3) by Pamela Bell
RRP: £12.99£12.18The perfect Christmas gift full of warmth and nostalgia, for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during World War II.'This is a must for fans of Emmerdale. Set during World War 2 we follow the Sugdens,... -
Wales in World War 2 by Quentin Deakin 9781800994003
RRP: £14.99£13.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800994003Author Quentin DeakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 25mm -
Explosive: Bringing the World's Deadliest Bombers to Justice by Cliff Todd
RRP: £22.00£12.70THE STORY OF BRITAIN'S LEADING FORENSIC EXPLOSIVES SCIENTIST, WHO FOR NEARLY THREE-DECADES INVESTIGATED SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL BOMB ATTACKS IN HISTORY.Cliff Todd devoted his life to bringing bomb makers to justice... -
Interrogation Nation: Refugees and Spies in Cold War Germany by Keith R. Allen 9781538101513
RRP: £99.00£91.14This groundbreaking book explores the treatment of the millions of refugees and tens of thousands of spies that flooded Germany after World War II. Drawing on newly declassified espionage files, Keith R. Allen uncovers long-hidden interrogation systems... -
The Jeep: Second World War by Lance Cole 9781526746511
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Second World War Jeep was one of the most famous and influential military vehicles of all time, and over 600,000 were produced. It served with all the Allied forces during the war on every front and it has been the inspiration behind the design of... -
Alamein by Stephen Bungay 9781854109293
RRP: £14.99£9.80El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. By the summer of 1942 Rommel's German forces were threatening to sweep through the Western Desert and drive on to the Suez Canal, and Britain was in urgent need of military victory. Then, in... -
Surgeon with the Kaiser's Army by Westmann, Stephan Kurt 9781399020282
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Author gave up his medical studies at Freiburg University in 1914 to enlist in the German Army. He was soon involved in bloody hand-to-hand fighting against the French before moving to the Russian front. Promoted to medical officer, despite being... -
The World Crisis 1911-1918 by Winston Churchill
RRP: £20.00£14.69Winston Churchill's superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of twentieth-century history. With dramatic narrative power Churchill reconstructs the action on the Western and Eastern Fronts, the wars at... -
An Artilleryman in Stalingrad by Wigand Wuster
RRP: £30.00£24.85In August 1942, Wigand Wuster was a twenty-two-year-old officer in the German Wehrmacht. The short life expectancies of the Eastern Front made him a veteran commander even at that age. He led a battery in an artillery regiment as it approached Stalingrad... -
Hitler's Valkyrie: The Uncensored Biography of Unity Mitford by David R. L. Litchfield
RRP: £9.99£7.55Emerging from modern history as a remarkable and much-loved family, the Mitfords have remained largely unrepentant concerning theirs and particularly Unity's enthusiastic support of Hitler, the Nazis, Oswald Mosley and British fascism. However, having... -
Luftwaffe Mistel Composite Bomber Units by Robert Forsyth
RRP: £16.99£14.10The striking appearance of Luftwaffe's Mistel Composite attack aircraft might seem ridiculous to modern eyes, but employed correctly, these original 'fire and forget' weapons were devastatingly effective, as Allied sources testify. This book draws on a... -
Under the Devil's Eye: The British Military Experience in Macedonia 1915 - 1918 by Simon Moody
RRP: £14.99£11.61The authors have researched the Salonika Campaign in every detail, from the arrival of the first British troops in 1915 to final victory. During this period large numbers of British and allied troops were tied up in the strategically vital Balkans. ... -
Music & the British Military in the Long Nineteenth Century by Trevor Herbert 9780199898312
RRP: £97.00£78.11Although military music was among the most widespread forms of music making during the nineteenth-century, it has been almost totally overlooked by music historians. Music & the British Military in the Long Nineteenth Century however, shows that... -
A Nazi in the Family: The hidden story of an SS family in wartime Germany by Derek Niemann
RRP: £12.99£8.60WARTIME BERLIN: The Niemann family - Karl, Minna and their four children - live in a quiet, suburban enclave. Every day Karl commutes to work, a business manager travelling around inspecting his "factories". In the evenings he returns home to life as a... -
Hemingway on War by Ernest Hemingway 9780099583189
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one.' - Ernest HemingwayA unique and captivating collection of Hemingway's writings on war, including extracts from his unparalleled war novels, some classic short stories, an extract from his only... -
Raw Generals and Green Soldiers: Catholic Armies in Ireland 1641-43 by Padraig Lenihan
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804511947Author Padraig LenihanFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 9780375760525
RRP: £25.00£16.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction 2003 and Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2002. Nominated for Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction... -
Peiper's War: The Wartime Years of SS Leader Jochen Peiper, 1941-44 by Danny S Parker
RRP: £35.00£25.29A bad reputation has its commitments.' So wrote home Jochen Peiper from the fighting front in the East in 1943, characterizing his battle-hardened command during the Second World War. Peiper's War is a new serious work of military history by the... -
Goose Green by Mark Adkin
RRP: £9.99£6.80Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflictThe most in-depth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - told from both sides.'Thorough and exhaustive' Daily Telegraph'An excellent and fast paced... -
Flatlands by Sue Hubbard
RRP: £16.99£11.27'Beautifully-written, and highly evocative of the remote Lincolnshire landscape, the Second World War and the two people whose loneliness brings them together for a life-changing time... Full of quiet drama and sorrow at loss, cruelty and mortality'... -
Close Call: RAF Close Air Support in the Mediterranean Volume II Sicily to Victory in Italy 1943-1945 by Vic Flintham 9781902109657
RRP: £29.95£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109657Author Vic FlinthamFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home by Benjamin Hall
RRP: £25.00£19.37Dispatches from the Edge meets In an Instant in this dramatic memoir of war, family, resilience, and recovery from Benjamin Hall, the Fox News journalist who was gravely injured by a Russian drone attack in the early days of the invasion of Ukraine. ...