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They Fought in the Fields: The Women's Land Army by Nicola Tyrer 9780752443133
RRP: $21.43$16.52While troops fought on the front line, a battalion of young women joined up to take their places as agricultural workers. Despite many of them coming from urban backgrounds, these fearless, cheerful girls learnt how to look after farmland, operate and... -
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by George C. Kuhl 9780887404450
RRP: $54.58$35.14This is true story of the second raid on Schweinfurt, Germany by the Eighth Air Force 1st and 3rd Bombardment Divisions on 14 October 1943. On this day, the Eighth Air Force lost air superiority to the German Luftwaffe in a continuous air battle that... -
Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer: German Army, Western Europe 1944 -1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526710895
RRP: $29.23$21.66Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three... -
Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn and Dana Stone by Perry Deane Young 9780981628097
RRP: $38.90$34.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981628097Author Perry Deane YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Press 53 Carolina Classics EditionsPublisher Press 53 Carolina Classics... -
Norfolk at War 1939 - 1945 by Stephen Browning 9781473856998
RRP: $29.23$22.13This year-on-year study of Norfolk at war is the first such for many years, which utilises material that has not been published in book form before or, sometimes, at all. In both the First and Second World War, Norfolk was pivotal, albeit for different... -
Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the 8th Air Force in World War II: Vol 2: (VIII) Fighter Command by Robert A. Watkins
RRP: $79.93$52.79This second volume focuses on the Fighter Groups, Scouting Force and Special Operations units of the Mighty Eighth. Battle Colors approaches a visual subject in a visual manner utilizing full color illustrations and wartime photos.About the AuthorRobert... -
Huey in Vietnam: Bell's UH-1 at War by David Doyle
RRP: $37.03$24.71The design, development, and evolution of the Bell UH-1 Huey in combat during the Vietnam War. Few implements of war are as representative of the US presence in Vietnam as the Bell Huey UH-1-series helicopters. Whether serving in the role of troop... -
Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War by Tim Sweijs 9781911723165
RRP: $87.75$78.25War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms and guises. This book offers the first comprehensive update and revision of ideas about the future of war since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It argues that the war has... -
Dark Music: The gripping new thriller from the author of THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB by David Lagercrantz
RRP: $39.00$8.99A gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB"A classic murder mystery . . . one Holmes himself would have loved to solve" Independent"Fans of dark Swedish crime will love this moody thriller" The Sun"A nerve-racking... -
U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis by Richard Breitman 9780521617949
RRP: $60.43$47.19Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Zemke'S Wolfpack: A Photographic Odyssey of the 56th Fighter Group During the Second World War by Nigel Julian
RRP: $58.40$42.74The only US 8th Army Air Force fighter group to retain the mighty P-47 Thunderbolt throughout its combat tour in the European Theatre of Operations, the 56th Fighter Group justified its nickname of 'Zemke's Wolfpack' by the aggressive attitude and... -
Aliens: The Chequered History of Britain's Wartime Refugees by Paul Dowswell 9781785907937
RRP: $48.75$35.31The welcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of our fond nostalgia for Britain's role in the Second World War, nestling in our imagination next to images of evacuees clutching teddy bears, and milkmen picking their way through bomb rubble... -
Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 by Martin Kitchen 9780521509718
RRP: $91.63$76.34Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Bad Day, I Fear: The Irish Divisions at the Battle of Langemarck, 16 August 1917 by Michael James Nugent 9781804513262
RRP: $48.75$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513262Author Michael James NugentFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground by Jonathan Steele 9781846274312
RRP: $19.48$13.46Yes, there are dozens of books on the Afghan wars. Most of them are all about firefights and heroics. But this is the first to take the events of the war Bush and Blair started and put them in the context of the Soviet war and even the British imperial... -
Army of Shadows by Joseph Kessel 9781940625225
$25.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625225Author Joseph KesselFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Modelling British World War II Armoured Vehicles by Tom Cole
RRP: $38.98$33.31This new book will be an essential reference for modellers and wargamers who build and paint World War II British armoured fighting vehicles. It provides extensive information on different types of vehicles, describing when they were used, by whom and... -
Hitler's Savage Canary: A History of the Danish Resistance in World War II David Lampe 9781526760722
RRP: $29.23$21.66Adolf Hitler stated that after occupation Denmark would turn into a model protectorate'. Winston Churchill, meanwhile, maintained that the small country of (then) four million people would become the sadistic murderer's canary'. In the end, neither was... -
Focke-Wulf Ta 154: Luftwaffe Reich Defence Day and Night Interceptor by Dietmar Hermann 9781910809945
RRP: $58.50$44.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809945Author Dietmar HermannFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order by Sean McFate
RRP: $31.18$28.76It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only... -
Peenemunde Raid by Martin Middlebrook 9781844153367
RRP: $29.23$22.44On the night of 17-18 August 1943, RAF Bomber Command attacked a remote research establishment on the German Baltic coast. The site was Peenemunde, where Hitler's scientists were developing both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket whose destructive... -
Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe by Mark Mazower
RRP: $37.03$26.54Mark Mazower's Hitler's Empire is a provocative account of the rise and fall of Nazi Europe by one of Britain's leading historians. Hitler's empire was the largest, most brutal and most ambitious reshaping of Europe in history. Inspired by the imperial... -
Sea of Blood: A Military History of the Partisan Movement in Yugoslavia 1941-45 by Gaj Trifković
RRP: $68.25$49.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059940Author Gaj TrifkovićFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Yalta: The Price of Peace by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: $21.43$15.58Imagine you could eavesdrop on a dinner party with three of the most fascinating historical figures of all time. In this landmark book, a gifted Harvard historian puts you in the room with Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt as they meet at a climactic... -
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 by David M. Kennedy 9780195038347
$73.46Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This text tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The... -
Franco and the Condor Legion: The Spanish Civil War in the Air by Michael Alpert 9781788311182
RRP: $68.25$61.62The Spanish Civil War was fought on land and at sea but also in an age of great interest in air warfare and the rapid development of warplanes. The war in Spain came a turning point in the development of military aircraft and was the arena in which new... -
Marshal Zhukov at the Oder: The Decisive Battle for Berlin by Tony Tissier
RRP: $29.23$22.85In the dying months of the Second World War on 31 January 1945, the first Red Army troops reached the River Oder, barely forty miles from Berlin. Everyone at Soviet Headquarters expected Marshal Zhukov's troops quickly to bring the war to an end. But... -
A Bookshop in Berlin: One Woman's Flight from the Nazis by Françoise Frenkel 9781805330318
RRP: $21.43$14.70Initially published as No Place to Lay One's Head - the unforgettable story of one woman's struggle to survive persecution in wartime France In 1921, Francoise Frenkel-a Jewish woman from Poland-opens Berlin's very first French bookshop. It is a dream... -
Tiger by Thomas Anderson
RRP: $39.00$28.65One of the most feared weapons of World War II, the Tiger tank was a beast of a machine which dominated the battlefields of Europe with its astonishing size, speed and firepower, which continues to fascinate more than 70 years after it was first designed... -
Kongo-Class Battleships: In the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II by Lars Ahlberg
RRP: $44.83$29.35The battleships of the Kongo class were the oldest, smallest, and fastest battleships in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Initially classified as battle cruisers, the lead ship in the class, Kongo, was built in England just prior to WWI. The... -
B-17 Memphis Belle by Graham Simons 9781848846913
RRP: $29.23$21.66Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Indeed, it has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is in the top five of the most famous American aircraft of all time.In... -
A Terrible Splendor by Marshall Jon Fisher
RRP: $27.28$19.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307393951Author Marshall Jon FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)... -
Three Poets of the First World War by Wilfred Owen
RRP: $21.43$15.58This new selection brings together the poetry of three of the most distinctive and moving voices to emerge from the First World War. Here are the controlled passion and rich metaphors of Wilfred Owen's celebrated verses such as 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'... -
Churchill's Most Secret Airfield: RAF Tempsford by Bernard O'Connor
RRP: $33.13$24.32Designed by illusionist Jasper Maskelyne, RAF Tempsford was constructed to give overflying enemy aircraft the impression it was disused. Nothing could be further from the truth - just after dusk on moonlit nights either side of the full moon, planes... -
Men Of Air: The Doomed Youth Of Bomber Command Kevin Wilson 9780753823989
RRP: $25.33$17.22The story of the everyday heroism of British bomber crews in 1944 - the turning point year in Bomber Command's war against Germany.There were many ways for a combat crew to die during Bomber Command's war of 1944. Over German territory, bursts of heavy... -
Demobbed: Coming Home After World War Two by Alan Allport 9780300168860
RRP: $21.43$18.74The trials, troubles and triumphs of returning home after the end of World War Two. What happened when millions of British servicemen were "demobbed"-demobilized-after World War II? Most had been absent for years, and the joy of arrival was often clouded... -
The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle Mark Stille (Author) 9781472819208
RRP: $33.13$24.32After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese... -
E-Boat vs MTB: The English Channel 1941-45 Gordon Williamson 9781849084062
RRP: $31.18$26.38An examination of the 'small boat' war between the Germans and the British in the English Channel. During the Second World War, German E-Boats were so active in the English Channel that the narrow stretch of water became known as 'E-Boat Alley'. To... -
Very Ordinary Seaman: The unforgettable account of British naval experience in World War II by J.P.W. Mallalieu 9781907206443
RRP: $29.25$24.88First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates-with humanity, humour and the authority of experience-lower-deck life in the British navy, from basic training to service on a destroyer protecting a convoy to... -
March Past: The Memoir of a Commando Leader, From Lofoten to Dieppe and D-Day by Lord Lovat 9781399068581
RRP: $48.75$35.69At the outbreak of war in 1940, Simon Frazer, the 15th Lord Lovat and a former Guards officer, was mobilized from the reserve list to join the Lovat Scouts, the British Army's first sniper unit that had been formed by his father during the Boer War. The...