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42-97862: The story of a B-17 Flying Fortress crash and the loss of her crew on Belfast's Cave Hill during the second world war by William Lindsay 9780957399334
RRP: $23.21$20.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957399334Author William LindsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint William Alan LindsayPublisher William Alan Lindsay -
The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two by Richard Overy
RRP: $44.49$32.17World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally... -
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
RRP: $20.63$17.20Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books, Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory was universally acclaimed on... -
The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters: Linchpin of Victory 1935 1942 by Boyd, Andrew 9781399096546
RRP: $19.34$14.85This important work tells the compelling story of how the Royal Navy secured the strategic space from Egypt in the west to Australasia in the East through the first half of the Second World War; it explains why this contribution, made while Russia's fate... -
The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War by James B. Conroy 9781982168698
RRP: $16.76$10.85Written with “a cinematic sense of urgency and realism” (Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author), this is the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their... -
The Child from Nowhere Freda Lightfoot 9781788633956
RRP: $12.89$8.53As the Great War looms, will the women of Kendal rise to meet the challenge?After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O'Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make.Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums,... -
Tank Wrecks of the Eastern Front 1941 - 1945 by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: $19.34$14.33Four years of armoured battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War littered the battlefields with the wrecks of destroyed and disabled tanks, and Anthony Tucker-JonesOs photographic history is a fascinating guide to them. It provides a graphic... -
We Fought on D-Day: Ulstermen in Normandy, in Their Own Words by Mark Scott 9781780733876
RRP: $15.47$14.33In 2003, eight Ulstermen – some of the last surviving veterans of the 1944 D-Day invasion of France – were interviewed for the film documentary We Fought on D-Day by DoubleBand Films in Belfast. The author has been given access to previously-unseen... -
Sunderland at War 1939-45 Craig Armstrong 9781473891258
RRP: $19.34$14.33Sunderland was a key shipbuilding and repair facility with a long history of providing vessels for the British Merchant Navy. As well as its shipbuilding industry, the town also possessed other important industries such as paint manufacturing and... -
Darkest Hour: Official Tie-In for the Oscar-Winning Film Starring Gary Oldman Anthony McCarten 9780241340936
RRP: $14.18$10.31THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE STARRING GARY OLDMAN, WHO TOOK HOME BEST ACTOR AT THE OSCARS FOR HIS SUBLIME TURN AS WINSTON CHURCHILL.From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of... -
Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland by Joshua D. Zimmerman
RRP: $43.80$36.92The story of the enigmatic Jozef Pilsudski, the founding father of modern Poland: a brilliant military leader and high-minded statesman who betrayed his own democratic vision by seizing power in a military coup.In the story of modern Poland, no one... -
Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II Wilhelm Johnen 9781784385644
RRP: $12.89$9.44"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he opened fire. The rest was merely a matter of seconds. The bomber fell like a stone out of the sky and exploded on the ground. The nightmare came to an... -
Hobart's 79th Armoured Division at War: Invention, Innovation and Inspiration by Richard Doherty 9781526731524
RRP: $19.34$14.13Hobart's reputation as an armoured warfare specialist began in the pre-war era. In 1923 he transferred from the Royal Engineers to the Royal Tank Corps and quickly established himself as one of the foremost thinkers on armoured warfare. By 1938 he was... -
Invasion 1982: the Falkland Islanders' Story by Graham Bound 9781473853430
RRP: $16.76$12.05Falkland Islanders were the first British people to come under enemy occupation since the Channel Islanders during the Second World War. This book tells how islanders' warnings were ignored in London, how their slim defences gave way to a massive... -
The Bookseller's Secret: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and WWII by Michelle Gable
$17.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525806469Author Michelle GableFormat PaperbackImprint Graydon HousePublisher Graydon HouseWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 136mm * 25mm -
The Khotyn Campaign of 1621: Polish, Lithuanian and Cossack Armies Versus Might of the Ottoman Empire by Michal Paradowski 9781804513507
RRP: $38.64$31.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513507Author Michal ParadowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt - The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin
$22.03A chronicle of the US and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. It narrates the interrelationships between the inner workings of the Roosevelt White House and the destiny of the US, painting a portrait that fills in a historical... -
Bletchley's Secret Source: The Wrens and the Y-Service in World War II by Peter Hore
RRP: $25.79$18.71The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well-known and its activities documented in detail. Its decryption capabilities were vital to the war effort, significantly aiding Allied victory. But where did the messages being deciphered come from... -
Napoleon's Cavalry, Artillery and Technical Corps 1799-1815: History, Organization and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito 9781399089807
RRP: $32.25$23.09Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Horten Ho229 "Spirit of Thuringia": The Luftwaffe's All-wing Jet Fighter by Andrei Shepelev
RRP: $38.70$28.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903223666Author Andrei ShepelevFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy PublishingDimensions(mm) 303mm * 226mm * 17mm -
Korean Air War: Sabres, MiGs and Meteors over Korea, 1950-53 by Michael Napier
RRP: $38.70$28.75From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the air war over Korea. The Korean War holds a unique place in aviation history. It saw the first large-scale jet-versus-jet combat and it was the first military... -
Dowding of Fighter Command by Vincent Orange 9781906502720
RRP: $19.35$14.87This, quite simply, is the definitive book on the life of the man who prepared the ground for victory in the Battle of Britain. Without him, Britain and the world would have entered a dark age. Making full use of archival sources and information provided... -
Raid 42 by Graham Hurley
RRP: $11.60$9.12'Historical fiction of a high order' The Times Spring, 1941. The war in the West is as good as won. Nation after nation has fallen before the Reich's armies. Only Britain endures, her cities under nightly bombardment from the Luftwaffe. Berlin would... -
War Against War! by Ernst Friedrich 9780851248318
$15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851248318Author Ernst FriedrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books -
MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War by Istvan Toperczer
RRP: $23.21$19.49Having learned their trade on the subsonic MiG-17, pilots of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile... -
Hermann Göring: The Rise and Fall: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Ian Baxter 9781399050432
RRP: $19.34$14.13A former Great War fighter pilot, Hermann Göring became, at his height, the second most powerful Nazi. Ambitious and ruthless, in addition to being a primary architect of the Third Reich state police and Gestapo, his numerous appointments included... -
Hitler's Wolfsschanze: The Wolf's Lair Headquarters on the Eastern Front - An Illustrated Guide by John Grehan
RRP: $32.25$24.38Set deep in the heart of the Masurian woods of northern Poland, in what was formally East Prussia, lies a vast complex of ruined bunkers and shelters that once constituted Hitler's headquarters - the Wolfsschanze or Wolf's Lair - for Germany's attack... -
Fighting Fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers by Bill Brown 9781612007113
RRP: $19.34$14.33Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in U.S. history, thanks to Stephen Ambrose's superb book Band of Brothers, followed by portrayals in film. However, to date... -
Harry's War by Harry Drinkwater
RRP: $21.92$15.84'I saw several fellows fall, one fellow coughing up blood and all the time, bullets were hacking about me. I ran for about 70 yards carrying with me all the Lewis gun things I had brought up and dropped breathless into a shell hole headlong onto a German... -
The Firm: The Inside Story of the Stasi by Gary Bruce 9780195392050
RRP: $65.79$54.28Based on previously classified documents and on interviews with former secret police officers and ordinary citizens, The Firm is the first comprehensive history of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, at the grassroots level. Focusing on Gransee and... -
Rangers Led the Way: WWII Army Rangers in Their Own Words by George Despotis
RRP: $41.27$27.09Rangers Led the Way is a collection of interviews from 20 Rangers who fought in Europe during WWII, including the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Ranger Battalions. The book also includes historical context so the actions described in the interviews can be... -
Texian Volunteer vs Mexican Soldier: The Texas Revolution 1835–36 by Ron Field
RRP: $20.63$15.21Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and mapping plus carefully chosen archive illustrations, many in color, this lively study investigates the Mexican soldiers and Texian volunteers who fought one another in three key battles during the... -
Gunpowder and Glory: The Explosive Life of Frank Brock OBE by Harry Smee
RRP: $32.25$23.61Picture a daredevil combatant, secret agent and brilliant inventor all rolled into one. Such a man was pyrotechnical genius Frank Brock, a scion of the famous firework family and one of Britain's great, unsung heroes. A remarkable combination of James... -
A Tuscan Childhood Kinta Beevor 9781780228648
RRP: $12.89$9.03'Wonderful ... I fell immediately into her world' Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan SunKinta Beevor was five years old when she fell in love with her parents' castle facing the Carrara mountains. She and her brother ran barefoot, exploring an... -
Panzer Destroyer - SHORT RUN RE-ISSUE: Memoirs of a Red Army Tank Commander by Vasiliy Krysov 9781526748485
RRP: $16.76$14.13Eyewitness account of tank warfare on the Eastern FrontBook InformationISBN 9781526748485Author Vasiliy KrysovFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword Books LtdWeight(grams) 156g -
Queen and Country: Same-Sex Desire in the British Armed Forces, 1939-45 by Emma Vickers 9781784991180
RRP: $25.79$22.72Queen and country examines the complex intersection between same-sex desire and the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. It illuminates how men and women lived, loved and survived in an institution which, at least publicly, was unequivocally... -
The Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen Players by Stephen Cooper 9780752499000
RRP: $16.76$12.73WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORT BOOK AWARDS - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR This is the story of 15 men killed in the Great War. All played rugby for one London club; none lived to hear the final whistle. Rugby brought them together; rugby led the rush to war. They... -
Victoire: A True Story of Espionage, Resistance and Survival in World War Two by Roland Philipps
RRP: $14.18$10.31'The wartime spy career of Mathilde Carre - aka "the Cat" and "Agent Victoire" - is so extraordinary it almost defies belief' The TimesAn exhilarating true story of espionage, resistance, and one of WW2's most charismatic double-agents.Occupied Paris,... -
The Reich Chancellery and Fuhrerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime by Steven Lehrer 9780786477333
RRP: $28.37$23.54Germany's Nazi government initially made its primary headquarters in one of Berlin's oldest buildings, the Old Reich Chancellery. Unsatisfied with the building, Adolf Hitler commissioned Albert Speer to design and build a newer, grander structure, and... -
In Nelson's Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars by James Davey
RRP: $19.34$17.32Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon's ultimate defeat Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the...