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Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen 9781527218253
RRP: $48.73$35.67Martin Impey's artistic interpretation of Wilfred Owen's classic poem. Lavishly illustrated with pencil drawings and full colour paintings.Book InformationISBN 9781527218253Author Wilfred OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Strauss House... -
German German Coastal Radar Stations Then and Now by Winston Ramsey
RRP: $58.40$46.04When German forces occupied the coastline of the English Channel in 1940, one of the measures undertaken to give early warning of attacks from the sea or air was to set up a line of radar stations. Although this invisible screen was a passive defence, it... -
The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction by Michael S. Neiberg
RRP: $17.53$12.97Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious... -
Shipcraft 28: British Escort Destroyers: of the Second World War by Brown, Les 9781399081757
RRP: $33.13$24.32The ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and... -
In A Flanders Field: A Territorial Battalion at Ypres, October 1917 by John Waite 9781399037235
RRP: $48.75$34.36Written neither as a conventional biography or battalion history, this work centres on the remarkable life of Joe Waite, a boy soldier of the Great War. Though, in telling his story, the names and lives of 64 of his fallen comrades are also revealed. All... -
Women of Intelligence: Winning the Second World War with Air Photos by Christine Halsall 9780750982450
RRP: $37.03$28.35An ornate Victorian manor sat in picturesque surroundings overlooking the River Thames at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. Perhaps not the first place that springs to mind when considering the top-secret photographic interpretation that helped secure an... -
The Brookwood Killers: Military Murderers of WWII by Johnson, Paul 9781399011822
RRP: $48.75$35.69Nestled deep in the Surrey countryside stands the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial. Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, its panels contain the names of nearly 3,500 men and women of the land forces of Britain and the Commonwealth who died... -
No Wider War: A History of the Vietnam War Volume 2: 1965-75 by Sergio Miller 9781472838520
RRP: $33.13$25.10No Wider War is the second volume of a two-part exploration of America's involvement in Indochina from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon. Following on from the first volume, In Good Faith, which told the story from the Japanese surrender in... -
The Hurricane Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
RRP: $19.48$14.27The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the RAF. Although overshadowed by the Spitfire, during the Battle of Britain the Hurricane accounted for 60% of the RAF's... -
The First World War by Sir John Keegan
RRP: $44.85$28.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1999.Book InformationISBN 9780375700453Author John KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Random House IncPublisher... -
Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 by David Hobbs
RRP: $68.25$50.08Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
World War II For Dummies Keith D. Dickson 9781119675532
RRP: $37.03$26.01Looking to ally yourself with World War II knowledge? More than 75 years after its end, World War II remains one of the most devastating and impactful events in human history. It was a global war, and the nations that fought it employed every available... -
Zeppelin vs British Home Defence 1916-18 by Jon Guttman
RRP: $31.18$25.99When Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin's rigid airship LZ 1 flew over Lake Constance in 1900, it was the most advanced and impressive flying machine in the world: a colossal, lighter-than-air craft capable of controlled flight. In World War I, Zeppelins were... -
Malta Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of Ten Weeks of War, April-?June 1942 by Denis Barnham 9781526766748
RRP: $29.23$21.66109s! Two, head-on views diving from my left, blinking with light. Curling blue tracers strand about me as I turn towards them. A third got my sight on him for an instant before he went under my nose. My helmets too big for me. Turn pressure pulls it... -
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War Torn Skies of World War II by Alexander Adam
RRP: $38.98$34.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425252864Author Larry AlexanderFormat HardbackPage Count 394Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 630g -
The Morenci Marines: A Tale of Small Town America and the Vietnam War by Kyle Longley
RRP: $64.25$52.07In 1966, nine young men left the Arizona desert mining camp of Morenci to serve their country in the far-flung jungles of Vietnam, in danger zones from Hue to Khe Sanh. Ultimately, only three survived. Each battled survivor's guilt, difficult re-entries... -
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume 2: 1942-45 Thomas Anderson 9781472814487
RRP: $68.25$50.08The final years of World War II saw the legendary Panzerwaffe face its most difficult challenges, with Allied troops landing at Normandy and storming across the continent and the Russians gaining the upper hand on the Eastern Front. As Germany fought... -
Hotchkiss Machine Guns: From Verdun to Iwo Jima John Walter 9781472836168
RRP: $27.28$19.52Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by... -
Panzer 38t vs BT-7: Barbarossa 1941 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $31.18$25.99The tank battles in the Soviet Union during the summer of 1941 were the largest in World War II, exceeding even the more famous Prokhorovka encounter during the Kursk campaign. Indeed, they were the largest tank battles ever fought. This book examines... -
Like Wolves on the Fold: the Defence of Rorke's Drift by Lieut. Col. Mike Snook 9781848325838
RRP: $33.13$24.32Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history. In the morning, a modern British army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable host at Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote border outpost on the... -
Mengele: Unmasking the "Angel of Death" by David G. Marwell 9780393609530
RRP: $46.78$36.37Josef Mengele has come to symbolise both the evil of the Nazi regime and the failure of justice. Drawing on new scholarship and sources, David G. Marwell examines Mengele's life, chronicling his university studies, which led to two PhDs; his wartime... -
The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French by Richard Holmes 9780304367023
$29.00The definitive biography of Sir John French, by the increasingly famous Richard Holmes.Sir John French is a figure who has always aroused controversy. Douglas Haig despised him, while Churchill thought his leadership qualities unsurpassed. Despite being... -
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen 9780316221047
RRP: $68.25$65.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316221047Author Annie JacobsenFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 300g -
Freely I Served: The Memoir of the Commander, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, 1941-1944 by Stanislaw Sosabowski 9781526781703
RRP: $29.23$21.66Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
With Their Backs To The World: Portraits from Serbia - from the bestselling author of the Bookseller of Kabul Asne Seierstad 9781844082148
RRP: $21.43$14.84From the bestselling author of THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic-during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that have... -
Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army: Men of the Intelligence Corps in the Special Operations Executive by Peter Dixon 9780993508035
RRP: $19.48$17.55In July 1940, a desperately weakened Britain licks her wounds after the humiliating retreat from Dunkirk. How can the fight be taken to the enemy? New Prime Minister Winston Churchill orders the creation of the Special Operations Executive, to 'set... -
Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War by Brighton, Terry 9780307461551
RRP: $35.10$25.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307461551Author Terry BrightonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)... -
The Spray and Pray Squadron: 3rd Bomb Squadron, 1st Bomb Group, Chinese-American Composite Wing in World War II by Margaret Mills Kincannon 9780764367892
RRP: $79.93$55.52This book chronicles exploits of the 3rd Bomb Squadron of Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault's experimental Chinese-American Composite Wing, in which young men from two nations of different languages, customs, and cultures joined forces to fight a common enemy... -
Hitlerjugend Soldier vs Canadian Soldier: Normandy 1944 by David Greentree
RRP: $31.18$26.38Canadian and Waffen-SS troops of 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend faced one another in a series of bloody battles following the D-Day landings of June 1944. The Canadian units fought in a number of distinguished regiments, while the Hitlerjugend... -
With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson
RRP: $37.03$26.54FINANCIAL TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR and DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEARShortlisted for the 2012 DUKE OF WESTMINSTER MEDAL FOR MILITARY LITERATUREAt the end of 1917 Britain and France faced a strategic nightmare. Their great offensives against... -
The World War 2 Trivia Book: Interesting Stories and Random Facts from the Second World War by Bill O'Neill 9781648450129
RRP: $19.48$14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450129Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
Wartime Housewife: A No-Nonsense Handbook for Modern Families by Biff Raven-Hill 9780752491097
RRP: $19.48$15.15The Wartime Housewife will bring old fashioned values and skills to our very modern world! In this book, she shares recipes and tips on budgeting, repairing things, mending and scavenging; ideas for the school holidays, outings, gardening, DIY, sewing... -
War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris L. Bergen 9781442242289
RRP: $85.80$70.88In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition... -
Tirpitz in Norway by Angus Konstam 9781472835857
RRP: $27.28$19.52In September 1943, under the cover of darkness, six British midget submarines crept into the heart of enemy territory, penetrating a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord in an attempt to eliminate the threat of the powerful German battleship, the Tirpitz... -
Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila by James M. Scott 9780393246940
RRP: $50.68$44.25By early 1945, the war against Japan was at its height and General Douglas MacArthur began to fulfil his vow of liberating the Philippines. He was already planning his own victory parade down Dewey Boulevard in Manila, a city he loved dearly. But the... -
We Wage War by Night: An erational and Photographic History of No.622 Squadron RAF Bomber Command by Howard J. Sandall
RRP: $124.78$91.08622 Sqdn. was just one of many Bomber Squadrons whose airmen carried out nightly missions, putting their lives "on the line" for King and Country during WWII. This account is relayed through the memoirs, diaries and letters of the men and women who... -
The Causes of War by Geoffrey Blainey 9780029035917
$37.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780029035917Author Geoffrey BlaineyFormat PaperbackPage Count 325Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 700g -
The Third Reich: A Chronicle Richard Overy 9780857381750
RRP: $29.23$19.60The Third Reich was the name Hitler and the Nazi Party gave to the dictatorship that began in 1933 and ended twelve years later with the utter destruction of Germany and Hitler's suicide. Defined by the messianic, iconic figure of the Fuhrer, the Third... -
The British Home Guard Pocketbook by A.F.U. Green
RRP: $19.48$15.39'The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, any enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.' The Home Guard has been immortalised in British culture in the TV series Dad's Army. Formed by men not eligible for... -
The Tommy of the First World War by Neil R. Storey
RRP: $17.53$12.13'Tommy Atkins' has been the nickname given to soldiers of the British Army since the eighteenth century. The origin of the name is shrouded in mystery, but it has stuck. By 1914, the Tommy had changed dramatically since the days of Queen Victoria's...