Wars & Conflicts

Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Normandy campaign, Panzers in Normandy Then and Now is a detailed study of the German panzer regiments in Normandy in 1944 as seen from the German side. The book is basically divided into two parts:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814423885Author Brian FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint monsoonPublisher Monsoon BooksDimensions(mm) 227mm * 152mm * 35mm

The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Ree, told in his own words"A beautiful collection of writings by schoolmaster-turned-secret agent Harry Ree. . . . Memoirs, postwar broadcasts and letters from French comrades combine to paint a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316066358Author Michael SallahFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm...

World War II saw the appearance of numerous revolutionary armaments on both sides of the conflict that would radically change the nature of warfare, from jet aircraft to the ballistic missile and the atomic bomb. The greatest conflagration in history...

For nigh-on half a century, After the Battle has been exploring and photographing the battlefields of the Second World War, but now it is time to look at events nearer to home. Following the fall of France in June 1940, Britain stood alone against...

For the British 1st Airborne Division Operation Market Garden in September 1944 was a disaster. The Division was eliminated as a fighting force with around a half of its men were captured. The Germans were faced with dealing with 6,000 prisoners in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789870404Author General Paul Emil Von Lettow-VorbeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams)...

This, the fourth volume in Andrew Field's highly praised study of the Waterloo campaign from the French perspective, depicts in vivid detail the often neglected final phase the rout and retreat of Napoleon's army. The text is based exclusively on French...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399179464Author Danielle SteelFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dell Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey together, one that would bind them for the rest of their lives. One was an orphaned puppy, abandoned by his owners as they fled the approaching...

The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state. The Cheka was central to the Bolsheviks' elimination of political dissent during the Russian Civil...

By any standards Mick Stoke's experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War were remarkable. Aged nineteen, he was Mentioned in Despatches' and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his courage during incessant bombing during the Siege...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971290105Author Mel CrockerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Crocker Media ExpressionsPublisher Crocker Media ExpressionsWeight(grams)...

An extraordinary tale of the remarkable bond between one man and his dog during the Second World War.The two friends huddled close together, each of them the other's saving grace in a world gone to hell . . . There was nothing terribly unusual about POWs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948986090Author Janice Holt GilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Commonwealth Book Company, Inc.Publisher Commonwealth Book Company, Inc...

This is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. To that end pre-war German...

The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor April 7, 1944-This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf...

The Battles for Cassino encompassed one of the few truly international conflicts of the Second World War. A strategic town on the road to Rome, the fighting lasted four months and cost the lives of more than 14,000 men from eight nations. Between January...

In April 1945, German troops withdrawing from the Seelow Heights were encircled by the Soviet Army near the small town of Halbe, south-east of Berlin. Rather than surrender, their orders were to attempt to break out, westward, and join up with the German...

The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to months...

The Peninsular War and the Napoleonic Wars across Europe are subjects of such enduring interest that they have prompted extensive research and writing. Yet other campaigns, in what was a global war, have been largely ignored. Such is the case for the war...

'Centuries Will Not Suffice' explores how different people responded to the Lithuanian Holocaust and the roles that they played. It considers the past history of the perpetrators and those who took great risks to save Jews, as well as describing the...

General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets-the forces of a dozen nations-during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devastating air campaigns in history. Never before has...

This book tells the fascinating story of West Ham United Football Club during the First World War, charting the relationship between war and football by following the pursuits of West Ham from 1913/14 to 1918/19. In many ways, it was their success in...

On the night of 4 July 1943, transport aircraft Liberator AL523 took off from Gibraltar's North Front tarmac and within moments crashed into the sea with only one survivor, the pilot. The commander-in-chief of the Polish army and prime minister of the...

The greatest air battle in history was fought in the skies over southern England between the RAF and the Luftwaffe in the high summer of 1940.About the AuthorThe late Roy Conyers Nesbit, a Second World War veteran, was an acknowledged authority on...

Churchill's War in Words transports the reader back to the storm-struck days of the Second World War. Focussing only on words used at the time, it reveals the way that Winston Churchill talked about the conflict in public and in private - and the way...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735225220Author Daniel C. GuietFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

Packed with illustrations, this is a study of the Polish warships such as the Grom-class destroyers that were developed and built in the interwar years. Newly independent Poland's naval force was created in 1920, initially with six ex-German torpedo...

The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to falsely assume the hostilities stretch continuously back to an ancient period. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872836171Author Richard Newton ScarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Independent BooksPublisher Independent Books

From the Dunkirk evacuation, Sussex became a front-line County and a likely invasion area if the German's launched their feared attack. This book takes an in depth look at the fortification of the County, the plight of the evacuees who were hurriedly...

On 4 August 1914 following the outbreak of European hostilities, large sections of Irish Protestants and Catholics rallied to support the British and Allied war efforts. Yet less than two years later, the Easter Rising of 1916 allegedly put a stop to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800552777Author Peter GrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm

In Fighting Churchill, Appeasing Hitler Adrian Phillips presents a radical new view of the British policy of appeasement in the late 1930s. No one doubts that appeasement failed, but Phillips shows that it caused active harm - even sabotaging Britain's...

1918 proved to be the Allies' year of victory, but what a monumental effort it was! From the moment Germany launched its all-out Spring offensive to win the war, British and Empire troops fought a tenacious and often last-ditch rearguard action. The...

During World War II, London was at its most perilous moment since the Great Fire of 1666. Districts were transformed at night by falling bombs, fires, and searchlights. During the day, when the results of the previous night's bombing were laid bare,...

Written by US Navy expert Mark Stille, this book offers a unique insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. It provides a detailed investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first...

Germany's Tiger tank, whether in the form of the Tiger I or later Tiger II (King Tiger), was the most feared tank of WWII. Despite production totaling fewer than 2,000 units, its heavy armor, its power, and perhaps the even more powerful Nazi propaganda...