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World War II Vichy French Security Troops Dr Stephen M. Cullen 9781472827753
RRP: $25.33$18.21After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than... -
Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up? by Martin W. Bowman 9781526705488
RRP: $48.75$35.69Did a German invasion or invasions take place along the shores of East Anglia in 1940? Though Operation 'Sealion', the intended invasion of southern England, never materialised, Hitler openly confided that 'even a small invasion might go a long way', and... -
The First Day of the Blitz: September 7, 1940 by Peter Stansky 9780300143355
$21.88In the first terrifying hours of the London Blitz, when the skies rained bombs from hundreds of German planes, the British people were galvanized and the nation's future was changed On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the... -
The Rorke's Drift Commanders: Gonville Bromhead and John Chard by Bancroft, James W 9781399009966
RRP: $39.00$28.29Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorke's Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from families... -
Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad
RRP: $21.43$16.61Described as 'a masterpiece' by critics, this remarkable book tells the story of war through the lives and deaths of a single family. Absolutely unforgettable new writing. If you loved The English Patient or Rohinton Mistry's Fine Balance or... -
British Battleship vs Italian Battleship: The Mediterranean 1940-41 by Mark Stille
RRP: $27.28$21.84During World War II's battle for control of the Mediterranean, both the British and Italian navies planned to bring their battle fleets into play. At the centre of both of these fleets was a core of battleships which both sides expected to play a... -
Another Dawn Another Dusk by Kenneth James Stuart Ballantyne 9780955060137
$21.14Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Tribute to a Hero: The Life and Loss of Major Paul Harding MiD at Basra by Garry McCarthy
RRP: $48.75$34.91When a senior army officer is killed in action holding off an enemy attack threatening to overrun his outpost, the confidence of his comrades is rocked. Accolades of courage and eulogies flow freely from politicians and Generals alike. For the briefest... -
Jagdverband 44: Squadron of Experten by Robert Forsyth 9781846032943
RRP: $33.13$27.50There was no Luftwaffe fighter unit like Jagdverband 44. Formed in February 1945, the unit grew out of Hitler's bizarre decision that the Me 262 jet fighter should be used as a bomber, despite its potential in the daylight defensive battles over the... -
Battle for Grozny, Volume 1: Prelude and the First Assault on the Capital of Chechnya, 1994-1995 by Efim Sandler 9781804512142
RRP: $38.90$27.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512142Author Efim SandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Against All Odds by Alex Kershaw
RRP: $38.98$26.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593183755Author Alex KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying with 159 Squadron by Bill Kirkness 9781781556566
RRP: $48.75$37.48British RAF wireless operator/air gunner Bill `Enoch' Kirkness of Horsforth, Yorkshire, flew thirty-two B-24 Liberator bomber sorties, twenty-eight of which were against Japanese targets in Burma. He was credited with downing the night fighter that... -
Ceylon at War, 1939-1945 by Ashley Jackson 9781912390656
RRP: $68.25$56.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390656Author Ashley JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Phantom Boys 2: More Thrilling Tales from UK and US Operators of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 by Richard Pike
RRP: $39.00$29.07The highly anticipated follow-up to Phantom Boys! Once again Richard Pike has brought together brilliant, hitherto unpublished, accounts across eighteen chapters. With both British and American perspectives, Phantom Boys 2 is packed with exhilarating... -
Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin's War 1941-1945 by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: $33.13$26.01In the summer of 1941, a collective madness overtook Adolf Hitler and his senior generals. They convinced themselves that they could take on and defeat a superpower in the making - the Soviet Union. Foolishly, they thought in a swift campaign they could... -
Rotherham at War and Peace by Margaret Drinkall 9780752462950
RRP: $31.18$24.24In July 1922 the Rotherham Advertiser requested that the people of Rotherham remember the impact which the First World War had on the town and the changes which had been made. They recommended that: 'it be placed on record how the town was transformed... -
Blitzkrieg: The Invasion of Poland to the Fall of France by Stephen A. Hart
RRP: $58.50$43.47A fascinating study of the devastating new form of warfare that redrew the map of Europe in the opening year of World War II, bringing about the military collapse and capitulation of seven modern industrialized nations. On 1 September 1939, Nazi... -
Royals and the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany by Jonathan Petropoulos 9780199203772
$48.61The link between Hitler's Third Reich and European royalty has gone largely unexplored due to the secrecy surrounding royal families. Now, in Royals and the Reich, Jonathan Petropoulos uses unprecedented access to royal archives to tell the fascinating... -
Heroes of Coastal Command: The RAFs Maritime War 1939 - 1945 by Andrew D. Bird 9781526710697
RRP: $48.75$34.91In Heroes of Coastal Command, Andrew Bird examines the maritime war between 1939 and 1945, interweaving accounts of events of the period with personal stories of individuals caught up in them. Through interviews, letters, diaries and reports, all... -
The Night of Broken Glass: Eyewitness Accounts of Kristallnacht Uta Gerhardt 9780745650852
RRP: $29.23$27.65November 9th 1938 is widely seen as a violent turning point in Nazi Germany's assault on the Jews. An estimated 400 Jews lost their lives in the anti-Semitic pogrom and more than 30,000 were imprisoned or sent to concentration camps, where many were... -
Kursk, 1943: Last German Offensive in the East by Ian Baxter
RRP: $38.98$28.28In the summer of 1943, the German launched Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), aimed at cutting off a large number of Soviet forces in the Kursk salient. This offensive resulted in the battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle of World War II.Kursk quickly... -
Artillery Warfare, 1939-1945 by Simon Forty 9781526776785
RRP: $48.75$34.91Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Zollgrenzschutz: Border Guards on the Frontier of the Reich, Hauptzollamt Villach, 1941–1945 by Tommaso Chiussi 9780764367052
RRP: $54.58$35.14After occupying the Balkans early in the war, the Axis powers constantly struggled to police the region. The partisan presence was quite substantial, and while the various fractured guerrilla groups expended a great deal of energy fighting among... -
The Battle of Hue 1968: Fight for the Imperial City by James H Willbanks
RRP: $31.18$22.99In late January 1968, some 84,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launched a country-wide general offensive in South Vietnam, mounting simultaneous assaults on 36 of 44 provincial capitals, and five of the six autonomous cities (including the... -
When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-44 Ronald Rosbottom 9781848547391
RRP: $25.33$17.22In May and June 1940 almost four million people fled Paris and its suburbs in anticipation of a German invasion. On June 14, the German Army tentatively entered the silent and eerily empty French capital. Without one shot being fired in its defence, the... -
Heinkel He 111: The Latter Years - the Blitz and War in the East to the Fall of Germany by Chris Goss 9781848324459
RRP: $29.23$21.66The Heinkel He 111 was the main work-horse of the Luftwaffe's bomber force throughout much of the Second World War. Consequently, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, three entire Kampfgeschwader consisted of He 111s. Initially used as... -
Hitler's Atrocities against Allied PoWs: War Crimes of the Third Reich by Philip Chinnery 9781526701879
RRP: $48.75$34.91Seventy years ago, the Nuremberg Trials were in full swing in Germany. In the dock were the leaders of the Nazi regime and most eventually received their just desserts. But what happened to the other war criminals? In June 1946, Lord Russell of... -
Kursk 1943: The tide turns in the East Mark Healy (military historian, UK) 9781855322110
RRP: $33.13$27.92In the largest tank battle of World War II, the Soviet army successfully resisted the German Panzer offensive in the Kursk Salient on the Eastern Front, and in the counter-offensive that followed, began an advance that finally ended in Berlin. This... -
Sniper on the Ypres Salient: An Infantryman s War In The Royal Welsh Fusiliers by Boase, Sue 9781399095570
RRP: $42.90$30.95Just after midnight on 22 April 1916 on the Western Front, a sergeant from the 15th (1st London) Royal Welsh Fusiliers came sliding and stumbling along the dark, mud-filled trench towards the four men, huddled together and soaked-through, in the shallow... -
USAFE Tactical Units in the United Kingdom in the Cold War by Doug Gordon 9781781558607
RRP: $78.00$57.74This book contains a history of all United States Air Force Tactical Air Command flying units that were resident in the United Kingdom during the period 1950 to 1992. 'From the cockpit' testimony from aircrew who were assigned to the individual squadrons... -
German Paratroopers Uniforms and Equipment 1936 - 1945: Volume 2: Helmets, Equipment and Weapons by Karl Veltze 9783938447871
RRP: $136.40$120.00The books will be indispensable to collectors, uniform enthusiasts and military historians alike. This three-volume work is the most comprehensive and detailed study of the World War II German paratrooper to date, providing in-depth examinations of... -
Whicker’s War by Alan Whicker 9780007205080
RRP: $21.43$16.61Alan Whicker is quite simply a legend. A visionary and master of his craft, his television shows from the fifties to the nineties almost single handed invented the language of travel television and earned him the status of one of the most foremost of... -
The Real X-Men: The Heroic Story of the Underwater War 1942-1945 Robert Lyman 9781784296742
RRP: $25.33$17.22The thrilling and true story of the development and operational deployment of human torpedoes - 'Chariots' - and 'X-craft' midget submarines in British naval service during WWII, and of the extraordinary men who crewed these dangerous vessels. The... -
The Secrets of Station 14: Briggens House, SOE's Forgery and Polish Elite Agent Training Station by Des Turner
RRP: $37.03$28.35Briggens House, near Harlow in Essex, was one of the most important of the establishments requisitioned by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. Its mission was to accomplish Winston Churchill's directive to 'set Europe... -
SAS in Italy 1943-1945: Raiders in Enemy Territory by Malcolm Tudor 9781781556979
RRP: $39.00$29.78This is the story of Britain's elite special force in Italy during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 the SAS came out of Africa to carry the fight to the Germans and Fascists in Sicily and the mainland. On the Italian Armistice and Surrender in... -
With Paulus at Stalingrad by Wilhelm Adam 9781473898981
RRP: $29.23$21.66'Through his daily involvement with them, Wilhelm Adam is able to perfectly describe the characters involved, the tensions and despair amongst them and the pressure Paulus and his staff found themselves under as the Soviet pincers closed around the men... -
Kursk 1943: The Northern Front by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $33.13$27.92In the summer of 1943, recoiling from defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler conducted a limited objective offensive to eliminate the Soviet Kursk salient. Operating a classic pincer attack of the kind that succeeded during the 1942 Kharkov campaign he hoped that... -
The Great Famine & Genocide in Iran: 1917-1919 by Mohammad Gholi Majd 9780761861676
RRP: $68.25$60.35At least 8-10 million Iranians out of a population of 18-20 million died of starvation and disease during the famine of 1917-1919. The Iranian holocaust was the biggest calamity of World War I and one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, yet it... -
Panzer III vs Somua S 35 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $31.18$26.38The armour clashes in May 1940 were the biggest the world had yet seen, as the sweeping German advances of that period came to epitomize Blitzkrieg. The Wehrmacht's Panzer III was well matched by the French Somua S35 tanks, the two representing very... -
44 Days in Prague: The Runciman Mission and the Race to Save Europe by Ann Shukman 9781911723042
RRP: $48.75$43.64After discovering that her grandmother had pro-German sympathies, Ann Shukman resolved to investigate her grandfather Walter Runciman’s 1938 Mission to Prague. This government-sponsored British delegation sought to broker peace between the Czechoslovak...