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Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Torpedo-Bomber Units by Marco Mattioli
RRP: $21.92$16.09Italy's most successful wartime bomber, the S.79 saw combat with the Regia Aeronautica in France, Yugoslavia, Greece, North Africa, East Africa and in the Mediterranean. Initially developed as a transport, the aircraft evolved into a dedicated medium... -
Flesh and Steel during the Great War: The Transformation of the French Army and the Invention of Modern Warfare by Goya, Michel
RRP: $32.25$23.61Michel Goya's Flesh and Steel during the Great War is one of the most thoughtful, stimulating and original studies of the conflict to have appeared in recent years. It is a major contribution towards a deeper understanding of the impact of the struggle... -
Operation Dragoon: The Allied Liberation of the South of France: 1944 by Robin Cross
RRP: $36.06$22.58Operation Dragoon is the story of the Allied invasion of the South of France on August 15, 1944. It was, in effect, the second D-Day, launched two months after "Overlord", the Allied invasion of Normandy. As such, it has often been overshadowed by its... -
Diary of a Wartime Naval Constructor: Sir Stanley Goodall by Ian Buxton, Edited by 9781399082709
RRP: $32.25$23.09One of the most significant warship designers of the twentieth century, Sir Stanley Goodall rose through the ranks of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors to become its head in 1936. The Corps was responsible for every aspect of the design and... -
Eavesdropping on the Emperor: Interrogators and Codebreakers in Britain's War With Japan by Peter Kornicki
RRP: $32.25$28.87When Japanese signals were decoded at Bletchley Park, who translated them into English? When Japanese soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, who interrogated them? When Japanese maps and plans were captured on the battlefield, who deciphered them for... -
Codebreakers and Spies: How British Intelligence and Special Operations Won WWII Michael Smith 9780233006024
RRP: $25.80$7.97Codebreakers and Spies tells the astonishing story of how Britain's intelligence operatives, experts and special operations teams contributed to the Allies' victory in the Second World War. The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers in breaking the... -
The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal by Eric Hammel
RRP: $32.25$24.47Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942. The battle of Guadalcanal was the first offensive operation... -
Long Shot: My Life As a Sniper in the Fight Against ISIS by Azad Cudi
RRP: $7.73$6.02'A book to marvel at, learn from, and return to again and again' John le CarreThe incredible inside story of a Kurdish sniper in the battle against ISIS As Syria imploded in civil war in 2011, Kurdish volunteers in the north rose up to free their... -
Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot by Howard R. Simpson 9781574888409
RRP: $12.89$11.12Dien Bien Phu is the definitive account of the great, climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the American commitment to Vietnam. Defense analyst Howard R. Simpson was an eyewitness.About the AuthorThe late Foreign Service officer, defense... -
The Beretta M9 Pistol by Leroy Thompson
RRP: $20.63$17.45In 1990 the Beretta M9 replaced the venerable Colt 1911 as the main pistol of choice for the US Army, and it has seen widespread use in Iraq and Afghanistan. Written by a leading pistol expert who currently trains US Special Forces in the use of this... -
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War by Viet Thanh Nguyen
RRP: $24.45$19.29Finalist, National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist, National Book Award in NonfictionA New York Times Book Review "The Year in Reading" SelectionAll wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author... -
Allied Railways of the Western Front - Narrow Gauge in the Somme Sector: Before, During and After the First World War by Farebrother, Martin J B 9781473887633
RRP: $51.60$38.97The Somme sector of the Western Front was held by French forces until early 1916, when the British and Dominions Third and Fourth Armies moved into the northern part, before the joint First Battle of the Somme from July to November 1916/. In 1917, with... -
Free French Spitfire Hero: The Diaries of and Search For Ren Mouchotte by Dilip Sarkar 9781399040273
RRP: $32.25$23.09Ren Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris. He joined the Arm e de l'Air for his period of military service in 1934, obtaining his flying brevet. Though Mouchotte returned to civilian life, he was called up at the outbreak of war... -
The Irish on the Somme: A Battlefield Guide to the Irish Regiments in the Great War and the Monuments to Their Memory by Steven Moore
RRP: $20.64$19.23At 7.30am on 1st July 1916, some 60,000 men climbed out of their trenches and walked across No-Man's-Land and into the history books. The Battle of the Somme, which was to rage for another four and a half months, would ultimately involve every Irish... -
Landing Craft & Amphibians: Seaborne Vessels in the 20th Century by Skipper, Ben 9781399092135
RRP: $21.92$16.09From the wars of antiquity to the recent events in South West Asia, landing craft and amphibians have been an ever-present seaborne and battle space asset in one form or another for the commander wanting to get boots on the ground. Refined during the... -
From the Ashes: Reconstruction of Flanders Fields after the Great War by Simon Augustyn 9789492346551
RRP: $11.61$8.53Once the steel storm of the industrial war had passed, the idyllic Flanders Fields region in Belgium was left as a desolate moon landscape. The First World War had wiped dozens of villages and cities completely off the map. The fields had been destroyed... -
Nakajima B5N 'Kate' and B6N 'Jill' Units by Tony Holmes
RRP: $21.92$18.47Entering service during the Sino-Japanese War, the Nakajima B5N (code-named 'Kate') excelled and went on to achieve surprising and dramatic successes in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It also contributed to the sinking of the US aircraft carriers... -
Modelling and Painting WWII US Figures and Vehicles by Ray Haskins
RRP: $21.92$18.47This book covers the modelling and painting of US armed forces in the Pacific, on D-Day and during the liberation of Europe in 1/35, 1/56, 1/72 and 1/76 scales. Historical overviews set the scene followed by detailed step-by-step modelling and painting... -
The White Rose by Dorothee Soelle 9780819560865
RRP: $19.29$16.80The White Rose tells the story of Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, who in 1942 led a small underground organization of German students and professors to oppose the atrocities committed by Hitler and the Nazi Party. They named their group the White Rose,... -
Coventry's Blitz by David McGrory 9781445649993
RRP: $20.63$14.00'I was happy that Coventry was selected as a target, as it was an important military objective... The night was clear and flying was easy. Missing the target was practically impossible.' Field-Marshal Kesselring, describing the air raid of 14 November... -
Jock's Jocks: Voices of Scottish Soldiers from the First World War by Jock Duncan
RRP: $16.76$14.20Between the 1930s and 1980s, folk singer Jock Duncan interviewed around 60 veterans of the First World War, mainly in his native North East of Scotland. He then spent many years transcribing his interviews in the rich variations of Scots in which... -
M3A1 Scout Car: The US Cavalry's Primary Reconnaissance Vehicle in World War II by David Doyle 9780764356612
RRP: $24.50$16.34The M3A1 Scout Car, produced by White Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio, served as the US Cavalry's primary scouting and reconnaissance vehicle during the early days of the US entry into WWII. A powerful Hercules engine, four-wheel drive, and relatively... -
The Good War: Why We Couldn't Win the War or the Peace in Afghanistan by Jack Fairweather
RRP: $15.47$11.17A timely lesson in the perils of nation-building and a sobering reminder of the limits of military power from the Costa Award winning author of The Volunteer.In its earliest days, the American-led war in Afghanistan appeared to be a triumph - a 'good... -
The Road to Passchendaele: The Heroic Year in Soldiers' Own Words and Photographs by Richard Van Emden 9781526724960
RRP: $19.34$15.62Passchendaele is the next volume in the highly-regarded series of books from the best-selling First World War historian Richard van Emden. Once again, using the winning formula of diaries and memoirs, and above all original photographs taken on... -
Find, Fix and Strike!: The Fleet Air Arm at War, 1939-45 by John Winton 9781800555211
RRP: $14.18$12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800555211Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm -
Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-1953 by Steven Casey 9780199738991
RRP: $45.78$31.22How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced in the contemporary period - the first recent war fought for something less than total victory. In Selling... -
Years of Endurance: A Memoir of the Battlecruiser HMS Tiger 1914-16 by John R. Muir
RRP: $16.76$12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399017206Author John R. MuirFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint US Naval Institute PressPublisher US Naval Institute PressWeight(grams) 140g -
Inside the Wire: The Prisoner-of-War Camps and Hostels of Gloucestershire 1939-1948 by Ian Hollingsbee
RRP: $16.76$12.73Stalag VIII-B, Colditz, these names are synonymous with POWs in the Second World War. But what of those prisoners in captivity on British soil? Where did they go? Gloucestershire was home to a wealth of prisoner-of-war camps and hostels, and many Italian... -
The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for supremacy in the Pacific by Mark Stille
RRP: $20.63$15.21The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a sever defeat... -
Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by Major (Ret.) John L. Plaster
$8.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451195081Author John L. PlasterFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 170mm *... -
Bomber Command Losses: HCUs and Miscellaneous Units 1939 to 1947: v. 8 by W.R. Chorley 9781857801569
RRP: $21.92$16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857801569Author W. R ChorleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy PublishingDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 20mm -
Montgomery's Rhine River Crossing: Operation PLUNDER: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Jon Diamond 9781526731739
RRP: $20.63$15.73After the Normandy break-out, the Allies' headlong dash east came to a halt in the autumn with the ill-fated MARKET GARDEN operation and over-extended supply lines short of the Rhineland. After repulsing the Nazis' daring Ardennes offensive, Montgomery's... -
The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic Of Escape, Survival, And Victory by David Howarth
RRP: $19.34$14.09In 1943, a group of brave Danish and Norwegian hunters carried out one of the most dramatic operations of World War II. Using dogsleds to patrol a stark 500-mile stretch of the Greenland coast, their wartime mission was to guard against Nazi... -
Pride of the Hearts: The untold story of the men and women who made the Great War heroes of Heart of Midlothian by Derek Niven 9780993555183
RRP: $12.89$11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993555183Author Derek NivenFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Corkerhill PressPublisher Corkerhill PressWeight(grams) 177g -
The British Army and the First World War by Ian Beckett 9780521183741
RRP: $32.24$26.30This is a major new history of the British army during the Great War written by three leading military historians. Ian Beckett, Timothy Bowman and Mark Connelly survey operations on the Western Front and throughout the rest of the world as well as the... -
Mapping The First World War: Battlefields of the Great Conflict from Above by Simon Forty 9781844862184
RRP: $38.70$30.69The Great War was so devastating - eight million lives were lost globally - that in its aftermath a horrified world expected it to be the final chapter in armed conflict. Mapping The First World War provides a uniquely different perspective on the... -
Code Name: Johnny Walker: The Extraordinary Story of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs by Johnny Walker 9780062267566
$14.13Night after night, he guided the U.S. Navy SEALs through Iraq's most dangerous regions. A translator operating under the code name "Johnny Walker," he risked his life on more than a thousand missions and became a legend in the U.S. special-ops community... -
Syrian Gulag: Inside Assad’s Prison System by Jaber Baker 9780755650200
RRP: $32.25$24.74An estimated 300,000 people have been detained or have died in prison since the Syrian uprising broke out. Syrians can be arrested for liking a post on Facebook or for the political activities of a distant relative. They are imprisoned without trial, and... -
The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge by Paul Anthony Rahe
RRP: $21.92$19.36A fresh appreciation of the pivotal role of Spartan strategy and tactics in the defeat of the mightiest empire of the ancient world More than 2500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most... -
First Wave by Kenneth James Stuart Ballantyne 9780955060168
$13.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955060168Author Kenneth James Stuart BallantyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Laundry Cottage BooksPublisher Laundry Cottage Books