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No Cloak, No Dagger: Allied Spycraft in Occupied France by Benjamin Cowburn 9781848327764
RRP: €15.46€10.82The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war and the ways that agents would set... -
German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman: Barbarossa 1941 by David Campbell
RRP: €19.03€15.86The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and her allies against Stalin's forces in a mighty struggle for survival. Fighting alongside the spearhead Panzer divisions were Germany's highly skilled and veteran motorized... -
Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms: The Spyhunter, the Fashion Designer & the Man From Moscow by Paul Willetts
RRP: €15.46€10.23Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms provides the first comprehensive account of what was once hailed by a leading American newspaper as the greatest spy story of World War II. This dramatic yet little-known saga, replete with telephone taps, kidnappings,... -
D-Day Gunners: The Royal Artillery on D-Day by Frank Baldwin
RRP: €29.75€20.97Part history book and part travel guide, D-Day Gunners is aimed at anyone interested in the artillery on the D-Day beaches and landing grounds. While the heritage of the D-Day beaches and landing sites is well documented, this rarely includes the Gunner... -
The Spy in Hitler's Inner Circle: Hans-Thilo Schmidt and the Intelligence Network That Decoded Enigma by Paul Paillole
RRP: €29.75€27.26Ten years after the publication of his Services Speciaux (1935-1945), Paillole took up his pen once again in order to shed further light on the critical role that the French Secret Service played in the infiltration of German agencies. In this first... -
They Also Serve Who Stand and Wait: A History of Pheasey Farms U.S. Army Replacement Depot, Sub Depot of the 10th Replacement Depot. 1942/1945 by Martin Collins 9781858582047
RRP: €11.84€11.78'They Also Serve Who Stand And Wait' tells the story of the U.S. Replacement Depot at Pheasey Farms Estate in Great Barr, Birmingham during World War II. Part of the half-built housing estate was requisitioned by the British forces at the outbreak of the... -
1939: Countdown to War by Richard Overy
RRP: €13.08€9.25'A gripping analysis of the final days of peace ... indispensable' M. R. D. Foot, The TimesRichard Overy's 1939: Countdown to War re-creates hour-by-hour the last desperate attempts to salvage peace before the outbreak of World War Two.24 August 1939:... -
An Englishman at Auschwitz by Leon Greenman 9780853034247
RRP: €17.79€13.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853034247Author Leon GreenmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
WW2 Vehicles Through the Lens Vol.2 by Jon Feenstra 9786156602022
RRP: €30.93€21.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786156602022Author Jon FeenstraFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft. -
Luftwaffe Blitz: The Inside Story November 1940-May 1941 by Chris Goss 9780859791571
RRP: €13.03€9.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791571Author Chris GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Ohio and Malta, The: the Legendary Tanker that Refused to Die by Michael Pearson 9781848845213
RRP: €15.46€10.82During the dark days of WW2 Malta became the lynchpin of the Allied campaign in the Mediterranean and North African theatres and a vital base from which to attack Axis convoys supplying Rommel's Panzer Armee in Libya. Malta was, however, extremely... -
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park by F. H. Hinsley
RRP: €20.22€14.61With many colourful anecdotes and vivid descriptions, this is the first authentic account of daily life at Government Communications Headquarters, Bletchley Park, the most successful intelligence agency in history. Described by Churchill as the 'secret... -
Downfall 1945: The Fall of Hitler's Third Reich by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: €20.22€14.61As the final month of fighting in Europe in 1945 dawned the Allies embarked upon a series of mopping up operations, destroying the last centres of German resistance as the essentially defeated Wehrmacht fought on in increasingly desperate conditions,... -
Station 43: Audley End House and SOE's Polish Section by Ian Valentine
RRP: €15.46€9.72Audley End House in Essex - or Station 43 as it was known during the Second World War - was used as the principal training school for SOE's Polish Section between 1942 and 1944. Polish agents at the stately home undertook a series of arduous training... -
From Sapper to Spitfire Spy by Sally-Anne Greville Heygate
RRP: €29.75€21.44David Greville-Heygate was one of the few men who served in both the army and the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but it was in the sky that he really earned his stripes. Stalking the skies flying photo-reconnaissance missions with No. 16... -
6th Airborne: Normandy 1944 by Leo Marriott
RRP: €11.89€8.46Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the night of 5 June, when six Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton towing six Horsas carrying a coup-de-main force consisting of D Coy, Ox and Bucks LI reinforced with two extra platoons from B Coy and a... -
Air Battle of Malta: Aircraft Losses and Crash Sites, 1940 - 1942 by Anthony Rogers 9781784381882
RRP: €29.75€20.97In the Second World War, Malta was subjected to continual air attacks during a siege lasting nearly two and a half years.This is part of that story, from the early days in June 1940, when only a few Gladiator biplanes were available to combat Italian... -
Spitfire Pilot: An Extraordinary True Story of Combat in the Battle of Britain by Roger M. D. Hall
RRP: €11.89€7.90This is the Battle of Britain memoir of Roger Hall, a 152 Squadron Spitfire pilot based in southern England, the heart of the fighting during the epic battle. Roger recounts in harrowing detail his own experience of air-to-air combat with Messerschmitt... -
The Battle of Normandy 1944 by Robin Neillands
RRP: €13.08€8.81A fresh and incisive examination of one of the Second World War's crucial campaigns, the battle for Normandy in the months after D-Day.What happened to the Allied armies in Normandy in the months after D-Day, 1944? Why, after the initial success of the... -
The Night of Broken Glass: Eyewitness Accounts of Kristallnacht by Thomas Karlauf
RRP: €17.84€16.64November 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... -
Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich by Omer Bartov
RRP: €22.00€18.12This study shows that the Wehrmacht was systematically involved in atrocities against the civilian population on the Eastern Front.About the AuthorOmer Bartov is Junior Fellow with Society of Fellows, Harvard University.Reviews'exciting and provocative... -
'To Force the Enemy Off the Sea': The Story of the Raf's North Coates Strike Wing by John Vimpany
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510858Author David BoydFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Battles for Monte Cassino Then and Now by Jeffrey Plowman
RRP: €59.50€49.49The 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... -
Royal Artillery in the Second World War by Richard Doherty 9781803995564
RRP: €22.60€17.04During the Second World War, the Germans considered the Royal Artillery to be the most professional arm of the British Army: British gunners were accurate, effective and efficient, and provided fire support for their armoured and infantry colleagues that... -
Hunt the Bismarck by Angus Konstam
RRP: €29.75€21.44Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinubung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit by the Royal Navy. Bismarck entered naval service in the summer of 1940. She was... -
Dog Boats at War: Royal Navy D Class MTBs and MGBs 1939-1945 by Leonard C. Reynolds 9780752450452
RRP: €26.18€21.87Built of plywood and measuring 115 feet long, powered by four supercharged petrol engines and armed to the teeth with heavy weapons, the 'D' Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) were better known as Dog Boats and played havoc with... -
We Can Take It! by Mark Connelly
RRP: €45.21€44.13`We Can Take It!' shows that the British remember the war in a peculiar way, thanks to a mix of particular images and evidence. Our memory has been shaped by material which is completely removed from historical reality. These images (including complete... -
Panzergrenadier vs US Armored Infantryman: European Theater of Operations 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: €16.65€11.60During World War II, the two pre-eminent mechanized infantry forces of the conflict, the German Panzergrenadier arm and the US Army's armoured infantrymen, clashed in France and Belgium after the Normandy landings. These engagements went on to... -
Roots of Hate: Anti-Semitism in Europe before the Holocaust by William I. Brustein 9780521774789
RRP: €36.88€30.29How did the levels of anti-Semitism in the 1930s compare to those of earlier decades? Did anti-Semitism vary in content and intensity across societies? In other words, were Germans more anti-Semitic than their European neighbors, and, if so, why? How... -
Hitler'S Flying Saucers: A Guide to German Flying Discs of the Second World War by Henry Stevens
RRP: €26.18€16.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935487913Author Henry StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams) 1g -
Royals and the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany by Jonathan Petropoulos 9780199203772
€75.81The 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... -
German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44 by Chris McNab
RRP: €17.84€13.98This book explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germany's automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/Kar 43, FG 42 and MP 43/StG 44. The Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-40 convinced many observers that most... -
Norwich - A Shattered City: The Story of Hitler's Blitz on Norwich and Its People, 1942 by Steve Snelling 9780857041289
RRP: €23.79€20.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857041289Author Steve SnellingFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology by John Christopher 9781803995649
RRP: €15.46€11.45During World War 2, Hitler's engineers had pioneered an incredible array of futuristic secret weapons, from the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, to the deadly V2 inter continental ballistic missile. With the Third Reich shattered and lying in... -
No Ordinary Life by Peter Stokes 9781784070427
RRP: €10.70€9.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784070427Author Peter StokesFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint FeedARead.comPublisher FeedARead.comWeight(grams) 268g -
Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization by Michael Rothberg
RRP: €30.93€26.70Multidirectional Memory brings together Holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book makes a twofold argument about Holocaust memory in a global age by situating it in the... -
The Unwritten Order: Hitler's Role in the Final Solution by Peter Longerich
€19.08The Holocaust differs from other genocides in recent history for one main reason: there is no other example in which a minority was annihilated systematically and as completely as possible on the orders of a head of state and through the apparatus of... -
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic Of Escape And Endurance by David Howarth 9781493023455
RRP: €17.84€17.06We Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern England for Nazi-occupied arctic Norway to organize and... -
First Polish Armoured Division 1938-47: A History by McGilvray, Evan 9781526724151
€30.80The First Polish Armoured Division was formed in Scotland in February 1942 from Polish exiles who had escaped first Poland and then France. Its commander, Stanislaw Maczek, and many of its men had previously served in Polish 10th Motorized Cavalry... -
Heinkel He 111: The Latter Years - the Blitz and War in the East to the Fall of Germany by Chris Goss 9781848324459
RRP: €17.84€13.03The 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...