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Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie 9781760879198
RRP: $41.98$29.59We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops are rushed to Greece in a desperate attempt to stop the Wehrmacht... -
Commando: Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines by James Owen
RRP: $27.28$15.77June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare for ever. Relying as much on... -
The Oxford History of World War II by Richard Overy 9780192884084
RRP: $29.38$20.48Histories you can trust. World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations... -
Blood, Sweat and Arrogance: The Myths of Churchill's War by Gordon Corrigan
RRP: $27.28$15.77Why the British forces fought so badly in World War II and who was to blameGordon Corrigan's Mud, Blood and Poppycock overturned the myths that surround the First World War. Now he challenges our assumptions about the Second World War in this brilliant,... -
Panzer-divisions at War 1939-1945 (Images of War Series) by Ian Baxter
RRP: $31.48$23.00From the beginning in 1935 this attractive book describes the different elements that went into the Panzer-Divisions. It describes how the Germans carefully built up their assault forces utilizing all available reserves and resources into making an... -
Among the Italian Partisans: The Allied Contribution to the Resistance by Malcolm Edward Tudor 9781781553398
RRP: $42.00$31.58Here is the remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in Second World War Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Americans, Russians,... -
German National Railway in World War II by Janusz Piekalkiewicz
RRP: $86.08$56.85The Second World War made the greatest demands on the German Reichsbahn (national railway). Year after year, great quantities of war materiel were transported - and almost always delivered. At times the trains rolled over nearly the entire continent of... -
The History of the Galician Division of the Waffen SS Vol 1: On the Eastern Front: April 1943 to July 1944 by Michael James Melnyk 9781781555286
RRP: $84.00$61.72The first volume of a two part set on the history of the Galician Division is based on over 25 years research by accomplished historian Michael James Melnyk who has sourced additional new and hitherto unseen original material on all aspects of the... -
Go-Betweens for Hitler by Karina Urbach
RRP: $31.48$23.00This is the untold story of how some of Germany's top aristocrats contributed to Hitler's secret diplomacy during the Third Reich, providing a direct line to their influential contacts and relations across Europe -- especially in Britain, where their... -
Hitler's Paratroopers in Normandy: The German II Parachute Corps in the Battle for France, 1944 by Gilberto Vilahermosa 9781848327719
RRP: $52.50$49.16In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperately to establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confining bocage found themselves opposed by a bewildering array of formations of the German Wehrmacht. Among them were the newly formed German... -
Two Navies Divided: The British and United States Navies in the Second World War by Brian Lavery 9781399047210
RRP: $73.50$51.01The title is derived from George Bernard Shaw's comment that �England and America are two countries divided by a common language.' It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odds with one another, but rather to suggest, as in the... -
Invasion! They're Coming!: The German Account of the D-Day Landings and the 80 Days' Battle for France by Paul Carell
RRP: $67.18$42.84On the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy: a revised and updated edition of Paul Carell's great classic. June 6, 1944 - D-Day. The day when, after years of preparation, Germany's opponents in the west - the USA and England - began the... -
Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg: A Green Howard's Wartime Memoir by Bill Cheall 9781848844742 [USED COPY]
RRP: $41.98$29.55Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Fighter Command Station at War: A Photographic Record of RAF Westhampnett from the Battle of Britain to D-Day and Beyond by Mark Hillier 9781399023627
RRP: $33.58$25.79Situated close to the South Coast, on flat land to the north of Chichester in West Sussex, lies Goodwood Aerodrome. This pleasant rural airfield was once home to squadrons of Hurricanes, Spitfires and later Typhoons. RAF Westhampnett was at the forefront... -
SAS Men in the Making by Peter Davis 9781473845602 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$13.88Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Surgeon at Arms by Lipmann Kessel 9781848845916
RRP: $31.48$23.00Surgeon at Arms is without doubt one of the most interesting and dramatic personal memoirs to come out of the Second World War. The author, a surgeon, was parachuted into Arnhem with the First Airborne Division. His professional skill was at once tested... -
Exposing the Reich: How Hitler Captivated and Corrupted the German People by David Harper 9781538180891
RRP: $63.00$56.87As a WWII tour director for thirty-five years, David Harper has repeatedly heard the same questions from an extremely varied American and British audience: "Why did the Germans vote for Hitler? Did they know about the concentration camps? What did German... -
JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Donald Caldwell
RRP: $35.68$25.79Jagdgeschwader 26, the German elite fighter unit, was more feared by the Allies than any other Luftwaffe group. Based on extensive archival research in Europe, personal combat diaries and interviews with more than 50 surviving pilots, Caldwell has... -
The Italian Campaign, 1943 1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Philip Jowett 9781399073110
RRP: $39.88$28.58The Second World War Italian campaign is often less well remembered than the struggle of the Germans against the western Allies in north-west Europe and against the Soviet Union in the east. But, as this book demonstrates in over 300 photographs, the... -
Gebirgsjager: German Mountain Troops, 1935-1945 by Jean-Denis Lepage 9781399044783
RRP: $46.20$32.80The Gebirgsj ger were officially formed in 1935 following Hitler's rejection of the Treaty of Versailles, although the required skills had been fostered in preparation through civilian climbing clubs. They were recruited predominantly from the southern... -
Mosquito: Menacing the Reich: Combat Action in the Twin-Engine Wooden Wonder of World War II by Martin Bowman 9781848846609 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$22.16Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Hirschfeld: the Story of a U-boat Nco, 1940-1946 by Geoffrey Brooks 9781848326224 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$9.26Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Avengers: A Jewish War Story by Richard Cohen
RRP: $39.90$29.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375705298Author Rich CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm... -
Dambuster Raid: A German View by Helmuth Euler 9781473828025
RRP: $52.50$18.67Operation Chastise, the audacious RAF bombing raid that struck at the heart of industrial Germany on the 17th May 1943, brought catastrophic damage to the three dams that served the Ruhr Valley. Water and electricity supplies were disrupted in a key area... -
Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh 9780007195770
RRP: $37.78$28.98A clear, chronological narrative exploring many of the ethical dilemmas posed for real people during and after the Second World War. Literature on the Second World War is voluminous. In 'Moral Combat', however, Michael Burleigh achieves what... -
Britain’s Guerrilla Army: Plans for a Secret War 1939-45 Malcolm Atkin 9781399077859
RRP: $31.48$28.58THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE account of Britain’s complex plans to fight a secret war in the event of a Nazi invasion. When Winston Churchill made his ‘we shall never surrender’ speech in 1940 he was speaking in the knowledge that Britain’s Secret Intelligence... -
The Defence of St Valery-en-Caux 1940: The 51st (Highland) Division from The Saar to Normandy by Jerry Murland 9781473852273
RRP: $31.48$23.00The story of the 51st (Highland) Division during 1939 and 1940 is a short and largely tragic one and although it firmly burnt itself into the minds of Scotsmen it has never been granted the recognition it deserves. Even in Scotland it is often forgotten... -
Nazi Propaganda Through Art and Architecture: Creating the Myth of Hitler’s Third Reich by Norman Ridley 9781036100216
RRP: $46.20$32.80When the Nazis came to power in January 1933, they began a programme of transforming Germany from a democracy into a totalitarian state, but it was not a matter of simply enforcing compliance. The people had to be coaxed into believing in the new regime... -
Hitler’s Command: Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, V Weapons, Jets and the A Bomb by Rex Bashford 9781399070362
$56.87Hitler arrogated to himself the power to make all critical decisions relating to the strategic and operational deployment of the entire Wehrmacht, and this volume analyses the effect of his decisions on the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine. How did his... -
The Eagles of Bastogne: The Untold Story of the Heroic Defense of a City Under Siege by Martin King 9781636244136
RRP: $69.20$47.29There are few names in the annals of military history that evoke such emotion, and in some cases controversy, as the small Belgian town of Bastogne. The 101st Airborne are the best known defenders of Bastogne, but they only constituted one third of the... -
Empire of Rags and Bones: Waste and War in Nazi Germany by Anne Berg 9780197744000
RRP: $62.98$54.47Paper, bottles, metal scrap, kitchen garbage, rubber, hair, fat, rags, and bones--the Nazi empire demanded its population obsessively collect anything that could be reused or recycled. Entrepreneurs, policy makers, and ordinary citizens conjured up... -
The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend by August Kubizek 9781784389772
RRP: $31.48$23.00August Kubizek met Adolf Hitler in 1904 while they were both competing for standing room at the opera. Their mutual passion for music created a strong bond, and over the next four years they became close friends. Kubizek describes a reticent young man,... -
Victory in Italy: 15th Army Group's Final Campaign 1945 by Richard Doherty 9781399020220
$37.88While the main focus in early 1945 was on the advance to The Fatherland, 15 Army Groups 5th (US) and 8th (British) Armies were achieving remarkable results in Northern Italy. Superb generalship (Truscott 5th Army and McCreery 8th Army under General... -
The German Way of War on the Eastern Front, 1941-1943: A Lesson in Tactical Management by Jaap Jan Brouwer 9781399032940
RRP: $52.50$37.00On 22 June 1941, at 0410hrs, Operation Barbarossa began. More than 3 million German soldiers crossed the border with the Soviet Union and moved east, where 4.7 million Soviet soldiers were waiting for them. Hitler expected his troops would be on the... -
Battle for the Escaut 1940: The France and Flanders Campaign by Jerry Murland
RRP: $27.28$19.09On 10 May 1940 the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), under the command of Lord Gort, moved forward from the Franco-Belgian border and took up positions along a 20-mile sector off the River Dyle, to await the arrival of the German Army Group B. Their... -
Command Decisions: Langsdorff and the Battle of the River Plate by David Miller 9781848844902 [USED COPY]
RRP: $41.98$20.94Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Hitler Triumphant: Alternate Decisions of World War Ii by Peter G. Tsouras 9781848326262 [USED COPY]
RRP: $29.38$16.13Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Camouflage, Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Aircraft of the Red Army Air Force in 1941: Volume 2 by Mikhail Timin 9781804513989
RRP: $73.50$51.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513989Author Mikhail TiminFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Weapons of the Battle of the Bulge: From the Photographic Archives of the US Army Signal Corps by Darren Neely 9781399001052
RRP: $52.50$37.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 by Susan Ronald 9781250238740
RRP: $35.68$25.64On February 18, 1938, Joseph P. Kennedy was sworn in as US Ambassador to the Court of St. James. To say his appointment to the most prestigious and strategic diplomatic post in the world shocked the Establishment was an understatement - known for his...