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Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 by Patrick Bishop
RRP: $27.28$17.81Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the BBC 1 documentary BOMBER BOYS, presented by Ewan McGregor. ... -
For All Our Tomorrows: A WWII saga of sisterhood and friendship by Freda Lightfoot 9781804365540
RRP: $20.98$12.47Can true love conquer all?Sisters Bette Tredinnick and Sara Marrack live quiet lives, content with the comings and goings of their small Cornish hometown. But when hundreds of US Marines arrive, everything changes.Bette, footloose and fancy free, embarks... -
The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945 Max Hastings 9780007503902
RRP: $27.28$17.81'As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings's achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday Times 'Authoritative, exciting and notably well written' Daily Telegraph ... -
First to Fight: The Polish War 1939 by Roger Moorhouse
RRP: $27.28$19.09A new and definitive account of the German invasion of Poland that initiated WWII in 1939, written by a historian at the height of his abilities.'Deeply researched, very well-written... This book will be the standard work on the subject for many years to... -
Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius by Otto Carius
RRP: $39.88$30.91WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one... -
The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy by Martin Gilbert
RRP: $41.98$30.83This is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race... -
The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 by Paddy Ashdown
RRP: $27.28$17.81From best-selling author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation', winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for 2013, comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the... -
Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry 9780300260779
RRP: $52.50$42.63A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the... -
From Moths to Merlins: RAF West Malling: Premier Night Fighter Station by Robin J. Brooks 9781781553350
RRP: $31.48$24.26As a small club airfield during the 1930s, West Malling was very popular with flyers. Taken over by the RAF in 1939 it became a forward landing airfield to Biggin Hill. Unfinished by the time the Battle of Britain began, it played no operational part... -
Flakhelfer to Grenadier: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, 1943-1945 by Karl Heinz Schlesier 9781909384989
RRP: $35.60$29.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384989Author Karl Heinz SchlesierFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
RRP: $27.28$19.09THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER - REISSUED WITH A NEW FOREWORD FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY 'Magnificent, vivid, moving, superb' Max Hastings, Sunday Times ______________This is the closest you will ever get to war - the taste, the smell, the noise and the fear... -
Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy
RRP: $39.88$29.42A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY'A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade' Saul David, The... -
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain by Tom Neil
RRP: $27.28$17.81The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across... -
The Manner of Men: 9 PARA's Heroic D-Day Mission Stuart Tootal 9781848546790
RRP: $27.28$18.06In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day. Dropping ahead of the main Allied invasion, 9 PARA were tasked with destroying an... -
Heinrich Himmler by Peter Longerich
RRP: $72.43$53.63As head of the SS, chief of police, 'Reichskommissar for the Consolidation of Germanness', and Reich Interior Minister, Heinrich Himmler enjoyed a position of almost unparalleled power and responsibility in Nazi Germany. Perhaps more than any other... -
Juno Beach: Normandy - Battleground Europe by Tim Saunders 9781844150281
RRP: $27.28$19.09By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to sweep the beaches with machine gun fire and were surrounded by belts of barbed wire and... -
Fighting Vichy from Horseback: British Mounted Cavalry in Action, Syria 1941 by Jonathan Washington 9781915113764
RRP: $52.50$37.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113764Author Jonathan WashingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Polly's War: An unforgettable family saga set in Manchester by Freda Lightfoot 9781804365564
RRP: $23.08$14.70Will she lose everything she's worked so hard for?The Second World War may be over, but the war in Polly Pride's home is only just beginning, and it will test her like never before.Her son, Benny, never seems to be far from trouble, spending all his time... -
Spitfire by Edward Ward 9781838863241
RRP: $37.78$26.02If asked to name a British aircraft of World War II, many people would pick the Spitfire. In production and frontline service throughout the war, this Supermarine design matured to become one of the greatest fighter aircraft of all time. By combining... -
1945: Victory in the West by Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams, TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ
RRP: $27.28$19.93'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to come.' TELEGRAPHMarch 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they... -
The Household Cavalry at War: The Story of the Second Household Cavalry Regiment by Roden Orde 9781399073356
RRP: $73.50$51.01The Second Household Cavalry Regiment’s war was a short and exciting one, from Normandy in July 1944 to Germany in May 1945. In the vanguard of the Guards Armoured Division, 2 HCR, an armoured reconnaissance regiment, was continuously on the advance and... -
The Last Battle Cornelius Ryan 9781473620070
RRP: $23.08$15.54The Battle for Berlin was the final struggle of World War II in the European theatre, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and brought an end to the Nazi regime. It lasted more than two weeks... -
Countrymen: How Denmark's Jews Escaped the Nazis by Bo Lidegaard
RRP: $27.28$19.09The rescue of the Danish Jews from Nazi persecution in October 1943 is a unique exception to the tragic history of the Holocaust. Over fourteen harrowing days, as they were helped, hidden and protected by ordinary people who spontaneously rushed to save... -
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson
RRP: $52.50$37.84Telegraph Book of the YearA Times, Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearOne of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French historyFew images more shocked the French population during... -
D-Day: Minute by Minute: One historic day, hundreds of unforgettable stories by Jonathan Mayo
RRP: $27.28$18.06The invasion has begun. In this gripping book, Jonathan Mayo gives a blow by blow account of the events of D-Day, revealing what happened to the people swept up in this crucial moment in history. From soldiers, French villagers and journalists, to... -
The Last Days of Hitler: The Classic Account of Hitler's Fall From Power by Hugh Trevor-Roper
RRP: $27.28$19.45Listed as one of the Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time. In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was... -
Set My Hand Upon The Plough by E. M. Barraud 9781915068323
RRP: $29.40$20.50In 1939 the writer Enid Barraud, disillusioned with her city life, left London and went to live in a village in Cambridgeshire, joining what became known as The Women's Land Army, one of thousands of women who worked the land, while war raged overhead... -
Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe by John Buckley
RRP: $31.48$27.36Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and... -
Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife, 49' Richard Broad 9781846680007
RRP: $18.88$13.55In September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son... -
The Love-charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War by Lara Feigel
RRP: $27.28$19.09When the first bombs fell on London in August 1940, the city was transformed overnight into a battlefront. For most Londoners, the sirens, guns, planes and bombs heralded gruelling nights of sleeplessness, fear and loss. But for Graham Greene and some of... -
With the Jocks: A Soldier's Struggle for Europe 1944-45 by Peter White
RRP: $39.88$30.91'The book is remarkable .... one of the most striking personal records of the period.' - Max HastingsAs a 24-year-old lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Peter kept an unauthorised journal of his regiment's advance through the Low Countries... -
World War Two: 500 Interesting Facts About Major Events, Battles, and People by Ahoy Publications 9781961217065
RRP: $33.58$21.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781961217065Author Ahoy PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Legerum ABPublisher Legerum ABWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 4mm -
Churchill at War: 1940-45 by Baron Charles McMoran Wilson Moran 9781841196084
$27.99This new edition of extracts from the extremely candid diaries of Churchill's doctor Lord Moran, his devoted friend and confidant, contains material not previously revealed. It sheds a new light on how the great man faced up to and absorbed the strain of... -
The 'Grossdeutschland' Division in World War II: The German Army's premier combat unit by Professor James F. Slaughter 9781472855923
RRP: $31.48$24.68Investigates the history and evolving appearance of the 'Grossdeutschland' Division, the German Army's premier combat unit during World War II. Featuring eight pages of original artwork and carefully chosen photographs depicting personalities,... -
The Balkans 1940-41 (2): Hitler's Blitzkrieg against Yugoslavia and Greece by Pier Paolo Battistelli
RRP: $33.58$24.38The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks. Although the... -
Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire Robert Lyman 9781782064473
RRP: $27.28$19.09It is the night of 28 March 1942. Royal Navy and British commandos are poised to assault the German-held port of Saint-Nazaire in what will be one of the most audacious and daring raids of the Second World War. The plan is simple: to drive an old... -
Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War by David Edgerton 9780141026107
RRP: $27.28$19.09GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEARThe familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy... -
The Real 'Dad's Army': The War Diaries of Col. Rodney Foster Rodney Foster 9780670919802
RRP: $33.58$24.38Rodney Foster's The Real Dad's Army is the true-life account of Britain's Home Guard and now the subject of the new film Dad's Army (Feb 2016).'Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?' Not Colonel Rodney Foster, a platoon commander of the Kent Home... -
Bomber Command by Max Hastings
RRP: $35.68$26.19'A brilliant tour-de-force' - Times Literary SupplementBomber Command is acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings' compelling account of one of the most controversial struggles of the Second World War.RAF Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of... -
She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the 'real Charlotte Gray' by Carole Seymour-Jones
RRP: $27.28$18.06On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks' heroine, Charlotte...