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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062419101Author Bruce HendersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143118183Author Antony BeevorFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Alpha BooksPublisher Alpha BooksWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 30mm

Allied air power made a major, arguably decisive, contribution to victory in The Second World War both in the European and Pacific theatres. The cost in men and machines was horrific with Bomber Command suffering 50% air crew casualties. While many...

The most devastating war in human history continues to generate substantial interest, not only among historians but also among students and the reading public, in the form of popular movies and television shows, books published and sold, and enrollment...

In the summer of 1940, a new German aircraft began appearing in the skies over the British Isles. Unlike the rest of the Luftwaffe’s fleet in the Battle of Britain, these aircraft were flying at a height of 40,000 feet and higher – way beyond the reach...

A former Great War fighter pilot, Hermann Göring became, at his height, the second most powerful Nazi. Ambitious and ruthless, in addition to being a primary architect of the Third Reich state police and Gestapo, his numerous appointments included...

An accurate, exciting diary-like chronicle of the day-to-day machinations of the German generals as they struggle to prepare to meet the enemy in the West.In December 1943 with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress...

Yahagi, the second Japanese warship of that name, was the third of the four Agano-class vessels (the other three being Agano, Noshiro and Sakawa). Construction of the Agano-class cruisers was approved by the Japanese parliament (Diet) in March 1939 under...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062999870Author Judy BatalionFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint HarperLuxePublisher HarperLuxeWeight(grams) 818g

It is January 1942. Nazi Germany is about to commence an assault along the US East Coast, but this “Atlantic Pearl Harbor” would prove far more devastating than Japan’s attack on Hawaii five weeks earlier. The wolves are closing in, and few Americans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945430732Author Ian Von HeintzeFormat PaperbackPage Count 247Imprint Winged Hussar PublishingPublisher Winged Hussar PublishingWeight(grams)...

The conflict in the skies above the combat zones of World War II bred a new legion of heroes. They were all brave men, but some have become legends. This is a compact reference to the history and record of allied and enemy aces of World War II.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646425150Author Arthur A HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint University Press of ColoradoPublisher University Press of Colorado

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632206619Author Brian BrinkworthFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

The gallant stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne has long become part of historical and media legend. But how many students of the war realize there was already a U.S. unit holding the town when they arrived? And this unit-the 10th Armored...

Renowned for decades as the world's foremost railroad artist, Howard Fogg's career spanned half a century and some twelve hundred paintings. However, while his art has been welcomed for decades, few of his enthusiasts have been aware of his prior career,...

Reconsidering the origins of World War II in the Pacific, this book focuses on the interactions between the United States and Japan between the two world wars. Challenging accepted interpretations, Gripentrog argues that ideology and...

In December 1944 the Third Reich was retreating. It was almost inconceivable that they could mount a counter offensive. To the Allies, the capitulation of the Third Reich was just around the corner. Or was it? Could the Battle of the Bulge succeed...

Operation OVERLORD June 1944 was the greatest seaborne invasion, indeed the greatest military endeavour, of all time. Though eventually a brilliant victory, and duly celebrated as a triumph of intelligence, planning, combined operations and...

A meticulous exploration of one of the most important years in American history.The D-Day invasion, launched on June 6, 1944, is widely referred to as the longest day of World War Two. Historian Victor Brooks argues that 1944 was, in effect, “the longest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510708600Author David WraggFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510769113Author Frank McDonoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Living as a carpenter who had spent time working in a watch factory, Georg Elser was just an ordinary member of society living in Munich. That is, however, until he took it upon himself to attempt to assassinate the Fuhrer, Adolph Hitler. Being a common...

During the final weeks of World War II, the American army discovered multiple atrocity sites and mass graves containing the dead bodies of Jews, slave laborers, POWs and other victims of Nazi genocide and mass murder. Instead of simply reburying these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476782775Author The United States Military AcademyFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250002150Author Professor of Law James HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 677Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 689g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987258526Author John Thompson-GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Publicious Pty LtdPublisher Publicious Pty LtdWeight(grams) 567g

"No one bore witness better than Don Whitehead . . . this volume, deftly combining his diary and a previously unpublished memoir, brings Whitehead and his reporting back to life, and 21st-century readers are the richer for it."-from the...

In his 36 years of military service, Lt. General James V. Edmundson had extensive experience in combat operations and command at every level in the Air Force. He had over 10,000 hours of pilot time in 137 types of airplanes. In addition to the 107 combat...

Valdis Lumans provides an authoritative, balanced, and comprehensive account of one of the most complex, and conflicted, arenas of the Second World War. Struggling against both Germany and the Soviet Union, Latvia emerged as an independent nation state...

This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d'Albert-Lake during a visit to France in 1936; they married soon after. In 1943, they both...

One of the few non-Japanese Americans trained to read, write, and speak Japanese, Princeton undergraduate Grant Goodman had a privileged position during World War II. As an Army lieutenant, Goodman served in the Philippines at the close of the war and in...

Written with passion and intelligence, the letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in World War II express the raw idealism of anti-fascist soldiers who experienced the war in boot camps, cockpits, and foxholes, but never lost sight of the great global...

In September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II, a strong strain of isolationism existed in Congress and across the country. The U.S. Army stood at fewer than 200,000 men-unprepared to defend the country, much less carry...

Black journalists have vigorously exercised their First Amendment right since the founding of Freedom's Journal in 1827. World War II was no different in this regard, and Paul Alkebulan argues that it was the most important moment in the long history of...

In Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz: Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm traces the remarkable and tragic tale of Roman Rodziewicz, a true Polish hero of the Second World War. Roman's childhood...

  The First World War was marked by an exceptional expansion in the use and production of military cartography. But World War II took things even further, employing maps, charts, reconnaissance, and the systematic recording and processing of geographical...

Expelling the Germans focuses on how Britain perceived the mass movement of German populations from Poland and Czechoslovakia at the end of the Second World War. Drawing on a wide range of British archival material, Matthew Frank examines why the British...

The Anglo-French clash in the Middle East during the Second World War not only marked a turning point in the region's political development, but also became a sticking point in wartime relations between the two powers. British and Free French troops...