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Heroes: The Greatest Generation and the Second World War by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£8.48'Heroes' is the story of an extraordinary generation of young men, mostly British, who came of age in the Second World War. These young men - and women - found themselves facing life-threatening danger and the kind of responsibility few would be prepared... -
Japan at War in the Pacific: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in Asia: 1868-1945 by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £17.99£12.14"A lucid history of the rise and fall of militarism in Japan..." -New York Journal of BooksJapan at War in the Pacific recounts the dramatic story of Japan's transformation from a Samurai-led feudal society to a modern military-industrial empire in the... -
World War II The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
RRP: £25.00£20.02Explore the history of the people, politics, and events of World War II - one of the most destructive events in world history.If you're keen on military history and World War II, this book is for you. This complete visual guide covers the events leading... -
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941–45 by Robert Lyman
RRP: £16.99£12.68SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUSI DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022 'This is a superb book.' - James Holland In 1941 and 1942 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories... -
The Dnepr 1943: Hitler's eastern rampart crumbles by Robert Forczyk
RRP: £16.99£12.28Against the wishes of Hitler, German forces under Erich von Manstein were forced to retreat following the failure of the Kursk offensive of July 1943. The weakened force only had one possible refuge, behind the wide Dnepr River. The race to the natural... -
Female Few: Spitfire Heroines by Jacky Hyams
RRP: £12.99£9.37Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots, flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines in thousands of perilous missions.The... -
Arnhem: Ten Days in the Cauldron by Iain Ballantyne
RRP: £12.99£8.18The account of the fateful bridge too far...'It was a bridge too far and perhaps the whole plan was doomed to failure from the start, but we had to try, didn't we?'17 September 1944: 30,000 airborne soldiers prepare to drop 64 miles behind enemy lines... -
The Ultimate World War II Quiz Book: 1,000 Questions and Answers to Test Your Knowledge by Kieran Whitworth
RRP: £9.99£6.65Published in association with the Imperial War Museums, this book will provide the ultimate challenge to even the most knowledgeable military historian.You might think you know a great deal about World War II but have you ever really tested your... -
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew by David Price
RRP: £9.99£7.11A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro... -
From Moths to Merlins: RAF West Malling: Premier Night Fighter Station by Robin J. Brooks 9781781553350
RRP: £14.99£11.28As 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... -
Complete Visual Encyclopedia of Naval Aircraft of World Wars I and Ii by Francis Crosby 9780754830566
RRP: £7.99£5.79This title features a directory of over 70 aircraft with 330 identification photographs. It includes Shipborne fighters, bombers, flying boats and naval planes, including the Curtiss Helldiver, Mitsubishi Zero-Sen, Supermarine Seafire, Fairey Swordfish,... -
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £10.99£7.25The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'. Adam Worth was the greatest master... -
The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution by Mark Roseman
RRP: £11.99£8.43At a villa on the shore of the Wannsee, a lake in suburban Berlin, on 20th January 1942 one of the most terrible meetings in human history convened. Chaired by Reinhard Heydrich and organised and minuted by Adolf Eichmann, it brought together... -
Aircraft of World War II: 300 of the World's Greatest Aircraft 1939-45 by Chris Chant
RRP: £12.99£8.49Aircraft of World War II contains 300 of the most important and influential military aircraft in service between 1939 and 1945. From Allied fighters to Axis bombers, from biplanes to flying boats, each of the aircraft featured is presented with a full... -
Most Secret: The Hidden History of Orford Ness by Paddy Heazell
RRP: £12.99£9.37Orford Ness was, for most of the twentieth century, a military research station so secret that nobody knew what went on there, and so remote that even now most people have never heard of it. Yet the contribution of its scientists, service and civilian,... -
A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary 1939-1940 by Iris Origo
RRP: £10.99£7.32Iris Origo, one of the twentieth century's great diarists, was born in England in 1902. As a child, she moved between England, Ireland, Italy and America, never quite belonging anywhere. It was only when she married an Italian man that she came to rest... -
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan
RRP: £9.99£6.64THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation' New York Times Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World... -
The Fighting Captain by Alan Burn
RRP: £15.99£11.61Captain F J Walker, RN, did more than any other man at sea to win the Battle of the Atlantic, a vicious and unrelenting struggle which Churchill described as the dominating factor throughout World War Two. He was a formidable figure and one of the... -
Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£9.09'James Holland is a master' BBC HistoryIt was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all.During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. The aim... -
Battle of Britain The Movie: The Men and Machines of one of the Greatest War Films Ever Made by Dilip Sarkar MBE
RRP: £25.00£18.02Released in 1969, the film _Battle of Britain_ went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Sir Laurence Olivier as Hugh Dowding and... -
The Royal Navy Officer's Pocket-Book by Brian Lavery
RRP: £9.99£7.45""The art of command is...to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.' A Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943', has found... -
Disaster Before D-Day: Unravelling the Tragedy at Slapton Sands by Stephen Wynn
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1940: The World in Flames by Richard Collier
RRP: £12.99£5.31The most shocking year in history. Week by week, hour by hour.In his brilliant reconstruction, Richard Collier vividly brings one of the most momentous years in world history to life once again.This was a time of blitzkrieg and the Blitz; of the Battle... -
Fields of Deception by Colin Dobinson 9780413776327
RRP: £19.99£16.42During the Second World War, a secret department was formed at Britain's Air Ministry to co-ordinate a strategy to defeat German bombing by means of deception. With the help of leading technicians from the film industry, ingeniously designed decoy... -
Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera
RRP: £10.99£7.25Gordon Corera uses declassified documents and extensive original research to tell the story of MI14(d) and the Secret Pigeon Service for the first time. 'This is an amazing story' Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2 ... -
Flakhelfer to Grenadier: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, 1943-1945 by Karl Heinz Schlesier 9781909384989
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies 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 -
Britain'S Secret Defences: Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins in the Second World War by Andrew Chatterton
RRP: £19.95£12.84The narrative surrounding Britain's anti-invasion forces has often centred on 'Dad's Army'-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very different... -
Barbarossa Through German Eyes: The Biggest Invasion in History by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: £20.00£13.74Spring 1941 - the Third Reich triumphant! Having taken over Germany in 1933, Hitler launched a series of lightning campaigns across Europe that crushed Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, the Low Countries and then the Balkans. Only Great Britain had... -
The Complete History of the SAS: The World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force by Nigel McCrery
RRP: £9.99£6.80Specializing in covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue, the SAS is one of the world's most famous, feared and respected elite fighting forces.This book tells the full, fascinating story of the regiment, from formation in the sand... -
Helga's Diary: A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp by Helga Weiss 9780241959503
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank' Daily TelegraphFirst they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I... -
I Flew for the Fuhrer: The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot by Heinz Knoke 9781784386023
RRP: £12.99£9.09Heinz Knocke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs, a best-selling counter-balance to the numerous accounts written by Allied... -
Churchill's Most Secret Airfield: RAF Tempsford by Bernard O'Connor
RRP: £16.99£12.28Designed by illusionist Jasper Maskelyne, RAF Tempsford was constructed to give overflying enemy aircraft the impression it was disused. Nothing could be further from the truth - just after dusk on moonlit nights either side of the full moon, planes... -
Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser
RRP: £9.99£6.64'There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War' John Keegan Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers... -
The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae by Myke Cole 9781472858665
RRP: £25.00£18.02An exploration into why and how Thermopylae is one of the most blood-soaked patches of ground in history - and what its past can tell us about our future. 'Brilliantly demonstrated.' - Tom Holland Since the dawn of the Classical Era up to World War... -
The Second World War: An Illustrated History by James Holland 9780241601327
RRP: £30.00£21.95Discover the story of the Second World War brought to life in full colour by renowned historian James Holland and award-winning artist Keith Burns'A fully immersive experience. A comprehensive yet fast-paced and gripping insight into the Second World War... -
U.S. Army Vehicle Markings 1944 by Jean Bouchery 9781612007373
RRP: £29.99£25.40Everyone is familiar with the iconic WWII Jeep, its green paintwork annotated with white letters, numbers and symbols. Unintelligible to the casual observer, these markings were integral to the organization of the U.S. Army on the move in 1944.This... -
Finding the Few: Some outstanding mysteries of the Battle of Britain investigated and solved by Andy Saunders 9781911714026
RRP: £20.00£14.291940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave their lives to keep our island free and some disappeared into the summer sky with no trace of them ever being found. This remarkable book records the life of... -
Disaster at Stalingrad: An Alternate History by Peter Tsouras 9781526760739
RRP: £14.99£10.95It is early September 1942 and the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, is poised to advance on the Russian city of Stalingrad. His primary mission was to take the city, crushing this crucial centre of... -
Fw 190D-9: Defence of the Reich 1944-45 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: £13.99£9.75The Fw 190D-9 - the 'long-nosed' Dora - represented the cutting edge and pinnacle of wartime Germany's piston-engine aviation development. This new history by leading German aviation specialist Robert Forsyth reveals what it was like to pilot her in... -
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings
RRP: £25.00£16.83THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Moehne and Eder dams in...