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The Mediterranean Sea was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. As the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet, more major naval actions were fought in the Mediterranean than in the Atlantic or Pacific. Despite its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316381673Author Sam KeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 36mm

This is an illustrated guide shown in over 100 images. It is a compelling history of the Supermarine Spitfire, from the first single-seat prototype of 1936 through to post-war planes that equip fighter units around the world. It includes complete...

This is the first systematic pan-European study of the hundreds of thousands of non-Germans who fought -- either voluntarily or under different kinds of pressures -- for the Waffen-SS (or auxiliary police formations operating in the occupied East)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788365437259Author Dmitry MironovFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian MajsakPublisher Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648355229Author Adam LunneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Echo BooksPublisher Echo BooksWeight(grams) 562g

The commands, units and leaders of the General SS are finally compiled into a single detailed reference book for both the historian and SS memorabilia collector. This complete volume begins with an explanation of the twelve administrative and command...

In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces" -- the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker -- offered a bottle of bourbon to the first U.S. fighter pilot to break his record of twenty-six enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate...

During World War II nearly every Wehrmacht soldier outside of Germany came into contact, either directly or indirectly, with the nearly one-million partisans throughout Europe. Operations against these "bandits" usually fell outside the rules of war and...

Along with the Tiger, Sherman and T-34, the Panther ranks as one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War. Anthony Tucker-Jones, in this comprehensive new study of a remarkable fighting vehicle, uses over 100 archive photographs, along with a...

By early 1945, the war against Japan was at its height and General Douglas MacArthur began to fulfil his vow of liberating the Philippines. He was already planning his own victory parade down Dewey Boulevard in Manila, a city he loved dearly. But the...

The uniforms and equipment of the elite German Fallschirmjager is the subject of this detailed, illustrated study. Authentic items - smocks, dress tunics, boots, insignia, helmets, visor caps, gloves, knee pads and more - are shown in superb color...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684511303Author Carole Engle AvriettFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Regnery HistoryPublisher Regnery HistoryWeight(grams) 152g

This gripping history details the remarkable exploits of a Commando and Special Operations Executive operative during the Second World War. It is a story of extreme courage and a revealing portrait of a man who ultimately gave his life for the liberation...

With Allied armies poised on the banks of the Rhine, Nazi Germany tottered on the brink of collapse. The ensuing battles on German soil - especially those in the so-called Ruhr Pocket - were as fierce and hard-fought as any in the European theater. Going...

The old light cruiser Marblehead was living out her final years of naval service as a member of the United States Asiatic Fleet in 1941/. The small group of mostly antiquated ships based in the Philippines sailed the waters of East Asia to show the...

In the first terrifying hours of the London Blitz, when the skies rained bombs from hundreds of German planes, the British people were galvanized and the nation's future was changed On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the...

In the first terrifying hours of the London Blitz, when the skies rained bombs from hundreds of German planes, the British people were galvanized and the nation's future was changed On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615972961Author Kevin DennehyFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Gtci PressPublisher Gtci PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777169Author Richard HarrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 636Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496658318Author Agustin SaizFormat HardbackPage Count 465Imprint Andrea PressPublisher Andrea Press

Murder, He Wrote And he wrote the true story. Investigative and military reporter Robert Wilcox unravels the mystery surrounding the death of one of history's preeminent war heroes: George S. Patton. Wilcox cries foul play and reveals the shocking...

The purpose of this book is to collect, in an easily readable form, the basic technical data that concern the British army as engaged in the North-West European campaign between 6th June 1944 and 8th May 1845. The author's aim has been to include as much...

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!*The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book.From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803311Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476765860Author Stephen E AmbroseFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1774gDimensions(mm) 276mm *...

Lancaster pilot Victor Woods aircraft arrived too early over Gelsenkirchen when the target was shrouded in darkness and the Main Force miles behind. His bomber was suddenly struck with terrifying force by flak and turned upside-down. An engine was on...

Lancaster pilot Victor Woods aircraft arrived too early over Gelsenkirchen when the target was shrouded in darkness and the Main Force miles behind. His bomber was suddenly struck with terrifying force by flak and turned upside-down. An engine was on...

Unlike previous books on Ploesti, Jay Stout goes well beyond the famous big and bloody raid of August 1943 and depicts the entire 1944 strategic campaign of twenty-plus missions that all but knocked Ploesti out of the war and denied the German war...

A rediscovered classic of military history back in print for the 75th anniversary of World War IIWhen William B. Dreux parachuted into France in 1944, the OSS infantry officer had cinematic visions of blood-and-guts heroics, of leading the French Maquis...

Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174171Author Richard HarrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786158007276Author Ian Michael WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.

Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits will be featured this spring in the upcoming Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific , Strong Men Armed has been a perennial bestselling classic account of the Pacific theatre in World War...

This volume in the series presents the light tank destroyers of the Wehrmacht with accurate scale drawings and previously unpublished photographs.Book InformationISBN 9780764326233Author Walter J. SpielbergerFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Schiffer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777176Author Richard HarrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 412Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

On 4 October 1943, two trainee RAF pilots, Walter Adamson and Gordon Edwards, took off from Kumalo in Zimbabwe. Some time later they were forced to land in Botswana. They climbed out unscathed, left a note, and disappeared. What happened next would...

"Those wanting an up-close and personal memoir of small unit infantry during Operation Overlord have an opportunity to receive it from an American fighting man who lived to tell the tale." Military Magazine, November 2010As part of the massive Allied...

The Luftwaffe's legendary Gigant (Giant) is covered in this large, detailed, and highly illustrated volume. Wherever the Messerschmitt Me 321 appeared at the front during World War II it produced tremendous astonishment. Most soldiers had never seen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743223270Author Tim ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...