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Fighting Vichy from Horseback: British Mounted Cavalry in Action, Syria 1941 by Jonathan Washington 9781915113764
RRP: $32.25$22.73Apologies 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 -
Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Largest Sea Battle of the Second World War by John Grehan 9781526770394
RRP: $19.34$14.13By early 1944, offensives undertaken by the United States armed forces had driven the Japanese from many of their conquests in the south and central Pacific. The next American move was to sever Tokyo's communications with the remaining Japanese garrisons... -
SOE Heroines: The Special Operations Executive's French Section and Free French Women Agents by Bernard O'Connor
RRP: $16.76$10.94Nearly forty female agents were sent out by the French section of Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The youngest was 19 and the oldest 53. Most were trained in paramilitary warfare, fieldcraft, the use of weapons... -
The Second World War: An Illustrated History by James Holland 9780241601327
RRP: $38.70$28.32Discover 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... -
Berlin: Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century by Sinclair McKay
RRP: $14.18$10.02The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - BerlinThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as... -
Call The Dying: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 7 by Andrew Taylor
RRP: $12.89$8.77'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the seventh instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesLove and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are... -
S.O.E.: An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46 by M. R. D. Foot 9781847922939
RRP: $25.80$18.43SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department established in July 1940 and encouraged by Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze'. Recruited from remarkably diverse callings, the men and women who... -
Mosquito Intruders - Target Burma: The RAF’s Daring Low-Level Mosquito Operations by Jeremy Walsh 9781399052658
RRP: $25.80$22.73The exploits of the Mosquito crews in Burma, skimming at low-level and at speed along rivers and over treetops to their targets, are the stuff of legend. Surprisingly, however, only five RAF squadrons ever flew these operations. Mosquito Intruders –... -
A Writer At War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945 by Vasily Grossman
RRP: $16.76$11.73In the summer of 1941, as the Germans invade Russia, newspaper reporter Vasily Grossman is swept to the frontlines, witnessing some of the most savage atrocities in Russian history. As Grossman follows the Red Army from the defence of Moscow, to the... -
Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi 9781472848482 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$12.42A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube. The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of... -
Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi
RRP: $20.63$14.98A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube. The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of... -
Child of the Ruins: a gripping, heart-breaking and unforgettable World War Two historical thriller by Kate Furnivall 9781399713580
RRP: $25.80$15.54'A poignant love story' THE iTwo families divided by war.An entire city on the edge of disaster.'I was blown away not just by the gripping story, which had my heart thumping at times, but the sheer eloquence of writing. It is a story of the strength of... -
Delta Force: A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit by Charlie A. Beckwith
RRP: $12.89$8.57Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. When Charlie Beckwith issued this call to arms in Vietnam in 1965, he revolutionized American armed combat. This is the story of what would eventually come to be known... -
Dambusters: A Landmark Oral History by Max Arthur 9780753515730 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$2.95On the night of 16-17 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron headed for Germany. Their mission, for which they had been trained under a cloak of absolute secrecy, was to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley and in doing so cripple the Nazi... -
Soviet Tank Units 1939-45: The Essential Tank Identification Guide by David Porter
RRP: $25.79$18.12Soviet Tank Units 1939-45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to the main armoured fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II. This compact volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level,... -
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings 9780008280567 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$3.11THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise was one of the most extraordinary episodes of the Second... -
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings 9780008280567
RRP: $12.89$8.57THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise was one of the most extraordinary episodes of the Second... -
German Luftwaffe in World War II by Chris McNab
RRP: $32.24$21.66The Luftwaffe - the German Air Force - played a crucial role in the Wehrmacht's blitzkrieg tactics, providing both air cover and air artillery for Germany's panzer troops on the ground. Germany's successful invasions of France, the Low Countries, the... -
German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers: 1939-42 by Mark Lardas
RRP: $18.05$12.58This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II. The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during... -
Christmas with the Bomb Girls by Daisy Styles 9781405929806
RRP: $10.31$7.47Cosy up with the heartwarming and festive wartime story of a group of women finding joy in troubled times, from the beloved Bomb Girls series'It made me smile and it made me cry' 5***** Reader Review 'An absolute joy to read' Kate Thompson, bestselling... -
Enigma Traitors: The Struggle to Lose the Cipher War by Dermot Turing 9781803991696
RRP: $28.38$21.21Everyone knows the story of Enigma and secret codebreaking in the Second World War: the triumph of Bletchley Park over world-class cipher technology. Except that excellence in codebreaking was nearly betrayed by incompetence in codemaking.German... -
Case Red: The Collapse of France by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $16.76$11.73Case Red tells the often overlooked story of the fall of Metropolitan France from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk through to the eventual collapse and armistice in June 1940. Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there... -
Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts by Spike Milligan
RRP: $14.18$10.02Milligan's Meaning of Life is a glorious celebration of the legendary Spike Milligan. Here you will find his most intimate and hilarious reflections on life.With his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan... -
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain by Tom Neil 9781445605104 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$2.95The 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... -
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain by Tom Neil
RRP: $16.76$10.94The 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... -
Bombers Fly East by Martin W. Bowman
RRP: $25.79$18.94Highlights include several chapters on the Mediterranean air forces, with special emphasis placed on the brave but futile attempts of the South African Air Force Liberator crews in Italy to supply Polish patriots during the Warsaw uprising. Individual... -
The Waffen-Ss in Normandy: July 1944, Operations Goodwood and Cobra by Yves Buffetaut 9781612006413
RRP: $25.79$18.42One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the Allies, who had to cross the sea and then deploy in a cramped bridgehead until the American breakthrough of late... -
Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom Iain Ballantyne 9781804363409
RRP: $14.18$9.03Now a major television documentary (Channel 4, 2021)The epic mission to destroy Hitler's flagship.'Bismarck was now loose in the Atlantic ... we had to find and sink her.'May, 1941. The most powerful battleship the world has ever seen, the German Navy's... -
The Last Battle Cornelius Ryan 9781473620070
RRP: $14.18$9.55The 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... -
The Longest Battle: The War at Sea 1939-1945 by Richard Hough
RRP: $16.76$10.55This is the story of the greatest naval conflict in history'The Second World War demanded more of its sailors than any other war in history, in endurance and unremitting need to face danger - danger from increasingly lethal weapons and an ever-increasing... -
Wartime Recipes by Ivor Claydon Graphics
RRP: $6.45$4.70A fascinating and nostalgic collection of over 40 wholesome recipes from the Second World War At a time of shortages and rationing, the British were challenged with providing nutritious meals daily for the family. This pocket-sized compendium of recipes... -
RAF Bomber Command Operations Manual: Insights into the organisation, equipment, men, machines, technology and tactics of the RAF's bomber offensive 1939 -1945 by Jonathan Falconer
RRP: $38.70$27.54Night and day in the Second World War RAF Bomber Command pounded away at the infrastructure of Germany to bring the Reich to its knees. Author Jonathan Falconer describes the Command's complex organisation and the science, technology and engineerBook... -
Women in the War by Lucy Fisher
RRP: $12.89$8.41'An important contribution to our recent history' ANDREW MARR 'Absorbing and important' JOAN BAKEWELL 'One of my favourite reads of 2021' GARETH RUSSELL ... -
The Men Who Flew the Halifax by Bowman, Martin W 9781526705686
RRP: $32.25$22.73This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of Britain and the... -
War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-1944 by Iris Origo
RRP: $16.76$11.04The bestselling diaries of WWII in Tuscany, with a new introduction by writer and social historian Virginia Nicholson, and stunning rediscovered photographsAt the height of the Second World War, Italy was being torn apart by German armies, civil war, and... -
The Longest Siege: Tobruk: The Battle That Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman 9780330510813
$22.10Beginning on 10th April 1941, and lasting for 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism. It is an epic story of extraordinary resilience as the Libyan port's 24,000 defenders met increasingly desperate attempts by... -
Most Secret War by R.V. Jones
RRP: $21.92$15.84Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius. And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.In Most Secret War he... -
The Greatest Raid: St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot by Giles Whittell
RRP: $14.18$10.02'I loved this book, as I love any good adventure story sublimely told . . . a gloriously exciting high, followed by a crushing realisation of war's enormous waste' Gerard deGroot, The Times'Absorbing . . . The extraordinary bravery of the participants... -
Where Roses Fade: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 5 by Andrew Taylor
RRP: $12.89$8.77'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fifth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesWhen Mattie Harris's body is found drowned in the river,... -
A Most Secret Squadron by Des Curtis 9781906502515
RRP: $25.80$19.05Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618's primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr...