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I Confess is an intimate portrayal of command in the crucible of war. Major General John Joseph Murray fought in the AIF in both the First and Second World Wars. He won the Military Cross as a company commander during the disastrous Battle of Fromelles,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415725Author Richard O'KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 474gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 154mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415725Author Richard O'KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 454g

Trained in the use of the Eureka radar, holophan lights, and colored ground panels, the pathfinders dropped thirty minutes before the main airborne landing to provide ground guidance for successive airborne jumps. The concept of the pathfinders proved...

Hitler's decision to renege on his alliance with Stalin and invade Russia in June 1941 was to have the most far reaching consequences for the world. Indeed, if there was one critical turning point in the Second World War, it would have to be this.The...

Award-winning journalist Ruth Gruber's powerful account of a top-secret mission to rescue one thousand European refugees in the midst of World War II In 1943, nearly one thousand European Jewish refugees from eighteen different countries were chosen by...

The Sixth Marine Division holds a unique place in U.S. Marine Corps history, because it was retired after one great battle. The division was formed on Guadalcanal in September 1944, its ranks filled with battle-hardened veterans and untested replacement...

German Machine Guns of the Second World War is a highly illustrated record of the German war machine between 1939 - 1945. Many of the photographs, all from the authors collection, come originally from the albums of individuals who took part in the war...

German leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was one of the most controversial politicians and military commanders in all recorded history. As such, his life was conspired against by all manner of enemies, both foreign and domestic: German and Russian...

The first comprehensive narrative of racism in America's World War II military and the resistance to it. America's World War II military was a force of unalloyed good. While saving the world from Nazism, it also managed to unify a famously fractious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791311Author Jerry ScuttsFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440208020Author Hans Von LuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593511374Author William GerouxFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Beginning in 1942, the Eighth Air Force began a precision bombing raid offensive deep into Nazi Germany, embarking from bases in rural England. Nearly 350,000 Americans were transplanted to English soil, joining their British colleagues for this joint...

Hitler's mountain troops or Gebirgsjager were a group of elite soldiers ready for battle, whatever the conditions. These mountain men were trained to ski, climb and endure long marches, survive appalling conditions and were given a role as crack shock...

In August 1942, Hitler directed all German state institutions to assist Heinrich Himmler, the chief of the SS and the German police, in eradicating armed resistance in the newly occupied territories of Eastern Europe and Russia. The directive for...

The British military failure against the Japanese invasion of Singapore in 1942 is a well-documented and closely examined episode. But far less attention has been paid to the role of the colonial governor and his staff during this period, an oversight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250838483Author John LisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese & Allied aircraft in the Pacific theatre.Volume Three illustrates, by squadron, USAAF Fifth Air Force A-20 series medium bombers operating in New Guinea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993336072Author Jennifer ElkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Mention the War PublicationsPublisher Aviation Books Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087282370Author Wim RemmelinkFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988336315Author Michael RinaldiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Rinaldi Studio PressPublisher Rinaldi Studio Press

This book compiles 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the NAA Mustang III, (P-51B-5-NA). Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also includes photos of the details in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096733Author Evan McGilvrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

From July 1943 to the Nazis' final defeat in May 1945 the Panther main battle tank and its variants were the mainstay of Germany's armoured forces. This superbly engineered fighting vehicle offered a lethal combination of firepower, mobility and...

The Grumman J2F Duck formed the backbone of America's over water utility squadrons from 1934 until beyond WWII, setting various aviation records during this service. A single-engine amphibious aircraft (also produced by Columbia Aircraft), the Duck saw...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595187584Author Richard L SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 159mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425227626Author Forrest Bryant JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143126249Author Professor of History Richard OveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Penguin BooksPublisher Penguin BooksWeight(grams) 454g

Public interest in Adolf Hitler and all aspects of the Third Reich continues to grow as new generations ponder the moral questions surrounding Nazi Germany and its historical legacy. One aspect of Nazism that has not received sufficient attention from...

This book is a rare look at Soviet combat divers from the 1930s up to the end of World War II. The initial formation of the military diving services, including diving reconnaissance and sabotage units of the navy, and Red Army during the prewar years are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008984233Author Bernard O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 148g

In World War II, the U.S. Army not only supplied its soldiers with the most modern equipment and uniforms, suitable for any combat situation, but went as far as providing them with their favourite drinks or candy bars.A comprehensive reference book...

After the fall of France and the allied retreat from Dunkirk, Hitler proposed the planned invasion of Great Britain. A secret aerial reconnaissance of the United Kingdom (and all of Europe) had been undertaken by the Luftwaffe several years prior to the...

Like its predecessors in the series, this book is an epic chronicle of previously unpublished topics, including the uniforms and equipment of the submarine force, PT boat squadrons, mine warfare men, gun crews, signalmen, and more. In addition,...

The mass murder of 22,000 Poles by the Soviet NKVD at Katyn is one of the most shocking events of the Second World War and its political implications are still being felt today. Information surrounding Katyn came to light with Russian perestroika, which...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Three Horten Ho 9s were constructed prior to war's end: the V1 sailplane, the twin 004B powered prototype V2, and the serial production prototype...

The Red Army's casualties during the Second World War and the casualties sustained by the German army they fought are a key element in any assessment of the conflict on the Eastern Front. Since the war ended over seventy years ago, the statistics have...