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In 1941, Sgt Albert Victor Ient sought adventure and travel in the Services. Stationed in Hong Kong, he faced a different reality when his position was overrun. A generation later, his son Vic Ient set out to discover exactly what his father went through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593184936Author Rachel LanceFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 646g

Very few Australians today know of the fierce air battles fought across the Top End of Australia in World War II.For more than two years Japanese aircraft crossed the coast and bombed relentlessly. Savage dogfights were fought between the legendary Zero...

The monograph on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D and Ta 152 discusses their origins and development, technical details of subsequent variants and sub-variants, and camouflage and markings. The book also describes the operational history of both aircraft during...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395410554Author Winston S. ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 724Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 1250g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982110772Author Sir Max HastingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

This chronicle of the 7.Panzerkompanie follows the unit history of a "Leibstandarte" tank company from its creation in 1942 to the end of World War II. Compiled by former company commander and German Cross in Gold holder Ralf Tiemann, the detailed text...

World War II Troop Type Parachutes was written for anyone interested in the history of airborne troops, and is profusely illustrated with unpublished period and contemporary photographs. Collectors, modelers and researchers will be able to identify all...

This extensively researched book illuminates many of the enigmas that have surrounded the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, offering keen insights into Stalin's thinking and the reasons for his catastrophic blunder. "If, after the war, the Soviet...

A Mighty Fortress is the personal account of the Captain and crew of a lead bomber in the enormous formation raids made by the 8th Airforce during the last few months of World War II. It is an extraordinary tale of heroism and bravery on the part of the...

December 1942 saw the bloodiest Christmas in the history of mankind. From the islands in the Pacific to the China front, from the trenches in Russia to the battle lines in North Africa, in the skies over Europe and in the depths of the Atlantic, men were...

622 Sqdn. was just one of many Bomber Squadrons whose airmen carried out nightly missions, putting their lives "on the line" for King and Country during WWII. This account is relayed through the memoirs, diaries and letters of the men and women who...

In the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Herman Wouk comes a gripping, real-life story of men versus the sea-and against the typhoon named Cobra.In the final year of the Second World War, as the United States Navy fought Japanese forces in the largest sea...

This work offers a view of how the GI and his officers fought the war. The author sets out to demonstrate that the key to the US success was the flexibility and ingenuity of its soldiers. He points out that the most important element in overcoming the...

German Order of Battle is the definitive reference on the German Army in World War II, covering the organization, combat history, and commanders of each division. Volume One covers the 1st through 290th Infantry Divisions; Volume Two, the 291st through...

One of the few books available on the HG units, this book covers the commanders, Knight's Cross Holders, uniforms, insignia, standards, flags, pennants, and recruitment.Book InformationISBN 9780887404733Author R.J. BenderFormat HardbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982054192Author Richard A RinaldiFormat PaperbackImprint General Data LLCPublisher General Data LLCWeight(grams) 585g

Using firsthand, personal accounts, and focusing on the experiences of women, Katherine R. Jolluck relates and examines the experiences of thousands of civilians deported to the USSR following the Soviet annexation of eastern Poland in 1939.Upon arrival...

Like a scene from Where Eagles Dare , a small team of American spies parachutes into Italy behind enemy lines. Their orders: link up with local partisans and sabotage the well-guarded Brenner Pass,the Nazis' crucial supply route through the Alps,thereby...

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of ageing boats from the late teens and early...

From 1941 to 1945, a large number of foreign soldiers were incorporated into the ranks of the German army in order to compensate for the enormous losses suffered by the Wehrmacht, including thousands of French. Whether fighting against the Soviets on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096368Author Joseph MoretzFormat HardbackPage Count 594Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Stolen Words is an epic story about the largest collection of Jewish books in the world-tens of millions of books that the Nazis looted from European Jewish families and institutions. Nazi soldiers and civilians emptied Jewish communal libraries,...

Since World War II, the US 101st Airborne Division has achieved legendary status. But within the ranks of the 101st there existed a rougher, tougher and more ruthless unit whose formidable reputation has persisted over the decades to this day: the Filthy...

Think You Know Everything about the death of Hitler? Think Again. After World War II, 50 percent of Americans polled said they didn't believe Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide in their bunker in 1945, as captured Nazi officials claimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476782737Author The United States Military AcademyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

After the United States' entry into the Second World War in 1941, their war department realised that, due to the increasing dominance of air power, their troops would need some help identifying the aircraft active in the various theatres of the war,...

This book continues with the overview of the Waffen-SS units that fought during WWII. It follows each unit as it was raised and then where it fought. Within each of the various battles covered, the book focuses specifically on each Waffen-SS soldier that...

Aviation journalist Nicholas Veronico, author of Boneyard Nose Art, presents a detailed visual history of the well-known U.S. Eighth Air Force and their courageous war in the skies during World War II. Featuring hundreds of photos of American aircraft...

Noted historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world . . . the skyway to Hell." This is the story of the air war over the Himalaya Mountains, in World War II, when Japan and China were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814625357Author Joseph John ParapuramFormat PaperbackImprint Monsoon BooksPublisher Monsoon Books

From its very inception, the little-known Kustenfliegergruppen, the German coastal air service, was hindered by restrictions imposed at the Treaty of Versailles and the rising dominance of Hermann Goring's Luftwaffe. Its size, capability and mandate were...

A description of the operational history of the new I-JG3 "Udet" which was formed at the beginning of 1942 and saw its first action during the German summer Russian offensive of 1942, then served a tough and costly tour of duty in the Defense of the...

This book focuses on one of the most visible and important consequences of total defeat in postwar Germany: the return to East and West Germany of the two million German soldiers and POWs who spent an extended period in Soviet captivity. These former...

This volume covers major submarine campaigns during World War II, describing operations of the British, American, Japanese and Italian submarine and anti-submarine forces. Experiences of submarine and anti-submarine warfare are featured, from the...

This volume covers major submarine campaigns during World War II, describing operations of the British, American, Japanese and Italian submarine and anti-submarine forces. Experiences of submarine and anti-submarine warfare are featured, from the...

The Canadian contribution to the Second World War Allied bombing campaign, from the first days of the war to the last, proved instrumental in securing the defeat of Nazi Germany. Author and historian Ken Cothliff has pieced together the extraordinary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294642Author Soviet General StaffFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873585132Author Kenji KawanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Roundhouse Publishing LtdPublisher Roundhouse Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

To many students of World War II, von Manstein is already considered to be the greatest commander of the conflict, if not the entire 20th century. He devised the plan that conquered France in 1940, thence led an infantry corps in that campaign; at the...