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The third and final volume of the Author's Americans in North-west Europe series covers the historic period December 1944 to May 1945. Launched in December 1944, the Nazis' Ardennes offensive, known as the Battle of the Bulge, was one of the most...

Near the close of World War II, two hell-bent-for-leather American units moved relentlessly toward the village of Berchtesgaden, nestled in the Bavarian Alps. The much-decorated 101st Airborne Division had fought its way from Normandy, Bastogne and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593471616Author Steven M. GillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War explores a still neglected aspect of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062905710Author Bret BaierFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 596gDimensions(mm) 230mm...

Rudolf Hoss has been called the greatest mass murderer in history. As the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz, he supervised the killing of more than 1.1 million people. Unlike many of his Nazi colleagues who denied either knowing about or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780557945740Author Bernard O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781577489191Author Corrie Ten BoomFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Barbour & Co IncPublisher Barbour & Co IncWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250037817Author Rick AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 928Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 46mm

"This book is essential reading; a must-have in your military library" - Military ModelcraftAfter Hitler conquered Poland, the British began to exert control of the neutral Norwegian coast, an action that threatened to cut off Germany's iron-ore conduit...

It is June 1944. The Allied armies are poised for the full-scale invasion of Fortress Europe. Across the Channel, the vaunted Wehrmacht lies waiting for the signs of invasion, ready for the final battle. What happens next is well-known to any student of...

When war broke out in 1939 over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force with the greatest proportion in the Army. During the war this rose to over 120,000, suggesting that about 100,000 enlisted during the war.Nine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393316193Author Professor of History Richard OveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton &...

In this gripping companion to his acclaimed The Battalion, which told the story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, Robert W. Black turns his attention to the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions, otherwise known as Darby's Rangers. These elite...

The immediate post-VJ-Day period of RAF history is often consigned to be little more than a footnote in most published accounts. In this first detailed look at the RAF in the Middle and Far East regions in the three years following the end of the war,...

Behind enemy lines is an examination of gender relations in wartime using the Special Operations Executive as a case study. Drawing on personal testimonies, in particular oral history and autobiography, as well as official records and film, it explores...

The incredible true story of one man's escape from Nazis in Norway."I remember reading We Die Alone in 1970 and I could never forget it. Then when we went to Norway to do a docudrama, people told us again and again that certain parts were pure fiction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140235425Author John KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 195mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410206527Author Richard a RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

This new book in the popular Polish Wings series tells the story of French flying boats in the service of the Polish Navy Air Force from the end of the First World War to the outbreak of the Second World War. During this period, the Polish naval air...

Fighting in the Jim Crow Army is filled with first-hand accounts of everyday life in 1940s America. The soldiers of the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions speak of segregation in the military and racial attitudes in army facilities stateside and abroad...

This is the full account of USAAF Mission 311 on 22 April 1944 when American bombers suffered their highest ever loss to German intruders. The German fighters followed the air armada home after the raid, picking individual bombers off on their return...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941184165Author Zita SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Fletcher & Co. PublishersPublisher Fletcher & Co. PublishersWeight(grams)...

By the time Mark Clark's Fifth Army reached the small village of San Pietro north of Naples in the first week of December 1943, a tough but rapid sweep through Sicily came to a muddy halt. On the slopes of a distant mountain, the death of a single...

The real story of the SS, unlike its popular mythology, is so complex as to almost defy belief: it is a tale of intrigue and nepotism, of archaeology and Teutonism, of art and symbolism. Himmler's SS is a story of street fighters and convicted criminals...

The real story of the SS, unlike its popular mythology, is so complex as to almost defy belief: it is a tale of intrigue and nepotism, of archaeology and Teutonism, of art and symbolism. Himmler's SS is a story of street fighters and convicted criminals...

Before, during, and after World War II, Maria Savchyn Pyskir served in the Ukrainian Underground resistance. Her dramatic and poignant memoir tells of her recruitment into underground service at age 14, her participation in resistance activities...

Bold Venture tells the nearly forgotten story of the American airmen who flew perilous combat missions over Hong Kong during the Second World War. Steven K. Bailey sheds new light on the American military campaign against Japanese forces in occupied...

A comprehensive history of World War II draws on previously unavailable resources to incorporate new information on the contributions of African Americans and other minorities, the war in the Pacific, and the liberation of the death camps.Book...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism... Propulsive and gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown's ability to make us...

Winning the Battle of the Atlantic was critical to Britain's survival in World War II. If the struggle at sea had been lost, Britain would have been forced to surrender. The British Merchant Navy suffered enormous losses, both of ships and men,...

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Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, young Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father, a German-speaking Mennonite who came to Canada from Ukraine and believed the Third Reich offered a better life than Canada. Friesen was drafted into...

Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study,...

This series focuses on the soldiers and warriors of specific historic conflicts. The in-depth text and illustrations will not fail to inspire modelers, historians, re-enactors and enthusiasts alike. Each volume features 20-22 detailed colour plates of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062202482Author Caroline MooreheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898756036Author S M ShtemenkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams)...

In this book, the Spitfire, Lancaster, Messerschmitt, Mustang and Flying Fortress are shown in 500 photographs and illustrations. It is a visual guide to five classic wartime aircraft from 1939-1945: the Supermarine Spitfire, Avro Lancaster,...

Atomic Tragedy offers a unique perspective on one of the most important events of the twentieth century. As secretary of war during World War II, Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) oversaw the American nuclear weapons program. In a book about how an...