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As part of the legendary Major John Howard''s Company of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, Denys Edwards seized Pegasus Bridge in the daring coup de main operation. He and his colleagues then went on to fight their way into Germany.'Book InformationISBN...

During the Second World War the Germans developed a specially adapted U-boat oil tanker with two aims. First, by refuelling the attack U-boat fleet their range of operations and duration of patrol could be significantly increased. Secondly, these...

This illustrated book gives a full account of the part played by the region's airfields during the last war including Berrow, Defford, Madley, Pershore, Shobdon, Wolverhampton and Worcester.Book InformationISBN 9781853069840Author Robin J. BrooksFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847328533Author Richard OveryFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Carlton Books LtdPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

This work is set on 23rd December, 1944. A heroic, yet, dreadful action is about to take place over Cologne, involving the bravest of the brave - The Pathfinder Force. In the log book of one of that force, Flight Sergeant George Owen, are the details of...

During the Battle of Britain an RAF Spitfire squadron commander asked some of his pilots to write about their combat experiences. The book was published in 1942 as "Ten Fighter Boys", penned by ten pilots on 66 Squadron, most of whom had seen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848378216Author Nigel CawthorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 210g

Osprey's study of desert tactics employed in North Africa during World War II (1939-1945). In 1940-43 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanized armies. The British, Italians, German Afrika Korps and US Army all addressed and...

On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark, and then Norway, in an attempt to secure the vital mineral resources of Scandinavia for their war industry. This assault, Operation Weserubung, represents the first joint air-land-and-sea campaign in the...

In late September 1941, the war in the east was approaching a climax. Since the beginning of the German invasion on 22 June 1941, Soviet forces had suffered the staggering loss of over 2 million troops. After inflicting a horrendous defeat on the Soviet...

This is the graphic personal account of a Soviet submariner during his years at sea in the Baltic during the Second World War. It describes all the action - and there was plenty of it - that the author was involved in, including numerous engagements with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843231998Author Herbert WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer PressWeight(grams) 118g

This is the second book in a two-part series about the "German Commanders of World War II", and covers distinguished commanders from the Waffen-SS, the Luftwaffe and the Navy. The commanders covered include such famous names as Josef Dietrich,...

The poster - inexpensive, colorful, and immediate - was an ideal medium for delivering messages about Americans' duties on the home front during World War II. Design for Victory presents more than 150 of these stunning images - many never reproduced...

Horrible Histories Spies is the indispensable guide for aspiring secret agents in blood-curdling colour. From cracking codes to the pitfalls of navigating camel poo in the desert - HORRIBLE HISTORIES fans can discover if they have everything it took to...

First-hand accounts of life as a World War II combatant - from the German side. The author interviewed hundreds of German veterans and, for this volume, has them retell in their own words how they viewed the years of victory only to become the vanquished...

This second of three volumes covers 16 Vosper MTB designs, and the US 70-foot, 77-foot and 80-foot ELCO designs. US-built Vosper designs supplied under lease-lend are also covered, while weapons systems and machinery are dealt with in detail.Book...

This is the first in a series that covers all Allied MTB's, PT boats, motor gunboats, launches and submarine chasers used in World War II. Each vessel is described in full and accompanied by photographs, line illustrations and plans.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440236337Author Donald R. BurgettFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dell Publishing CompanyPublisher Dell Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 113g

Codenames were a vital feature of World War II, serving as mental shorthand for those in the know, and obscuring the issues for those who were not. Codenames were used from the highest level, in the planning of grand strategic moves affecting the conduct...

British Second World War tanks performed so badly that it is difficult to bring to mind any other British weapon of the period that provokes such a strong sense of failure. Unfortunately, many of the accusations appear to be true - British tanks were in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688098834Author Norman GelbFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 712g

Canada was the first Commonwealth ally to come to Britain's aid in 1940, and until final victory Canadian troops fought alongside the British and later the US armies. The Canadian divisions earned a high reputation on the battlefields of Italy, Normandy...

D-Day, 6th June 1944, was the climactic battle of the Second World War. Allied triumph was anything but inevitable - there was everything to play for and everything to lose. The story of the actual landings has been told and re-told many times, but no...

The companion volume to the groundbreaking TV series, this book tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin. In their own words these brave men from Britain,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557507587Author Eric GroveFormat HardbackPage Count 2Imprint Naval Institute PressPublisher Naval Institute Press

Wilhelm Hottl was no small time Nazi bureaucrat... He was Adolf Eichmann's confidant and an important member of the Nazi party's SD foreign espionage section.Book InformationISBN 9781929631070Author Hottl WFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Enigma...

The events in Iraq in 1941 had crucial strategic consequences. The country's oil reserves were a highly coveted prize for the Axis powers, and its location provided a corridor in the defence of Palestine and the Suez Canal. Had Iraq fallen to the Axis...

They fought on Utah Beach, in Arnhem, Bastogne, the Bulge; they spearheaded the Rhine offensive and took possession of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the...

'Endlessly fascinating. Cram's story sizzles with adventure.' Giles Milton, Sunday Times A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of Alastair Cram, brilliantly told by the...

Late in the morning of 27 May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by an overwhelming British armada in a fierce battle that lasted ninety minutes. Admiral Gunther Lutjens, Captain Ernst Lindemann and 2,206 men of her crew were lost, only 115...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780760333532Author Donald M. KehnFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Zenith PressPublisher Motorbooks International

On New Year's Eve, 1942, four British destroyers fought off a massive German attack in the Arctic by the pocket battleship "Lustzow", the heavy cruiser "Hipper" and six destroyers. Not one merchant ship was lost, and Hitler's fury at...

The real story of the Occupation uncovers a reality more complex, more human and ultimately more moving than the myths which have grown after the event. Defeat in 1940 left the French so demoralized that they readily supported the Vichy regime, committed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898800125Author Alfred PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Rigel PublicationsPublisher Rigel PublicationsWeight(grams) 143g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898800095Author Robert JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Rigel PublicationsPublisher Rigel PublicationsWeight(grams) 143g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858337630Author David ChandlerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bramley BooksPublisher CLBWeight(grams) 1556g

John Fancy, who died in September 2008, aged 95, was the most prolific escaper of the Second World War. Nicknamed 'the Mole' he dug eight tunnels at the various camps in which he was held, in East Prussia, Poland and Germany. Some were 40 feet below the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785992124Author Alexander MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

The Second World War was the largest and most appalling military conflagration in history. It killed millions of people. It destroyed much of the old Europe. It altered the world balance of political and economic power. Its consequences are incalculable...