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This is the 3rd in a series of 4 books full of short stories about Britain's involvement in the 2nd World War. Many of the stories uncover what war was really like and not what is often portrayed in modern-day chronicles. There was nothing wonderful and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771621359Author David L. BashowFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre

Drawing heavily on recently declassified sources, this examination of German wartime intelligence services traces the logistical and strategic expansion of the Third Reich's foreign covert operations in World War II. Beginning with the changes introduced...

During World War II, the U.S. Navy swiftly expanded to include an array of vessels, from smaller yachts and fishing boats bought early in the war for patrol work to fast, modern commercial ships built to haul troops and supplies. After the Allied...

In a remote corner of West Texas in 1942, the dreaded western diamondback rattlesnake, was awarded the unique distinction of having a mighty airfield named in his honor. Although the installation originally bore the official title of Pyote Army Airfield,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925907100Author M I 9Format HardbackPage Count 78Imprint SOA BooksPublisher SOA BooksWeight(grams) 476g

For three years, Staff Sergeant Charles M. Eyer served as a B-17 ball turret gunner over Europe during World War II. Based in part on a secret journal he kept as a prisoner of war, this book records Eyer's firsthand account of his harrowing 59 combat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854950058Author Michael HickeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 567g

USS Texas BB-35, a Dreadnought era battleship launched in May 1912, served the U.S. Navy for thirty-four years, including World War I and World War II.World War I service included North Sea convoy duty for merchant ships from Scotland to Norway, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781212660Author Peter DarmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Brown Bear Books LtdPublisher Brown Bear Books LtdWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm)...

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America's fast carrier task forces, with their aircraft squadrons and powerful support warships, went on the offensive. Under orders from Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, the newly appointed Admiral Chester W...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788893278928Author Massimiliano AfieroFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Luca Cristini Editore (Soldiershop)Publisher Luca Cristini Editore...

Is any war a "good war"? In Worshipping the Myths of World War II, the author takes a critical look at what he sees is America's dedication to war as panacea and as Washington's primary method for leading the world. Articulating why he believes the...

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'Stephen Fisher is one of the best kept secrets in military history. With his wealth of knowledge and exacting eye for detail, his book on D-Day is sure to impress a vast audience' Dan Snow'Stephen Fisher... is a very rare beast - a man who can bring...

The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942 - illuminating the white flags of surrender against the nighttime sky. Woefully outnumbered, outgunned, and ill-equipped, battered remnants of the American-Philippine army surrendered to the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647190088Author April Martin BeltzFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645381068Author Julia GimbelFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Ten16 PressPublisher Ten16 PressWeight(grams) 417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682356067Author Raphael IsraeliFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Strategic Book PublishingPublisher Strategic Book PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652296160Author Professor Dov LevinFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 1212g

Chronicling the most ambitious airlift in history . . .Carried out over arguably the world's most rugged terrain, in its most inhospitable weather system, and under the constant threat of enemy attack, the trans-Himalayan airlift of World War II...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716510595Author Giuseppe ZuccaFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 210g

The political, economic and social landscapes of the United States in the early 1940s were split by one overriding factor--race. This volume explores the ways in which this separation extended to the military forces and the impact which that segregation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647485566Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434908360Author Gary A FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dorrance Publishing Co.Publisher Dorrance Publishing Co.Weight(grams) 259g

In July 1941 the United States, after a decade of worsening economic relations, announced a total embargo against Japan. The embargo had actually begun in 1940 with a so-called moral embargo under which U.S. exports of planes and war material to Japan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781469179995Author Paul BornsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 82g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608882250Author Richard WorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 778Imprint Nimble BooksPublisher Nimble BooksWeight(grams) 1324gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451223173Author Stanley WeintraubFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Dutton CaliberPublisher Dutton CaliberWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 132mm *...

The London Blitz and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are iconic myths for Britain and America. Few in either nation realise, however, that these artfully constructed narratives of heroic resistance to aerial bombardment both conceal appalling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945853081Author Maureen Bell BrogliaFormat HardbackPage Count 62Imprint Marriah PublishingPublisher Marriah PublishingWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634987783Author Richard LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Bookstand PublishingPublisher Bookstand PublishingWeight(grams) 222g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987227107Author Victor Hepburn SmallFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint Joanne Wolf SmallPublisher Joanne Wolf SmallWeight(grams) 376g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250293763Author Keith LoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 147mm * 41mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886401349Author Rodney E WalkerFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint Ewings Publishing LLCPublisher Ewings Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 590g

William Douglas Pawley was a cross between Indiana Jones and Donald Trump. A self-made millionaire with little education, he immersed himself in whatever business venture he chose and usually came out on top. As a sales representative for the...

Written with “a cinematic sense of urgency and realism” (Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author), this is the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their...

'This is a fascinating book which re-examines events that liberated and thus shaped the future of Europe.' Lord Soames, Winston Churchill's grandson 'An engrossing delight . . . Dannatt and Packwood have produced an account of Churchill's D-Day worthy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197786352Author Ann ShukmanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 635g