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The War Magician: The man who conjured victory in the desert David Fisher 9781474625340
RRP: $12.89$8.77The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMESJasper Maskelyne was a world... -
Faust's Metropolis: A History of Berlin by Alexandra Richie
RRP: $33.53$24.87'Beautifully conceived and marvellously researched. I haven't read a better book on Berlin.' Gordon A. Craig In Berlin, history is tangible. The sense of the past - of Europe, of Germany, and of the 20th-century's myths, depravities, idealism... -
TIGER PROJECT: A Series Devoted to Germany's World War II Tiger Tank Crews: Book One - Alfred Rubbel - Schwere Panzer (Tiger) Abteilung 503 by Dale Richard Ritter 9780764320002
RRP: $36.11$27.27This book is the second in a series that will delve in to the inner workings of Germany's most fearsome panzers of the Second World War, the Tiger and Tiger II. There are many books already in publication that deal with various aspects of the Tiger... -
Sturmgeschutz: Germany's WWII Assault Gun (StuG), Vol.1: The Early War Versions by ,David Doyle
RRP: $24.50$16.34The Sturmgeschutz, or StuG, as it is more popularly known, while conceived as self-propelled, infantry support artillery, in time, formed the backbone of Germany's anti-tank operations during WWII. With more than 135 war-era photos, this volume... -
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII's Greatest Battle Iain MacGregor 9781472135216
RRP: $32.25$21.65'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written narrative' - James Holland'The sheer brutal intimacy of his descriptions of the fighting are extraordinary'... -
The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark 9780857897305
RRP: $16.76$11.04'Utterly fascinating.' James Holland'First-class... The intense rivalry of Monty and Patton is one of the great stories of the war, and has never been told better.' Andrew RobertsBorn in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard... -
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings 9780008280529 [USED COPY]
RRP: $32.25$2.95THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Moehne and Eder dams in... -
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings
RRP: $32.25$21.71THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Moehne and Eder dams in... -
Most Secret War by R.V. Jones
RRP: $21.92$15.84Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius. And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.In Most Secret War he... -
U-48: The Most Successful U-Boat of the Second World War by Franz Kurowski
RRP: $19.34$14.13Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines. However, clandestine training took place on Finnish and Spanish submarines and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards... -
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life by Robert Dallek
RRP: $24.50$17.56From the acclaimed author of John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life, the biography of one of America's greatest presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt.'Meticulously researched and authoritative, heroically objective and wide-angled ... Roosevelt is with us... -
Evasion and Escape Devices by Phil Froom 9780764348396
RRP: $82.55$54.83This book describes the design, manufacture, covert shipment and use of the many ingenious evasion and escape devices provided to Allied troops during WWII. Following the fall of mainland Europe, hostile Allied actions against land-based Axis forces were... -
The Glasgow Girl at War: The new heartwarming saga from the author of the G.I. Bride by Eileen Ramsay
RRP: $10.31$7.22The next heartwarming saga novel from Eileen Ramsay, perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Donna Douglas.1930s Scotland.Growing up in a convent in Glasgow, Ferelith Gallagher dreams of bigger and better things. With no money behind her, and no family to... -
Akizuki the Japanese Destroyer by Mariusz Motyka 9788365437266
RRP: $21.93$20.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788365437266Author Mariusz MotykaFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian MajsakPublisher Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian... -
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781451677614
RRP: $30.96$21.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451677614Author Richard RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1089gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan
RRP: $14.18$10.02Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command... -
British Battle Tanks: British-made tanks of World War II by David Fletcher
RRP: $38.70$28.32Plagued by unreliable vehicles and poorly thought-out doctrine, the early years of World War II were years of struggle for Britain's tank corps. Relying on tanks built in the late 1930s, and those designed and built with limited resources in the opening... -
Their Finest Hour: The Second World War by Winston Churchill
RRP: $24.50$17.56Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally... -
A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from the Blitz to the Bright Lights by Gillian Lynne
RRP: $21.92$15.84London during the Blitz was a time of hardship, heroism and hope.For Gillian Lynne - a budding ballerina - it was also a time of great change as she was evacuated from war-torn London to a crumbling mansion, where dance classes took place in the faded... -
Anatomy of a Nation: A History of British Identity in 50 Documents Dominic Selwood 9781472131904
RRP: $19.34$11.02From an obscure, misty archipelago on the fringes of the Roman world to history's largest empire and originator of the world's mongrel, magpie language - this is Britain's past. But, today, Britain is experiencing an acute trauma of identity, pulled... -
The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby 9780241972106 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$2.95'Majestic. Truly gripping' Andrew RobertsThe Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. In Jonathan Dimbleby's brilliant and dramatic new... -
The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Majestic. Truly gripping' Andrew RobertsThe Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. In Jonathan Dimbleby's brilliant and dramatic new... -
Fey's War: The True Story of a Mother, her Missing Sons and the Plot to Kill Hitler by Catherine Bailey 9780241989449 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.60$3.42**Formerly published as The Lost Boys**'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday TimesIn September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize her... -
Fey's War: The True Story of a Mother, her Missing Sons and the Plot to Kill Hitler by Catherine Bailey
RRP: $11.60$8.32**Formerly published as The Lost Boys**'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday TimesIn September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize her... -
Barbarossa: The Russian German Conflict by Alan Clark 9780304358649 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$2.95The classic account of the war on the Eastern Front between the Russians and the Germans - the greatest clash of arms the world has ever seen.Carefully researched and beautifully written, this book is a classic of military history. Alan Clark vividly... -
Barbarossa: The Russian German Conflict by Alan Clark
RRP: $16.76$11.61The classic account of the war on the Eastern Front between the Russians and the Germans - the greatest clash of arms the world has ever seen.Carefully researched and beautifully written, this book is a classic of military history. Alan Clark vividly... -
The Spirit of the Blitz by Paul Addison 9780198848509
RRP: $47.72$35.36During the Blitz, the morale of the British people was clandestinely monitored by Home Intelligence, a unit of the Ministry of Information that kept watch on the behaviour and opinions of the public and eavesdropped on their conversations. Drawing on a... -
War without Garlands: Operation Barbarossa 1941-1942 by Robert Kershaw 9781910809761
RRP: $14.18$10.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809761Author Robert J KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Holocaust Child: Lalechka - An Inspirational Story of Survival by Amira Keidar 9781913543075
RRP: $11.60$3.75A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival. In 1941 at the height of World War II, in a Polish ghetto, a baby girl named Rachel is born. Her parents, Jacob and Zippa, are willing to... -
Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality and Hitler's Lightning War - France, 1940 Lloyd Clark 9781782391364
RRP: $16.76$11.04The German campaign in France during the summer of 1940 was pivotal to Hitler's ambitions and fundamentally affected the course of the Second World War. Having squabbled about fighting methods right up to the start of the campaign, the German forces... -
Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams, TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ 9780099568674
RRP: $14.18$10.02The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because Cassino, with its multitude of participating armies - most... -
610 (County of Chester) Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, 1936-1940 by David J. Bailey 9781781557143
RRP: $58.05$44.36610 (County of Chester) Squadron was formed in February 1936 as a bomber squadron. With personnel recruited from the local area for the expanding Auxiliary Air Force, these `weekend fliers' were moulded into a cohesive fighting unit at Hooton Park,... -
Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld by Arthur Brand
RRP: $21.92$15.84The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire.When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one... -
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Sir Max Hastings 9780007263684 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92$1.61'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a... -
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: $21.92$14.80'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a... -
Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II's Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germany by James M. Fenelon 9781501179389
RRP: $25.80$14.89"Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authority...A riveting read" (Donald L. Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of the Air) about World War II's largest airborne operation-one... -
World War II Infantry Fire Support Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: $19.34$15.16As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own units. While thundering tanks struck fear into the hearts of their enemies it was the machine guns, mortars... -
The Hinge of Fate: The Second World War by Winston Churchill
RRP: $24.50$18.07Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally... -
Forgotten War: The British Empire and Commonwealth’s Epic Struggle Against Imperial Japan, 1941–1945 by Brian E. Walter 9781636243573
RRP: $32.25$29.97The monumental struggle fought against Imperial Japan in the Asia/Pacific theater during World War II is primarily viewed as an American affair. While the United States did play a dominant role, the British and Commonwealth forces also made major... -
Children Against Hitler: The Young Resistance Heroes of the Second World War by Monica Porter 9781526764287
RRP: $16.76$11.73Readers of all generations have grown up on The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier's best-selling tale of children under wartime occupation, but few know the real life stories of the children and teenagers who went further and actually stood up to the Nazis...