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Desert Raids with the SAS: The Wartime Experiences of Major Anthony Hough - Action, Capture and Escape by Major Tony Hough
RRP: $38.98$27.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399007221Author Major Tony HoughFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword MilitaryWeight(grams) 152g -
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781451677614
RRP: $46.80$34.14Apologies 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 *... -
Voices from the Front: the 16th Durham Light Infantry in Italy, 1943-1945 by Peter Hart 9781848844018
$33.44The Second World War is vanishing into the pages of history. The veterans were once all around us, but their numbers are fast diminishing. While still in their prime many recorded their memories with Peter Hart for the Imperial War Museum. As these old... -
Anatomy of a Nation: A History of British Identity in 50 Documents by Dominic Selwood
RRP: $29.23$19.11From 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... -
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll 9780393343410
RRP: $38.98$34.55On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers... -
Children Against Hitler: The Young Resistance Heroes of the Second World War by Monica Porter 9781526764287
RRP: $25.33$17.73Readers 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... -
Barbarossa: The Russian German Conflict by Alan Clark
RRP: $25.33$18.51The 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 Pacific (The Official HBO/Sky TV Tie-In) by Hugh Ambrose
RRP: $25.33$16.69- Private Sidney Phillips- First Lieutenant Austin Shofner- Ensign Vernon Micheel- Private Eugene Sledge- Sergeant John BasiloneThrough the eyes of these five fearless and devoted men, Hugh Ambrose tells the epic story of the war in the Pacific. It is an... -
The Survivor by Josef Lewkowicz
RRP: $39.00$27.87One of the last great untold stories of the Holocaust, The Survivor is an astonishing account of one man's unbreakable spirit, unshakeable faith, and extraordinary courage in the face of evil.At only sixteen years old, Josef Lewkowicz became a number,... -
Life and Death on the Eastern Front: Rare Colour Photographs From World War II by Tucker-Jones, Anthony
RRP: $48.75$38.26This incredible visual record of life and death along the Eastern Front features more than 250 images from the the PIXPAST Archive, a collection of more than 32,000 original colour photographs taken between 1936 and 1946/. Collated into three parts and... -
Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell by Peter Caddick-Adams
RRP: $21.43$15.15The 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... -
Who Will Write Our History?: Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto by Samuel D. Kassow
RRP: $35.08$25.25In the Autumn of 1940 the Jews of Warsaw were forced into a crowded ghetto, enduring unimaginable conditions until most were killed. Yet, amid this, one man, Emanuel Ringelblum, started an extraordinary clandestine organization dedicated to recording... -
Churchill by Roy Jenkins
RRP: $39.00$28.39From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his personal writing and... -
Warships in the Spanish Civil War by Angus Konstam
RRP: $23.38$16.44This detailed study of the naval Spanish Civil War describes how the Spanish Navy, torn in two and comprising a Republican and Nationalist part, fought a civil war at sea involving both Hitler's and Mussolini's navies. In July 1936, a pro-fascist coup... -
Hungarian Soldier vs Soviet Soldier: Eastern Front 1941 by Peter Mujzer
RRP: $27.28$19.01On 26 June 1941, unidentified bombers attacked the Hungarian town of Kassa, prompting Hungary to join its Axis partners in Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Hungary's contribution to Barbarossa was designated the Carpathian... -
In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
RRP: $19.48$13.86On 30 July 1945 the USS Indianapolis was steaming through the South Pacific, on her way home having delivered the bomb that was to decimate Hiroshima seven days later, when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Of a crew of 1196 men an estimated 300... -
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: $39.00$23.44"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... -
Hitler and his Women by Phil Carradice
RRP: $38.98$27.85Adolf Hitler - a ranting, evil demagogue whose insane ambitions and beliefs took the world to the brink of extinction and caused the deaths of millions. And yet there was another side to the Fuhrer, one that was rarely seen and even now remains unknown... -
The Bletchley Girls: War, secrecy, love and loss: the women of Bletchley Park tell their story by Tessa Dunlop
RRP: $25.33$16.77'Lively...in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women's own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service' New Statesman'Dunlop is engaging in her personal approach. Her obvious feminine empathy with the venerable ladies she spoke to gives... -
The King of Nazi Paris: Henri Lafont and the Gangsters of the French Gestapo by Christopher Othen
RRP: $19.48$13.86By 1943, Henri Lafont was the most powerful Frenchman in occupied Paris. Once a petty criminal running from the French police, when he found himself recruited by the Nazis his life changed for ever. Lafont established a motley band of sadistic... -
Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital, 1939-45 by Roger Moorhouse
RRP: $29.23$21.35Berlin was the nerve-centre of Hitler's Germany - the backdrop for the most lavish ceremonies, it was also the venue for Albert Speer's plans to forge a new 'world metropolis' and the scene of the final climactic bid to defeat Nazism. Yet while our... -
General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Architect of the U.S. Army by Mark T. Calhoun
RRP: $115.05$94.09George C. Marshall once called him "the brains of the army." And yet General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944), a man so instrumental to America's military preparedness and Army modernization, remains little known today, his papers purportedly lost, destroyed... -
The Armchair General: Can You Defeat the Nazis? by John Buckley 9781804946435
RRP: $21.43$15.15A ground-breaking approach to history where YOU choose the fate of WWII - perfect for readers of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The GCHQ Puzzle Book.''An original and exciting approach . . . Buckley is one of our very finest historians.' JAMES... -
Hitler's Russian & Cossack Allies 1941-45 by Nigel Thomas
RRP: $25.33$21.47Given the merciless way in which the war on the Eastern Front of World War II was conducted, it is difficult to envisage anyone changing sides during the conflict. Yet after the German invasion of Russia in Operation Barbarossa, well over 400,000 former... -
Rommel's Afrika Korps in Colour: Rare German Photographs from World War II by Ian Spring 9781784388799
RRP: $54.60$40.21Take a visual journey through North Africa during the Second World War with Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian Spring as they chart the path of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps through a series of stunning, rare colour photographs. Taken from Ian Spring's... -
Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy
RRP: $33.13$23.95'Outstanding...Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century' Niall Ferguson, Sunday TimesThe Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost... -
Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck
RRP: $25.33$17.73'Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys?' Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height... -
The Mighty Eighth: A Glimpse of the Men, Missions & Machines of the U.S. Eighth Air Force 1942-1945 by Military Gallery
RRP: $58.50$56.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954997083Format HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Griffon International LimitedPublisher Griffon International LimitedWeight(grams) 1000gDimensions(mm) 240mm... -
Soviet Naval Infantry 1917–91 by David Greentree
RRP: $29.23$21.35Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991. Featuring eight plates of specially commissioned artwork alongside... -
Stalin's War by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $38.98$28.63SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL AND THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022'A terrific read ... McMeekin is a superb writer' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'Gripping, authoritative, accessible and always bracingly revisionist' Simon... -
World War II: Infographics by Jean Lopez
RRP: $38.98$26.81The mass of available data about World War II has never been as large as it is now, yet it has become increasingly complicated to interpret it in a meaningful way. Packed with cleverly designed graphics, charts and diagrams, World War II: Infographics... -
HMS Hood: Pride of the Royal Navy by Daniel Knowles 9781781557235
RRP: $70.20$51.99For over twenty years the battlecruiser HMS 'Hood' toured the world as the most iconic warship in the Royal Navy. Unmatched in her beauty and charisma, 'Hood' is one of history's greatest warships. During the twilight years of the British Empire the... -
Wild Blue: 741 Squadron: On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe by Stephen E. Ambrose 9781471158810
RRP: $19.48$12.50In the bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, Stephen E. Ambrose portrayed in vivid detail the experiences of soldiers who fought on the bloody battlegrounds of World War II. THE WILD BLUE brings to life another extraordinary band of brothers - the men who... -
Safe Passage by Ida Cook
RRP: $21.43$12.38'A breathtaking story' Daily Mail 'Extraordinary' The Telegraph on the Cook sisters Desperate circumstances can cause ordinary women to achieve extraordinary things. No one would have predicted... -
Krupp Protze Lorry by Alan Ranger 9788365958792
$31.75The L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143, better known by the nickname given to it by the troops that used it "Krupp-Protze"" (Krupp Boxer), was a specialized multi-purpose designed six-wheeled 6x4 (six wheel, 4 wheel drive) German light off road truck and artillery... -
On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 by Prit Buttar
RRP: $33.13$24.73The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes... -
Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16 by Dan Hampton 9780062262097
RRP: $19.48$13.73The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation-a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from... -
Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World by Diana Preston
RRP: $25.33$17.59Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of... -
Tested by Bomb and Flame: Leicester versus Luftwaffe Air Raids 1939-1945 by Austin J. Ruddy 9780857042514
RRP: $38.98$33.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042514Author Austin J. RuddyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
RRP: $29.23$22.37Sixty years after the defeat of the Third Reich, the complexities of Nazi ideology are still being unravelled. This enormously influential book has provided the first serious account of these ideological origins. The book demonstrates the way in which...