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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471490357Author Hugh Sebag-MontefioreFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Written by award-winning journalist, acclaimed historian and World War II veteran Gerald Astor, THE GREATEST WAR III is an American combat history of World War II told largely in the words of the soldiers, airmen and marines who fought - and ultimately...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446610476Author Gerald AstorFormat PaperbackPage Count 580Imprint Warner BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 289g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425245385Author James SheeranFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley CaliberPublisher Berkley CaliberWeight(grams) 356gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 153mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425196410Author Elizabeth MullenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 397g

On February 19, 1945, nearly 70,000 American soldiers invaded a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. Over the next thirty-five days, approximately 28,000 soldiers died, including nearly 22,000 Japanese and 6,821 Americans, making Iwo Jima one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312378066Author John NicholFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint St. Martins Press-3plPublisher St. Martins Press-3plWeight(grams) 567g

The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into the concentration camp, Buna-Monowitz, known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a British POW labour camp,...

Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets--thanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of history's most remarkable moments. David Stafford has written a riveting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060006778Author Frederick TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 518Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380816231Author Tom ShachtmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 197mm *...

From the pioneering tactics and terror of the Blitzkrieg assault, through the carnage of Barbarossa, Kursk, the Desert War, and the Normandy Bocage and the Battle of the Bulge, there were perhaps no more unsettling and merciless positions to occupy in...

The British Army started the development of flame throwers in 1938, but progress was slow and interest was side-lined after Dunkirk while the army reequipped. Investment in a flame-throwing tank only returned to the agenda thanks to interest by General...

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of World War II, lasting the entirety of the war in Europe from September 1939 to May 1945. It was also one of the war’s most complex campaigns, involving strategy, operations, tactics, logistics,...

This book analyses the process of 'reshaping' liberated societies in post-1945 Europe. Post-war societies tried to solve three main questions immediately after the dark times of occupation: Who could be considered a patriot and a valuable member of the...

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of Allied and Japanese aircraft which served throughout Australia, New Guinea and the South Pacific. This Volume 14 covers those B-25, PBJ & F-10 Mitchell models which served in these...

One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, wartime leader Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. He recruited a...

Often typified by the large tank battles of the Eastern Front, the hunt for U-boats in the Atlantic and the dogfights over European skies, the Second World War saw mechanised warfare on an unprecedented scale. Yet there was another side to the fighting...

"I'm the 82nd Airborne Division!" is the most comprehensive collection of combat narratives, after action reports, documents, maps, and photographs detailing the saga of one of the most famous units in the Second World War. These original...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035805273Author Dionysis CharitopoulosFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783318209Author Sir General William JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 626Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783318193Author Brigadier C J C MolonyFormat HardbackPage Count 572Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783318049Author Sir General William JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 626Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783318032Author Brigadier C J C MolonyFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams)...

Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporising thousands; sixteen square...

With over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USA's fight against Japan in the Second World War. Including books, articles, and de-classified documents up to the end of 1987, the book is organized...

The defeat of Nazi Germany in the words of those who were there. New Year's Day 1945 was not a day for rest or rejoicing on the embattled continent of Europe. Hard winter gripped the land, from the Channel coast to the distant Urals. Only the thought...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780635141699Author Carole Marsh LongmeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Gallopade InternationalPublisher Gallopade International

Following the German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, the German-Soviet non-aggression pact was officially broken. After initial successes, it quickly became clear that the enemy could not be defeated that easily, as the unknown terrain and extreme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806542102Author Damien LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 386g

Illustrated with detailed artworks of Wehrmacht vehicles and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Panzergrenadier Divisions, 1939–45 is the definitive study of the equipment and...

A compelling and masterly account of the D-Day landings from the No. 1 bestselling historian Max Hastings, author of Vietnam and Operation Pedestal.'Max Hastings stands in the first rank of writers on modern war' – Financial TimesOn 6 June 1944 – D-Day –...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781454941163Author Alan Associated PressFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint SterlingPublisher Sterling Publishing Co Inc

An award-winning historian of antisemitism, Nazism, and totalitarianism draws on his family and personal history to examine the lives of Volga Germans during the 18th century, the pioneering experiences of his family in late 19th-century Nebraska, and...

From Axis Victories to the Turn of the Tide is a history of the critical campaigns of World War II and highlights the "visible" turning point battles of the war in 1942 and 1943. By focusing not only on what happened but also on why, Alan...

For many, the name of Adolf Eichmann is synonymous with the Nazi murder of six million Jews. As a perpetuator of the Final Solution he stands alongside Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler as one of history's most notorious murderers, yet ever since Hannah...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336387Author Santiago FloresFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789463383172Author Dr Perry PierikFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijPublisher Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijWeight(grams) 594g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789638962300Author Peter KocsisFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.Weight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 300mm...

This book reconstructs the fate of Italian prisoners of war captured by the Red Army between August 1941 and the winter of 1942-43. On 230.000 Italians left on the Eastern front almost 100.000 did not come back home. Testimonies and memoirs from...