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The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World by Didier Alcante
RRP: $46.18$31.00From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were... -
My Disappearing Uncle: Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family by Kathy Henderson
RRP: $42.00$31.58'That's what happens when you listen to the stories and they start to tell themselves all over again ... the more you hear, the more questions there are, answers unpeeling like the layers of an onion.'Memoir, detective work and political history come... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer
RRP: $42.00$30.01How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Conspiracies of World War II: Devious Plots, Sinisters Saboteurs and Extraordinary Enigmas by Alexander Macdonald 9781398828834
RRP: $20.98$14.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398828834Author Alexander MacdonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Priests de la Resistance!: The loose canons who fought Fascism in the twentieth century by The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie
RRP: $20.98$13.69'A hugely enjoyable, eccentric account of clerical heroism in the face of evil.' Observer 'Comedy and tragedy run side by side... Bracing and lively.' The Times 'An admiring study of priests and ministers who have put their lives on the line.' BBC... -
Flight Craft 22: Mitsubishi A6M Zero by Robert Jackson 9781526759948
RRP: $35.68$25.79Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of Odette Sansom, WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
RRP: $18.88$13.55'A thrilling account' Daily Mail'Thrilling and inspiring' Daily Mirror'Extraordinary bravery... made this woman one of WWII's most remarkable spies. That she survived the war was almost miraculous' TimeThe year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing... -
Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944 by Anne De Courcy 9781250177087
RRP: $37.78$25.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250177087Author Anne De CourcyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 137g -
Tomorrow to Be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion by Susan Travers 9780743200028
$33.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743200028Author Susan TraversFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Dunkirk: The Epic Story of History's Most Extraordinary Evacuation by John Harris
RRP: $27.28$6.97How the miracle on the beaches saved a nation. A gripping account of one of the most famous episodes of the Second World WarIn May 1940 British and Allied troops on mainland Europe were in a perilous situation: cut off and surrounded, at the conclusion... -
Uncommon Courage: The Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War II by Julia Jones 9781472987112
RRP: $20.98$16.11'An extraordinary account of heroism and sacrifice. An unexpected and important story, rivetingly told. Rip roaring stuff. Get this into the paws of the sea dog in your life.' - Griff Rhys Jones 'A book that had to be written' - Let's Talk 'People... -
China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival by Rana Mitter
RRP: $31.48$23.00Winner of the Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World War, but perhaps the most compelling is 1937, when the 'Marco Polo Bridge Incident' plunged China and... -
Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead
RRP: $42.00$30.85'Vividly told, engrossing history' CLARE MULLEY, author of The Women Who Flew for Hitler'Precise, empathic . . . a profoundly satisfying, albeit wistful, read and . . . a worryingly relevant one' GUARDIANA thrilling biography of Benito Mussolini's... -
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives by Peter Caddick-Adams 9781848091542 [USED COPY]
$36.67Two men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres of war which established them as two of the greatest captains of... -
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives by Peter Caddick-Adams
RRP: $31.48$23.00Two men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres of war which established them as two of the greatest captains of... -
Swedish Bomber Colours 1924-1958 by Mikael Forslund 9788365958372
RRP: $84.00$77.99This latest book in the Rainbow Series covers Swedish bomber aircraft deployed during World War Two and in early 50s.Camouflage and markings on the bombers obtained from different countries are described in unparalleled detail by the well-known Finnish... -
Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier by John Winton 9781800554177
RRP: $31.48$28.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800554177Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm -
British Motor Torpedo Boat 1939-45 by Angus Konstam
$20.56During the Second World War, flotillas of the Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boats and other coastal forces fought a deadly war for control of the English Channel and the North Sea. These small, fast boats attacked enemy convoys, escorted freighters, landed... -
The Perfect Nazi: Uncovering My SS Grandfather's Secret Past and How Hitler Seduced a Generation by Martin Davidson
RRP: $23.08$16.32In 1926, at the age of twenty, a trainee dentist called Bruno Langbehn joined the Nazi party. Growing up in a Germany that was impoverished and humiliated by the defeat of the First World War, and surrounded by a fiercely military environment, Bruno was... -
Hitler's Berchtesgaden: A Guide to Third Reich Sites in Berchtesgaden and the Obersalzberg by Geoffrey R. Walden 9781781552261
RRP: $31.48$23.00In 1925, Adolf Hitler chose a remote mountain area in the southeast corner of Germany as his home. Hitler settled in a small house on the Obersalzberg, a district overlooking the picturesque town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps. After Hitler became... -
The Traitor of Colditz by Robert Verkaik
RRP: $42.00$25.31'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant ... An amazing story, one I hadn't heard too much about' Dan SnowIT IS THE DEPTHS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.The... -
Fields of Orange Johanna Francis 9781800991460
RRP: $20.98$18.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800991460Author Johanna FrancisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 14mm -
A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival in Auschwitz by Caroline Moorehead
RRP: $23.08$16.32A moving and extraordinary book about courage and survival, friendship and endurance - a portrait of ordinary women who faced the horror of the holocaust together.On an icy morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were... -
The Reckoning: The Defeat of Army Group South, 1944 by Prit Buttar
RRP: $35.68$26.63'The Reckoning is vivid history, the tragic Eastern Front brought to life through the widest range of Russian and German sources I've ever read. Bravo.' - Peter Caddick-Adams, author and broadcaster From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit... -
A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2 by Paddy Ashdown 9781781311257 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.81The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour - by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying... -
A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2 by Paddy Ashdown
RRP: $20.98$14.28The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour - by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying... -
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Aftermath of World War II by John W. Dower
RRP: $35.68$26.63Drawing on a vast range of sources, from manga comics to MacArthur's report to Congress, this monumental new work by America's foremost historian of modern Japan traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on every aspect of Japan's national life... -
Frank Pantridge MC: Japanese Prisoner of War and Inventor of the Portable Defibrillator Cecil Lowry 9781399002929
RRP: $31.48$23.00Countless thousands of men and women around the world have good reason to be thankful that Frank Pantridge survived three and a half years of brutal Japanese captivity. Had he not, they too would in all probability have died too. Taken prisoner at the... -
The Cinderella Campaign: First Canadian Army and the Battles for the Channel Ports by Mark Zuehlke 9781771620895
RRP: $56.68$48.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771620895Author Mark ZuehlkeFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre -
The Red Line: The Gripping Story of the RAF's Bloodiest Raid on Hitler's Germany by John Nichol 9780007486854
RRP: $23.08$16.32From best-selling author of Tail-End Charlie and Tornado Down comes this powerful and deeply moving account of Bomber Command's 1944 Nuremberg Raid - the RAF's bloodiest night of the Second World War More men from Royal Air Force Bomber... -
The Spitfire Kids: The generation who built, supported and flew Britain's most beloved fighter by Alasdair Cross
RRP: $27.28$18.06THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling author of Spitfire: A Very British Love StoryDespite the many films and television... -
Ju 87D/G STUKA versus T-34: Eastern Front 1942–45 by Robert Forsyth 9781472854759
RRP: $33.58$24.38An examination of two of the most high-profile air and land weapons to be deployed on the Eastern Front in World War II. In late 1942, as part of its attempts to strike back at ever-increasing numbers of Soviet tanks, the German air ministry... -
Hitler's Interpreter by Paul Schmidt 9781781555163
RRP: $39.88$29.42As the main interpreter for Adolf Hitler during the key prewar moments, such as the Munich Agreement, the British Declaration of War and the surrender of France, Paul-Otto Schmidt was well placed to record his impressions of events from 1935 up to 1945... -
Evasion and Escape Devices by Phil Froom 9780764348396
RRP: $134.38$89.25This 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... -
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt 9780143039884
RRP: $37.80$21.76'A profound and documented analysis ... Bound to stir our minds and trouble our consciences' Chicago TribuneHannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in... -
SOE: Churchill's Secret Agents by Terry Crowdy
RRP: $18.88$13.55The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. Its mission was to export resistance, subversion and sabotage to occupied Europe and beyond, disrupting the German war effort and building a... -
Wartime Women: A Mass Observation Anthology by Dorothy Sheridan
RRP: $20.98$14.28A unique document offering unrivalled insight into women's minds and lives during the Second World War.The Mass-Observation organisation was set up in 1937 with the aim of recording everyday life in Britain. Dorothy Sheridan has plundered its... -
D-Day and Normandy: A Visual History by Anthony Richards 9781912423217
RRP: $42.00$31.63Operation Overlord, the codename given to the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe in 1944, was arguably the most challenging, complicated and risky military operation in history. It began on 6 June with Operation Neptune, the largest... -
The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food by Lizzie Collingham
RRP: $35.68$25.79In World War Two, 19 million people died in the conflicts across the globe. Yet in those same years, more than 20 million died from starvation and malnutrition. In The Taste of War Lizzie Collingham shows how food - and its lack - was central to the... -
Pakwagen SDKFZ 234/3 and 234/4: German Army, Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe Units - Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944-1945 by Dennis Oliver
RRP: $35.68$28.58Experience in the Polish and French campaigns had convinced the German high command of the value of fast-moving, armed reconnaissance vehicles. But it was realised that many of the early designs were too lightly-armed and development of a heavy...