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The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany by S. P. MacKenzie 9780199203079
$47.21Though only one among hundreds of prison camps in which British servicemen were held between 1939 and 1945, Colditz enjoys unparalleled name recognition both in Britain and in other parts of the English-speaking world. Made famous in print, on film, and... -
Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies
RRP: $42.00$31.25Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Warsaw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence... -
Storming Eagles: German Airborne Forces in World War II by James Lucas 9781800329850 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.18$4.81Unstoppable and deadly, this is the gripping story of some of the most feared soldiers in the warThe daring, courage and skill of the highly-trained men who spearheaded German assaults in the blitzkrieg of 1940, dropping from the air to seize and... -
Storming Eagles: German Airborne Forces in World War II James Lucas 9781800329850
RRP: $25.18$15.94Unstoppable and deadly, this is the gripping story of some of the most feared soldiers in the warThe daring, courage and skill of the highly-trained men who spearheaded German assaults in the blitzkrieg of 1940, dropping from the air to seize and... -
The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance - A New York Times Bestseller by Judy Batalion
RRP: $23.08$13.59One of the most important untold stories of World War II, The Light of Days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who inspired Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis... -
D-Day: The Soldiers' Story by Giles Milton 9781473649040 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$7.29'Vivid, graphic and moving' Mail on Sunday Book of the YearJUNE 1944: THE DAY OF THE GREATEST SEABORNE INVASION IN HISTORY.The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. If Allied forces could gain a foothold in... -
Spying on the Reich: The Cold War Against Hitler by Roger Howard 9780192862990
RRP: $66.13$46.07Exactly a century ago, intelligence agencies across Europe first became aware of a fanatical German nationalist whose political party was rapidly gathering momentum. His name was Adolf Hitler. From 1933, these spy services watched with growing alarm... -
A Child of the East End: The heartwarming and gripping memoir from the queen of saga fiction by Jean Fullerton
RRP: $18.88$12.77'Funny, stark, fascinating' THE INDEPENDENT'An extraordinary celebration of a bygone era' KATE THOMPSON, author of The Stepney Doorstep Society'A vivid portrait of the post-war years, but also a unique community spirit that is in danger of being lost... -
Hitler's Third Reich in 100 Objects: A Material History of Nazi Germany by Roger Moorhouse 9781784385163
RRP: $35.68$26.63_'An engaging and novel approach to a familiar history. Pleasingly comprehensive and accessible highly recommended_' - Iron Cross magazine. Hitler's Third Reich is still the focus of numerous articles, books and films: no regime of the twentieth... -
German Tanks in Normandy 1944: The Panzer, Sturmgeschutz and Panzerjager forces that faced the D-Day invasion by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $27.28$19.09A new study of the German Panzer forces that stood between the Allies' D-Day beachhead and victory in World War II - how they compared, how they were organized, and how they fought. The German tank forces in Normandy in June-August 1944 had the... -
Secrets Of Churchills War Rooms Compact Ed by J. Asbury 9781912423149
RRP: $31.48$22.68This magnificent volume, now in a smaller paperback format, gives you exclusive access to behind the glass partition at Churchill War Rooms, bringing you closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war - but won it. Go behind closed doors... -
Waffen-SS Dutch & Belgian Volunteers by Ian Baxter
$34.02Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, numerous Dutchmen, Belgians and Danes volunteered for the Waffen-SS. The largest division, SS Volunteer Legion Netherlands operated in Yugoslavia and then Northern Russia. It was later re-designated 23rd... -
The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders 9780571239795
RRP: $31.48$20.58A gripping account of the life and fate of the woman who almost assassinated Benito Mussolini. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the... -
Midnight Flight to Nuremberg: The Capture of the Nazi who put Adolf Hitler into Power by Marcus Nannini
RRP: $42.00$30.01This is the story of an American C-47 'Dakota' pilot who earned three Air Medals, seven Battle Stars and flew twenty-seven combat missions during the Second World War. As a young U.S. pilot, Harry Watson, arrived in Britain as the Battle of Normandy was... -
The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobsen
RRP: $20.98$14.28'A compact and compelling novel by an iconic Norwegian writer...[and] thanks to Don Bartlett and Don Shaw's crisp translation, we see it obliquely' - IndependentSet in Finland in 1939, this is the story of one man who remains in his home town when... -
Bletchley Park and D-Day by David Kenyon
RRP: $23.08$20.52The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most famous stories of the Second World War. But... -
From the Realm of a Dying Sun. Volume 3: Iv. Ss-Panzerkorps from Budapest to Vienna, February-May 1945 by Douglas E. Nash Sr.
RRP: $63.00$51.22In the closing months of World War II, with Budapest's fall on 12 February 1945 and the breakout attempt by the IX SS-Gebirgskorps having failed, the only thing the IV. SS-Panzerkorps could do was fall back to a more defensible line and fortify the key... -
Defeating the Panzer-Stuka Menace: British Spigot Weapons of the Second World War by David Lister
RRP: $52.50$37.84Weapons of myth and scandal, that is the best way to describe the spigot weapons deployed by the British in the Second World War. Unlike conventional mortars, a spigot mortar does not have a barrel through with the round is fired. Instead, the general... -
The Nine: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story by Gwen Strauss
RRP: $39.88$28.18'A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival.' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzThe thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the Resistance, launched a... -
Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis 9781541700673
RRP: $46.18$36.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541700673Author Damien LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairs -
Wild Blue: 741 Squadron: On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe by Stephen E. Ambrose 9781471158810
RRP: $20.98$13.46In 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... -
German Bomber Aircraft of World War II by Thomas Newdick
RRP: $37.78$26.02Organised chronologically by type, German Bomber Aircraft of World War II offers a highly-illustrated guide to the main types of aircraft used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The book offers a comprehensive survey of German aircraft, from... -
Operation Jericho: Freeing the French Resistance from Gestapo jail, Amiens 1944 Robert Lyman 9781472852069
RRP: $31.48$23.00This is the story of Operation Jericho, the spectacular prison break staged by an elite group of British, Australian and New Zealand bomber pilots, who flew a daring low-level mission to blow holes in the walls of Amiens jail and free French Resistance... -
They Gave Me A Seafire Commander R M 'Mike' Crosley 9781399014441
RRP: $31.48$23.00A classic in every sense of the word, the re-issuing of this book is sure to provoke an enthusiastic response. First published in 1986 by Airlife, its publishing history has seen a great number of glowing reviews generated, coming from both historians... -
The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal Simon Parkin 9781529347234
RRP: $27.28$18.06WINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE'Vivid and moving' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Excellent . . . a powerful tribute' GuardianIn the summer of 1940, faced with national paranoia, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the internment of all German, Austrian and... -
Clouds over Paris: The Wartime Notebooks of Felix Hartlaub by Felix Hartlaub 9781782278467
RRP: $23.08$15.37New paperback of the acclaimed, sharply immediate diary written from the heart of Occupied Paris by a classic German writer 'Delicately drawn, inventive and unmistakably Parisian' Financial Times The writer Felix Hartlaub died in obscurity at just... -
Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson
RRP: $27.28$18.90From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close. Newly... -
Infantry Attacks by Erwin Rommel
RRP: $31.48$23.00Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in the Second World War. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein,... -
The Second World War Sir Martin Gilbert 9780753826768
RRP: $42.00$30.14A striking new edition of the most authoritative account of the Second World War by one of the greatest living military historians. A history of the Second World War that covers all the war fronts, the fighting on land, at sea and in the air, the... -
German Ground Forces of World War II: Complete Orders of Battle for Army Groups, Armies, Army Corps, and Other Commands of the Wehrmacht and Waffen Ss, September 1, 1939, to May 8, 1945 by William T. McCroden 9781611211092
RRP: $94.50$68.90This massive new reference work is broken up into sections presenting a detailed analysis of each corresponding order of battle for every German field formation above division. Additional new ground is broken by describing the orders of battle of the... -
The Spitfire Story: Told By Those Who Designed, Maintained and Flew the Iconic Plane by Jacky Hyams
RRP: $18.88$13.06The Spitfire Story, published in association with Imperial War Museums, is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines, as well as the people behind the scenes.The Spitfire is the world's most iconic aeroplane. Coming... -
A Doctor's War by Aidan MacCarthy 9781904943402
RRP: $18.88$13.55As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena comparable with those of famous war heroes. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners with... -
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore 9780241972267 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$4.81* * * Special 75th Anniversary Edition * * * Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk.Dunkirk was not just about what happened... -
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
RRP: $31.48$23.00* * * Special 75th Anniversary Edition * * * Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk.Dunkirk was not just about what happened... -
Devil Dogs: First In, Last Out – King Company from Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan by Saul David
RRP: $20.98$13.69A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and also the last. ... -
Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H Jackson
RRP: $27.28$20.37"A Nazi resistance story like none you've ever heard or read." -Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground"Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing short of mind-boggling. A brilliant book for the ages!"... -
The Day Of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-44 by Rick Atkinson
RRP: $35.68$25.07In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of the Battle, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade... -
Auschwitz: True Tales From a Grotesque Land by Sara Nomberg-Przytyk 9780807841600
RRP: $58.70$33.81From the moment I got to Auschwitz I was completely detached. I disconnected my heart and intellect in an act of self-defense, despair, and hopelessness."" With these words Sara Nomberg-Przytyk begins this painful and compelling account of her... -
The Fighting Captain Alan Burn 9781399077279
RRP: $33.58$24.38Captain F J Walker, RN, did more than any other man at sea to win the Battle of the Atlantic, a vicious and unrelenting struggle which Churchill described as the dominating factor throughout World War Two. He was a formidable figure and one of the... -
Secret Spitfires: Britain's Hidden Civilian Army by Howman
RRP: $42.00$32.42September 1940: In the midst of the Second World War, The Luftwaffe unleashed a series of devastating raids on Southampton, all but destroying its Spitfire factories.But production didn't stop. Instead, manufacturing of this iconic fighter moved...