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England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-42 by Colin Smith
RRP: £14.99£10.20Genuinely new story of the Second World War - the full account of England's last war against France in 1940-42.Most people think that England's last war with France involved point-blank broadsides from sailing ships and breastplated Napoleonic cavalry... -
It Had to be Tough: The Origins and Training of the Commandos in World War II by James Dunning
RRP: £14.99£10.95It Had to Be Tough tells the fascinating story of the origins of the Commandos (Britain's first Special Service troops and the forerunners of today's Parachute Regiment, the SAS and the SBS). The Commandos were raised on the specific and personal orders... -
Panther German Army Medium Tank: Italian Front, 1944-1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781399065009
RRP: £18.99£13.61The Allied invasions of Sicily and the Italian mainland had been met with tenacious resistance by the Germans but the defence consisted for the most part of armoured units that were little different to those the British had faced in North Africa. But in... -
Tonight We Die as Men: The Untold Story of Third Batallion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day by Ian Gardner 9781849084369
RRP: £12.99£9.09The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This is the astounding... -
The Reconquest of Burma 1944–45: From Operation Capital to the Sittang Bend by Robert Lyman
RRP: £16.99£12.28A fascinating exploration of the dramatic battles and Allied operations to wrest back control of Burma (Myanmar) from the Japanese. The Allied reconquest of Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy in 1944 and 1945. It happened despite it - in... -
Faust's Metropolis: A History of Berlin by Alexandra Richie
RRP: £25.99£19.28'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... -
Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 1942-2002 by Gordon L. Rottman 9781841769233
£9.08The Landing Ship Tank (LST) is one of the most famous of the many World War II amphibious warfare ships. Capable of discharging its cargo directly on to shore and extracting itself, the LST provided the backbone of all Allied landings between 1943 and... -
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann
RRP: £16.99£11.94Winner of the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize and the Wolfson History PrizeIn March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an... -
Hitler's Winter: The German Battle of the Bulge by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: £20.00£14.69'What a brilliant book this is... a terrific narrative of Hitler's Ardennes offensive of December 1944 - superb storytelling that achieves a skilful balance between drama and detail.' - James Holland The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German... -
British Town Class Cruisers: Southampton & Belfast Classes: Design, Development & Performance by Conrad Waters 9781526718853
RRP: £40.00£29.99Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British Town' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when the Second World War began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the US and Japanese Navies... -
Emmerdale at War: an uplifting and romantic read perfect for nights in (Emmerdale, Book 3) by Pamela Bell
RRP: £7.99£5.60Emmerdale at War is a must for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during wartime. Britain is at war once again and the families of Emmerdale are trying their best to cope with a new way of life... -
The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz: The Extraordinary True Story by Denis Avey
RRP: £10.99£7.40THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715,... -
Resistance and Liberation: France at War, 1942-1945 by Douglas Porch 9781009161145
RRP: £35.00£24.04In Resistance and Liberation, Douglas Porch continues his epic history of France at war. Emerging from the debacle of 1940, France faced the quandary of how to rebuild military power, protect the empire, and resuscitate its global influence. While... -
112 Gripes about the French by Bodleian Library
RRP: £3.00£2.75When American troops arrived in Paris to help maintain order at the end of the Second World War they were, at first, received by the local population with a sense of euphoria. However, the French soon began to resent the Americans for their display of... -
Miracle at the Litza: Hitler'S First Defeat on the Eastern Front by Alf R. Jacobsen 9781612005065
RRP: £25.00£20.93In the early summer of 1941 German mountain soldiers under the command of General Eduard Dietl set out in northern Norway up through Finland to the Russian border. Operation Silberfuchs was underway. The northernmost section of the Eastern Front would... -
Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States by Alex Wellerstein
RRP: £31.00£26.73The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered... -
Normandiefront: D-Day to St Lô Through German Eyes by Vince Milano 9780752471457
RRP: £20.00£15.44You probably already know the basic story of what happened on D-Day - but it is almost certain that your knowledge is based upon books written from the Allied perspective. "Normandiefront" provides a fresh and unique exploration of the greatest seaborne... -
Pieces of the Action by Vannevar Bush
RRP: £17.99£13.30An inside account of one of the most innovative R&D ecosystems of the 20th century, from the man who was at the center of it all. Over a 60-year career in public affairs, Vannevar Bush-engineer, inventor, educator, and public face of government-funded... -
British Light Cruisers 1939-45 by Angus Konstam
RRP: £12.99£9.79The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate - a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets. By the inter-war period the need for this type of ship was even more... -
Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance by Robert Gildea
RRP: £12.99£8.56The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. Not simply an effort to free the country from German occupation, it was part of a Europe-wide anti-fascist struggle, which included Spanish republicans,... -
Secret Spitfires: Britain's Hidden Civilian Army by Howman
RRP: £20.00£15.44September 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... -
World War II at Sea: A Global History by Craig L. Symonds
RRP: £30.49£22.28Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature), Craig L. Symonds has... -
If the Gods are Good: The Story of "HMS Jervis Bay's" Final Heroic Battle by Gerald L Duskin 9780907579731
RRP: £7.99£5.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579731Author Gerald L DuskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
To VE-Day Through German Eyes: The Final Defeat of Nazi Germany by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: £10.99£7.25'If Germany stays united and marches to the rhythm of its revolutionary socialist outlook, it will be unbeatable. Our indestructible will to life, and the driving force of the Fuhrer's personality guarantee this.' (Joseph Goebbels, 4 June 1943.) It... -
The Dead And Those About To Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach by John C. McManus
RRP: £16.99£11.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451415301Author John C. McManusFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 385g -
The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay 9781781310793 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.00£2.41Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret...The men and women of the ' Y' (for Wireless' ) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's... -
The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay
RRP: £14.00£9.20Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret...The men and women of the ' Y' (for Wireless' ) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's... -
Spitfire Pilot by David Crook 9781906502041 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitlers Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts the Battle of Britain seen through... -
Spitfire Pilot by David Crook 9781906502041
RRP: £9.99£7.11Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitlers Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts the Battle of Britain seen through... -
U-Boats in the Bahamas by Eric Wiberg 9781899694624
RRP: £35.95£27.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899694624Author Eric WibergFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Brick Tower PressPublisher Brick Tower Press -
Battleships of World War I & World War II by E V Martindale
RRP: £17.99£12.39For centuries, battleships provided overwhelming firepower at sea. They were not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. The rise of the aircraft carrier following the Japanese aerial strike on... -
Remembering the Cloud by Charles Reddig 9781985182462
RRP: £9.95£8.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985182462Author Connie KirbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
The Holocaust in Romania: The Destruction of Jews and Roma under the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944 by Radu Ioanid 9781538138083
RRP: £25.00£20.70After 1948, the 370,000 Jews of Romania who survived the Holocaust became one of the main sources of immigration for the new state of Israel as almost all left their homeland to settle in Palestine and Israel. Romania's decision to allow its Jews to... -
Bases of Bomber Command Then and Now by Roger A. Freeman
RRP: £40.00£33.37Sixty years ago over 100 aerodromes in east and north-eastern England were occupied by the men and machines of RAF Bomber Command. The tenure of the majority of the bases was brief - some six years - but during that time more than 55,000 men lost their... -
The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany by S. P. MacKenzie 9780199203079
£22.48Though 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: £20.00£14.88Rising '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: £11.99£2.39Unstoppable 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 by James Lucas
RRP: £11.99£7.59Unstoppable 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... -
D-Day: The Soldiers' Story by Giles Milton 9781473649040 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£3.47'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... -
Hitler's Third Reich in 100 Objects: A Material History of Nazi Germany by Roger Moorhouse 9781784385163
RRP: £16.99£12.68_'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...