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MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander by James Ellman 9780811771580
RRP: £25.00£18.54Douglas MacArthur is one of the most controversial generals in American military history. During World War II, some adored him while others mocked him as "Dugout Doug." His superiors, like President Franklin Roosevelt and General George Marshall,... -
Chindit by Richard Rhodes James
RRP: £10.99£7.77Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and bestselling historian James Holland.'Heroic, punishing excursions behind enemy lines, the Chindit expeditions... -
So Close to Freedom: A World War II Story of Peril and Betrayal in the Pyrenees by Jean-Luc E. Cartron
RRP: £25.99£22.49Many organizations contributed to the Allied cause during World War II by funneling hundreds of downed airmen, escaped POWs, Engelandvaarders, and Resistance fighters out of occupied Europe and allowing them to rejoin the fight against Nazi Germany. The... -
Sunderland vs U-boat: Bay of Biscay 1943–44 by Mark Lardas 9781472854810
RRP: £15.99£11.61An illustrated examination of the role played by the Sunderland as an antisubmarine aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic, focusing on the key battles of the Biscay campaign in 1943-44. The Sunderland is an iconic British aircraft of World War... -
The Arsenal of Democracy: Fdr, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A J Baime 9780544483873
RRP: £17.99£13.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544483873Author A J BaimeFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm * 25mm -
Brandenburger: Wartime Photographs of Wilhelm Walther by Rogers, Anthony 9781784387150
RRP: £14.99£10.95In March 1940, Oberleutnant Wilhelm Walther transferred from Aufkl rungs-Abteilung 5, an armoured reconnaissance unit, to Bau-Lehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 - forerunner of what would soon be known as the Brandenburger'. Two months later, he led a commando... -
The Good Germans: Resisting the Nazis, 1933-1945 by Catrine Clay
RRP: £9.99£6.80After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans who had never voted for the Nazis - some 20 million people - tried to keep their heads down and protect their families.They moved to the country, or pretended to support... -
Harold and Joan: Letters Home, an intimate glimpse of one man's journey through World War II by Karen Geraldine Croft 9781915067180
RRP: £8.99£6.45"Darling the hour has almost arrived. We leave tonight ... I am feeling it very much but I must not weaken. I must be brave. I think that will be the best attitude to take for us all" Harold Bishop is called up to the army in 1941, aged 39. He leaves... -
The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor
RRP: £12.99£12.18Inspired by true events... 'Moving and authentic' Dinah Jefferies'Vivid, heart-rending and so, so beautiful' Jenny Ashcroft'A beautiful, tender and fascinating story' Sinead Moriarty 'Deeply moving. Be prepared - have... -
The Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the Flight from Tyranny by Jeremy Seabrook 9780230218789
RRP: £22.00£21.91In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain's past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as... -
Horror In The East by Laurence Rees
RRP: £10.99£7.77The brutality of Japanese soldiers towards both allied prisoners of war and millions of civilians in Asia during the Second World War was one of the greatest horrors of the Twentieth Century. Here Laurence Rees, award-winning historian and author of... -
No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II by Kenneth K. Koskodan 9781849084796
RRP: £10.99£8.38An in-depth history of the Polish soldiers who served in World War 2, with previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photographs. There is a chapter of World War II history that remains largely untold; the monumental struggles of an entire... -
Enigma: The Battle For The Code by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
RRP: £14.99£9.80The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians... -
Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War by Philip Bell
RRP: £14.99£13.03A fresh exploration of the Second World War through twelve key events that shaped the conflict The Battle of Britain. Pearl Harbor. Stalingrad. D-Day. These defining events of the Second World War exemplify both the immense heroism and the grievous costs... -
The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation by Roger Moorhouse 9781847926760 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£9.08**A Telegraph Best History Book 2023 and Spectator Book of the Year**The inspirational story of the ordinary people who forged the documents that saved thousands of Jewish lives in World War Two.'Powerful ... gripping ... inspiring' JONATHAN... -
The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation by Roger Moorhouse 9781847926760
RRP: £25.00£17.62**A Telegraph Best History Book 2023 and Spectator Book of the Year**The inspirational story of the ordinary people who forged the documents that saved thousands of Jewish lives in World War Two.'Powerful ... gripping ... inspiring' JONATHAN... -
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Sir Max Hastings 9780007263684 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£1.25'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a... -
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £16.99£11.47'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a... -
British Army Cap Badges of the Second World War by Peter Doyle
RRP: £14.99£11.75In their companion volume to British Army Cap Badges of the First World War, authors Peter Doyle and Chris Foster present an overview of the main cap badges worn by the British Army during the Second World War, which continued the rich and varied... -
Panther by Thomas Anderson
RRP: £25.00£18.02A highly detailed illustrated history of one of the most famous tanks of World War II - the German Panther. Often considered the most elegant tank design of the war, the Panther embodied a balance of firepower, armour protection, and mobility... -
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington
RRP: £20.00£13.75*** The New York Times Bestseller ***'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known aspect of the period, highlighting the role of... -
Aachen: The U.S. Army's Battle for Charlemagne's City in World War II by Robert W. Baumer 9780811714822
RRP: £22.95£20.43By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into one of attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the Allies and the Third Reich's industrial heartland was the city of Aachen, once the ancient seat of... -
War in the Wilderness: The Chindits in Burma 1943-1944 by Tony Redding
RRP: £22.00£16.84War in the Wilderness is the most comprehensive account ever published of the human aspects of the Chindit war in Burma. The word 'Chindit' will always have a special resonance in military circles. Every Chindit endured what is widely regarded as the... -
The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Callum MacDonald 9781843410362
RRP: £9.99£6.70On 4 June 1942 one of the most powerful figures of the Nazi regime died in agony from wounds sustained during an assassination attempt in Prague. This is the story of the killing of Reinhard Heydrich, a man of extraordinary intelligence, ruthlessness and... -
The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II by Paul E. Eden 9781782744733
RRP: £35.00£25.47The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII is an exhaustive survey of the aircraft flown by all the combatants in Europe and the Pacific, including such famous aircraft as the P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, Yakovlev Yak-3, Messerschmitt Me 109 and Vought... -
Knight's Cross Winners of the Waffen SS: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Marc Rikmenspoel
£17.44Knight's Cross winners of the Waffen-SS details some of the most-decorated personalities of that infamous organization. Rare photos will portray men such Sepp Dietrich, Theodor Eicke, and Michael Wittmann. The images are a mix of studio portraits and... -
Das Boot by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim
RRP: £10.99£7.78Filled with almost unbearable tension and excitement, DAS BOOT is one of the best stories ever written about war, a supreme novel of the Second World War and an acclaimed film and TV drama.It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander and his crew set... -
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder
RRP: £12.99£9.09LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the gas chambers became operation more than a million European Jews were already dead: shot at close range... -
Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary from Hitler's Last Birthday to VE Day by Walter Kempowski 9781847086419
RRP: £12.99£8.56Swansong 1945 chronicles four significant days in the last three weeks of WWII: 20 April, Hitler's last birthday; 25 April, when American and Soviet troops first met at the Elbe; 30 April, the day Hitler committed suicide; and 8 May, the day of the... -
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War by Paul Kennedy
RRP: £12.99£9.09From Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, one of the most acclaimed history books of recent decades, Engineers of Victory is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War. In... -
German U-Boat Losses During World War II: Details of Destruction by Niestle, Axel 9781399082839
RRP: £16.99£12.28Hitler's U-boats fired some of the first shots of the Second World War, going on to threaten the Allies' maritime life lines until the very end of the fighting in Europe. Indeed, the Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of... -
The Third Reich: A New History by Michael Burleigh 9780330487573 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.32In this riveting book, Michael Burleigh sets Nazi Germany in a European context, showing how the Third Reich's abandonment of liberal democracy, decency and tolerance was widespread in the Europe of the period. He shows how a radical, pseudo-religious... -
The Third Reich: A New History by Michael Burleigh 9780330487573
RRP: £20.00£14.88In this riveting book, Michael Burleigh sets Nazi Germany in a European context, showing how the Third Reich's abandonment of liberal democracy, decency and tolerance was widespread in the Europe of the period. He shows how a radical, pseudo-religious... -
The Wellington Bomber Story by Martin W. Bowman 9780752461939
RRP: £8.99£7.40The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber, universally known as the 'Wimpy'. The only bomber in construction throughout the Second World War, the Wellington played a pivotal role in training and combat from its conception... -
Mussolini's War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943 by John Gooch
RRP: £16.99£12.28WINNER OF THE 2021 DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020From an acclaimed military historian, the definitive account of Italy's experience of the Second World WarWhile staying closely aligned with Hitler,... -
Hitler's Collaborators: Choosing between bad and worse in Nazi-occupied Western Europe by Philip Morgan 9780199239733 [USED COPY]
RRP: £26.49£6.86Hitler's Collaborators focuses the spotlight on one of the most controversial and uncomfortable aspects of the Nazi wartime occupation of Europe: the citizens of those countries who helped Hitler. Although a widespread phenomenon, this was long ignored... -
Hitler's Collaborators: Choosing between bad and worse in Nazi-occupied Western Europe by Philip Morgan
RRP: £26.49£19.01Hitler's Collaborators focuses the spotlight on one of the most controversial and uncomfortable aspects of the Nazi wartime occupation of Europe: the citizens of those countries who helped Hitler. Although a widespread phenomenon, this was long ignored... -
Japanese Aircraft of World War II: 1937-1945 by Thomas Newdick
RRP: £17.99£12.39Illustrated with detailed artworks of Japanese aircraft and their markings, Japanese Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircraft deployed by the Japanese military from the Second Sino-Japanese War to the surrender in the Pacific in... -
The Battle for North Africa: El Alamein and the Turning Point for World War II by Glyn Harper
RRP: £24.99£20.41In the early years of World War II, Germany shocked the world with a devastating blitzkrieg, rapidly conquered most of Europe, and pushed into North Africa. As the Allies scrambled to counter the Axis armies, the British Eighth Army confronted the... -
Air America by Christopher Robbins
RRP: £10.99£7.40The incredible inside story of the world's most extraordinary covert operation.Air America - a secret airline run by the CIA - flew missions no one else would touch, from General Claire Cennault's legendary Flying Tigers in WW II to two brutal decades...