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Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews by Mark Mazower
RRP: £16.99£11.47The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories of Suleiman the Magnificent to its nadir under Nazi occupation. Salonica is the point where the wonders and... -
Luftwaffe Nightfighters by Jerry Scutts 9781855326965
RRP: £16.99£14.10Germany's nightfighter force was virtually non-existent at the start of the war, mainly due to Reichmashall Herman Goring's boast that bombs would never fall on Germany. By mid 1940 the folly of this statement had been revealed and the first Luftwaffe... -
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore 9780241972267 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.40Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
RRP: £14.99£10.95* * * 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... -
Surviving D-Day Tanks in Normandy by Craig Moore
RRP: £14.99£10.95On June 6, 1944, D-Day, the Allied invasion of northern France began. Thousands of Allied soldiers, along with their equipment and vehicles, landed in Normandy on five main beaches. Most tanks arrived on the beaches by landing craft, and a few days... -
The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle by Mark Stille
RRP: £16.99£12.28After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese... -
Soviet Motor Gunboats of World War II: The Red Army's 'river tanks' from Stalingrad to Berlin by Przemyslaw Budzbon 9781472857217
RRP: £12.99£9.09A compelling account of the heavily armed and highly mobile Soviet river gunboats which took on the Germans during World War II. Russia's enormous river system has long been its highway and, as early as 1908, the Tsar's armies were developing armoured... -
Tanks in the Battle of Germany 1945: Western Front by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £11.99£8.43The crossing of the river Rhine marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich, but the Wehrmacht would fight ferociously on its home soil until the fall of Berlin. The Battle of Germany saw the most advanced tanks of the Allies pitted against the... -
Berlin: Life and Loss in the City That Shaped The Century by Sinclair McKay 9780241503171 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.89Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
MI9: Escape and Evasion: 2020 by M.R.D. Foot 9781785905643
RRP: £10.99£7.93Many of the most famous escapes in history took place during the Second World War. These daring flights from Nazi-occupied Europe would never have been possible but for the assistance of a hitherto secret British service: MI9. This small, dedicated and... -
Cutthroats: The Adventures of a Sherman Tank Driver in the Pacific by Robert Dick 9780891418849
RRP: £6.99£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418849Author Robert DickFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Air War Varsity by Martin W. Bowman 9781473863101
£25.59Here, Martin Bowman brings us the first book on Operation Varsity to include both British and US air and ground operations, as well as the US, British and Canadian paratroop and resupply missions, all presented together in one ambitious volume. ... -
Knights of the Skull, Vol. 2: Germany's Panzer Forces in WWII, Barbarossa by Wayne Vansant 9780764353789
RRP: £15.99£10.94Knights of the Skull is a full-color, graphic non-fiction series chronicling the development of the German Panzer (armored) forces in World War II. Volume 2 starts with the April 1941 Balkans and Greece campaigns, then moves into the planning and early... -
Spitfire!: The Full Story of a Unique Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron by Dilip Sarkar 9781526732811
£40.09As a child, Dilip Sarkar was fascinated by the haunting image of an anonymous RAF Spitfire pilot. Taken minutes after landing from a Battle of Britain combat, this was Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC, the commander of 19 Squadron, based at Fowlmere - and... -
A-26 Invader: Douglas A-26/B-26 from WWII Through Vietnam by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£14.65The Douglas Invader has the distinction of being used by the United States in a combat role in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Originally created as an attack aircraft, with the designation A-26, the Invader was intended to replace the Douglas A-20, North... -
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram 9780316881463
£30.74A larger-than-life fighter pilot and genius of aviation, engineering and military strategy, Boyd dared to challenge the intractable military bureaucracy and its outmoded practices. The single-minded determination developed in his youth carried him on to... -
We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 by Robert Forczyk
RRP: £12.99£9.09In May 1940 Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe, the only European power still standing was Great Britain - and the all-conquering German armed forces stood poised to cross the Channel. Following the destruction of the RAF fighter forces, the... -
Strike Of The Sailfish: Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier by Stephen L. Moore 9780593472873
RRP: £28.99£18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593472873Author Stephen L. MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe by Raymond F. Toliver
RRP: £31.99£20.40The story of Hanns Scharff, the master interrogator of the Luftwaffe who questioned captured American fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth and Ninth Air Forces in World War II. Scharff, a German Intelligence Officer, gained the reputation as the man who... -
Sherman Tanks of the Red Army: The American vehicle in Soviet service by Peter Samsonov
RRP: £12.99£8.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658474Author Peter SamsonovFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 305gDimensions(mm)... -
Europa, Europa by Solomon Perel 9780471172185
RRP: £23.99£21.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471172185Author Solomon PerelFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II by Herbert Feis 9780691621395
RRP: £32.00£24.76This book discusses the decision to use the atomic bomb. Libraries and scholars will find it a necessary adjunct to their other studies by Pulitzer-Prize author Herbert Feis on World War II. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library... -
No. 4 Corpo Aero Italiano. Battle of Britain & Russian Front by Richard Caruana 9788367227490
RRP: £19.00£13.62Aviation Artist Richard J. Caruana commemorates the Centanary of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) with a theme that he has been his speciality since his very earliest published works, over 50 years ago: the Regia Aeronautica. The... -
It Never Snows in September by Robert Kershaw
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809617Author Robert J KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy PublishingDimensions(mm) 194mm * 130mm *... -
World War Two: A graphic account of the greatest and most terrible event in human history by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187820Author Max HastingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict 9781728282091
RRP: £16.99£11.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728282091Author Marie BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Sourcebooks LandmarkPublisher Sourcebooks LandmarkWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)... -
German Heavy Armored Cars: Sd.Kfz. 231, 232, 233, 263, and 234 in World War II by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£15.65During WWII, Germany fielded a variety of six- and eight-wheeled armored cars, which were used in numerous ways, including reconnaissance, antitank, infantry support, and other roles. The earliest of these vehicles, the 6-Rad, or six-wheeled vehicles,... -
Iasi-Kishinev Operation: The Red Army's Summer Offensive Into the Balkans by Soviet General Staff
RRP: £29.95£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113047Author Richard HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Dover in the Second World War by Terry Sutton
RRP: £18.99£14.32This book tells in detail what it was like to live in an English town constantly under siege from enemy guns in the Second World War. Many towns in Britain suffered from enemy action during the 1939-45 war but none endured the almost daily explosions of... -
Legion of the Lancasters by Martin W Bowman
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sothe had already decided to use his nose armament against the 4-mot [four engined bomber]. He looked out and focused on a black shape of the Britisher. Small, bluish exhaust flames made it easier to keep the target in sight. Four engines, twin tail were... -
Bloody Verrieres: the I. Ss-Panzerkorps' Defence of the VerrieRes-Bourguebus Ridges: 1: Operation Goodwood and Atlantic, July 18-22, 1944 by Arthur W. Gullachsen 9781636240022
RRP: £30.00£20.95South of the Norman city of Caen, the twin features of the Verrieres and Bourguebus ridges were key stepping stones for the British Second Army in late July 1944 - taking them was crucial if it was to be successful in its attempt to break out of the... -
The Commando Pocket Manual: 1940-1945 by Christopher Westhorp
RRP: £9.99£7.67The Commandos were created by Winston Churchill in 1940 as a 'butcher and bolt' raiding unit to destroy vital targets in German occupied Europe. Recruits for this 'special service' were all volunteers, drawn from the British Army, and later from the... -
Hurricane Manual 1940 by Dilip Sarkar 9781445621203 [USED COPY]
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Hurricane Manual 1940 by Dilip Sarkar
RRP: £9.99£6.64Though less iconic than the nimble Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane was a vital stalwart in the British war effort. The Hurricane was a more stable gun platform than the Spitfire, more rugged, and was used in more challenging theatres of war. An amazing... -
The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobsen
RRP: £9.99£6.80'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... -
Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang by Robert Forsyth
RRP: £13.99£9.75Arguably two of the finest fighters built during the course of World War II, the Me 262 and P-51 Mustang heralded new dawns in aircraft performance. Making its operational debut in the summer of 1944, and powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262... -
The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal by Simon Parkin 9781529347227 [USED COPY]
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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal by Simon Parkin
RRP: £20.00£13.75'Extraordinary yet previously untold true story . . . meticulously researched . . . it's also taut, compelling, and impossible to put down' Daily Express The police came for Peter Fleischmann in the early hours. It reminded the teenager of the Gestapo's... -
The Dirty Tricks Department: The Untold Story of the Real-life Q Branch, the Masterminds of Second World War Secret Warfare by John Lisle
RRP: £22.99£17.52In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him... -
Total War: A People's History of the Second World War by Paul Cornish
RRP: £35.00£31.95Total War is an illustrated account of the most pivotal historical episode of the 20th century: the Second World War. It was not one single event, but rather the confluence of many simultaneous conflicts across the globe - on land, in the air, across the...