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Death of the Leaping Horseman: The 24th Panzer Division in Stalingrad by Jason D. Marks 9780811714044
$56.66The gripping book about a panzer division and its battles in the shattered streets of Stalingrad. In Death of the Leaping Horseman, the untold story of 24. Panzer-Division's savage fighting on Stalingrad's outskirts and in the devastated ruins of the... -
Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two by Patrick Bishop 9780007433155 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$2.95In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence - the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to... -
Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two by Patrick Bishop
RRP: $19.34$12.51In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence - the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to... -
The Roar of the Lion: The Untold Story of Churchill's World War II Speeches by Richard Toye 9780198715450
RRP: $21.92$16.24''My aunt, listening to the Prime Minister's speech, remarked of "our greatest orator", "He's no speaker, is he?"' -diary of teacher M.A. Pratt, 11 Nov. 1942. The popular story of Churchill's war-time rhetoric is a simple one: the British people were... -
No Surrender: My Thirty Year War by Hiroo Onoda 9781557506634
RRP: $29.61$23.18In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine army and police, hostile islanders, and... -
The Rifle 2: Back to the Battlefield by Andrew Biggio 9781684515066
RRP: $28.38$18.12In this highly anticipated follow-up to The Rifle, Andrew Biggio brings to light more untold stories from the quickly vanishing ranks of the veterans of World War II.Ordinary Men with Extraordinary PurposeThey are called the Greatest Generation, but they... -
Winston Churchill's Toyshop: The Inside Story of Military Intelligence (Research) by Stuart MacRae
RRP: $16.76$10.94The inside story of one of the most famous of all the 'back rooms' of the Second World War - and of the men and women who worked for it. Conceived by Winston Churchill to circumvent the delays, frustrations and inefficiencies of the service ministries,... -
Blitz Britain: Manchester and Salford by Graham Phythian
RRP: $16.76$12.41In 1940, the Manchester and Salford Blitz saw the city and its surroundings targeted by the German Luftwaffe. The most destructive attack was launched in late December 1940; it is remembered today as 'the Christmas Blitz'. Nearly 800 people lost their... -
Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41 by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $45.15$32.62Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941. The war in the North African desert was... -
The Manhattan Project (Revised): The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians by Cynthia C. Kelly
RRP: $24.50$18.73This updated edition of this essential collection of historic writings by the pre-eminent scientists and historians who bore witness to the birth of the modern nuclear age now includes President Barack Obama's 2016 statement at Hiroshima, all-new... -
Fascinating Footnotes From History Giles Milton 9781473624993
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Giles Milton is a man who can take an event from history and make it come alive . . . an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining' Matthew Redhead, The TimesDid you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin... -
Voices in Flight: The Wellington Bomber by Bowman, Martin W 9781399074896
RRP: $20.63$14.98The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots who flew this aircraft did so with an immense amount of pride, and there is perhaps no-one better placed... -
Nachtjager Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-45 by David Williams 9781906537562
RRP: $32.25$22.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906537562Author David WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila by James M. Scott 9780393246940
RRP: $33.53$29.27By early 1945, the war against Japan was at its height and General Douglas MacArthur began to fulfil his vow of liberating the Philippines. He was already planning his own victory parade down Dewey Boulevard in Manila, a city he loved dearly. But the... -
Operation Sealion: How Britain Crushed the German War Machine's Dreams of Invasion in 1940 Leo McKinstry 9781848547049
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Superbly written and gripping' Daily ExpressThe thrilling true account of Hitler's first defeat.In the summer of 1940, the Nazi war machine was at its zenith. France, Denmark, Norway and the Low Countries were all under occupation after a series of... -
Hitler's Soldiers: The German Army in the Third Reich by Ben H. Shepherd
RRP: $21.92$19.36A penetrating study of the German army's military campaigns, relations with the Nazi regime, and complicity in Nazi crimes across occupied Europe For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had... -
Remarkable Journeys of World War Two: A Collection of Untold Stories by Victoria Panton Bacon 9780750994866 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92$3.28Those who lived through the Second World War have many stories of bravery, sadness, horror, doubt and longing. Inspired by conversations with veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime memoir, Victoria Panton Bacon has gathered a... -
Remarkable Journeys of World War Two: A Collection of Untold Stories by Victoria Panton Bacon
RRP: $21.92$16.69Those who lived through the Second World War have many stories of bravery, sadness, horror, doubt and longing. Inspired by conversations with veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime memoir, Victoria Panton Bacon has gathered a... -
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma and Britain: 1941-45 by Robert Lyman
RRP: $32.25$24.02SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUSI DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022 'This is a superb book.' - James Holland In 1941 and 1942 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories... -
Sturmgeschutz: Germany's WWII Assault Gun (StuG), Vol.1: The Early War Versions by ,David Doyle
RRP: $24.50$16.34The Sturmgeschutz, or StuG, as it is more popularly known, while conceived as self-propelled, infantry support artillery, in time, formed the backbone of Germany's anti-tank operations during WWII. With more than 135 war-era photos, this volume... -
The Devil's Workshop: A Memoir of the Nazi Counterfeiting Operation by Burger, Adolf 9781399019156
RRP: $19.34$14.13One of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War was the German attempt to forge currency and trigger the economic collapse of the Allies. The counterfeit operation was one of the largest the world has ever seen and lead to the post-war... -
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose by Annette Dumbach 9781786072504 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$3.50A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION TO COMMEMORATE 80 YEARS SINCE THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF 1943 Sophie Scholl and the White Rose tells the gripping true story of five Munich university students who set up an underground resistance movement in World... -
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945 by Sir Max Hastings 9780007450725 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$2.95A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers, sailors and airmen;... -
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: $19.34$13.03A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers, sailors and airmen;... -
A History of the SAS: The First Forty Years by John Strawson 9781804364376
RRP: $16.76$10.55"Who Dares Wins". The world's most legendary special forces unit - and a history of action you will barely believe.This is the extraordinary, secretive story of how the SAS evolved from an unconventional handful of soldiers, operating behind enemy lines... -
Field of Shadows: The English Cricket Tour of Nazi Germany 1937 by Dan Waddell
RRP: $14.18$10.02Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. And Berlin in 1937 was not a time to be going against the Fuhrer's wishes. But hot on the heels of the 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix... -
Battle for the Bocage, Normandy 1944: Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles and Villers Bocage by Tim Saunders 9781526797278
RRP: $24.50$17.56This is the story of the fighting in Normandy by the veteran desert formations brought back by Montgomery from the Mediterranean in order to spearhead the invasion; 50th Infantry and 7th Armoured divisions, plus 4th Armoured Brigade. Heavily reinforced... -
In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in WW2 by Sauer, Arno 9781526797704
RRP: $19.34$14.13On 22 June 1941, German forces launched Operation Barbarossa -Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Instead of the swift knock-out blow that the Germans had anticipated, the war against the Soviets ground on relentlessly for almost four years. It was... -
Churchill Tanks: British Army, North-West Europe 1944-45 by Dennis Oliver 9781526710888
RRP: $19.34$14.13Designed as a heavily armoured tank which could accompany infantry formations, the Churchill's ability to cross rough ground and climb seemingly unassailable hills became legendary. The tank first saw action in 1942 and the basic design was constantly... -
Tank Warfare, 1939-1945 by Simon Forty 9781526767622
RRP: $32.25$14.64On the battlefields of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War tanks played a key role, and the intense pressure of combat drove forward tank design and tactics at an extraordinary rate. In a few years, on all sides, tank warfare was... -
Codebreaker in the Far East by Alan Stripp 9780192803863
RRP: $32.24$31.80Codebreaker in the Far East is the first book to describe how Bletchley Park and its Indian and Far Eastern outposts broke a series of Japanese codes and cipher systems of dazzling variety and complexity. Their achievements made a major contribution to... -
Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager
RRP: $12.89$8.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553256741Author Chuck YeagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
FDR by Jean Edward Smith
RRP: $33.54$22.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Francis Parkman Prize 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780812970494Author Jean Edward SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House... -
RAF Airfields of World War 2 Jonathan Falconer 9781857803495
RRP: $45.15$33.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857803495Author Jonathan FalconerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Renia's Diary: A Young Girl's Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust by Renia Spiegel
RRP: $21.92$15.84Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of DenialJuly 15, 1942, WednesdayRemember this day; remember it well. You will tell generations to come. Since 8 o'clock today we have been shut away in the ghetto. I live here now. The world is separated from... -
Junkers Ju 188 Units of World War 2 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $20.63$14.98This volume examines the history and development of the Ju 188 twin-engined aircraft, the Luftwaffe's attempt to enhance and improve its peerless Ju 88. The Junkers Ju 188 was the epitome of mid-war German twin-engined aircraft design, representing... -
SS Einsatzgruppen: Nazi Death Squads, 1939-1945 by Gerry Van Tonder 9781526729095
RRP: $16.76$11.73In June 1941, Adolf Hitler, whose loathing of Slavs and Jewish Bolsheviks knew no bounds, launched Operation Barbarossa, throwing 4 million troops, supported by tanks, artillery and aircraft into the Soviet Union. Operational groups of the German... -
The Berlin Diaries 1940-45 Marie Vassiltchikov 9780712665803
RRP: $24.50$17.56Marie `Missie' Vassiltchikov as a White Russian emigree caught with her family in Hitler`s Germany at the outbreak of the war. She was a Bright Young Thing, part of the cosmopolitan set who managed to maintain a trance-like normality until as late as... -
Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen Ss General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer by Kurt Meyer
RRP: $24.50$18.99German General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the... -
Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War by R. M. Douglas
RRP: $28.38$24.46More than 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe were driven from their homes in the wake of WWII, yet barely anyone noticed or remembers Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized and helped to carry out the forced...