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Britain in the Second World War: A Social History by Harold Smith 9780719044939
RRP: $25.79$18.73This text provides original documents which are designed to help the reader evaluate claims that World War II introduced a new sense of social solidarity and social idealism which led to a consensus on welfare state reform. The book offers important... -
Luftwaffe Over Scotland: A History of German Air Attacks on Scotland, 1939-45 Les Taylor 9781849950008
RRP: $23.21$19.18Luftwaffe over Scotland is the first complete history of the air attacks mounted against Scotland by Nazi Germany during World War Two and undertakes a detailed examination of the strategy, tactics and politics involved on both sides, together with a... -
The Blitz: The British Under Attack by Juliet Gardiner
RRP: $16.76$10.94From the author of 'Wartime' comes an outstanding history of the most sustained onslaught ever endured by Britain's civilian population - the Blitz. September 1940 marked the beginning of Nazi Germany's aerial attack on civilian Britain... -
Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson 9781474605656 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$2.95On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War. With vivid prose and astonishing detail, Craig Nelson combines thrilling... -
Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson 9781474605656
RRP: $16.76$8.41On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War. With vivid prose and astonishing detail, Craig Nelson combines thrilling... -
A Street in Arnhem by Robert J. Kershaw
RRP: $14.18$10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038288Author Robert J KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Odette Jerrard Tickell 9780755316816
RRP: $14.18$9.55'I am a very ordinary woman to whom a chance was given to see human beings at their best and at their worst... I completely believe in the potential nobility of the human spirit.'During some of the darkest days of the Second World War, a young... -
Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe 1943-45 by Neil Page 9781612008790
RRP: $25.79$20.70Around 500 Luftwaffe fighter pilots were awarded the Knight's Cross, accumulating huge numbers of missions flown. A similar number achieved more than 40 victories-more than the two leading USAF and RAF fighter pilots.This volume of Day Fighter Aces of... -
Hitler's Atrocities against Allied PoWs: War Crimes of the Third Reich by Philip Chinnery 9781526701879
RRP: $32.25$22.73Seventy years ago, the Nuremberg Trials were in full swing in Germany. In the dock were the leaders of the Nazi regime and most eventually received their just desserts. But what happened to the other war criminals? In June 1946, Lord Russell of... -
Burma 1942: Memoirs of a Retreat: The Diary of Ralph Tanner, KOYLI by R E S Tanner
RRP: $14.18$10.64In December 1941 a Japanese battalion of 143rd Regiment of 55th Division crossed the Burma-Siam border and seized Victoria Point, heralding the invasion of Burma. The first air raids on Rangoon were opposed by only two fighter squadrons - 16 P40s of the... -
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw
RRP: $16.76$11.73_______________________The true story behind the hit NETFLIX dramaFrom the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau, no World War II infantry unit in Europe saw more action or endured worse than the one commanded by Felix Sparks.The US Army 157th... -
The D-Day Visitor's Handbook: Your Guide to the Normandy Battlefields and WWII Paris by Kevin Dennehy 9781510749498
$15.11For families of the heroes who fought on the beaches of Normandy during World War II, for fans of Saving Private Ryan, or for traveler interested in history, here is the complete guide to visiting one of the world's most historic battlefields.The D-Day... -
British Tank Crewman 1939-45 by Neil Grant
RRP: $19.34$14.13Great Britain had introduced the tank to the world during World War I, and maintained its lead in armoured warfare with the 'Experimental Mechanised Force' during the late 1920s, watched with interest by German advocates of Blitzkrieg. Despite these... -
When the War Is Over: Far from home, far from family, safe from the war - a true story of two Second World War evacuees Barbara Fox 9780751561395
RRP: $14.18$9.55THE TOUCHING TRUE STORYTwo young Second World War evacueesFar from home, far from family, safe from the warGwenda and Douglas Brady were among the millions of British children sent to live with new families for their own safety during the Second World... -
The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk by Ghee Bowman
RRP: $25.80$19.40'An incredible and important story, finally being told' - Mishal Husain On 28 May 1940, Major Akbar Khan marched at the head of 299 soldiers along a beach in northern France. They were the only Indians in the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk. With... -
Tested by Bomb and Flame: Leicester versus Luftwaffe Air Raids 1939-1945 Austin J. Ruddy 9780857042514
RRP: $25.79$22.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042514Author Austin J. RuddyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Rifleman - New edition by Victor Gregg
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow 'A classic' Mail on Sunday 'Astonishing' James Holland Born in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade aged just eighteen and began a life of... -
Lucky Johnny: The Footballer who Survived the River Kwai Death Camps by Johnny Sherwood 9781444790337
RRP: $16.76$3.75In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career, touring the world with the all-star British team the Islington Corinthians. By 1942 he was a soldier surrendering to the Japanese at the siege of Singapore. ... -
British Airfields of the Second World War by Stuart Hadaway
RRP: $11.60$8.98The Second World War airfields peppered around Britain are among the most visible and widespread reminders of this devastating conflict. Some are now almost forgotten or built over; others have become museums, industrial estates or parkland; and some... -
Beaufighter Boys: True Tales from those who flew Bristol's Mighty Twin Graham Pitchfork 9781911667162
RRP: $19.34$14.13A departure from the Cold War for the Boys series! Researched many years ago by the author for a project which did not come to fruition, Beaufighter air and ground crew gave freely of their stories which ranged from complete memoirs to brief anecdotes... -
Sherman Tank, Vol. 6: M32 and M74-Series Sherman-Based Recovery Vehicles by David Doyle
RRP: $24.50$18.38The United States, being at peace, had not foreseen the need for a specialized tank recovery vehicle, despite the ramping-up of tank production in 1940-41. However, observation of the new world war quickly pointed to the need for such a vehicle. Armored... -
Short Stirling Units of World War 2 Jonathan Falconer 9781472820426
RRP: $21.92$18.19Of the RAF's trio of four-engined heavy bombers in World War 2, the mighty Short Stirling was the first to enter service in August 1940. From its first raid in February 1941, the Stirling was at the forefront of the British night bombing offensive... -
The Broken House: Growing up under Hitler by Horst Kruger 9781847926340
RRP: $19.34$12.29The Broken House is a rediscovered coming-of-age story that provides an unforgettable portrait of life under the Nazis. In 1965, journalist Horst Kruger attended the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt, where 22 former camp guards were put on trial for the... -
Rudolf Hess: A New Technical Analysis of the Hess Flight, May 1941 by John Harris
RRP: $20.63$15.80On 10 May 1941, on a whim, Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess flew a Messerschmitt Bf 110 to Scotland in a bizarre effort to make peace with Britain; Goering sent fighters to stop him but he was long gone. Imprisoned and tried at Nuremberg, he would die by his... -
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
RRP: $29.67$17.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375760983Author Robert KursonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
By Tank: D to Ve Days by Ken Tout
$14.20'...a minor classic in battle picture painting. It has an authenticity about it which could only come from deep personal experience, translated by a lucid pen.' The Times 'Movingly and evocatively written. Tank! surely merits a place on the bookshelf of... -
Monty'S Functional Doctrine: Combined Arms Doctrine in British 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 by Charles Forrester
$36.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174775Author Charles ForresterFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Ian Fleming and Operation Golden Eye: Keeping Spain out of World War II by Mark Simmons 9781612006857
RRP: $25.79$18.42This book tells the story of the various Allied operations and schemes instigated to keep Spain and Portugal out of WWII, which included the widespread bribery of high ranking Spanish officials and the duplicity of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the... -
Resistance by Agnes Humbert 9780747596745 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$2.95In the summer of 1940, as the German Occupation tightened its grip on Paris, Agnes Humbert helped to establish one of the first resistance cells. Within a year the group was publishing a news bulletin, helping allied airmen escape and passing military... -
Resistance by Agnes Humbert 9780747596745
RRP: $19.34$14.13In the summer of 1940, as the German Occupation tightened its grip on Paris, Agnes Humbert helped to establish one of the first resistance cells. Within a year the group was publishing a news bulletin, helping allied airmen escape and passing military... -
SU-152/ISU-152 vs Tiger: Eastern Front 1943-45 by David Greentree
RRP: $19.34$14.13This fully illustrated volume compares two of the most iconic AFV's: the SU-152/ISU-152 and the Tiger, used on the Eastern Front during World War II. On the Eastern Front in 1943, the Tiger-equipped heavy Panzer battalions gave German armoured... -
Five Days in London, May 1940 by John Lukacs 9780300276510
RRP: $12.89$11.08"A masterpiece. . . . Nobody has done more than John Lukacs to turn the short history book into an art form."—Anthony Beevor "As gripping as any novel."—Robert Harris"A short but magnificent history book."—Daniel Finkelstein The days from May 24 to May... -
The Falaise Gap Battles: Normandy 1944 by Simon Forty 9781612005386
RRP: $12.89$9.17The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the... -
Peace Work by Spike Milligan
RRP: $14.18$10.87Peace Work is volume seven of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs.'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away ...'The seventh and last volume of Spike... -
Half-Track: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles by R P Hunnicutt 9781626548602
RRP: $45.09$42.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626548602Author R P HunnicuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)... -
German 88mm Gun vs Allied Armour: North Africa 1941-43 by David Campbell
RRP: $18.05$12.58Few weapons developed a more deadly reputation than the German '88' in the role of anti-tank gun, its long reach and lethal hitting power making it a significant problem for every type of British and later American armour. Despite its individual potency,... -
Churchill's Arctic Convoys: Strength Triumphs Over Adversity by Smith, William 9781399072298
RRP: $32.25$22.73The threat of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise invasion of Russia in June 1941, succeeding prompted Churchill to decide to send vital military supplies to Britain's new ally. The early sailings to Northern Russia via the Arctic Ocean between... -
The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure by Neil Churches 9781529060355
RRP: $14.18$10.02The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.In August 1944, the most successful POW escape of the Second World War... -
Night Raid: The True Story of the First Victorious British Para Raid of WWII by Taylor Downing
RRP: $12.89$7.69The loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941. Could it be that the Germans were using a sophisticated form of radar to direct their night fighters and anti-aircraft guns at the British bombers? British aerial... -
A Very Dangerous Locality: The Landscape of the Suffolk Sandlings in the Second World War by Robert Liddiard
RRP: $25.80$23.53This book examines the landscape archaeology of the Second World War on the section of the east coast of England known as the Suffolk Sandlings (the coastal strip from Lowestoft to Felixstowe), an area unusually rich in military archaeology. It was in...