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How the Jews Defeated Hitler: Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism by Benjamin Ginsberg 9781442222380
RRP: $76.11$66.37One of the most common assumptions about World War II is that the Jews did not actively or effectively resist their own extermination at the hands of the Nazis. In this powerful book, Benjamin Ginsberg convincingly argues that the Jews not only resisted... -
British Destroyers 1939-45: Wartime-built classes by Angus Konstam
RRP: $15.47$10.87As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being built by Germany and Japan, resulting in the commissioning of the powerful Tribal-class. These were... -
Aliens: The Chequered History of Britain's Wartime Refugees by Paul Dowswell 9781785907937
RRP: $32.25$23.01The welcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of our fond nostalgia for Britain's role in the Second World War, nestling in our imagination next to images of evacuees clutching teddy bears, and milkmen picking their way through bomb rubble... -
RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War: A Complete Gazetteer by Geoff Mills 9781781558379
RRP: $64.50$48.53Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. During a seven year period 500 airfields were constructed to serve the needs first of the RAF and later the... -
Soviet Tanks in Manchuria 1945: The Red Army's ruthless last blitzkrieg of World War II by William E. Hiestand
RRP: $16.76$11.73A new illustrated study of the devastating, but little-known, Soviet armored blitzkrieg against the Japanese in the last weeks of World War II, and how it influenced Soviet tank doctrine as the Cold War dawned. Although long overshadowed in the West... -
Berlin: The Story of a City by Barney White-Spunner
RRP: $32.25$22.73'My only complaint is that it was so fascinating I wish it had been longer. What a story!' Philip Mansel BERLIN is Europe's most fascinating and exciting city. The great movements that have shaken Europe, from the Reformation to Marxism, have their... -
Appeasement and Rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939 by James P. Levy 9780742545380
RRP: $38.70$34.42Standing against conventional wisdom, historian James Levy reevaluates Britain's twin policies of appeasement and rearmament in the late 1930s. By carefully examining the political and economic environment of the times, Levy argues that Neville... -
The Rising Sun by John Toland
RRP: $27.09$18.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968583Author John TolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 896gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
Schweinfurt-Regensburg 1943: Eighth Air Force's costly early daylight battles Marshall Michel III 9781472838674
RRP: $19.34$14.13In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings - a component... -
War Of Shadows by W. Stanley Moss 9781909657380
RRP: $12.89$9.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909657380Author W. Stanley MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd -
The Other Battle of Britain: 1940: Bomber Command's Forgotten Summer by Paul Tweddle 9780750987066
RRP: $32.25$23.92While the heroic exploits of 'The Few' of Fighter Command are rightly lauded, those of 'The Many' of Bomber Command often remain overlooked. Night after night, the bomber crews ranged across Europe seeking out and attacking targets in an all-out effort... -
The Doomed Horse Soldiers of Bataan: The Incredible Stand of the 26th Cavalry by Raymond G. Woolfe 9781442245341
RRP: $52.89$43.83This is the story of the last mounted American troops to see action in battle, when, in late 1941, six-hundred men and their horses held off the Japanese invasion of Luzon in the Philippines just long enough to allow General Douglas MacArthur's forces to... -
Battle Under the Moon: The Disastrous RAF Raid on Mailly-Le-Camp, 1944 by Jack Currie
RRP: $11.60$8.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809808Author Jack CurrieFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Next Moon by Andre Hue 9780141042800
RRP: $20.63$14.98Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to... -
Solomons Air War Volume 2: Guadalcanal & Santa Cruz October 1942 by Michael Claringbould 9780645700459
RRP: $47.67$33.93This second volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the Solomon Islands theatre during the critical month of October 1942. It can be read alone or as part of the ongoing Solomons Air War series.October 1942 saw an explosion of air... -
Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal--The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War by Joseph Wheelan 9780306824593
$36.38The first U.S. offensive of World War II began with no fanfare early August 7, 1942. But, before it ended six months later with the first U.S. land victory, Guadalcanal was a household name. There, marines faced bloody banzai attacks in the stifling... -
Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 by Philip Cracknell
RRP: $14.18$9.35On the same day as the Pearl Harbor attack, forces of the Japanese Empire attacked the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong without warning. Philip Cracknell provides a research-driven narrative about the battle for Hong Kong in 1941, which commenced on 8... -
Spitfire People: The Men and Women Who Made the Spitfire the Aviation Icon by Paul Beaver 9781910505052
RRP: $32.25$23.25This book presents a fresh angle on the Spitfire by examining the contribution to its development and achievements by over 65 people - some famous, others not - ranging from politicians to pilots. Published to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of... -
The M1 Garand by Leroy Thompson
RRP: $19.34$15.16The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, "The greatest battle... -
The Secret Stealers: A Novel by Jane Healey
RRP: $11.60$7.91A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unparalleled danger, love, and daring by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Beantown Girls. Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant... -
The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944: The Largest Loss by USAAF Group on any Mission in WWII Eric Ratcliffe 9781526798268
RRP: $19.34$14.13On Thursday, 28 September 1944, a force of 283 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers from the USAAF's 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, took off from their bases in Britain and headed out across the North Sea escorted by 198 P-51 Mustang fighters. The bombers'... -
The Battleship Scharnhorst by Stefan Draminski
RRP: $51.60$41.25The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed... -
Victory Against Japan: A Ladybird Expert Book: (WW2 #12) by James Holland
RRP: $14.18$10.02BOOK 12 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy did Japan decide to attack at Pearl Harbour?What... -
Panzergrenadier by Thomas Anderson
RRP: $45.15$32.62Throughout history, infantry has been the main attacking force deployed by armies around the world, but positioning substantial infantry forces has always required precious time to assemble the troops to launch an attack or form defensive positions... -
Boulton Paul Defiant: An Illustrated History by Alec Brew
RRP: $21.92$14.80Fighting over the beaches of Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain, guarding the night skies during the perilous months of the Blitz, pioneering electronic countermeasures, and serving air-sea rescue roles all around our coasts, the Boulton Paul Defiant... -
Gunther Prien and U-47: The Bull of Scapa Flow: From the Sinking of HMS Royal Oak to the Battle of the Atlantic by Dougie Martindale 9781526737755
RRP: $32.25$24.02On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the Type VIIB U-boat U-47, on its second War Patrol, penetrated the main Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship HMS Royal Oak. This legendary attack is remembered as one of the most audacious... -
Pegasus and Orne Bridges by Neil Barber 9781473822740
RRP: $20.63$15.49The glider-borne operation to capture Pegasus Bridge has an established place in the annals of warfare. Conducted by Major John Howard and his company of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry it was a superbly daring, brilliantly executed 'coup de... -
6th SS Mountain Division Nord at War 1941-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Baxter, Ian 9781526721389
RRP: $19.34$14.13Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord 1941 - 1945 is the 6th book in the Waffen-SS Images of War Series compiled by Ian Baxter. The book tells the story of the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord,... -
Polish Wings No. 33 Ilyushin Il-2 by Wojciech Zmyślony 9788366549999
RRP: $23.22$20.46The renowned Soviet attack aircraft Il-2 and its various models within the Polish Air Force have been extensively documented with unmatched detail. This publication comprises numerous unpublished photographs obtained from private collections, along with... -
Walking D-Day by Paul Reed 9781848848368
RRP: $20.63$15.84Paul Reed's latest battlefield walking guide covers the site of the largest amphibious invasion of all time, the first step in the Allied liberation of France and the rest of northwest Europe. The places associated with the landings on the Normandy coast... -
Blood And Champagne: The Life And Times Of Robert Capa by Alex Kershaw 9780306813566
$18.42Robert Capa, one of the finest photojournalists and combat photographers of the twentieth century, covered every major conflict from the Spanish Civil War to the early conflict in Vietnam. Always close to the action, he created some of the most enduring... -
US Soldier vs Afrikakorps Soldier: Tunisia 1943 David Campbell 9781472828163
RRP: $20.63$17.20Operation Torch, launched on 8 November 1942, landed Anglo-American forces in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to create a second front against the Axis forces in North Africa, catching Rommel's German and Italian forces in the claws of a giant... -
War Primer by Bertolt Brecht
$17.87In this singular book written during World War Two, Bertolt Brecht presents a devastating visual and lyrical attack on war under modern capitalism.He takes photographs from newspapers and popular magazines, and adds short lapidary verses to each in a... -
The Defeat of the Luftwaffe: The Eastern Front 1941-45, A Strategy for Disaster by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: $12.89$8.57In 1939 and 1940 the Nazi blitzkrieg crushed Poland and the Low Countries and France. This was a new type of warfare with air and ground forces working hand-in-glove and sweeping away all resistance. On the ground the new panzer divisions symbolised this... -
Women in the Second World War by Neil R. Storey 9780747808121 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.60$2.76As the world became embroiled in the second global conflagration in just over two decades, the women of Britain once more answered the call of duty. Many of the first volunteers had served in the Great War and now they offered their services again - this... -
Women in the Second World War by Neil R. Storey 9780747808121
RRP: $11.60$8.98As the world became embroiled in the second global conflagration in just over two decades, the women of Britain once more answered the call of duty. Many of the first volunteers had served in the Great War and now they offered their services again - this... -
Surviving the Arctic Convoys: The Wartime Memoirs of Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell by John R McKay
RRP: $25.79$18.42Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell saw much more than his fair share of action during the Second World War. He was present at the 1942 landing in North Africa (Operation TORCH), D-Day and the liberation of Norway. But his main area of operations was that of... -
Mosquito Victory by Jack Currie 9780907579335
RRP: $12.89$7.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579335Author Jack CurrieFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Holland 1940: The Luftwaffe's first setback in the West by Adam Tooby
RRP: $19.34$14.13The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops, and the... -
The Angels of Englemere Wood: The uplifting and inspiring true story of a children’s home during the Blitz by Karen Farrington
RRP: $14.18$10.02The inspiring, uplifting true story of a group of London girls dispatched to a children's home in rural England during the Blitz, and meet the formidable nurse and Lady in Waiting who transformed their lives forever . . .'A heartwarming story of hope and...