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The Tin Ring: My Memoir of Love and Survival in the Holocaust by Zdenka Fantlova 9780857162298
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Tin Ring is moving memoir of love, loss and hope. Zdenka Fantlova's peaceful life was changed forever when she was sent to Terezin concentration camp. Here, she was given a humble engraved tin ring by her first love Arno. When he gave her the ring he... -
Heath Robinson's Second World War: The Satirical Cartoons by W. Heath Robinson
RRP: £10.00£8.60Soldiers disguised as a herd of cows, cork bath mats for troops crossing streams and a tank with a piano attachment for camp concerts are just some of the absurd inventions to be found in this book of cartoons designed to keep spirits up during the... -
Inside The Third Reich by Albert Speer
RRP: £16.99£11.94The classic eye-witness account of Nazi Germany, by Hitler's Armaments Minister and right-hand man.'Inside the Third Reich is not only the most significant personal German account to come out of the war but the most revealing document on the Hitler... -
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of the Second World War by Saul David
RRP: £12.99£8.48'Excellent' Antony Beevor 'Saul David is a brilliant historian ... In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life'... -
The Eyes of Malta: The Crucial Role of Aerial Reconnaissance and Ultra Intelligence, 1940-1943 by Salvo Fagone 9781804512418
RRP: £35.00£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512418Author Salvo FagoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Making of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
RRP: £14.99£10.86In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and... -
Narvik 1940: The Battle for Northern Norway by David Greentree
RRP: £15.99£11.61In early 1940, a battle raged to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway - with changing fortunes until the very end. This highly detailed book covers both the naval battles and the individual Norwegian, British, Polish, French and... -
No Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579441Author Don CharlwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
World War II Fighter Planes Spotter's Guide by Tony Holmes
RRP: £7.99£5.79World War II saw pilots from around the world battling in the skies over Europe, Asia and Africa, with victory resting upon their nerve, skill and the capabilities of some of history's most iconic aircraft. In the chaos of battle, it was vital that they... -
Meeting Churchill: A Life in 90 Encounters by Sinclair McKay 9780241678558
RRP: £16.99£12.28This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.From Bletchley Park codebreakers and Hollywood stars such as Charlie... -
Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hilter's Most Brilliant General by Erich Manstein 9780760320549
RRP: £22.00£14.96Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich... -
Visiting the Normandy Invasion Beaches and Battlefields: A Helpful Guide Book for Groups and Individuals by Gareth Hughes 9781473854321
RRP: £12.99£9.09This splendid and timely book will be invaluable to those visiting the battlefields, sites, museums, memorials and cemeteries of the D-Day Normandy landings. It is intended for those planning and leading school groups and similar parties but is also... -
Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II by Colin Smith
RRP: £14.99£10.95Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had... -
Japan's Infamous Unit 731: First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program by Hal Gold
RRP: £10.99£7.40This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China during WWII.Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far... -
Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union by Warlord Games
RRP: £25.00£18.29This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of the Soviet Union. From the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, through the Winter War against Finland and the final drive to Berlin, the detailed... -
Airmen's Incredible Escapes: Accounts of Survival in the Second World War by Bryn Evans
£27.65Allied air power made a major, arguably decisive, contribution to victory in The Second World War both in the European and Pacific theatres. The cost in men and machines was horrific with Bomber Command suffering 50% air crew casualties. While many... -
The Boy from Block 66: The Children Saved from the Death March by the Buchenwald Camp Resistance by Limor Regev 9781802472509
RRP: £9.99£6.80January, 1945. 14-year-old Moshe Kessler steps off the train at Buchenwald concentration camp. Having endured the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, lost touch with his entire family, and survived the death march in the freezing European winter, he has seen... -
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 by Fergal Keane
RRP: £14.99£10.95Winner of the British Army Military Book of the Year 2011 The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history - fought at a major turning point of the Second World War. Kohima. In this remote Indian village near the border... -
Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939-45: Tanks, Self-Propelled Guns, Halftracks & AFVs by Chris Bishop
RRP: £19.99£13.74Illustrated with detailed artworks of German tanks and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939-45 is the definitive study of the equipment and organisation of the Wehrmacht's armoured divisions... -
Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940-1949 by Erhard Steiniger
RRP: £25.00£18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784386184Author Erhard SteinigerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Greenhill BooksPublisher Greenhill BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
RRP: £20.00£13.75SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 WINGATE LITERARY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE TIMES, THE... -
Stanford Tuck: Hero of the Battle of Britain: The Life of the Great Fighter Ace by Helen Doe 9781911667919
RRP: £25.00£17.62The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real... -
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
RRP: £10.99£7.25THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people ... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished ..... -
The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-45 by Nicholas Stargardt
RRP: £14.99£10.95WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war like no other. The Nazi regime, having started the conflict, turned it into the most horrific war in European history, resorting to genocidal methods well before building... -
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong
RRP: £10.99£7.25'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAIN A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions... -
The Story of the Second World War For Children: 1939-1945 by Peter Chrisp
RRP: £10.99£6.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783124503Author Peter ChrispFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group -
The Origins of the Second World War by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: £10.99£7.77A.J.P. Taylor's bestselling The Origins of the Second World War overturns popular myths about the outbreak of war.One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor... -
World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45: Identification Guide by David Porter
RRP: £19.99£13.74Illustrated with detailed artworks of American, British, Canadian, Australian, French, Polish and other Western Allied nations tanks and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45:... -
Forgotten War: The British Empire and Commonwealth’s Epic Struggle Against Imperial Japan, 1941–1945 by Brian E. Walter 9781636243573
RRP: £25.00£15.84The monumental struggle fought against Imperial Japan in the Asia/Pacific theater during World War II is primarily viewed as an American affair. While the United States did play a dominant role, the British and Commonwealth forces also made major... -
The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough 9781789544688
RRP: £12.00£8.44The second volume of a new narrative history of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, by an expert on the Third Reich. 'This book is like a time machine because McDonough writes so vividly' History of War 'McDonough writes clearly and readably with... -
Raid 42 by Graham Hurley
RRP: £8.99£7.07'Historical fiction of a high order' The Times Spring, 1941. The war in the West is as good as won. Nation after nation has fallen before the Reich's armies. Only Britain endures, her cities under nightly bombardment from the Luftwaffe. Berlin would... -
Akizuki the Japanese Destroyer by Mariusz Motyka 9788365437266
RRP: £17.00£16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788365437266Author Mariusz MotykaFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian MajsakPublisher Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian... -
Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War by Tim Bouverie
RRP: £9.99£7.11** SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'Astonishing' ANTONY BEEVOR 'One of the most promising young historians to enter our field for years' MAX HASTINGSA thrilling new history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting... -
The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War by Tom Whipple
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Deeply researched and engagingly written' The Times'Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thriller' Mail on Sunday'Chock full of memorable characters and written with all the drama and pace of a Robert Harris thriller' Rowland White, author of... -
Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918–40 by Richard Dannatt 9781472860866
RRP: £25.00£17.62A compelling history of the decline of an army from the triumph of victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A salutary warning for modern Britain. 'Both [authors] are former soldiers, Dannatt having ended his career as chief of the... -
American Bomber Aircraft of World War II by Edward Ward 9781838863272
RRP: £17.99£12.10The United States built the best strategic bombers of World War II, and by the end of the conflict America’s bombers dominated the skies in both Europe and the Pacific. American Bomber Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the bombers... -
Naval Battles of the Second World War: Pacific and Far East by Marriott, Leo 9781399098984
RRP: £20.00£14.29The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo... -
Naval Battles of the Second World War: The Atlantic and the Mediterranean by Marriott, Leo 9781399098939
RRP: £25.00£14.69The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo... -
The Greatest Raid: St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot by Giles Whittell
RRP: £10.99£7.77'I loved this book, as I love any good adventure story sublimely told . . . a gloriously exciting high, followed by a crushing realisation of war's enormous waste' Gerard deGroot, The Times'Absorbing . . . The extraordinary bravery of the participants... -
The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler by Chris Bryant
RRP: £9.99£7.45A STORY OF UNSUNG BRAVERY AT A DEFINING MOMENT IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY 'Superb' Stephen Fry 'Thrillingly told' Dan Jones 'Fascinating' Neil MacGregor 'Astonishing' Peter Frankopan We like to think we know the story of how Britain went to war with...