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A Soldier's Story: Neville 'Timber' Wood's War, from Dunkirk to D-Day by Mike Wood 9781472144591 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$5.57'This captivating account . . . is the story of an ordinary soldier, but an extraordinary man. I commend this book most warmly.'Richard Dannatt, General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL, Chief of the General Staff 2006-9'The amazing account of a young man,... -
A Soldier's Story: Neville 'Timber' Wood's War, from Dunkirk to D-Day by Mike Wood 9781472144591
RRP: $42.00$11.15'This captivating account . . . is the story of an ordinary soldier, but an extraordinary man. I commend this book most warmly.'Richard Dannatt, General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL, Chief of the General Staff 2006-9'The amazing account of a young man,... -
Panther Medium Tank: German Army and Waffen SS Eastern Front Summer, 1943 by Oliver, Dennis 9781399017961
RRP: $35.68$25.79In July 1943 the German army launched what was to be its last major offensive on Soviet soil. Codenamed Operation Citadel, the attack had initially been scheduled to commence in May but was postponed by Hitler on a number of occasions to allow the... -
Tally-Ho: RAF Tactical Leadership in the Battle of Britain, July 1940 by Patrick G. Eriksson
RRP: $52.50$34.50The tactical abilities of small unit leaders were critical in winning the Battle of Britain and the many innovations and even experiments which they tried out during the active fighting merit examination. The pre-war Fighter Area Attacks - much beloved... -
A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945: Volume One: North Africa, June 1940 - January 1942 by Christopher Shores
RRP: $105.00$77.32It is now more than 40 years since "Fighters over the Desert" was published, and nearly as long since this was followed by "Fighters over Tunisia". Both volumes have long been out of print and collectors' items, but, despite much prompting, Christopher... -
Torpedoes, Tea, and Medals: The Gallant Life of Commander D G H 'Jake' Wright DSC** Rnvr by Chris O'Flaherty
RRP: $37.78$27.20Derek Wright learnt about small boats from his father, who tragically died when Derek was just 14 years old. Sent away from his family to finish his education, he left school at 16 to join the global tea trade. Soon after he finished his training with... -
Rearming the RAF for the Second World War: Poor Strategy and Miscalculation by Phillips, Adrian 9781399006248
RRP: $52.50$37.00When the RAF rearmed to meet the growing threat from Nazi Germany's remorseless expansion in the late 1930s, it faced immense challenges. It had to manage a huge increase in size as well as mastering rapid advances in aviation technology. To protect... -
Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith
RRP: $58.80$42.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982886Author Jean Edward SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Sinking Force Z 1941: The day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the battleship by Angus Konstam
RRP: $31.48$23.00A history and analysis of one of the most dramatic moments in both air power and naval history. With the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, no battleship was safe on the open ocean, and the aircraft took its crown as the most powerful maritime... -
Alan Turing: The Life of a Genius by Dermot Turing
RRP: $12.60$9.32Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. His codebreaking work at Bletchley Park was so significant it helped to shorten the Second World... -
A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945: Volume Three: Tunisia and the end in Africa, November 1942 - May 1943 by Christopher Shores 9781910690000
RRP: $136.50$100.53The third volume in this series returns to November 1942 to explain the background to the first major Anglo-American venture - Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. It deals with the fratricidal combats which followed the initial landings... -
From the Realm of a Dying Sun. Volume 2: Volume II: the Iv. Ss-Panzerkorps in the Budapest Relief Efforts, December 1944-February 1945 by Sr. Nash
RRP: $63.00$44.84On Christmas Eve 1944, the men of the IV SS-Panzerkorps were preparing to celebrate the occasion as best they could. Taking advantage of the pause in the fighting around Warsaw, they looked forward to partaking in that most German of holidays, including... -
Complete Visual Encyclopedia of Naval Aircraft of World Wars I and Ii Crosby Francis 9780754830566
RRP: $16.78$12.16This title features a directory of over 70 aircraft with 330 identification photographs. It includes Shipborne fighters, bombers, flying boats and naval planes, including the Curtiss Helldiver, Mitsubishi Zero-Sen, Supermarine Seafire, Fairey Swordfish,... -
To War With the Walkers: One Family's Extraordinary Story of the Second World War Annabel Venning 9781473679306
RRP: $42.00$21.67**DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019****SUNDAY TELEGRAPH CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019**'So blissfully good that I'd give it to a reader of any age . . . deeply touching, unforgettable family memoir'ALLISON PEARSON, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Uplifting and... -
Shadow of the Sultan's Realm: The Destruction of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by Daniel Allen Butler 9781597974967
RRP: $65.10$52.31The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries. At the height of its power, it stretched over three continents and produced marvels of architecture, literature, science, and warfare. When it fell, its collapse redrew the map of the... -
British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945 Richard Doherty 9781848848382
RRP: $52.50$37.84A total of eleven British armoured divisions were formed during the 1939-1945 war but, as this highly informative book reveals, just eight saw action. In 1940 only 1st Armoured Division faced the overwhelming German blitzkrieg and it was in the North... -
Tank Craft 1: Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks: German Army and Waffen-SS Eastern Front 1944 by Dennis Oliver 9781473885349 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$15.35In spite of the relatively small numbers produced, the Tiger I and Tiger II tanks are arguably the most famous armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War. This book, the first in the TankCraft series, uses archive photos and extensively... -
Goldfish Caterpillars and Guinea Pigs: Second World War Aircrew Who Experienced Life Saving Events by Colin Pateman 9781781550786
$32.42The RAF and Commonwealth air crews were bound by regulations and discipline during WWII. Survival was by no means a certainty, with casualties becoming a part of everyday life. The evolution of non-established clubs was recognised and regarded as an... -
The World Aflame: The Long War, 1914-1945 by Dan Jones
RRP: $20.98$14.93'The events of the first and second world wars are brought to vivid, startling life thanks to Amaral's skill at colourising contemporary images' Observer The epic, harrowing and world-changing story - in words and colourized images - of global conflict... -
Norfolk at War 1939 - 1945 by Stephen Browning 9781473856998
RRP: $31.48$23.84This year-on-year study of Norfolk at war is the first such for many years, which utilises material that has not been published in book form before or, sometimes, at all. In both the First and Second World War, Norfolk was pivotal, albeit for different... -
Biggin on the Bump: The Most Famous Fighter Station in the World by Bob Ogley 9781872337050
$30.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872337050Author Bob OgleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Froglets Publications LtdPublisher Froglets Publications Ltd -
D-Day: The Soldiers' Story by Giles Milton 9781473649019 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$4.81'Vivid, graphic and moving' Mail on Sunday Book of the Year'It has a wonderful immediacy and vitality - living history in every sense' Anthony Horowitz'Fantastic' Dan Snow'Compellingly authentic, revelatory and beautifully written. A gripping tour de... -
D-Day: The Soldiers' Story by Giles Milton 9781473649019
RRP: $52.50$36.50'Vivid, graphic and moving' Mail on Sunday Book of the Year'It has a wonderful immediacy and vitality - living history in every sense' Anthony Horowitz'Fantastic' Dan Snow'Compellingly authentic, revelatory and beautifully written. A gripping tour de... -
The Armour of Rommel's Afrika Korps: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Baxter, Ian 9781526722393
RRP: $31.48$29.57The Deutsche Afrika Korps (best known as simply Afrika Korps) built up a well-deserved reputation as a superb fighting machine. While this was founded on the leadership and tactical genius of its legendary commander Erwin Rommel and the fighting skills... -
Focke-Wulf Ta 154: Luftwaffe Reich Defence Day and Night Interceptor by Dietmar Hermann 9781910809945
RRP: $63.00$47.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809945Author Dietmar HermannFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Top Secret Worcestershire by Stephen Burrows
$32.74Deep in the beautiful Worcestershire countryside lie a number of secret places that played a special part in protecting a generation from the onslaught of a world war. Travellers passing through leafy Worcestershire lanes may catch a glimpse of a... -
A Songbird in Wartime by Karen Dickson
RRP: $16.78$10.98A brand new wartime family saga, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Val Wood Shaftesbury, 1936. Mansfield House Hotel has been a refuge for Emily ever since she was orphaned at the age of 16. Not only did they give her employment as a chambermaid,... -
Scapa Flow: The Reminiscences of Men and Women Who Served in Scapa Flow in the Two World Wars by Malcolm Brown 9780750992084
RRP: $31.48$24.26Scapa Flow in the Orkneys would be the forbidding destination for many thousands of service personnel and civilians in both World Wars and the location of dramatic incidents such as the loss of the Hampshire with Kitchener on board in 1916, the scuttling... -
Jagdpanzer IV: German Army and Waffen-SS Tank Destroyers: Western Front, 1944-1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526771674
RRP: $35.68$25.79Combining the destructive firepower of the 75mm gun with the mobility of the Pzkpfw IV medium tank , the Jagdpanzer IV was quite possibly the most effective tank destroyer of the Second World War. From early 1944 these vehicles were allocated to the... -
U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis by Richard Breitman 9780521617949
RRP: $65.08$50.82Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Zemke'S Wolfpack: A Photographic Odyssey of the 56th Fighter Group During the Second World War by Nigel Julian
RRP: $62.90$46.03The only US 8th Army Air Force fighter group to retain the mighty P-47 Thunderbolt throughout its combat tour in the European Theatre of Operations, the 56th Fighter Group justified its nickname of 'Zemke's Wolfpack' by the aggressive attitude and... -
Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 by Martin Kitchen 9780521509718
RRP: $98.68$82.22Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Macchi C.202/C.205V Units in Combat by Marco Mattioli
RRP: $33.58$24.38A study of the Macchi Folgore and Veltro, the most successful Italian fighters in World War II. With specially commissioned profiles, the book examines how these fighters were conceived, their performance and the fascinating stories of their pilots. ... -
Air Battle for Dunkirk by Norman Franks
RRP: $21.00$15.56'Where is the RAF?' was the oft-quoted question asked by soldiers waiting on the beach at Dunkirk, to where they had retreated following the German blitzkrieg through northern France, and where they were now being pounded by the Luftwaffe. The air... -
Panzer IV: 1939-1945 Paul Thomas 9781526711281
RRP: $31.48$23.00The Panzer IV Panzerkampfwagen IV was one the foremost German fighting vehicles of the Second World War, and this volume in the TankCraft series is an ideal introduction to it. With detailed captions, text and illustrations the book tells the story of... -
Armoured Warfare in the Battle of the Bulge 1944-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Anthony Tucker-Jones 9781526701756
$33.81The Battle of the Bulge took the Allied armies by surprise in 1944/. It was a result of the extraordinary recovery of Hitler's panzer divisions following crushing defeats on the Eastern and Western fronts. In a daring offensive he hoped his panzers would... -
Normandy 1944: The Battle of the Hedgerows: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Simon Forty 9781526723710
RRP: $31.48$23.00Just as the Anglo-Canadian forces in the east found it difficult to advance beyond Caen after D-Day, so the US First Army laboured to advance through the Norman bocage country in the west. The lethal struggle that developed there was a defining episode... -
The Blackout Murders: Homicide in WW2 by Neil R Storey
RRP: $42.00$30.01Nostalgic recollections of wartime Britain often forget that when the blackout was enforced at night in an attempt to foil Nazi bombers a crime wave, cloaked by the inky black darkness, ensued on many of our streets. There were petty crimes, robberies,... -
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen 9781799956419
RRP: $37.78$31.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781799956419Author Pamela Binnings EwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 419Imprint Blackstone PublishingPublisher Blackstone PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War (Pan Military Classics Series) by Chris Bellamy
RRP: $42.00$31.25Absolute War tells the story of the greatest and most terrible land-air conflict of all time: the war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. There have been many individual accounts of particular moments in the vicious war between the Nazi regime and...