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Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943 by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£9.09The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland,... -
Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939-45: Tanks, Self-Propelled Guns, Halftracks & AFVs by Chris Bishop
RRP: £19.99£14.05Illustrated 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... -
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... -
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944: The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller by Antony Beevor 9780670918676 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERThe great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War' - Robert Fox, Evening... -
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944: The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERThe great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War' - Robert Fox, Evening... -
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £12.99£8.48The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'. Adam Worth was the greatest master... -
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... -
The Gathering Storm: The Second World War by Winston Churchill
RRP: £18.99£13.61Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the Second World War.About the AuthorWinston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. A prolific writer, whose works include The Second World War and A... -
Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War Tim Bouverie 9781784705749
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... -
An Air That Kills: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 1 by Andrew Taylor
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the first instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesWorkmen in the small market town of Lydmouth are... -
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... -
All-In Fighting by W E Fairbairn 9781783313419
£6.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783313419Author W E FairbairnFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)... -
The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution by Mark Roseman
RRP: £11.99£8.43At a villa on the shore of the Wannsee, a lake in suburban Berlin, on 20th January 1942 one of the most terrible meetings in human history convened. Chaired by Reinhard Heydrich and organised and minuted by Adolf Eichmann, it brought together... -
Churchill's D-Day: The Inside Story by Richard Dannatt 9781399727839
RRP: £25.00£16.78'This is a fascinating book which re-examines events that liberated and thus shaped the future of Europe.' Lord Soames, Winston Churchill's grandson 'An engrossing delight . . . Dannatt and Packwood have produced an account of Churchill's D-Day worthy... -
No Picnic on Mount Kenya Felice Benuzzi 9780857053770
RRP: £12.99£8.60A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war.When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war... -
American Bomber Aircraft of World War II by Edward Ward 9781838863272
RRP: £17.99£12.39The 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... -
Monte Cassino by Matthew Parker
RRP: £10.99£7.4080th anniversary of the Battle of Monte CassinoThe six-month battle for Monte Cassino was Britain's bitterest and bloodiest encounter with the German army on any front in World War Two.At the beginning of 1944 Italy was the western Allies' only active... -
World War II The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
RRP: £25.00£20.02Explore the history of the people, politics, and events of World War II - one of the most destructive events in world history.If you're keen on military history and World War II, this book is for you. This complete visual guide covers the events leading... -
The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis
RRP: £8.99£6.13An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls. Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an... -
Little Bird of Auschwitz: How My Mother Escaped Death and Found Our Family Jacques Peretti 9781473646452
RRP: £20.00£13.35'That nickname . . .''"Little bird." It wasn't mine. I found out later he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. "Little Bird" didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of "little birds", just like me, all thinking... -
Shockwave by Stephen Walker
RRP: £9.99£6.64THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read' At 8:15am on August 6th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped... -
Beyond Duty: The Reasons Some Soldiers Commit Atrocities by Walter S. Zapotoczny 9781625451125
RRP: £25.00£18.54Accounts of brutality fill the history of warfare. The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, whether in war or in peace. Historians in large part have described in detail the actions of military groups that have committed... -
Panzer Reconnaissance by Thomas Anderson
RRP: £35.00£26.73Using first-hand accounts and rare and unpublished images, this highly illustrated title tells the full story of the German reconnaissance troops in World War II. When the Wehrmacht was first formed in 1935, tactical reconnaissance was carried out... -
Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby
RRP: £10.99£7.25Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', Love and War in the Apennines is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II. After the Italian Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the... -
Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron by David Price 9781800242302
RRP: £10.99£7.12Nicknamed The 'Wooden Wonder' for its timber frame and superb performance, the de Havilland Mosquito ranks alongside the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster as one of the RAF's greatest-ever flying machines. Novel in design, operationally flexible... -
The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster by Richard J. Evans
RRP: £18.99£14.01The final book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J. Evans's The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster shows how Germany rushed headlong into destroying itself, shattering an entire... -
Hastings: Wartime Memories and Photographs by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
RRP: £17.99£13.64Hastings: Wartime Memories and Photographs weaves the personal stories of 75 people who endured life in Hastings during the Home Front war years with more than 140 photographs, the majority of which have never been published before. It describes the... -
Cruel Crossing: Escaping Hitler Across the Pyrenees by Edward Stourton
RRP: £12.99£9.09The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep - the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the journey is a formidable challenge. Hundreds of those who climbed through the Pyrenees during the Second World War were malnourished and... -
Luftwaffe Eagle by Walter Schuck 9781910809280
RRP: £11.95£8.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809280Author Walter SchuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
A Mother's Secret: The Battersea Tavern Series (Book 1) by Kitty Neale 9781409197348
RRP: £7.99£2.83The heartwrenching new novel from bestselling author Kitty NealeCan she put right the secrets of the past?London, 1939. Winnie Berry has been the landlady of the Battersea Tavern for nearly twenty-five years, and the pub is like home to her - a place of... -
Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-first Century by Tobias Buck 9781399604253
RRP: £25.00£14.26'[A] gripping and fascinating book' JAMES HOLLAND, DAILY TELEGRAPH, 5* review'A brilliant book . . . timely . . . gripping' RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVER'A thrilling read ' PHILIPPE SANDS, author of EAST WEST STREET***On 17 October 2019, in Hamburg's imposing... -
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII by Nicholas Rankin 9780571250639 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men... -
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII by Nicholas Rankin
RRP: £12.99£8.56In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men... -
Secrets of Station X by Michael Smith 9781849540957
RRP: £10.99£7.93When Captain Ridley's shooting partyA" arrived at Bletchley Park in 1939 no-one would have guessed that by 1945 the guests would number nearly 10,000 and that collectively they would have contributed decisively to the Allied war effort. Their role? To... -
The Holocaust: A New History by Laurence Rees
RRP: £14.99£10.95THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT FOR 30 YEARS.'By far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development'... -
Shot Down: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth by Steve Snyder 9780986076015
RRP: £15.74£11.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986076015Author Steve SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Sea Breeze Publishing LLCPublisher Sea Breeze Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 503g -
Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory by Evan Mawdsley 9780300255454
RRP: £20.00£16.43The gripping account of the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier force—and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy Task Force 58 was World War II’s most powerful battle fleet. Made up in mid-1944 of sixteen... -
Complete Illustrated History of the First & Second World Wars Sommerville Donald & Westwell Ian 9780754833451
RRP: £20.00£16.69This comprehensive history begins by looking at the origins of WWI and then chronicles the war a year at a time. The second half of the book details the history of WWII, from the rise of Hitler and the persecution of the Jewish race to the attacks on... -
The German Army 1939–45 (2): North Africa & Balkans by Nigel Thomas
RRP: £12.99£11.01Hitler first considered an invasion of Great Britain in autumn 1940, then scheduled Operation Barbarossa, the conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union, for May 1941. Anxious to emulate Hitler's successes, the Italian dictator Mussolini embarked...