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Escape from Paris: A True Story of Love and Resistance in Wartime France by Stephen Harding
RRP: €17.84€11.66Escape from Paris is the true story of a small group of U.S. aviators whose four B-17 Flying Fortresses were shot down over German-occupied France on a single, fateful day: July 14, 1943, Bastille Day. They were rescued by brave French civilians and... -
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray
RRP: €23.80€16.36Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the recent huge success of his podcast We... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs Who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer 9780861546176
RRP: €13.08€8.78How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Christmas with the East End Angels by Rosie Hendry
RRP: €8.32€5.95It's the most wonderful time of the year - but can the East End Angels keep London safe?Meet The East End Angels, the newest members of Station Seventy-Five's ambulance crew . . .Frankie is trying hard to keep everything together. She can count on the... -
Panzer III German Army Light Tank: North Africa El Alamein to Tunis, 1941-1943 by Dennis Oliver
RRP: €22.60€16.20The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armoured force sent to North Africa. Although less heavily armoured than many of its opponents it was sturdy and reliable and its main... -
How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher
RRP: €11.89€7.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911547822Author M.F.K. FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
The War on our Doorstep: London's East End and how the Blitz Changed it Forever by Harriet Salisbury
RRP: €20.22€14.61London's East Enders are known for being a tough, humorous and lively lot. In the early 20th century, families crowded into single rooms, children played on the streets and neighbours' doors were never locked in case you needed an escape route from the... -
Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries by Robert Harris
RRP: €13.08€9.25PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024'Impossible to stop reading' OBSERVER'Thrilling, intricate and hilarious' DAILY MAILAPRIL 1945: From the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes off... -
Code Name Mulberry: the Planning Building and Operation of the Normandy Harbours by Guy Hartcup
RRP: €17.84€13.03The story of the Mulberry harbours must rank among the most remarkable to emerge from the Second World War. In terms of engineering achievement, it is surely one of the greatest of all time.Allied planners correctly anticipated that the Germans would... -
SBS: Special Boat Squadron by Iain Gale
RRP: €11.89€7.76A historical adventure chronicling the exploits of the Special Boat Squadron, the seaborne raiders who, by strength and guile, carried out World War Two's most daring covert operations. From this moment on, you and your men, you don't exist. ... -
Hunt the Bismarck: The pursuit of Germany's most famous battleship by Angus Konstam
RRP: €17.84€13.03Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinubung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit by the Royal Navy. Bismarck entered naval service in the summer of 1940. She was... -
The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy by John Henry Phillips
RRP: €26.18€19.06When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative error he found himself without a hotel room and reliant on the generosity of one of the veterans who had a spare bed... -
The Sea and the Second World War: Maritime Aspects of a Global Conflict by Marcus Faulkner
€38.75The sea shaped the course and conduct of World War II, from the first moments of the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945. The impact could be felt far beyond the shoreline, as the arms and armies... -
The Holocaust: A New History by Laurence Rees
RRP: €17.84€13.03THE 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'... -
SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard: 3: Volume 3 R-W by Max Williams 9781781556382
RRP: €53.55€40.19Volume 3, officers with surnames R to W. In the turbulent times of the post-World War One era, new political parties emerged frequently in Germany, many with opposing extremist policies. The Communist movement grew out of the Socialist working classes... -
The RAF's Road to D-Day: The Struggle to Exploit Air Superiority, 1943-1944 by Greg Baughen 9781399051804
RRP: €29.75€20.97By the summer of 1943, the Third Reich's fate seemed sealed. The combined might of Britain and the Commonwealth nations, the United States and the Soviet Union had made a Germany victory impossible. All that remained to decide was how the Allies should... -
Barbarossa Derailed: the Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941: Volume 2: the German Offensives on the Flanks and the Third Soviet Counteroffensive, 25 August-10 September 1941 by Colonel David M. Glantz 9781911096108
RRP: €53.55€40.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096108Author David M. GlantzFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Marlborough: Britain's Greatest General by Richard Holmes
RRP: €20.22€13.65Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cementing... -
Italy's Sorrow: A Year of War 1944-45 by James Holland
RRP: €20.22€13.65Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it had become a place of nightmares, a land of violence, war, and destruction. James Holland's ground-breaking account expertly documents the German advance and a segment of Italian history... -
In the Shadows: The extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Corps by Michael Ashcroft
RRP: €29.75€21.25With a Foreword by Lord Hague of Richmond The Intelligence Corps is one of the smallest and most secretive elements of the British Army. It has existed in various guises since the early twentieth century, but it was only formally constituted in July... -
Tank Action: An Armoured Troop Commander's War 1944-45 by David Render
RRP: €13.08€8.81A gripping account of the Second World War, from the perspective of a young tank commander.In 1944, David Render was a nineteen-year-old second lieutenant fresh from Sandhurst when he was sent to France. Joining the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry five days... -
Barbarossa: And the Bloodiest War in History by Stewart Binns
RRP: €15.46€10.23Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of the Second World War.On June 22nd, 1941 the largest military invasion in human history was launched - an attack on the... -
Field Marshal: The Life and Death of Erwin Rommel by Daniel Allen Butler 9781612005669
RRP: €19.03€12.95Erwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proud father; intelligent, instinctive, brave, compassionate, vain, egotistical, and arrogant. In France in 1940, then for two years in North Africa, then finally... -
Spymaster: The Man Who Saved MI6 by Helen Fry 9780300266979
RRP: €14.27€12.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300266979Author Helen FryFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 127g -
Deserter: A Hidden History of the Second World War by Charles Glass
RRP: €15.46€11.54A poet, a gangster and an agent of the Resistance; 'Deserter' details three astonishing lives shaped by the decision to flee during WWII. During the Second World War, the British lost 100,000 troops to desertion, and the Americans 50,000... -
Lucky Johnny: The Footballer who Survived the River Kwai Death Camps by Johnny Sherwood
RRP: €15.46€2.69In 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/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser: The Mediterranean 1940-43 by Angus Konstam
RRP: €17.84€13.03This illustrated history explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies, the jack-of-all trades warships of the Mediterranean Naval War. In 1940, when Italy entered World War II, the Royal Navy was badly overstretched, and its... -
World War II For Dummies by Keith D. Dickson 9781119675532
RRP: €22.60€15.65Looking to ally yourself with World War II knowledge? More than 75 years after its end, World War II remains one of the most devastating and impactful events in human history. It was a global war, and the nations that fought it employed every available... -
Me 210/410 Zerstoerer Units by Robert Forsyth
RRP: €17.84€16.78Intended as a progressive development of the twin-engined Bf 110 Zerstoerer ('destroyer' or heavy fighter), the Me 210 first took to the air in September 1939. However, due to a lack of sufficient flight-testing before being declared service-ready, the... -
12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: From Operation Goodwood to April 1945 by Massimiliano Afiero 9781636243146
RRP: €29.69€18.81Formed in 1943 with the express purpose of blocking the forthcoming Allied invasion in the West, the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend carved out a reputation as one of the Wehrmacht's foremost panzer divisions, as witnessed by its tenacious defense... -
British Destroyer vs German Destroyer: Narvik 1940 by David Greentree
RRP: €16.65€11.60The opening months of World War II saw Britain's Royal Navy facing a resurgent German navy, the Kriegsmarine. Following the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in early April 1940, British and German destroyers would clash in a series of battles for... -
Lake Ilmen, 1942: The Wehrmacht Front to the Red Army by Oscar Gonzalez 9781526719935
RRP: €29.75€28.62In January 1942, south of Lake Ilmen, the 16th German Army clashed with the Morozov's 11th Soviet Army for possession of the strategic Russian city of Stelaia In this battle, which has gone almost unnoticed in studies of the Eastern Front, the Blue... -
Traitor King: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Exile by Andrew Lownie
RRP: €29.75€19.33THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Daily Mail Royal Book of the Year, 2021'Darkly compelling...hundreds of eye-popping details...Gripping ... damning portrait of the Windsors' Daily Mail 'Book of the Week''Briskly written and compulsively readable...' - A.N... -
Bolt Action: Armies of the United States by Warlord Games
RRP: €29.75€21.77With this latest supplement for Bolt Action, players now have all the information they need to field the varied military forces of the United States of America. Entering the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States immediately went to war... -
The SS: A New History by Adrian Weale
RRP: €15.46€10.23The SS was one of the most important institutions of Third Reich Germany, yet it is also among the least well understood. From the end of 1935, the SS had control over all police and internal security duties in Germany and the militarised Waffen SS had... -
Berlin: Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century by Sinclair McKay
RRP: €13.08€9.25The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - BerlinThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as... -
London War Notes by Mollie Panter-Downes 9781910263013
RRP: €19.04€18.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910263013Author Mollie Panter-DownesFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdWeight(grams)... -
The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018 by Bart van Es
RRP: €11.89€8.46WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2019'A masterpiece of history and memoir' Evening Standard'Superb. This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing,... -
Shockwave by Stephen Walker
RRP: €11.89€7.90THE 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... -
SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard Vol:1 A-J by Max Williams 9781781554333
RRP: €53.55€41.85In the turbulent times of the post-World War One era, new political parties emerged frequently in Germany, many with opposing extremist policies. The Communist movement grew out of the Socialist working classes using the Russian Bolshevik Party as a...