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Panzerwrecks 15: German Armour 1944-45 by Lee Archer 9781908032058
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032058Author Lee ArcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedWeight(grams) 440g -
Hotchkiss Machine Guns by John Walter
RRP: £13.99£9.75Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by... -
Nazi UFOs: The Legends and Myths of Hitler s Flying Saucers in WW2 by Tucker, S.D. 9781399071567
RRP: £20.00£14.29Nazi UFOs tells the strange tale of how, following the first alleged flying saucer sightings made in the USA in 1947, a series of fantasists and neo-fascists came forward to create a media myth that the Nazis may have invented these incredible craft as a... -
Camouflage Uniforms of the Waffen-SS : A Photographic Reference by Michael D. Beaver
RRP: £72.99£47.19Finally a book that unveils the shroud of mystery surrounding Waffen-SS camouflage clothing. Illustrated here, both in full color and in contemporary black and white photographs, this unparalleled look at Waffen-SS combat troops and their camouflage... -
If the War Goes On . . .: Reflections on War and Politics by Hermann Hesse
RRP: £9.99£6.70Herman Hesse remained clear-sighted and consistent in his political views and his passionate espousal of pacifism and the bloody absurdity of war from the start of the First World War to the end of his life. He wrote the earliest essay in this book in... -
The Longest Campaign: Britain'S Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and Northwest Europe, 1939-1945 by Brian Walter 9781612008561
RRP: £25.00£21.13For four centuries the British realm depended upon sea power to defend its interest and independence against a myriad of threats both military and economic. During this time the Royal Navy established itself as the sovereign of the Seas, helping... -
America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War H. W. Brands 9780385550413
RRP: £30.00£20.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385550413Author H. W. BrandsFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc -
Leningrad: State of Siege by Michael Jones 9780719569425 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29When the German High Command encircled Leningrad it was a deliberate policy to eradicate the city's civilian population by starving them to death. As winter set in and food supplies dwindled, starvation and panic set in. A specialist in battle psychology... -
Leningrad: State of Siege by Michael Jones
RRP: £10.99£7.40When the German High Command encircled Leningrad it was a deliberate policy to eradicate the city's civilian population by starving them to death. As winter set in and food supplies dwindled, starvation and panic set in. A specialist in battle psychology... -
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: The Famous Flying Tigers Fighter by David Doyle 9780764354328
RRP: £18.99£12.67The Curtiss P-40 had a production run of 13,738 aircraft, making it the third most produced US fighter of WWII. Famous as the "shark-mouthed" aircraft of the legendary American Volunteer Group-"Flying Tigers"-the P-40 was first flown in 1938, and was... -
Escaping Hitler's Bunker: The Fate of the Third Reich's Leaders by Sjoerd J de Boer
RRP: £25.00£17.62As the Soviet troops fought their way ever closer to the Reich Chancellery in the final days of the Third Reich, deep underground in Hitler's bunker fateful decisions were being made. Hitler and some of those closest to him resolved to commit suicide,... -
Morse Code Wrens of Station X: Bletchley's Outer Circle by Anne Glyn-Jones
RRP: £9.95£9.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409081Author Anne Glyn-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Amphora PressPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Fw 200 Condor Units of World War 2 by Chris Goss
RRP: £16.99£14.10The Fw 200 Condor first made an appearance over Norway in April 1940, flying with the unit that eventually become synonymous with it - Kampfgeschwader 40. As the war in the west progressed, and German forces advanced, French airfields opened up, allowing... -
The Cambridge Five: A Captivating Guide to the Russian Spies in Britain Who Passed Information to the Soviet Union During World War II by Captivating History 9781647481506
RRP: £29.99£18.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647481506Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 58Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)... -
The Fall of Eben Emael: Belgium 1940 by Chris McNab 9781780962610
RRP: £15.99£13.33In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates. Add a... -
Operation Tonga: Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery by Jon Cooksey
RRP: £16.99£12.28The seizure of Pegasus Bridge by six glider borne platoons of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry under Major John Howard very early 6th June 1944, is one of the better-known stories of D-Day. Landing just yards from vital bridges over the... -
US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft: 1941–42 by Mark Stille
RRP: £13.99£9.75The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier- based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJN's carrier- based torpedo and dive- bombers showed their prowess again at the Battle of Coral Sea when they sank the US Navy... -
Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe: Knight's Cross Holders 1943-1945 by Jeremy Dixon 9781399030731
RRP: £25.00£17.62The German fighter pilots of the Second World War are among the undoubted heroes of the conflict, their reputation for flying skill, single-minded determination and solitary courage hasn’t diminished or been clouded by controversy over the years. Their... -
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides
RRP: £19.00£11.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385495653Author Hampton SidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Stuka Attack: The Dive-Bombing Assault on England during the Battle of Britain by Andy Saunders
RRP: £12.99£9.49The Junkers 87 Stuka was an iconic weapon of World War Two and an aircraft name that was, and still is, instantly recognised worldwide. Its roles in Poland and the Battles of France and the Low Countries are almost legendary, but in the UK its import... -
Cruel Hunters: SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger Hitlers Mt Notorious Anti-Partisan Unit by French Maclean 9780764304835
RRP: £31.99£20.40This is a brutal story - but, from the safety of fifty years distance in time - it is an extremely compelling one. It is also an enduring lesson that a military unit, formed under an evil ideology, led by a social outcast and composed of vicious... -
The Boys: The true story of 732 young concentration camp survivors by Sir Martin Gilbert
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Impossible to put down ... This is a book about coming out of hell, about great evil, about the triumph of the human spirit, and about the great goodness on the part of those who helped. One is left with hope, and admiration' Julia Neuberger, THE... -
Anzio Nettuno 1944 by Jörg Staiger 9781636241913
RRP: £40.00£28.24The Allied amphibious operation codenamed Shingle was launched in late January 1944. It was opposed by German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno. Success depended on the element of surprise, and the speed with which the invaders could build up... -
Battle for the Bocage, Normandy 1944: Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles and Villers Bocage by Tim Saunders
£25.15This is the story of the fighting in Normandy by the veteran desert formations brought back by Montgomery from the Mediterranean in order to spearhead the invasion; 50th Infantry and 7th Armoured divisions, plus 4th Armoured Brigade. Heavily reinforced... -
The Fighting Tenth: The Tenth Submarine Flotilla and the Siege of Malta by John Wingate 9781800553538
RRP: £17.99£15.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800553538Author John WingateFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm -
Spitfire Leader: Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero by Dennis Newton
RRP: £20.00£13.74Robert Wilton Bungey was unquestionably an RAF hero. From the very beginning of the Second World War he was patrolling Germany's border with the AASF. In the retreat from France he survived frantic day and night bombing missions flying obsolete,... -
Quiet Heroes: British Merchant Seamen at War, 1939-1945 by Bernard Edwards 9781848842908
£16.00The men of Britain's Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. Less than nine hours after the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, the Donaldson... -
Crucible: The Year that Forged Our World by Jonathan Fenby 9781471155031
RRP: £14.99£9.36The Times Book of the YearBBC History Magazine Book of the YearDaily Telegraph Book of the Year BOOK OF THE WEEK - The Times 'The strength of this book lies in the cold realities it delivers. "The thirteen months of 1947-48," writes Fenby, "provide... -
Monuments Man: The Mission to Save Vermeers, Rembrandts, and Da Vincis from the Nazis' Grasp by James J. Rorimer
RRP: £32.50£32.10James J. Rorimer, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, became a leading figure in the art recovery unit known as the Monuments Men, an elite group imbedded in the US Army, who risked their lives during World War II to save Europe s greatest... -
Hitler's Spanish Division by Lucas Molina 9781473878877
RRP: £19.99£14.28On 22 June 1941, Hitler s armies launched Operation Barbarossa and swept in to the Soviet Union. On the same day, the Spanish Foreign Minister, Ramon Serrano Suner, contacted the German embassy in Madrid with an extraordinary proposal would the German... -
The Bletchley Park Codebreakers in Their Own Words by Greenberg, Joel 9781784388119
RRP: £25.00£17.62A fascinating anthology which sheds new light on the Bletchley Park story and shows that there is still more to tell.' - Tony Comer OBE, formerly Departmental Historian at GCHQ This important volume tells the story of Bletchley Park through countless... -
Women of the Third Reich: From Camp Guards to Combatants by Tim Heath 9781526739452
RRP: £25.00£18.02The women of the Third Reich were a vital part in a complex and vilified system. What was their role within its administration, the concentration camps, and the Luftwaffe and militia units and how did it evolve in the way it did? We hear from women who... -
Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor by Robert Stinnett
RRP: £20.99£13.87Using previously unreleased documents, the author reveals new evidence that FDR knew the attack on Pearl Harbor was coming and did nothing to prevent it.Book InformationISBN 9780743201292Author Robert StinnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 399Imprint Simon &... -
A Member of the RAF of Indeterminate Race: WW2 Experiences of a Former RAF Navigator and POW by C.Y. Grant 9781846830181
£12.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846830181Author C.Y. GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield Publishing -
Dancing in the English Style: Consumption, Americanisation and National Identity in Britain, 1918-50 by Allison Abra
RRP: £25.00£17.92Dancing in the English style explores the development, experience, and cultural representation of popular dance in Britain from the end of the First World War to the early 1950s. It describes the rise of modern ballroom dancing as Britain's predominant... -
The Polish 'Few': Polish Airmen in the Battle of Britain by Peter Sikora 9781526714855
RRP: £30.00£21.95They came to fight for freedom and their country, they came to fight Germans. Men of the Polish Air Force, who had escaped first to France and then to Britain, to fly alongside the Royal Air Force just as Fighter Command faced its greatest challenge-the... -
Nightmare at Scapa Flow: The Truth About the Sinking of HMS "Royal Oak" by H.J. Weaver
RRP: £7.99£5.69"The place where the German U-boat sank the British battleship Royal Oak was none other than the middle of Scapa Flow, Britain's greatest naval base! It sounds incredible..." - William L Shirer, journalist, 18 October 1939 Sinking the battleship HMS... -
Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War by Justo Miranda 9781781558881
RRP: £40.00£28.79During the five years of the Second World War, the power of engines and speed of aircraft increased as much as it did during twenty years of peacetime. Conventional aircraft and engines reached the limits marked in the original design and surpassed them,... -
Stalingrad: City on Fire by Alexey Isaev 9781526742650
RRP: £25.00£18.02So much has been written about the Battle of Stalingrad - the Soviet victory that turned the tide of the Second World War - that we should know everything about it. But the history of the war, and the battle, is evolving and is being written anew, and... -
Belgium in the Second World War by Watervliet, Jean-Michel Veranneman de 9781399011419
RRP: £14.99£10.95When the Nazis invaded neutral Belgium in May 1940, defeat and occupation were inevitable but Belgian armed forces held out against a vastly superior enemy for 18 days. The elected Government went into exile in London but King Leopold III controversially...