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The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $11.13The Avro Lancaster was the RAF's most famous and successful heavy bomber of the Second World War. Used predominantly at night, 'Lancs' dropped 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties in the period... -
Tank Spotter's Guide by Tank Museum
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $7.33Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks have gone on to revolutionise warfare. From the lightning Blitzkrieg assaults of World War II to the great... -
The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car by David Fletcher
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27The first Rolls-Royce armoured car was a privately owned vehicle fitted with a machine-gun and a limited amount of armour plate, used by the Royal Naval Air Service in Flanders in 1914. By 1915,... -
Roman Republican Legionary 298–105 BC by Nic Fields
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $14.72Soon after the Caudine Forks fiasco in 321 BC, the tactical formation adopted by the Roman Army underwent a radical change. Introduced as part of the Servian reforms, the legion had originally... -
Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey Cox
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $17.36Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with... -
Soviet Destroyers of World War II by Alexander Hill
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27The Soviet Navy that faced the German onslaught in 1941 boasted a mixture of modern warships, often built with foreign technical assistance, and antiquated warships from the Tsarist era that were... -
Byzantine Naval Forces 1261-1461: The Roman Empire's Last Marines by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $13.24After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire. To achieve this, he established an Imperial Fleet and raised new... -
World War II US Marine Infantry Regiments by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $17.34The United States Marine Corps came into its own in the Pacific Islands campaign against Japan in World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces... -
US Heavy Cruisers 1943-75 by Mark Stille
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27This title follows on from a companion book covering the US heavy cruisers that were built prior to the war, together forming the definitive guide to the US's heavy cruiser classes. Versatile... -
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume 1: 1939-42 by Thomas Anderson
RRP: $45.15Booksplease Price: $34.98The Germans transformed armoured warfare from a lumbering and ponderous experiment in World War I into something that could decide the outcome of conflicts. This technical and operational history is... -
BT Fast Tank: The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 1931-45 Steven J. Zaloga (Author) 9781472810656
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27When the Red Army needed to mechanize its cavalry branch in the 1930s, the BT fast tank was its solution. Based on the American Christie high-speed tank, the Red Army began a program to adapt the... -
Imperial Chinese Armies 1840-1911 by Philip S. Jowett
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27An in-depth analysis of the Chinese Armies that fought a series of increasingly fractious wars over nearly a century. Beginning with a run through of the Chinese forces that combated the British and... -
The Forgotten Dead: The true story of Exercise Tiger, the disastrous rehearsal for D-Day Ken Small 9781472834492
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.8627 April 1944. Exercise Tiger. German E-boats intercept rehearsals for the D-Day landings... On a dark night in 1944, a beautiful stretch of the Devon coast became the scene of desperate horror... -
Mutina 43 BC by Nic Fields
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $19.40In the aftermath of the murder of Gaius Julius Caesar, his self-declared successor Mark Antony struggled to hold together his legacy. Following an abortive coup attempt by Caesar's adopted son... -
Tiger 1 by Hilary L. Doyle
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27Probably the most famous tank of the World War II, the Tiger I was originally conceived in 1941 in response to the German Army's experience in fighting British tanks and anti-tank guns in Western... -
The Thompson Submachine Gun: From Prohibition Chicago to World War II Martin Pegler 9781849081498
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $18.37The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century. It had an unusual beginning, for it was developed during the dying days of World War I as a... -
US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-73 by Peter E. Davies 9781472823601
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.18Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a U.S. Navy design, and the carrier-borne... -
Knight Hospitaller: Pt.1: 1100-1306 by David Nicolle 9781841762142
RRP: $27.09Booksplease Price: $17.23The Hospitallers were the first of the Secular Crusading Orders to be created, though they were only 'militarized' after the establishment of the Templers. The Hospitallers played a major role in the... -
The Forts of Colonial North America: British, Dutch and Swedish colonies by René Chartrand 9781849081979
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $17.12This book takes a detailed look at the fortifications of various types that were built from the times of the earliest British settlements in North America in the late 16th century until the end of... -
The Browning Automatic Rifle by Robert R. Hodges 9781849087612
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $18.72For nearly fifty years the hard-hitting, mobile Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, served in US infantry units as a light squad automatic "base of fire" weapon, providing quick bursts of concentrated... -
P-51 Mustang vs Fw 190: Europe 1943–45 by Martin Bowman 9781846031892
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $18.37Discover the history of a classic duel as the finest American and German pilots were pitted against each other in the war-torn skies over Europe. The P-51 personified the might of the Eighth Air... -
The Chinese Army 1937-49: World War II and Civil War by Philip S. Jowett 9781841769042
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $16.11Although the Chinese contribution to Allied victory in World War II is often ignored, China fought the Japanese Empire for far longer than any other belligerent nation. By the time that the... -
The Indochina War, 1946-54 by Martin Windrow 9781855327894
Booksplease Price: $16.78The states of Indochina had been French colonies or protectorates since the 19th century. However, in March 1945 the Japanese interned all French troops and officials, and turned over all civil... -
The Etruscans: 9th-2nd Centuries BC Raffaele D'Amato (Author) 9781472828316
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $15.20Ancient Rome had deep roots in the 'Villanovan' culture that we call today the Etruscans. Their long-lived civilization can be traced to 900-750 BC in north-west Italy. They were a sea-faring people... -
Doctor for Friend and Foe by Rick Jolly
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $14.01Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total... -
US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War Jim Laurier (Illustrator) 9781849087513
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $19.40Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that... -
US Navy Ships vs Kamikazes 1944-45 by Mark Stille
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $18.37The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on US Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets like carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to re-evaluate their tactics in late 1944... -
The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for supremacy in the Pacific by Mark Stille
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $16.98The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9... -
Armies of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 by Philip S. Jowett
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27The Russo-Japanese War was the first major conflict of the 20th century, as vast armies clashed in Manchuria incurring enormous casualties. Its global significance was immense, as the tactics... -
King Tiger vs IS-2: Operation Solstice 1945 by David R. Higgins
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $18.37This book examines the technology and strategy that defined the outcome of the battles between the King Tiger and the IS-2. The Soviets had been quick to develop tanks that could fight the Tiger on... -
Imperial Roman Warships 27 BC-193 AD by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27The Roman Empire was not only built by the strength of the legions but also by a navy that was the most powerful maritime force ever to have existed. It was the presence of this fleet that secured... -
Polish Armor of the Blitzkrieg by Jamie Prenatt
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges. In actuality the Poles, in the midst of a large-scale... -
Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to modern Special Forces by Leigh Neville
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62Over the last 30 years, the 'technical' or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare. Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet... -
The Beretta M9 Pistol by Leroy Thompson
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $18.37In 1990 the Beretta M9 replaced the venerable Colt 1911 as the main pistol of choice for the US Army, and it has seen widespread use in Iraq and Afghanistan. Written by a leading pistol expert who... -
Panzer IV vs Sherman by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $18.37As the Allies attempted to break out of Normandy, it quickly became apparent that there would be no easy victory over the Germans, and that every scrap of territory on the way to Berlin would have to... -
US Marine Corps Recon and Special Operations Uniforms & Equipment 2000-15 by J. Kenneth Eward
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $17.60In the age of modern warfare the changing landscape of the 21st century battlefield has demanded a transformation within the US Marine Corps Special Operations. Adapting to a huge range of combat... -
Bolt Action: Tank War by Warlord Games
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $26.69Tank War, the new supplement for Bolt Action, gives players the option to expand their games to a whole new level - armoured warfare. Recreate such great engagements as the battle of Kursk with the... -
Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress by Mark Lardas
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $19.40In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out... -
Dutch Navies of the 80 Years' War 1568-1648 by Bouko de Groot
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27The tiny new state of the United Provinces of the Netherlands won its independence from the mighty Spanish empire by fighting and winning the Eighty Years' War, from 1568 and 1648. In this long... -
The Hurricane Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $11.13The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the RAF. Although overshadowed by the Spitfire, during the Battle...