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Japan's Greatest Victory/ Britain's Greatest Defeat
The fall of Singapore was the worst defeat ever suffered by the British Empire this dramatic account emphasizes the initiative and tactics that enabled 60,000 Japanese to defeat 130,000 British.
Those Who Trespass Against Us: One Woman's War Against the Nazis
Born in Vienna in 1898, Karolina Lanckoronska was an aristocrat and art historian who taught at the University of Lwow, then part of Poland. When the Soviets came to occupy...
Hitler's Soldiers: The German Army in the Third Reich
A penetrating study of the German army's military campaigns, relations with the Nazi regime, and complicity in Nazi crimes across occupied Europe For decades after 1945, it was generally believed...
Death in the City of Light (Trade)
Occupied Paris, 1944. The swastika flies from the top of the Eiffel Tower, Nazi officers patrol the elegant boulevards and the once-vibrant city is shrouded in suspicion and fear. At...
Operation Dragoon: The Allied Liberation of the South of France: 1944
A dramatic and expertly rendered narrative of the Allied liberation of the South of France during Operation Dragoon in 1944. Operation Dragoon is the story of the Allied invasion of...
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
'It's not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is stark. This is the way bullies work. When Time Stopped is...
Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1943-46
The book titled Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1943-46 by the author Earl Louis Mountbatten Mountbatten of Burma. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...
The Soldier Who Came Back
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'The extraordinary story of one of the most audacious escape attempts of the Second World War' Dan Snow In Northern Poland in 1940, at the Nazi war camp Stalag XX-A,...
Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire
Reginald Mitchell is one of the greatest names in aviation history. A visionary engineer with a passion for speed, his legacy is the most iconic fighter aircraft of all time:...
1945: Victory in the West
The first book on the final 100 days of the Second World War in a generation 'Magisterial . . . a fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be...
Rifleman: A Front-Line Life
Born into a working-class family in London in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade at nineteen, was sent to the Middle East and saw action in Palestine. Following...
No Flight from the Cage: The Compelling Memoir of a Bomber Command
Originally published in 1956, former Second World War prisoner-of-war Calton Younger's 'No Flight from the Cage' received critical acclaim. One critic wrote, 'the book goes below the surface of prison...
Parting Words: An extraordinary 100-year-old man's 9 lessons for
'I don't know where to stop praising Benny and this amazing book' - HEATHER MORRIS, The Tattooist of Auschwitz ' This book...is the stuff folk tales are made of. How...
Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and
Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Why, when the most direct route from Britain to Germany...
The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
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The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account. On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder...
With the Old Breed
This was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islands Landing on the beach at Peleliu in...
Decision in Normandy: Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied
The book titled Decision in Normandy: Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied by the author Carlo D'Este. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
Parallel Lines: A journey from childhood to Belsen
This is a story of a young boy's journey from a sleepy provincial town in Hungary during the Second World War to the concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen. After a winter...
Gona'S Gone!
This work suggests that, for Australia, the Pacific War was the beginning of a new interpretation of the Southeast Asian region and Australia's position in it. The three battles fought...
ANATOMY OF SHIP BATTLESHIP YAMATO
The author has assembled a portfolio of drawings, and the photographic section includes some very rare on-board views. This contribution to the "Conway's Anatomy of the Ship" series features over...
The Pacific Campaign: The Second World War at Sea
The book titled The Pacific Campaign: The Second World War at Sea by the author Dan Van der Vat. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
Last Witnesses in the Bunker
"Last Witness in the Bunker" is an account of Hitler's last days in the bunker in the basement of the Reich Chancellory with Eva Braun and his household staff. Galante...
Lost Anzacs
This book is intended for students of military history and of Commonwealth history.
D-Days in the Pacific: The Us Coast Guard in World War II
Winner of the Foundation for 2008 Coast Guard History Book AwardThe images of soldiers and marines coming ashore on hostile shores are embedded in our collective memory of World War...
The JAIL THAT WENT TO SEA
In 1941, the British people had their backs to the wall in their lone fight against the might of Hitler's Germany. America was neutral, at least until the bombing of...
The Battle for Australia: A Nation and its Leader Under Siege
The Battle for Australia stemmed the unprecedented Japanese advance from the north. The battle became a precarious fighting comeback at a time when Australia was naked to invasion. It loosened...
Cruiser
Of all the Australians who fought in the Second World War, none saw more action nor endured so much of its hardship and horror as the crew of the cruiser...
Clive Caldwell, Air Ace
'His courage, determination, skill and his undoubtedly outstanding ability as a leader are an inspiration to his wing and worthy of the highest praise.' Extract from Distinguished Service Order citation...
The Battle of Britain Pocket Manual 1940
Pocket manual detailing the training and operations of the British pilots, ground crew and anti-aircraft gunners. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone. For three long months, brave young...
Honor by Fire: Japanese Americans at War in Europe and the Pacific
The book titled Honor by Fire: Japanese Americans at War in Europe and the Pacific by the author Lyn Crost. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...
Expose: A History of Searchlights in World War II
The book titled Expose: A History of Searchlights in World War II by the author Noel Hill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Darkest Hour: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's
January 23, 1942, New Britain. It was 2:30 a.m., the darkest hour of the day and, for the defenders of this Southwest Pacific island, soon to be the war's darkest...
The Australian War Classics Collection.
The book titled The Australian War Classics Collection. by the author Lawson Glassop. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
HMAS Sydney: Australia's Greatest Naval Tragedy
On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney , fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the...
The Barbarians: a Private's Story
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The book titled The Barbarians: a Private's Story by the author Peter Pinney. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
We Were There: Australian Soldiers of World War II
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The book titled We Were There: Australian Soldiers of World War II by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Defeat Into Victory: (Pan Military Classics Series)
Field Marshal William Slim stands alongside Montgomery as the outstanding British field commander of World War II. Defeat Into Victory is his classic account of the Burma campaign: a story...
The Longest Battle: The War at Sea, 1939-1945
Richard Hough is a distinguished naval historian and a highly acclaimed storyteller.
The Last Checkmate: A Novel
A PopSugar Best Book of the Year! Readers of Heather Morris's The Tattooist of Auschwitz and watchers of The Queen's Gambit won't want to miss this amazing debut set during...
The Day the War Ended
Written by the author of "The Holocaust", this is a history of the events of 8 May 1945 and its repercussions, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebrations of...
Warspite
No warship name in British naval history has more battle honours than Warspite. While this book looks at the lives of all eight vessels to bear the name (between 1596...
World War II Trucks and Tanks
Many thousands of different types of vehicles were used by the armies during the Second World War for various roles, including the fighting vehicles such as armoured cars and tanks....
U.S. Aircraft Carriers 1939-45
A detailed and fully illustrated account of United States aircraft carriers during World War II. This extensively illustrated volume tells the dramatic yet successful story of US aircraft carriers in...
Japan's War: Hirohito's Holy War Against the West
'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'T his extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an...
Lonely Courage: The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free
'A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book - told with tremendous pace and excitement' William Boyd 'Rick Stroud writes brilliantly about war ... an astonishing book ... a wonderful story'...