Military History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerWhat does it truly mean to be Russian? Russians as People by Wright Miller offers a...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of the ancient and medieval worlds stands one of history's most transformative figures — Constantine...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: price clipped dj. In the turbulent social landscape of nineteenth-century Russia, a young man consumed by ambition, illegitimacy, and a desperate...

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Always outnumbered by their Soviet counterparts, the small band of Finnish fighter pilots who defended their Scandinavian homeland from the 'communist hordes' in three separate wars between 1939 and 1945...

The volcanic crag that dominates Stirling was probably fortified from ancient times, but the importance of Stirling Castle as a royal residence peaked in the 16th century. Around 1500, James...

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V , who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a...

Buckingham Palace is instantly recognisable as a symbol of the monarchy, of London and of Britain itself. But what goes on behind the famous facade? Buckingham Palace is much more...

When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their government as 'hostages...

p>The ANZAC tradition was forged on the killing fields of Gallipoli in 1915 and the legend grew throughout the decades at places such as Tobruk, Singapore, Kokoda and Long Tan....

Many indeed, are the biographies of Winston Churchill, one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. But what was that influence and how did he use it in...

Munich is one of Europe's most enchanting cities. Exploring its narrow cobbled streets or wide sunlight boulevards with views of the Bavarian Alps is a delight. Each autumn, millions of...

This atlas explores the causes, course and consequences of World War II. Clear maps and diagrams are accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text addressing not just battles and...

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Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and Byzantium. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, he was last seen fighting at the city walls,...

Secondhand WWII Military History Bargain Book Box SP3010 Fifteen illustrated and reference books of military history — Jane's Fighting Ships, the Battle of Britain, the RAF's U-boat war, women in...

First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates - with humanity, humour and the authority of experience - lower-deck life in the British navy,...

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With Britain braced for a German invasion, MI5 recruited an ex RNAS officer, come confidence trickster, called Walter Dicketts as a double agent. Codenamed Celery, Dicketts was sent to Lisbon...

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21st March 1945. 1530 hours. Bursting through a hazy sky, dozens of Allied fighters and bombers sweep over German-occupied Venice. Their mission - destroy Germany's strategic outposts nestled along the...

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Sylvia Brooke was the consort of His Highness Sir Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, the last in a bizarre dynasty of English despots who ruled their jungle kingdom on Borneo...

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The story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of history Weaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the...

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Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if the Luftwaffe had gone to war with an entirely different arsenal of aircraft — machines that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the primordial dawn of human civilisation to the glittering intellectual rebirth of the Renaissance, History of the World: Prehistory...

Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if the Luftwaffe of World War II had taken a radically different path — deploying aircraft that...

Edition: rev edCondition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if the Luftwaffe had made different choices — different men, different machines, different missions? The...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the ornate flintlocks of Renaissance courts to the precision-engineered firearms that shaped modern warfare, The World's Great Guns presents a sweeping and authoritative...