{"product_id":"secondhand-wwii-aviation-military-history-bargain-book-box-sp2904","title":"Secondhand WWII Aviation \u0026 Military History Bargain Book Box SP2904","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand WWII Aviation \u0026amp; Military History Bargain Book Box SP2904\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFifteen illustrated histories of the Second World War, with Purnell's celebrated weapons, campaign, and battle book series at the core. Spitfires, Mosquitoes, Zeros, B-29s, U-boats, Schweinfurt, Anzio, and Operation Market Garden — every major theatre represented, told by aviation and military historians at the top of the form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLuftwaffe — Alfred Price — The definitive account of Germany's air arm, introduced by Generalleutnant Adolf Galland. Price covers development, tactics, and the Luftwaffe's role from the Battle of Britain to the final collapse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eZero Fighter — Martin Caidin — Japan's legendary A6M Zero defined Pacific aerial combat. Introduced by ace Saburo Sakai, Caidin charts its early dominance and eventual obsolescence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSchweinfurt: Disaster in the Skies — John Sweetman — The two 1943 US Eighth Air Force raids on Schweinfurt's ball-bearing factories resulted in catastrophic losses and changed the course of the strategic bombing campaign.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePacific Hawk — John Vader — The P-40 Warhawk in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor through the island-hopping campaigns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eU-Boat: The Secret Menace — The opening volume in Purnell's weapons series, covering German submarine warfare and the Battle of the Atlantic that nearly severed Allied supply lines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLiberation of the Philippines — MacArthur's return — one of the largest combined land, sea, and air operations of the Pacific war. Purnell's Campaign Book No. 12.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eB29: The Superfortress — Carl Berger — The bomber that carried the strategic air war to Japan's home islands, culminating in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eJapan: The Final Agony — Alvin Coex — The Allied endgame against Japan: kamikaze attacks, the planned invasion, and the decisions that ended the Pacific war.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAirborne Carpet: Operation Market Garden — Anthony Farrar-Hockley — The bold 1944 plan to leapfrog the Rhine by seizing its bridges, and precisely where and why it failed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSpitfire — John Vader — An illustrated tribute to the RAF's most iconic fighter, foreworded by top-scoring Desert ace Air Vice-Marshal 'Johnnie' Johnson.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMosquito: Wooden Wonder — Edward Bishop — Built from wood, faster than most fighters: the Mosquito served as bomber, nightfighter, pathfinder, and spy plane — arguably the war's most versatile aircraft.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMe 109 — Martin Caidin — The Messerschmitt Bf 109 from Spain to Stalingrad — the Luftwaffe's indispensable front-line fighter throughout the war.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAnzio: The Bid for Rome — Christopher Hibbert — The 1944 amphibious landing meant to unlock the Italian stalemate. Instead: four months of brutal combat before Rome finally fell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWellington Bomber — Edward Bishop — Bomber Command's workhorse in the early war years — its design, operations, and the crews who flew into occupied Europe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe New Cold War: Moscow v. Pekin — Edward Crankshaw — A sharp Penguin Special on the Sino-Soviet split and the fracturing of the communist world into rival camps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49136977838299,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2904.jpg?v=1786671218","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-wwii-aviation-military-history-bargain-book-box-sp2904","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}