Second World War Books
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Bomber Command
Book SynopsisA uniquely personal and revealing insight in to the overall impact of the Allied bomber offensive in WW2.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Death Railway
Book SynopsisThis is Lieutenant Colonel Kappe's account of what he and the many other PoWs of F' Force endured from May to October 1943 whilst being forced to work on the infamous Burma-Thai railway -the so-called Death Railway.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Devils Workshop
Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of Operation Bernhard - the Nazi plan to forge pound and dollar bank notes, thereby ruining the Allied economies.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd In the Ranks of Death
Book SynopsisMarks the 70th Anniversary of the outbreak of WW2.
£14.39
Pen & Sword Books Ltd End Game Burma 1945
Book SynopsisThis is an overdue study of a major campaign with huge implications for the outcome of the War.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Covert Radar and Signals Interception
Book SynopsisThe enthralling biography of Wing Commander Eric Ackermann, a man who, according to R.V. Jones, the Scientific Advisor to Winston Churchill, 'made the world tick a little faster'.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Invasion Scare 1940
Book SynopsisThis is by no means a work of chauvinistic self-congratulations; it is rather a distinguished historian's assessment of the last great invasion scare the British Isles have endured since the Martello towers were built in 1805.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle for Sicily
Book SynopsisThe successes and failures of Operation HUSKY.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Petlyakov Pe2
Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War, the Soviet Union's Petlyakov Pe-2 Peshka dive-bomber was unique in that it was as fast as most fighter aircraft. This was in a period when it was considered by the RAF that it was impossible for monoplane aircraft to conduct vertical bombing with any degree of success. During the war the Pe-2 was the principal dive- and light-bomber of Russia's air power across the vast Eastern Front and it continued in service until the early 1950s with the air forces of the Warsaw Pact countries and Yugoslavia. Conceived by a team of top aircraft designers whom Stalin had incarcerated in a prison camp on trumped-up political charges, the Pe-2 had originally been designed as a high-altitude twin-engine fighter plane, but, due to the outstanding success of the German Stukas in the Blitzkrieg, its role was quickly changed to that of a fast dive-bomber. The Pe-2 arrived in service around the time of the German attack on its hitherto ally. Although only a handful had reach
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Warships of the Soviet Fleets 19391945
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive listing of Soviet warships of this era in English.
£36.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Battles for the Channel Ports
Book SynopsisA blow-by-blow analysis of the operations to to secure suitable docks to supply the immense needs of the Allied armies on Northwest Europe, 1944.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Siege of Leningrad
Book SynopsisThe longest and most harrowing siege of the war on the Eastern Front, Leningrad is the epitome of endurance and fortitude in a battle of both arms and ideology.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd From Dunkirk to DDay
Book SynopsisBill Adlam's hair-raising escape from Dunkirk, his dramaticcommando raids and his storming the D-Day beaches reads likefiction. But it all happened. Bill escaped the Dunkirk disaster via a bayonet charge intoNazi machine guns. He was presented with the Military Medalfor gallantry under fire' by King George VI. Later, Bill volunteered forcommandos: he thrived on adrenaline. Number 4 Commando took him to a surgical strike in thenorth of Norway. The stated objective: to destroy oil installations.It was a feint. Ian Fleming of the Secret Intelligence Service hadmasterminded the raid. Its objective: to help break the Enigma Code. Number 4 Commando then sent him on a raid to Dieppe in August 1942 tospike naval guns to enable a landing by Canadian forces. Bill'scommanding officer was Lord Lovat: cousin to Ian Fleming and(allegedly) template for the fictional James Bond. Bill's prowess as a commando saw him headhunted to a top secretlocation in the wilds of Scotland. Here he trained ot
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Combined Operations
Book SynopsisLooks at combined operations in the Far East.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Survival and Separation on the River Kwai
Book SynopsisA fine and moving example of a Japanese POW memoir.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Allied Convoys to Northern Russia 19411945
Book SynopsisWhile the experiences of the men and ships who sailed in the Allied convoys to North Russia between August 1941 and May 1945 have been fully documented, the wider political, diplomatic and military factors which determined the campaign are less well known.The principal actors Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin each had their own agendas and expectations, influenced by advisers and competing national priorities. These inevitably gave rise to differences putting pressure in turn on the convoy programme while the varying effectiveness of German counter-action was a significant and unpredictable factor.1942 was dominated by pressure on Churchill from Roosevelt and Stalin to increase the size of convoys at a time when the Royal Navy lacked the necessary escorts. This deficiency was exacerbated by heavy merchant shipping losses and the demands of Operation TORCH.The temporary convoy suspension in 1943 followed the deployment of German heavy warships to Norway and the diversion of escorts to Ope
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Air Battle for Leningrad
Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors explore the part that the Luftwaffe played in the battle to capture the Soviet Union's second city.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Churchills German Special Forces
Book SynopsisReveals the existence of hitherto secret German-speaking units working for the Allies in WW2.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Facing the Red Army in Festung Posen
Book SynopsisFirst-hand accounts about the German battle for Festung Posen. Never before published in English.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Surviving the Holocaust and Stalin
Book SynopsisA Jewish memoir that goes beyond the Holocaust and ask what happened after Soviet liberation'.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Second World War Illustrated
Book Synopsis_The Second World War Illustrated: The Final Year_ follows the author's visual tour of the war by means of painstakingly researched and digitally restored pictures from the period of the key battlefields and events of the period from September 1944 until the end of the war. The book begins with Montgomery's Market Garden failure, devoting 60 pages to the planning, key individuals and forces involved in the operation and its outcome on both sides. Attention then turns to the Warsaw Uprising, where the Polish underground resistance attempted to liberate Warsaw from German occupation at the cost of thousands of resistance and civilian casualties. We then explore the importance of Walcheren and the port of Antwerp, culminating in the Battle of Scheldt. A chapter is devoted to the fighting along the Siegfried Line at Aachen, the Battle for Hürtgen Forest and the liberation of Alsace, before switching to the Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's final major offensive campaign of the war. From he
£18.70
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The German Siege of Leningrad 1941 1944
Book SynopsisDrawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs with detailed captions and explanatory text, this dramatic book vividly portrays every aspect of the siege which has the dubious claim of being arguably the most costly in human and material terms of any in recent military history.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd From Churchills SAS to Hitlers WaffenSS
Book SynopsisThanks to the author's painstaking research, this is a compelling yet shocking biography of one of the most intriguing, colourful and disreputable characters of his era. How he escaped with his life is a question readers will ponder.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd More Lives Than a Ships Cat
Book SynopsisSuperb contemporaneous account drawing on diaries and letters.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Three Battles of El Alamein
Book SynopsisSuperbly illustrated with full captions and succinct authoritative text.
£17.09
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Lucky Hitlers Big Mistakes
Book SynopsisWell researched analysis of Hitler's military judgment, strengths and weaknesses.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitlers Revenge Weapons
Book SynopsisA comprehensive history of the V1 flying bombs and rockets that were targeted at London during the Nazi offensive.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Air Battle for Burma
Book SynopsisA new angle on the increasingly popular Burma Theatre.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Dunkirk Nine Days That Saved An Army
Book SynopsisThe epic of Dunkirk has been told many times, but the numerous accounts from surviving soldiers and sailors were often a blur of fear and fighting with the days mingling into each other, leaving what is, at times, a confusing picture. In this book, adopting a day by day approach, the author provides a clear portrayal of the unfolding drama on the perimeter around Dunkirk, in the port itself and along the beaches to La Panne and the Belgian border.Reports from many of the captains of the vessels which took part in the great evacuation were submitted to the Admiralty immediately after the conclusion of Operation Dynamo. With access to these, and supported by the various records maintained by the Army and RAF, the author has been able to finally piece together the movements and actions of the many of the squadrons, units and ships involved.With the Admiralty reports and a mass of other first-hand accounts, many of which have never been published before, the true tale of the heroism of the
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe
Book SynopsisPropaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe focuses on the efforts of the powerful Nazi propaganda machine to promote the technical achievements and might of the then newly created German airforce. The Luftwaffe had been announced to the world in March 1935, despite the restrictions contained in the Versailles Treaty signed after the First World War denying Germany the right to develop military aircraft. All major aircraft types used by the Luftwaffe together with many lesser known, obscure and secondary types are represented in this book. There is a section covering the main figures of the Luftwaffe and the leading aces who flew the aircraft. The German Air and Propaganda ministries worked together and, using professional photographers produced quality images, which were then made available to the general public in an attempt to inspire the nation and create strong moral.
£14.24
Pen & Sword Books Ltd A Battalion in Burma
Book SynopsisBetween December 1943 and August 1944, Second Suffolk, as part of the 5th (Indian) Division, played a key role opposing the Japanese in Burma and later at the critical battle at Imphal. The odds could not have been higher or the challenges greater. The Japanese had already earned an awesome reputation as a formidable and ruthless enemy who could only be described as fanatical. The rugged jungle terrain, over which the Battalion had to fight, was tough and unforgiving and pushed all ranks to the limits of their physical and mental endurance. Against them too was the harsh tropical climate and the extremes of the monsoon season. The combination of these three factors called for the highest standards of leadership and discipline. Supplies too were often not forthcoming but despite these difficulties and a lack of appreciation of their efforts in the press at home, morale of the stolid regular Suffolk soldier and his newer drafted comrades, always remained high as they learned to fight
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd In Command at St Nazaire A Reluctant Hero
Book SynopsisDramatic tales of seamanship and courage.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitlers Air War in Spain
Book SynopsisExplains the background to the conflict in Spain and the international reaction to the outbreak of the fighting.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Jocks in the Jungle
Book SynopsisWas this the greatest medical disaster of World War Two? Who caused it? This new book has the answers.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle of Tinian
Book SynopsisTells the full story of the battle to capture the Pacific Island of Tinian, one of the Northern Mariana Islands, in July and August 1994.
£17.09
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Armour of Hitlers Allies in Action 19431945
Book SynopsisCovers little known subject of AFVs in service with East European allies of the Nazis.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitlers Nest of Vipers
Book SynopsisExamines the Abwehr's rise to power between 1935 and 1943.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Allied Air Operations 1939 1940
Book SynopsisAn aspect of Second World War aviation history ignored by authors.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Captured at Arnhem
Book SynopsisElite Allied airborne troops were to provide a corridor into northern Germany, but the Operation failed and more than 6,000 men were captured in around a fortnight.
£23.80
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Spitfire Down
Book SynopsisDeeply moving stories of fourteen pilots of the iconic Spitfire fighter who failed to return.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Okinawa The Last Naval Battle of WW2
Book SynopsisAn unbiased account written soon after the battle by a naval officer for other naval officers.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Stalins Falcons
Book SynopsisThe author explores the main reasons for the crushing defeat of the Red Army Air Force at the hands of the Luftwaffe in the summer and autumn of 1941.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters
Book SynopsisA major new contribution to our understanding the war in the East.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Running the Gauntlet
Book SynopsisSuperb collection of case studies of duels between the lightly armed merchantmen and the U-boats and surface.
£17.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Second World War in Europe
Book SynopsisThis is an updated edition of the first truly concise introduction to the history of World War II in the West. The author, S. P. MacKenzie traces the major events on both fighting front and home front, explaining what happened and, just as importantly, why the balance of fortunes swung first towards the Axis and then towards the Allies. Along with overviews of the origins and consequences of the conflict, the book: Provides a narrative account of the course of events on land throughout the war Contains sections specifically devoted to societies and economies; resistance movements and collaboration; technology and intelligence; alliances and strategy; the war in the air and at sea Assesses the impact of the war and introduces the key historiographical debates surrounding it Far from being a blow-by-blow account, the book shows how the Second World War can only be understood by taking all the contributing factors - military, economic and social Table of ContentsList of maps Note on referencing system Preface AcknowledgementsChronologyWho’s WhoGlossaryPART ONE: BACKGROUND1. THE ROAD TO WARThe Origins of the Second World War Preparing for WarPART TWO: THE SECOND WORLD WAR 2. THE FLOW OF BLITZKRIEG, 1939–42 Campaigns East and West, 1939–40 Strategies for Survival and Expansion, 1940–41 The Limits of Blitzkrieg, 1941–42 3. PEOPLES AT WAR Economies and Societies at War Barbarism and the Holocaust Collaboration and Resistance 4. CONDUCTING WAR Technology and Intelligence Alliances and Strategy Strategic Bombing and the U-Boat War 5. THE EBB OF BLITZKRIEG, 1942–45 The Changing Balance of Fortune, 1942–43 Success and Failure South and East, 1943–44 Closing the Ring, 1944–45 PART THREE: ASSESSMENT 6. THE END OF THE WAR AND AFTER Costs and the Division of Europe Historical Debates Winning and LosingPART FOUR: DOCUMENTS Guide to Further Reading ReferencesIndex
£33.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Kisses on a Postcard
Book SynopsisCarefully labelled, and each clutching little brown suitcases, Terry, aged seven, and his elder brother Jack, eleven, stand amid the throng of children which crowds the narrow platform at Welling station awaiting the steam engine which pulls them and their fellow evacuees across the country towards their unknown destination, and their new lives...Trade Review'In World War Two evacuation was often more frightening for a child than the air-raids from which he was being saved, so it is surprising and delightful to read a positive account of the experience. Frisby has done something difficult: he has made good times and good people more fun to read about than any melodrama, in a book that leaves one feeling grateful and happy' Diana Athill 'Frisby has written a heart-warming account of his life as a 'vacky" Daily Telegraph 'A lovely, lovely book' randomjottings.typepad.com
£8.54
Amberley Publishing Land Girl
Book SynopsisA fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the manual used by the Land Girls during the Second World War.Table of Contents1. The Women's Land Army in the Great War, 1914-1918 2. The Need of the Land Army Today 3. How to Join 4. Training (if Necessary) 5. The Uniform 6. Employment 7. Welfare 8. Journeys & Holidays 9. List of Chairmen & County Secretaries 10. Making the Most of the Country 11. Useful Hints & Tips 12. The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating List of Illustrations
£9.49
Amberley Publishing Winston Churchills Toyshop
Book SynopsisThe story of Churchill's personal weapons development department, staffed by ingenious boffins, who developed numerous innovative weapons that helped win the war.Trade ReviewA hilarious book and certain to amuse even those whose interest in weapons of war is minimal' * THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *A small piece of secret history' * THE YORKSHIRE POST *
£11.69
