World War II

Front cover of Avoiding Armageddon by Jeremy Black
Avoiding Armageddon - Jeremy Black

Avoiding Armageddon: From the Great War to the Fall of France, 1918-40 by Jeremy Black is an original and up-to-date account of a key period of military history, one that not only links the two World Wars but also anticipates the more complex nature of conflict following the Cold War.

ZAR 175.00
Front Cover of Eagles Strike by James Ambrose Brown
Eagles Strike - James Ambrose Brown

Eagles Strike: The campaigns of the South African Air Force in Egypt, Cyrenaica, Libya, Tunisia, Tripolitania and Madagascar from 1941 - 1943 by James Ambrose Brown is Volume IV in Purnell's South African Forces World War II series.

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Front cover of The German Wehrmacht on all Fronts 1939-1945 by Spencer Anthony Coil
The German Wehrmacht on all Fronts 1939-1945 - Spencer Anthony Coil

The German Wehrmacht on all Fronts 1939-1945: Images from Private Photo Albums Vol.1: Nebelwerfer, Panzer, Flak, Funker, Gebirgsjger Vol 1 by Spencer Anthony Coil and Clemens Ellmauthaler allows one to look back in time and see the war through the untainted lenses of the individual Frontsoldaten, who were daring enough to capture this epic period on film.

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Front Cover The Glider Pilot Badge by Stijn David
The Glider Pilot Badge - Stijn David

The Glider Pilot Badge by Stijn David is the very first and ultimate book about the Glider Pilot Badge, among the rarest of all the qualification badges of the Luftwaffe of the Third Reich. Information about the badge has been almost as scarce as genuine examples of the award itself.

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Front cover of Album of the Damned by Paul Garson
Album of the Damned - Paul Garson

Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich by Paul Garson has nearly 400 WWII photographs in this book which were taken primarily by German soldiers; some by civilians; some by professionals embedded with the troops. Consequently, many of them depict everyday life: jobs, weddings, dinners, musical and other social events--men and women at work and play as well as at war.

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Front cover of Lords of the Sky by Dan Hampton
Lords of the Sky - Dan Hampton

Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16 by Dan Hampton, bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend, offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation-a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the trailblazing aviators of World War I to today's technologically

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Front cover of The Rifle Brigade in the Second World War 1939-1945 by RHWS Hastings
The Rifle Brigade in the Second World War 1939-1945 - RHWS Hastings

The Rifle Brigade In The Second World War 1939-1945 by Major RHWS Hastings tells the story of this motor battalion which was part of the most famous campaigns of the war. They fought from the fall Calais, through the Desert War, from the earliest days of 7th Armoured Division to the Axis surrender at Tunis and on through Italy.

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Front cover of Churchill's Bunker by Richard Holmes
Churchill's Bunker - Richard Holmes

Churchill's Bunker: The secret headquarters at the heart of Britain's victory by Richard Holmes draws on a fascinating range of original material, including newly available first-hand accounts of the people who lived there. Holmes reveals how and why the bunker and its war machine developed; how the inhabitants' lives were transformed; and how their work led to victory.

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Front cover of Japan 1941 by Eri Hotta
Japan 1941 - Eri Hotta

Japan 1941: Countdown to infamy by Eri Hotta is a groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is certain to revolutionise how we think of the war in the Pacific.

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Front Cover of Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski
Story of a Secret State - Jan Karski

Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World by Jan Karski Is the electrifying memoir of a very brave man living and fighting during the terror of WWII. It is 1939. Jan Karski, a brilliant young Polish student, enjoys a life of parties and pleasure. Then war breaks out and his familiar world is destroyed. Now he must live under a new identity, in the resistance.

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Front cover of The Pointblank Directive by L Douglas Keeney
The Pointblank Directive - L Douglas Keeney

The Pointblank Directive: Three Generals and The Untold Story of the Daring Plan that Saved D-Day by L Douglas Keeney carefully reconstructs the events in the air war that led up to D-Day while painting an in-depth portrait of the lives and times of General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz and General James "Jimmy" Doolittle. Where was the Luftwaffe on D-Day?

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Front cover of Never Surrender by John Kelly
Never Surrender - John Kelly

Never Surrender: Winston Churchill and Britain's decision to fight Nazi Germany in the fateful summer of 1940 by John Kelly tells the story of summer of 1940, the summer of the 'Supreme Question' of whether or not the British were to surrender to the impending threat of Hitler's invasion.

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Front cover of Engineers of Victory by Paul Kennedy
Engineers of Victory - Paul Kennedy

Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War by Paul Kennedy provides a new and unique look at how World War II was won. Kennedy reveals how the leaders' grand strategy was carried out by the ordinary soldiers, scientists, engineers, and businessmen responsible for realising their commanders' visions of success.

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Front cover of The Nazis Next Door by Eric Lichtblau
The Nazis Next Door - Eric Lichtblau

The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtblau is the shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis.

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Front cover of Flight by Elephant by Andrew Martin
Flight by Elephant - Andrew Martin

Flight by Elephant: The Untold Story of World War II's Most Daring Jungle Rescue by Andrew Martin is the incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission.

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Front cover of The World's War by David Olusoga
The World's War - David Olusoga

The World's War by David Olusoga explores the experiences and sacrifices of 4 million non-European, non-white people whose stories have remained too long in the shadows. Throughout, he exposes the complex, shocking paraphernalia of the era's racial obsessions, which dictated which men would serve, how they would serve, and to what degree they would suffer.

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Front cover of The Bombers and the Bombed by Richard Overy
The Bombers and the Bombed - Richard Overy

The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940-1945 by Richard Overy is a startling new history of the controversial Allied bombing war against Germany and German-occupied Europe.

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Front cover of Another Man's War by Barnaby Phillips
Another Man's War - Barnaby Phillips

Another Man's War: The story of a Burma boy in Britain's forgotten African army tells of Isaac Fadoyebo, a Burma Boys. At the age of sixteen he ran away from his Nigerian village to join the British Army. Sent to Burma, he was attacked and left for dead in the jungle by the Japanese.

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Front cover of Exorcising Hitler by Frederick Taylor
Exorcising Hitler - Frederick Taylor

Exorcising Hitler: The Occupation and Denazification of Germany by Frederick Taylor tells the story of Germany's year zero and what came after. Not since the end of the Roman Empire, almost fifteen hundred years earlier, is there a parallel, in Europe at least, to the fall of the German nation in 1945.

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