Military History  /  World War II
Truly of the few Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781781220191
Pub Date: 01 Aug 2020
Illustrations: 106
Description:
Flying alongside the Royal Air Force, with stoical determination, and far from home, Polish pilots put their lives on the line in defence of Britain during the Second World War. The legendary Polish 303 Squadron made a tremendous impact in the Battle of Britain by becoming the best scoring Squadron. Whereas members of 307 Squadron were responsible for defending major cities against incoming German night raiders during the Blitz; and later defended historic cities during the Baedeker raids.
RRP: £19.99
Darwin's Air War 1942-1945 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 262
ISBN: 9780980771305
Pub Date: 01 Jul 2020
Imprint: Avonmore Books
Illustrations: fully illustrated; colour
Description:
Revised and vastly improved edition of a book first published in 1991. Indeed this is virtually a new book compared to the original. It remains the most authoritative work on Darwin’s air war, and has been compiled from a wide range of sources worldwide, including Japan.
RRP: £19.95
Juin 1940 La Bataille d'Abbeville Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9782840485674
Pub Date: 26 Jun 2020
Imprint: Heimdal
Description:
Une vision inédite de l'une des plus importantes batailles de juin 1940. La chronique du périple de la compagnie de canons d'infanterie hippomobile du célèbre Régiment «List», qui s'illustra en 1914 et fut aussi le régiment d'un certain Adolf Hitler. Jour après jour, nous suivons cette unité de la Rhénanie à la Normandie, en passant par Saint-Quentin, Amiens, Le Havre, Rouen et Giberville, à côté de Caen.
RRP: £30.00
Second World War Inventions Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9782815105392
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2020
Imprint: OREP
Illustrations: Yes
Description:
It was around the 1930s that many of the products, devices and concepts as we know them today have been discovered: antibiotics, radars, turbojets, plastics from rubbers and synthetic fuels, Radio..
RRP: £16.00
Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781612006253
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2020
Series: War in the Far East
Illustrations: 1 plate section
Description:
In early 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating their US, British and Dutch foes throughout the Asia Pacific. In a matter of just months, the soldiers and sailors of the Rising Sun conquered an area even bigger than Hitler’s empire at its largest extent. They seemed invincible.
RRP: £25.00
Sherman Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781612007397
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2020
Illustrations: 360 photographs, 110 diagrams
Description:
The Medium Tank, M4, better known to the British as the Sherman, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and western Allies in World War II. Reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and easy to maintain, thousands were distributed to the British Commonwealth and the Soviet Union by the Lend-Lease program. It first saw combat in North Africa, where it outclassed lighter German and Italian tanks.
RRP: £39.99
The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781612007311
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2020
Illustrations: Over 150 black and white photos
Description:
The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was part of the Totenkopf Division—one of the 38 Waffen-SS divisions active during World War II. Notorious for its brutality, most notably a mass execution of British prisoners in the battle of France, “Totenkopf” had a fearsome reputation. The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was formed in France in late 1942, and transferred to the Eastern Front in early 1943 where it fought for the rest of the war.
RRP: £19.99
U.S. Army Ambulances and Medical Vehicles in World War II Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781612008653
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2020
Series: Casemate Illustrated Special
Description:
Of all the armies involved in World War II, the U.S. Army developed the most sophisticated system for the transport and treatment of injured and sick soldiers, pushing the boundaries of available technology to give their men the best chance of not only survival but a full recovery.
RRP: £29.99
I was there Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9782815105583
Pub Date: 08 Jun 2020
Imprint: OREP
Illustrations: Illustrated
Description:
The Last Witnesses is an educational project that has become a story meetings. These meetings marked the students and we wish to share them and make them known outside the classrooms. These life stories, relayed by young people aged 15 to 18, present 17 views on the war, on the Occupation, on the Liberation.
RRP: £21.00
L'Epuration Sauvage en Normandie Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9782840485667
Pub Date: 13 May 2020
Imprint: Heimdal
Description:
Étalée sur trois années, de 1943 à 1946, l'épuration dite sauvage a fait une petite centaine de victimes en Normandie. Cette petite centaine est à confronter avec l'épuration légale réalisée entre 1944 et 1947 : 39 sont fusillés après avoir été condamnés à mort par une cour de justice. Dès 1943 certains résistants ne pouvaient attendre la restauration de la République et commençaient à éliminer des collaborateurs qu'ils jugeaient dangereux pour la Résistance.
RRP: £20.00
Sd.Kfz. 7 Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8t Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788365958525
Pub Date: 26 Apr 2020
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Camera ON
Illustrations: 140+ B&W photos
Description:
This new photo album is number 17 in the MMPBooks/Stratus "Camera On" series and is the second volume on the Sd.Kfz. 7.
RRP: £15.00
The Longest Campaign Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 360
ISBN: 9781612008561
Pub Date: 19 Apr 2020
Description:
For four centuries the British realm depended upon sea power to defend its interest and independence against a myriad of threats both military and economic. During this time the Royal Navy established itself as the sovereign of the Seas, helping transform England, and later Great Britain, from an unassuming island nation perched on the edge of the European continent to the centre of a global empire. Yet the advent of World War II presented Britain’s maritime services with their greatest challenge to date.
RRP: £25.00
U.S. Army Chevrolet Trucks in World War II Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781612008639
Pub Date: 19 Apr 2020
Description:
Between 1940 and 1945, large numbers of trucks of all categories were delivered to the U.S. Army by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors.
RRP: £29.99
Pacific Profiles - Volume One Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9780648665915
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2020
Imprint: Avonmore Books
Illustrations: fully illustrated; colour
Description:
The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese aircraft in the “South Seas” theatre. Volume One illustrates, by unit, Japanese Army Air Force fighter aircraft operating in New Guinea and the Solomons from December 1942 to April 1944. In this theatre numerous different aircraft types and their variants were assigned to eleven fighter regiments which formed the 4th Air Army.
RRP: £19.95
Dwight D. Eisenhower Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9782815105422
Pub Date: 20 Mar 2020
Imprint: OREP
Illustrations: Yes
Description:
Dwight David Eisenhower is one of those men who marked their imprint on the history of the 20th century as Commander of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean and Europe during the World War II, but it is often forgotten that he held the Oval Office of the White House for eight years. The one who was affectionately nicknamed Ike since his childhood in Abilene was always a reasoned and reasonable man.
RRP: £6.70
Pacific Adversaries - Volume Two Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 108
ISBN: 9780648665908
Pub Date: 15 Mar 2020
Imprint: Avonmore Books
Illustrations: fully illustrated; colour
Description:
This Volume Two of Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate accounting. Often the actual outcomes are very different to the exaggerated claims made by both sides upon which many traditional histories have relied to date. Further, for each of the chosen stories photographic or other evidence enables an accurate depiction of the aircraft involved.
RRP: £19.95