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A Higher Call
by Adam/ Alexander, Larry Makos
Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly, a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber’s tail—a German Messerschmitt fighter. Worse, the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber in the squeeze of a trigger. What happened next would defy imagination and later be called the most incredible...
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The Rise and Fall Of the Third Reich
by William L Shirer
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by journalist William L. Shirer, is the first and most successful, large scale history of Nazi Germany in English for a general audience, first published in 1960 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. Shirer, an American radio reporter for CBS who also worked for a number of newspapers and United Press International, covered Germany for many years, until December 1940, when increasing Nazi censorship of his broadcasts made his work impossible.
Dunkirk
by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
The rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had it not been for the tenacity of the British soldiers who stayed behind to ensure they got away. Men like Sergeant Major Gus Jennings who died smothering a German stick bomb in the church at Esquelbecq in an effort to save his comrades, and Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC who single-handedly held back a...
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We Who Are Alive and Remain
by Marcus Brotherton
From Marcus Brotherton, co-author of Call of Duty, comes a new collection of untold stories from the Band of Brothers. They were the men of the now-legendary Easy Company. After almost two years of hard training, they parachuted into Normandy on DDay and, later, Operation Market Garden. They fought their way through Belgium, France, and Germany, survived overwhelming odds, liberated concentration camps, and drank a victory toast in April 1945 at Hitler's hideout in the Alps. Here, revealed for the first...
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Agent Zigzag
by Ben MacIntyre
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began.In 1941, after training as a German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to...
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Lost In Shangri-La
by Mitchell Zuckoff
In 1945, a sightseeing trip over "Shangri-La" turned deadly when the plane crashed, leaving only three survivors who, battling for their survival, were caught between man-eating headhunters and the enemy Japanese, in this real-life adventure drawn from personal interviews, declassified Army documents and personal photos and mementos.
World War II Books & Ephemera
Historical Maps of World War II Europe
by Michael Swift, Mike Sharpe
PRC. Very Good. 25 x 29 cm. Hardcover. 2000. 144 pages. Rear dj ripped Name on ffep.<br>Hardcover: 144 pages P ublisher: The Promotional Reprint Co Ltd; First Edition edition ( October 30, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 1856485730 ISBN-13: 978-1856485739 Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.7 x 0.7 inches Shippi ng Weight: 2.1 pounds .
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£6.24
Third Front
by Douglas Liversidge
Severn House Publishers Ltd. Good. 140 x 200mm. Hardcover. 1976. 168 pages. dj ripped and worn.<br>Kampen om hemmelige krigsvigtig e vejrrapporter ved anden verdenskrigs 3. front i de arktiske egn e .
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£4.32
Stranger Than Fiction
by Dennis Wheatley
Arrow Books. Fair. Paperback. 1976. 414 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned<br> .
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£2.40
Ruin from the Air
by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan Witts
Hamilton. Good. 22 x 14 centimetres. Hardcover. 1977. 386 pages. Spine faded. Price clipped. Name on ffep<br>Book by Go rdon Thomas, Max Gordon Witts .
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£5.76
Steel Inferno
by Michael Reynolds
Random House Publishing Group. Good. 178mm / 108mm. Paperback. 1998. 403 pages. Cover worn<br>The Allied invasion of France on D-Day i n June 1944 was one history's riskiest and most successful gamble s. After hard fighting, American, British, and Canadian troops wo n a toehold in Nazi-held Europe. But Germany's elite Panzer divis ions hadn't been present at the beaches. Due to poor intelligence ... .
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£4.32
Beyond the Battlefield: New Zealand and Its Allies 1939-45
by Gerald Hensley
Penguin / Viking. Good. 153 x 230mm. Hardcover. 2009. 415 pages. Shelf wear. Name on ffep. Coffee stain on first few pa ges. Shelf wear.<br>The book examines a key part of New Zealand's history during which time, under the immense pressure of fightin g a war on both sides of the world, the country moved from being a quiet and faraway outpost in the Commonwealth to a strong, inde pendent ... .
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£12.00
History of World War II
by Alan John Percivale Taylor
Octopus Books. Good. Hardcover. 1974. 286 pages. dj worn<br> .
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£3.84
Atlas of Air Warfare
by Michael Swanston Alexander Swanston
Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 224 p. Contains photos, illustrations, maps, diagrams, index, & bibliography. Audience: General/Trade.
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£9.69
A Jump for Life
by Ruth Altbeker Cyprys
Constable. Fair. 155 x 235mm. Paperback. 1998. 243 pages. Ex-library. Cover worn.<br>When the Germans invaded Po land, Ruth Altbeker Cyprys, a young Jewish woman, was practicing as a lawyer in Warsaw. By September 1942, she knew the fate await ing those being herded onto trains bound for Treblinka. Her respo nse was to plan a daring escape with her small child. .
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£3.84
The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783
by Alfred Thayer Mahan
xxiv, 557 p., [25] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates.
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£14.54
The History of the World's Warships
by Christopher Chant
Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket in Mylar cover. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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£24.23
Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy
by John Roberts
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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£9.69
Rising '44: the battle for Warsaw
by Norman Davies
Pan Books. Good. 130 x 197 x 48mm. Paperback. 2004. 752 pages. Cover worn.<br>The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.Rising '4 4 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic ep isodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique underst anding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Wars aw ... .
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£5.76
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945
by Max Hastings
HarperCollins Publishers. Good. Paperback. 2011. 748 pages. index, b/w plates, maps. Light corner wear with crea ses, name in front. .
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£5.76
Return from the River Kwai
by Joan Blair, Clay Blair
Macdonald and Jane's. Fair. 150 x 230mm. Hardback. 1979. 338 pages. Ex-library. no dj. Spine cocked. Shelf wear. Boards ri pped. Text edge stained.<br>Bogen er en faktuel opgørelse over, h vad der under 2. Verdenskrig skete med 2.218 australske og britis ke krigsfanger, som overlevede fangenskabet i Bagindien, hvorunde r de af japanerne var sat til at bygge jernbanen, som delvist løb ... .
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£2.40
Wing Leader
by Johnnie Johnson
London: The Reprint Society. Good. 19 x 13cm. Hardcover. 1958. 320 pages. Previous owner's name written on ffep. DJ torn and ver y frayed. .
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£5.76
Churchill: The End of Glory - A Political Biography
by John Charmley
Sceptre. Good. 6.06 x 9.17 x 1.85 inches. Paperback. 1993. 752 pages. Text edge tanned<br>This revisionist text tells the st ory of Churchill's political career, and how it developed, servin g as he did, in both Conservative and Liberal governments. Charml ey reassesses Churhcill's role in the Dardanelles fiasco, and des cribes his long climb back to power and influence. He also examin es ... .
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£6.24
P.O.W. : One Girl's Experience in a Japanese P.O.W. Camp
by Gerarada Bossard
Hodder Moa Beckett. Good. 153 x 235mm. Paperback. 1999. 207 pages. <br>Prisoners of war -- Indonesia -- Sulawesi -- Biogr aphy. World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. .
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£5.76
Roof Over Britain: the official story of the A.A. defences, 1939- 1942
by unknown
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. Fair. 21 x 13cm. Paperback. 1943. 88 pages. Stapled which are rusty. Covers coming detached. .
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£3.84
Raiders : World War Two true stories
by Ross Kemp
Random House. As New. 129x 198x 20mm. Paperback. 2013. 326 pages.<br>Originally published: London: Century, 2012Includes bibliographical references and index .
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£6.24
For Five Shillings a Day: Eyewitness History of World War II
by Richard Campbell Begg and Peter Liddle
HarperCollins Publishers. Good. 130 x 197mm. Paperback. 2002. 464 pages. Cover worn. Text edge tanned.<br>This selection of eye witness accounts has been edited into chronological order to form an oral history of the British and Commonwealth forces at war. W e follow some 60 interviewees from the Army, RAF and Navy from 19 39 to the Battle of Britain, the Desert War, the fall of Singapor e, ... .
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£5.28
World War II
by Robert Frederick
Robert Frederick. Near Fine. 29 x 22cm. Hardback. 2007. 43 pages. <br>Learn about the war that transformed the world with this comprehensive reference book on World War II. Sensitively w ritten for the younger reader, this book is an accessible guide t o what was an extremely complicated period in history. Chapters c hronologically follow the key issues and important events of the war--Back ... .
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£3.84
Overlord Normandy 1944
by W. G. F Jackson
Davis-Poynter. Very Good. 142.24 x 210.82 x 22.86mm. Hardcover. 1978. 250 pages.<br>Normandiet, Historie, 1944; 2. Verdenskrig; D-Day; Wehrmacht; Operation Zitadel; SAC; SHAEF; Sledgehammer; Teheran K onferencen; Tedder, A.; Stalin; V-Weapons; Anden Front; Rommel; v on Rundstedt; Franske Modstandsbevægelse; Portal, C.; Roosevelt; OKW; Omaha Beach; Orne; Montgomery; Middelhavet; General Marshall ; ... .
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£6.24
Fremantle's Submarines: How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped to Win the War in the Pacific
by Michael Sturma
Stated 1st printing.
Book and jacket are in New condition, with no visible faults. Brodart dust jacket protector now in place.
Book and jacket are in New condition, with no visible faults. Brodart dust jacket protector now in place.
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£64.61
