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Paperback. Omaha beach attracts over one and a half million visitors yearly, making it the most visited WW II battlefield site in Europe. This narrow strip of Normandy coastline was crucial to the successful outcome of Overlord - the largest amphibious operation in history - and to the WW II itself. This title presents the story of this area. Editor(s): McIlwain, John. Series: Military and Maritime. Num Pages: 24 pages, 18 Colour and 32 black and white pictures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 24
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841650968
- ISBN
- 9781841650968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.12
€ 8.99
€ 8.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Approx. 70- 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AFCL; AGHF; BK; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 307 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Crown
- Edition
- Deluxe, Signed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804189774
- ISBN
- 9780804189774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 271.11
€ 271.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AJC; HBWQ; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 282 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346415
- ISBN
- 9780764346415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.61
€ 48.99
€ 32.61
Hardback. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 400 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407628
- ISBN
- 9780887407628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.96
€ 31.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. In 1965 the military situation in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam had deteriorated to such a degree that the decision was made to commit a joint US Army and Navy Mobile Riverine Force to the area. This force was unique in its composition, mission, and the means by which it operated - riverine craft. This book explores those crafts. Illustrator(s): Johnson, Hugh. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841769318
- ISBN
- 9781841769318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.50
€ 16.99
€ 12.50
Hardcover. A study of medieval cannon, one of the most important discoveries of the post-classical world. This book attempts to combine all the sources, bringing fresh insights into the development and use of artillery in the 15th century. Series: Armour and Weapons. Num Pages: 392 pages, 150 black and white, 25 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBW; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1164.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843831624
- ISBN
- 9781843831624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan that pitted the masters of the steppes against the noble Samurai. Using maps and illustrations, this title charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and ended with the famous kami kaze that destroyed the Mongol fleet. Illustrator(s): Hook, Richard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 8. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846034565
- ISBN
- 9781846034565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.44
€ 21.99
€ 18.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 300+ colour & b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 313 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764316630
- ISBN
- 9780764316630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.67€ 46.95
€ 57.67
€ 46.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, 474 photos, charts, drawings & 24 colour profiles. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 229 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347382
- ISBN
- 9780764347382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.09€ 58.00
€ 76.09
€ 58.00
Paperback. Galloglass, from the Gaelic galloglaigh for 'foreign warriors', were mercenaries from the Western Isles of Scotland who fought in the retinues of Irish magnates from the mid-13th century until the early 17th century. This title looks at the clan and family structures of the galloglass, their performance in battle, their weapons and armor. Illustrator(s): O'Brogain, Sean. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Oxford
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846035777
- ISBN
- 9781846035777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 2 pages, over 200 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1384. The 100th Bombardment Group Over Berlin, March 6, 1944. 2 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 287 x 227 x 25. Weight: 1384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764332371
- ISBN
- 9780764332371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.09€ 54.12
€ 76.09
€ 54.12
Paperback. Covering the ten centuries following the fall of Rome, War in the Middle Ages engages all aspects of its subject, including the military customs and conditions of the various Western European states; armor and weaponry recruitment; and rules of combat developed to limit bloodshed. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631144694
- ISBN
- 9780631144694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. 'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.' This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. This book describes the terrible events at Glencoe. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0010072
- ISBN
- 9780140028973
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A magisterial survey of the military giants of the modern world. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857385918
- ISBN
- 9780857385918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. After the Great War, Veterans were a new transnational mass phenomenon. This volume uses case studies to discuss the extent and impact of international veterans' organisations and draws out important comparative points between well-researched and documented movements and those that are less well-known. Editor(s): Eichenberg, Julia; Newman, John Paul. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBW; JWXV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281616
- ISBN
- 9781137281616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.89€ 114.64
€ 118.89
€ 114.64
Paperback. This volume looks at the uniforms, equipment and organization of France's military forces during the first two years of World War II. On paper, the French army was the most powerful in the world in 1939, but it's officers were unprepared for Germany's "Blitskrieg" tactics of 1940. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855326668
- ISBN
- 9781855326668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, over 480 color and b/w photographs, 39 color illustrations. BIC Classification: JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 315 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302466
- ISBN
- 9780764302466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.79€ 78.27
€ 86.79
€ 78.27
Paperback. This 1943 third edition of the The Partisan's Companion is the Red Army manual used to train partisans to fight the Nazi invader, and was later used to train third-worldA" guerrillas in their wars of national liberation in the 1950s-70s. It is like the old Boy Scout Manual on steroids. Num Pages: 256 pages, Fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420. The Partizan's Handbook. 256 pages, Fully illustrated throughout. This 1943 third edition of the The Partisan's Companion is the Red Army manual used to train partisans to fight the Nazi invader, and was later used to train third-worldA" guerrillas in their wars of national liberation in the 1950s-70s. It is like the old Boy Scout Manual on steroids. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWDG. Dimension: 154 x 225 x 17. Weight: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- updated and revised ed 1943
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000091
- ISBN
- 9781612000091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. The final, climactic volume of Wilson's acclaimed bomber war trilogy. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Trafalgar Square
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828588
- ISBN
- 9780753828588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845887568
- ISBN
- 9781845887568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.68
€ 24.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. This book looks at the history of the weapon, discussing its design, development, and usage, taking its story from the great armies of the Soviet Union to the insurgents and criminal gangs. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849084611
- ISBN
- 9781849084611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945. This title examines developments such as the HVSS suspension. It uses rare archive material. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 46 b&w and 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 249 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841765426
- ISBN
- 9781841765426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. In 1941, before America entered World War II, determined young LeRoy Gover signed on with Britain's Royal Air Force to fly the plane of his dreams, the fast, sleek Spitfire. When America joined the fight, he transitioned to the powerful P-47 Thunderbolt. Former USAF pilot and aviation historian Philip D. Series: Warriors. Num Pages: 430 pages, 31 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888447
- ISBN
- 9781574888447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.93
€ 10.93
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811708081
- ISBN
- 9780811708081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.89
€ 24.99
€ 19.89