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Arthur Aldridge; Mark Ryan Action-packed Second World War memoir by the UK's last living torpedo pilots. | Stuart Tootal D-Day as it has never been told before |
Antony Beevor A magisterial, single-volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian | Barbara Mortimer On 3 September 1939 the Prime Minister declared that Britain was at war with Germany. Thousands of young women, many of them barely out of school, were sent headlong into... |
Ben Macintyre From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag. The thrilling true story of the greatest and most successful wartime deception ever attempted A Richard & Judy Book Club selection | Ian Kershaw In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with victors, if only in an attempt to save... |
Antony Beevor The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some... | Stephen Bull Tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin. This book also tells us what it... |
Peter J. Conradi An untold story of love, idealism and courage in the Second World War | Christopher Hale Reveals Heinrich Himmler's secret master plan for Europe: an SS empire that would have no place for either the Nazi Party or Adolf Hitler. This book exposes Europe's secret: nearly... |
Clare Mulley The remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre. | Virginia Nicholson We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of... |
Jan Karski During the first four years of World War II, Jan Karski worked as a messenger for the underground, risking his life in secret missions. He was captured, tortured, rescued, smuggled... | Ben Macintyre From Ben Macintyre, Number One bestselling author of Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, comes a new true story of Second World War deception |
Juliet Gardiner From the author of 'Wartime' and 'The Thirties'comes an outstanding history of the most prolonged and devastating attack ever endured by Britain's civilian population -- the Blitz. | Matthew Sweet The story of the spies, con-artists, deposed royals and exiled politicians who filled London's grand hotels during World War II. |