Second World War

Following Mussolini’s declaration of war in June 1940, initially Italy faced only those British troops based in the Middle East but as the armed confrontation in the Western Desert of North Africa escalated, other nations were drawn in — Germany, Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, France and finally the United States to wage the first major tank-versus-tank battles of the Second World War.

Author: Jean Paul Pallud.

Publisher: After the Battle.

Hardback. 592pp. 30cm by 21.5cm.

ISBN: 9781870067775

Weight: 2.66kg.

Original Price: £60.00

Operation Jubilee - A Learning Curve.

On 19 August 1942, an Allied amphibious raid took place on the coastal town of Dieppe. Whatever the reasons for the raid, it was an unmitigated failure.

Author: Stephen Wynn

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 250pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526714817

Weight: 525g

Original Price: £22.00

The Allies Assault Upon Hitlers Fortress Europe, August 1942.

Operation Jubilee, the Allies' most ambitious assault upon Hitler's so-called Fortress Europe, quickly became a bloodbath.

Author: John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 194pp. 19cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399067201

Weight: 583g

Original Price: £19.99

Author: Graham A Thomas

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback.264 pp.16.5cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781526786067

Weight: 543g

Original Price: £22.00

Dickie Metcalfe's Espionage Career for MI5 and the Nazis.

His success as a double-cross agent in the eyes of both his masters - British and German - is examined in this book, using official documents as a primary source.

Author: David Tremain

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 246pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399061094

Weight: 594g

Original Price: £25.00

US Soldiers Court-Martialled in WWII.

Author: Simon Webb

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 184pp. 15cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526790958

Weight: 504g

Original Price: £19.99

The final stages of the war and the race to win territory from the oncoming Russians. Covering the liberation of Denmar, Holland & Norway as well as the events following Hitler's suicide.

Author: Patrick Delaforce

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 224pp. 19cm by 26.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781554005

Weight: 544g

Original Price: £16.99

The Gebirgsjager were officially formed in 1935 following Hitler's rejection of the Treaty of Versailles, although the required skills had been fostered in preparation through civilian climbing clubs.

Author: Jean-Denis Lepage

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 175pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399044783

Weight: 723g

Original Price: £22.00

When German forces occupied the coastline of the English Channel in 1940, one of the measures undertaken to give early warning of attacks from the sea or air was to set up a line of radar stations. It had to be neutralised for the Allied invasion to be launched in 1944.

Author: Winston Ramsey

Publisher: After the Battle

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 30.5cm.

ISBN: 9781870067041

Weight: 1.13kg

Original Price: £29.95

How Hitler's Wehrmacht Crushed Operation Jubilee.

Author: James Shelley

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 248pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399030601

Weight: 653g

Original Price: £25.00

"I remember very clearly the day on which I was supposed to die". So starts the story of Squadron Leader Hugh Mallory Falconer, British Special Operations Executive agent and prisoner of the Nazis for over two and a half gruelling years.

Author: Hugh Mallory Falconer

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526721839

Weight: 499g

Original Price: £19.99

A Bomber Command Navigator s Story of Survival in Nazi Germany

Author: Martin Barratt

Publisher: Air World

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399075275

Weight: 637g

Original Price: £25.00