Second World War

The Nazis’ vast concentration camp network and, later, the ‘Final Solution’ programme made heavy demands on the SS whose responsibility it was. The use of ‘overseers’ minimised costs and enabled the camps to run with fewer SS personnel. As this well researched book describes, there were three principal groups of ‘helpers’: Sonderkommandos, Kapos and Trawniki.

Author: Ian Baxter

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 113pp. 19cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN 9781526799951

Weight. 0.409kg

Original Price: £14.99

While the campaign in Norway (April to June 1940) was a depressing opening to active hostilities between Britain and Nazi Germany, it led directly to Churchills war leadership and The Coalition.

Author: Anthony Dix

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 272pp. 16cm by 22.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399022705

Weight: 450g

Original Price: £14.99

The Autobiography of the Chief Interpreter at History's Greatest Trials

Author: Frank Wolfe

Publisher: Frontline Books

Hardback. 202pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526737519

Weight: 540g

Original Price: £19.99

Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery.

Author: Jon Cooksey

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 144pp. 17cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781844152032

Weight: 356g

Original Price: £16.99

How Soviet Russia Stole the Secrets of the Manhattan Project.

Author: John Harte

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399049108

Weight: 628g

Original Price: £25.00

Peter Davis was the youngest officer in the SAS during World War II. This book tells of mistakes a 'rookie' can make and of how listening, learning and ultimately earning respect made him the skilful leader he ultimately became.

Author: Peter Davis MC

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 288pp. 16.5cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN: 9781473845602

Weight: 813g

Original Price: £25.00

With over 1,000 original photographs, this is a true labour of love and an ideal purchase for anyone interested in the history of the Second World War in a more accessible form.

Author: Jack Holroyd

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 320pp. 17cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399063043

Weight: 850g

Original Price: £19.99

The Sunday Times Bestselling History of the British Airborne Forces in the Second World War.

Author: Saul David

Publisher: William Collins

Hardback. 576pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780008522162

Weight: 870g

Original Price: £25.00

The Special Operations Executive's Danish Section in WW2

Author: An Official History

Publisher: Frontline Books

Hardback. 208pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399015042

Weight: 562g

Original Price: £25.00

The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard Vol:1 A-J

Author: Max Williams

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 656pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781554333

Weight: 1.744kg

Original Price: £45.00

While the myth of Soviet benevolence has now largely been discredited, the idea that Stalin's Soviet Union was a peaceful power that sought to prevent the war, remains popular to this day.

Author: Bogdan Musial

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 352pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399068130

Weight: 754g

Original Price: £25.00

The Red Army's 'Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation', 1945

Author: Charles Stephenson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 16.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781526785947

Weight: 560g

Original Price: £25.00