Second World War

This gripping new account examines the exploits of Germanys II Parachute Corps and its commander, Eugen Meindl from the Allied invasion on 6 June to the end of August 1944. Meindl was the epitome of the senior German airborne commander in the Second World War.

Author: Gilberto Villahermosa.

Publisher: Frontline Books.

Hardback. 352pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781848327719

Weight. 732g.

Original Price: £25.00

The Final Blitz of London

This time delivered by the V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets which were aimed at the capital. Overall, the V weapons killed or seriously injured 31,000 in London and destroyed or seriously damaged 1.6 million houses throughout Britain. Yet despite all this, British industry, economy and morale remained largely intact.

Author: Nigel Walpole.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 216pp. 15.5x23.3x1.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399074841

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £14.99

Hitler's Sky Warriors includes detailed accounts of all the ground campaigns of the parachute divisions, especially in Italy, where their epic defence of Monte Cassino entered military legend.

Author: Christopher Ailsby.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 248pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781473886681

Weight: 697g.

Original Price: £14.99

The SA, The Nazis' Brownshirts, 1922 - 1945.

Author: Jean-Denis Lepage

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 320pp. 14cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781399077217

Weight: 717g

Original Price: £16.99

From V! to Vimana.

Author: Geoffrey Brooks.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399013390

Weight: 370

Original Price: £14.99

Presented here, in one collection, is the important historical record of Hitler’s war directives. From preparations for the invasion of Poland to his last desperate order to his troops on the Eastern Front, this unbroken edition provides a fascinating insight in to the proceedings of the Second World War and the mind of the man that launched the world into chaos.

Author: Bob Carruthers

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781473868724

Weight. 532g

Original Price: £19.99

Ian Fleming and Alan Hillgarth were the architects of Operation Golden Eye the sabotage and disruption scheme that would be put in place had Germany invaded Spain.

Author: Mark Simmons.

Publisher: Casemate.

Hardback. 192pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781612006857

Weight: 455

Original Price: £19.99

The Origins of the Second World War from the Times Archive

Author: Mark Barnes

Publisher: Crecy

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781910809457

Weight: 1.5kg

Original Price: £24.95

In his 1945 report to the Combined Chiefs-of-Staff on the success of Operation ‘Overlord’, the Supreme Commander General Eisenhower wrote that ‘on the morning of June 9 I was able to announce that for the first time since 1940, Allied air forces were operating from France, and that within three weeks of D-Day, 31 Allied squadrons were operating from the ­beach-head bases’.

Author: Winston G Ramsey.

Publisher: After the Battle.

Hardback. 224pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781870067911

Weight:

Original Price: £34.95

The Far East Campaign, 1941–1942

The Japanese offensive in the Far East in 1941-2 was extraordinary in its ambition for their aim was to advance across the entire region.

Author: Philip Jowett.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 184pp. 19x24.5x1.3cm.

ISBN: 9781526734358

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £14.99

Thanks to years of research and over 100 interviews with veterans, the Author has compiled a fascinating collection of personal accounts by former Japanese soldiers, sailors and airmen.

Author: Dr Peter Williams.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526796127

Weight: 561

Original Price: £25.00

Occupation, Resistance and Liberation in the South of France.

Author: James Bourhill

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 405pp. 16x24x3.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526761323

Weight: 847

Original Price: £25.00