Second World War

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

With victory in North Africa complete, the Allies had a choice. The Americans wanted an early cross channel attack from Britain on North West Europe. Churchill favoured invading the soft under-belly of Italy to weaken the Axis forces and gain Italian surrender. With Eisenhowers army and battle-hardened Eighth Army in North Africa, Churchill prevailed.

Author: Jon Diamond

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 248pp. 18.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781473896093

Weight: 699g

Original Price: £16.99

Author: David Mccormack

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 176pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781781555453

Weight: 434g

Original Price: £18.99

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

The jungle war against the Japanese was arguably one of the worst terrors that could be inflicted upon a young soldier who had never been away from home before, let alone be faced with a brutal, sadistic and uncompromising enemy in an alien environment.

Author: Tim Heath

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 16.5cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526759863

Weight: 538g

Original Price: £19.99

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

The Past & Present series reconstructs battles and operations by juxtaposing contemporary and modern photography.

Author: Steven Smith.

Publisher: Casemate.

Paperback. 64pp. 18cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781612005423

Original Price: £9.99

The soldiers' battle. A highly detailed account of the ground fighting on Leyte from Oct 1944 through the spring of 1945.

Author: Nathan N. Prefer.

Publisher: Casemate.

Paperback. 394pp. 15cm by 22cm.

ISBN 9781612007168

Original Price: £19.99

John Norris shows how logistics, though less glamorous than details of the fighting itself, played a decisive role in the outcome of every campaign and battle of World War Two.

Author: John Norris

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 18.5cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN: 9781473859128

Weight: 1.327kg

Original Price: £35.00

The history of the War through maps from 1939 to 1945.

Author: Peter Chasseaud

Publisher: Collins

Hardback. 301pp 23x27cm.

ISBN: 9780008136581

Weight: 1.52kg

Original Price: £30.00

The Memoir of Dr Hans Rehfeldt - Volume I: From the Moscow Winter Offensive to Operation Zitadelle

Author: Hans Heinz Rehfeldt.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 341pp. 16x24x2.6cm.

ISBN: 9781784383619

Weight: 900g.

Original Price: £25.00