True war & combat stories books

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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History

The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered...

Author: Margalit Fox
ISBN: 9781788162722
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The astonishing true story of two First World War prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of...  Read More >>

Days of Steel Rain: The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance Ship in the Year of the Kamikaze

Days of Steel Rain: The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance...

Author: Brent E. Jones
ISBN: 9780316451086
Format: Paperback
$34.99

This intimate true account of Americans at war follows the epic drama of an unlikely group of men forced to work...  Read More >>

God Is a Grunt: And More Good News for GIs

God Is a Grunt: And More Good News for GIs

Author: Logan M Isaac
ISBN: 9781546000501
Format: Hardback
$45.00

This eye-opening book invites readers of all political and denominational stripes into a more meaningful conversation...  Read More >>

The Yankee Comandante: The Untold Story of Courage, Passion, and One American's Fight to Liberate Cuba

The Yankee Comandante: The Untold Story of Courage,...

Author: Michael Sallah ,  Mitch Weiss
ISBN: 9781493050208
Format: Paperback
$40.99

William Morgan, a tough-talking ex-paratrooper, stunned family and friends when in 1957 he left Ohio to join freedom...  Read More >>

The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure

The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage...

Author: Neil Churches
ISBN: 9781529060348
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The incredible story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by ordinary men who ultimately...  Read More >>

Losing the Battle, Winning the War: THE PERFECT FATHER'S DAY GIFT: The story of the most injured soldier to have survived Afghanistan

Losing the Battle, Winning the War: THE PERFECT FATHER'S...

Author: Ben Parkinson
ISBN: 9780751580259
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The inspirational story of how the most injured soldier from the Afghanistan conflict defied all odds by surviving,...  Read More >>

Freedom

Freedom

Author: Sebastian Junger
ISBN: 9780008421854
Format: Paperback
$17.99

A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm  Read More >>

SBS – Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History

SBS – Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History...

Author: Saul David
ISBN: 9780008394561
Format: Paperback
$22.99

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A terrific book … It really is one of the most enjoyable histories...  Read More >>

The Battle of Bamber Bridge: The True Story

The Battle of Bamber Bridge: The True Story

Author: Derek Rogerson ,  Vivienne Ainslie
ISBN: 9781838276928
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Derek Rogerson recounts the tale of the Battle of Bamber Bridge, adding in some possible conversations, as well...  Read More >>

Explosive: Bringing the World's Deadliest Bombers to Justice

Explosive: Bringing the World's Deadliest Bombers to...

Author: Cliff Todd
ISBN: 9781472278968
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The searing memoir from the man tasked with finding the world's deadliest bomb makers.  Read More >>

The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure

The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage...

Author: Neil Churches
ISBN: 9781529060331
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The incredible story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War – organized by ordinary men who ultimately...  Read More >>

At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse

At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero,...

Author: Walt Larimore, MD ,  Mike Yorkey
ISBN: 9781642939590
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Winner of The Page Turner Non-Fiction Book Award, The Page Turner Golden Author Award, and The Page Turner Best...  Read More >>

Two Against Hitler: The True Story of Two Courageous Sisters, a Rescue Mission in the Third Reich, and Opera

Two Against Hitler: The True Story of Two Courageous...

Author: Isabel Vincent
ISBN: 9781529300215
Format: Hardback
$51.75

An extraordinary account of two British sisters whose obsession with opera became a cover for their roles in helping...  Read More >>

War in the Pacific: Formidable Foe – 1942-1943

War in the Pacific: Formidable Foe – 1942-1943

Author: Peter Harmsen
ISBN: 9781922615350
Format: Paperback
$32.99

War in the Pacific is a trilogy of books comprising a general history of the war against Japan; unlike other histories...  Read More >>

Women in the War

Women in the War

Author: Lucy Fisher
ISBN: 9780008456146
Format: Paperback
$19.99

‘An important contribution to our recent history’ ANDREW MARR ‘Absorbing and...  Read More >>

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta...

Author: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780008364984
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The Sunday Times bestseller ‘One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new...  Read More >>

Voices of Snipers: Eyewitness Accounts from the World Wars

Voices of Snipers: Eyewitness Accounts from the World...

Author: John Walter
ISBN: 9781922765246
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A unique overview of sniping throughout the First and Second World War. Draws on a breadth of material, including...  Read More >>

Battles of Conscience: British Pacifists and the Second World War

Battles of Conscience: British Pacifists and the Second...

Author: Tobias Kelly
ISBN: 9781784743949
Format: Hardback
$39.99

These are people who have gone on to leave an important but often hidden trace in the moral and cultural life of...  Read More >>

German Night Fighters Versus Bomber Command 1943-1945

German Night Fighters Versus Bomber Command 1943-1945...

Author: Martin W Bowman
ISBN: 9781399019552
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Apaciguar a Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill y el camino a la guerra / Appeasement  Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

Apaciguar a Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill y el camino...

Author: Tim Bouverie
ISBN: 9786073810791
Format: Paperback
$65.87

"El 30 de septiembre de 1938, el primer ministro británico, Neville...  Read More >>

A Grave Too Far Away: A Tribute to Australians in Bomber Command Europe

A Grave Too Far Away: A Tribute to Australians in Bomber...

Author: Kathryn Spurling
ISBN: 9781760794798
Format: Paperback
$32.99

This is the story of the Australian men of Bomber Command who answered the call of their nation to defend the Mother...  Read More >>

German Accounts from the Dying Days of the Third Reich

German Accounts from the Dying Days of the Third Reich...

Author: Christian Huber ,  Geoffrey Brooks
ISBN: 9780750998611
Format: Paperback
$32.99

First-hand accounts from the last days of the Third Reich: these are honest and striking accounts from the front...  Read More >>

The Nearly Man

The Nearly Man

Author: Mark Bridgeman
ISBN: 9781849955003
Format: Paperback
$49.14

The true story of one man's incredible journey through some of the most traumatic, yet largely forgotten, events...  Read More >>

Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories

Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories...

Author: Renee Hollis
ISBN: 9781991001238
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Gain a fascinating insight into the human side of war with this collection of memories sent in by families across...  Read More >>

Ese to Master Jefe: From street gang life in South Central Los Angeles to US Navy Master Chief

Ese to Master Jefe: From street gang life in South Central...

Author: Raul R. Ramos
ISBN: 9781667828718
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Raul Ramos brings you his emotional, raw, and inspiring autobiography. Follow along on his uplifting journey from...  Read More >>

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