• Online bookshop home
  • Air Force Records
  • Bargain books
  • Coming soon
  • eBooks and eReaders
  • Family history special offers
  • New books
  • Signed Copies
  • Special Promotion : Garden History
  • Vouchers for Findmypast and BMD
  • Writer of the Month
  • Bestsellers
  • Featured Items
  • Archives and records
  • Battle of Waterloo
  • Births, marriages & deaths data
  • British Empire
  • Census data
  • Charles Dickens' Life and Works
  • Crime and policing
  • Domesday Book
  • Facsimile editions
  • Falklands War
  • Family history
  • Festival of Britain
  • Fiction & Literature
  • First World War
  • First World War trench maps & battle guides
  • Genealogical storage
  • Gifts & humour
  • Great Britons
  • History of Britain
  • Home Guard
  • Intelligence & espionage
  • Irish ancestors
  • Jewish ancestry
  • Kings & Queens of England
  • Local history
  • Maps and atlases
  • Medals & cap badges
  • Military ancestors
  • Military history
  • Naval history
  • Peninsular Wars
  • Reading aids
  • Second World War
  • Second World War battle maps & guides
  • Shire books
  • Social history
  • Software
  • Spanish Civil War
  • Sporting history
  • The National Archives books
  • Titanic
  • Tracing Your Ancestors
  • Transport history
  • Will, probate & legal records
  • Women's history

Second World War

The Spade As Mighty As The Sword by Daniel Smith The full story of this remarkable wartime episode when spades, forks and bean canes became weapons the ordinary citizen could take up against the enemy. more Only £7.99 Was £8.99 You save £1.00

The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts By analyzing how the Axis strategy evolved and examining the Second World War on every front, Roberts asks whether, with a different decision-making process and a different strategy, the Axis might even have won. more £10.99

The Wartime House by Mike Brown & Carol Harris A thematic look at a typical British household during World War II. The book describes what everyday life was like during this period of tremendous social upheaval and ever-present danger from bombing. more £12.99 Not yet published

These Wonderful Rumours by May Smith This is a really delightful read. A window into a world which seemed somehow much simpler despite the dangers and privations people faced. May's diaries are the well-written record of a young lively woman living in interesting times. more Only £12.99 Was £14.99 You save £2.00

Tracing Your Second World War Ancestors by Phil Tomaselli The perfect guide to how to locate and understand sources for those researching relatives who served during the war – and how to get the most out of them. more Only £11.69 Was £12.99 You save £1.30

U-Boat Attack Logs by Daniel Morgan & Bruce Taylor This ground-breaking study provides a detailed analysis of every sinking for which source material survives from both the Allied and the German sides of the Second World War. more Only £40.00 Was £45.00 You save £5.00

Unearthing Churchill's Secret Army by John Grehan & Martin Mace Using the SOE files released by the National Archives this tells the stories of all those SOE agents that died in action. more Only £22.00 Was £25.00 You save £3.00

WAAF by Beryl Escott Excellent overview introduction to the history of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in the Second World War. more Only £4.49 Was £4.99 You save £0.50

WAAF At War by John Frayn Turner A long overdue tribute to the courage and war-winning of the WAAF, this will appeal particularly to air historians and those who were members of or are proud to be descended from members of the WAAF. more Only £10.99 Was £19.99 You save £9.00

Wanborough Manor by Patrick Yarnold The story of four years in the history of Wanborough Manor that played an important part in the British effort to promote resistance against the enemy during the Second World War. more Only £6.26 Was £6.95 You save £0.70