Philip Kaplan: 32 books
The Spitfire
An Icon of the Skies
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The magnificent Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, together with its able partner the Hawker Hurricane, saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 and irrevocably changed the course of the Second World War. This new book from Philip Kaplan celebrates one of history's most important weapons...
Naval Air
Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and interest was stirring in naval circles in a greater aeronautical capacity for the service. Britain's tradition of projecting a global reach through her sea...
Behind the Wire
Allied Prisoners of War in Hitler’s Germany
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Philip Kaplan presents us here with a riveting account of the Allied experience behind enemy lines, detailing the trials and tribulations experienced by the British and American airmen who were shot down in European skies during World War Two, to be incarcerated 'behind the wire' in enemy camps. With...
The Bomber Aircrew Experience
Dealing Out Punishment from the Air
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Discover the wartime experiences of the bomber boys in World War II.
Flying bombers during World War II was a harrowing ordeal. Unlike the fighter jocks, who pit their skill and wits against each other in agile aerial combat, the bomber boys had to endure the fear and savagery of the air war...
Silent Service
Submarine Warfare from World War II to the Present?An Illustrated and Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
See the secret and dangerous world of submarine life and warfare like never before.
From the ingenious but impractical designs of seventeenth-century inventors through the nuclear-powered submarines of today, this heavily illustrated volume traces the history of the silent force and the elite...
Sailor
Battle Of Britain Legend: Adolph Malan
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
I do not think that Malan could join a squadron without improving it, however good it was. Not by sword waving, but by a strength of mind and integrity that are at once recognizable and effective...he was the best pilot of the War' – Air Commodore Al Deere, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Malan was...
Rolling Thunder
A Century of tank Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
The tank is such a characteristic feature of modern warfare that its difficult to imagine a time when its presence wasn't felt on the battlefield in some form or another. Rolling Thunder, from eminent historian and author Philip Kaplan, traces the history of the vehicle from its developmental early...
by Philip Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril - Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Churchill, as a former First Lord of the Admiralty, was well versed in the importance of Britain protecting itself at sea. In the opening years of the Second World War, Germany’s...
The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz
Rare photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
This new collection of archive imagery from Philip Kaplan offers a gripping, graphic view of the routine repeated each day and night, from the summer of 1940 through to the following spring, by the German bomber crews bringing their deadly cargoes to Britain. Through mainly German archival photos,...
Tank
Heavy Metal at War
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
From monster to master, discover the history of the tank in this heavily illustrated book.
When the first tank weapon appeared on the killing fields of World War I, it was as if ancient superstitions were reborn in the modern industrial world. Soldiers on both sides of the war had never seen...
The Few: Fight for the Skies
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
In this new pictorial history from Philip Kaplan, the perspectives of both RAF and Luftwaffe airmen are considered within the wider context of one of the most iconic and pivotal conflicts of modern history.
The Blitz, primarily the bombing of London and the major cities of Britain by the German...
Allied Bombing Raids: Hittiing Back at the Heart of Germany
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The pilots and combined bombing forces of the Second World War are revered for a host of reasons. Their bravery when cast against the odds, their resilience and determination under fire, and the startling extent of their combined achievements towards the collective end of Allied victory have all been...
The Few: Preparation for the Battle of Britain
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
This new addition to the Images of War series is sure to prove welcome, illustrating as it does the preparatory stages of the iconic Battle of Britain. Whilst the country geared up for action, the air forces rallied, readying the high-performance Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighters...
by Philip Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
The first aircraft carriers made their appearance in the early years of World War I. These first flattops were improvised affairs built on hulls that had been laid down with other purposes in mind, and it was not until the 1920s that the first purpose-built carriers were launched, but no-one was as...