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Defence of the United Kingdom
'They have sown the wind, and now they will reap the whirlwind'. With this grim warning, Air Marshal Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, the head of the RAF's Bomber Command vowed vengeance for Germany's Blitz against Britain in 1940/41. He was as good as his word, squadrons of Wellington, Halifax, Sterling and finally the hugely successful Lancaster heavy bombers pounded German cities night after night with ever increasing power. The cost was high, German night-fighters and Flak ground defences meant that losses to aircrew were higher than in any other branch of the fighting forces. But the air offensive was highly popular in a country with few other means of hitting back at the enemy and few at the time questioned the morality of carpet bombing civilian targets. Technical advances enabled raids to be more targeted such as the famous Dam Busters attack. But with the USAF joining the offensive from 1942, the relentless attacks continued, and by the end of the war, most German cities were in smoking ruins. It is still hotly debated whether the air offensive materially shortened the war.
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CALLED UP SENT DOWN
The Bevin Boy’s War
Product Code: 12458
At the outbreak of war, the government short-sightedly allowed thousands of miners to enlist in the armed services. By 1943 the war effort was in danger of grinding to a halt because of a lack of coal. In answer, Ernest Bevin, the Minister of Labour, sought service volunteers - and compulsorily s...
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DVD - Home Front Britain with Jim Carter
Product Code: D83031
Home Front Britain is a showcase six-part documentary series produced by Discovery channel in association with the British Film Institute. It tells the story of World War II on the Home Front through a rare collection of Ministry of Information wartime films. Presented by the much loved actor J...
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BLITZ
The Story of 29th December 1940
Product Code: 12421
Vivid, heart-stopping account of the worst night of the Blkitz - 29th December 1940 - reconstructed minute by minute from the recollections of those who were there.
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DVD - Scorched Earth - Battle Of Britain
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill.This DVD tells the story of those referred to by Winston Chruchill as “the few”, the handful of courageous young Allied fighter pilots who flew time and again to defy the mighty Luftwaffe. At a time w...
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DVD: REMEMBERING THE HOME GUARD: The Famous “Dad’s Army”
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They were immortalised forever as figures of amusement in TV’s “Dad’s Army”, but when Hitler’s troops prepared to invade our shores in 1940, the population of Great Britain slept easier knowing the newly formed Home Guard were their eyes and ears.“This is a war of unknown warriors” said Winston C...
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DVD - THE WORLD IN FLAMES: VOLUME II
Product Code: D82588
The World in Flames uses dramatic archive footage to tells the story of the Second World War.This volume covers events form the Battle of Britain in 1940 when Britain faced invasion from Germany, through the North Africa campaign and on to the fall of Stalingrad in 1943.
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BOXED PRESENTATION SET - THE BLITZ THEN AND NOW
Product Code: 2471
All three volumes in presentation slip case. The three volumes of The Blitz Then and Now run to more than 1,500 pages and include over 3,500 illustrations. It has taken ten years to bring to fruition - longer than the period it encompasses - and it is dedicated to the 60,000 British civilians who...
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