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CHATHAM’S U-BOAT WAR PATROL: The Hidden Photographic Diary of U-564
Product Code: 9695

This book is unique in that it illustrates a complete U-boat patrol and provides a new insight into life aboard.Taken during the summer of 1942 by an onboard war correspondent, the photographs show U-564 in actiion in the Atlantic and Caribbean under the command of the famous Reinhard ‘Teddy’ Suh...

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FROM LIBAU TO TSUSHIMA A Narrative of the Voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky’s Fleet to Eastern Seas
Product Code: 12330

An inside account of the tragic voyage of the Russian fleet to its doom at the the hands of the Japanese at the Battle of Tsushima - based on the letters home of the Chief Russian engineer who was killed in the battle.

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LIFEBOAT GALLANTRY RNLI Medals and how they were won.
Product Code: 1689

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) was formed in 1824 and since then just over 2,400 gold, silver and (since 1917) bronze medals have been awarded for gallantry in saving life from shipwreck. This book provides the first complete list of all such medals to be published, together with ...

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DVD - Victory at Sea
Product Code: D83028

Winner of 12 Major awards, this stirring documentary series, chronicles World War 2 Naval operations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The programme features action footage obtained from Allied and Axis government filmed vaults and was first aired on NBC in 1952. Richard Rogers supplied the ori...

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RELENTLESS PURSUIT: The Story of Capt. F. J. Walker. CB,DSO, RN U-Boat Hunter and Destroyer
Product Code: 7123

This is the story of the man who caused more destruciton among enemy submarines than was achieved by any other officer of the British or other Allied navies.That man was F. J. Walker who commanded the Second Support Group until July 1944 when he tragically died following a stroke. The author, aft...

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U-BOAT 977: The U-Boat That Escaped to Argentina
Product Code: 7122

Heinz Schaeffer, the commander of U-977, has written a full account of his earlier career that culminated in this last command. It depicts the gruelling aspects of a submariner’s life aboard a vessel that was subjected to the harsh conditions of the seas and oceans.In the final months of the war...

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VERY SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE: The Story of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-1945
Product Code: 9696

Patrick Beesley, an insider drawing on considerable personal knowledge, reveals the compelling story of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre in World War II. He throws light on the intelligence contribution to dramatic events such as the hunt for the Bismarck; the tragedy of Convoy PQ1...

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LETTERS FROM THE BLACK SEA DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR
Product Code: 23566

Published in association with The National Army Museum London, this unusual view of the Crimean War was written by the British Admiral, Sir Leopold George Heath, who bombarded Sebastopol from the 74-gun HMS Sans Pareil.

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BATTLE GROUND ATLANTIC How the sinking of a Single Japanese Submarine Assured the Outcome of World War 2
Product Code: 12349

A nail-biting yarn which reveals one of the last deadly secrets of the Second World War, when Japan was planning to launch its own ‘dirty’ radiological bomb on the United States which could have killed millions.

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SHIP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD The Escape of the Goeben to the Dardanelles in 1914
Product Code: 12352

In an epic of great naval history, Dan van der Vat tells the story of the Goeben - the German battle-cruiser which escaped the Allies, drew Turkey into the Great War, and, the author argues, changed the entire history of the world.

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