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NAPOLEON'S GERMAN DIVISION IN SPAIN VOLUME ONE: NASSAU,
BADEN, FRANKFURT DUTCH & HESSEN-DARMSTADT TROOPS, THEIR REGIMENTAL
HISTORY, UNIFORMS & ORGANISATION
This is a ground-breaking study from Digby, highlighting a part of the Peninsular War that has received scant attention the German units who fought in Napoleon's army. The book is a detailed study of their campaign service, fascinating because it concentrates on small engagements and skirmishes (...
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Raiding on the Western Front
The trench raid came to typify the aggressive and close-combat nature of warfare on the Western Front. Inevitably, successful raiding had a significant psychological effect on the enemy and was a powerful way of exerting local domination in what was otherwise a static military situation. Equally,...
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Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to Ypres Salient & Passchendaele
NEW, FULLY UPDATED EDITION
PACKAGED WITH A FREE, FULL COLOUR FOLD-OUT MAP
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REDCOATS
The British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars
Throughout the book the author draws on his encyclopedic knowledge of the military history of the Napoleonic era to give an accurate insight into the lives and living conditions of British soldiers 200 years ago.
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Type VII
Germany’s most Successful U-Boats
First conceived in the mid-1930s, the Type VII was still in production in the closing stages of the Second World War a decade later. Subject to continuous improvement through six major variants and with around 650 completed, it was built in larger numbers than any other submarine design in histor...
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German Capital Ships of the Second World War
The Ultimate Photograph Album
Few warship types have had as much written about them as the Kriegsmarine's capital ships – Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck and Tirpitz continue to generate intense interest among warship enthusiasts, despite the fact that no new source of information has ...
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Complete George Cross
A Full Chronological Record of all George Cross Holders
The George Cross, the highest civilian decoration, is awarded for ‘acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger', and all the recipients of this exceptional honour are recorded here. As a complete chronological record of George Crosses awarded...
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Black Watch: Liberating Europe and Catching Himmler - My Extraordinary WW2 with the Highland Division
The author has managed a rare feat in weaving his personal story as a soldier fighting his way across Europe against the fanatical Hitler Youth, alongside the remarkable story of the famous 51st Highland Division and those comrades who fought alongside him.
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SEA WOLVES
The Extraordinary Story of Britain's WW2 Submarines
Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war.
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Complete Victoria Cross
A Full Chronological Record of all Holders of Britain's Highest Award of Gallantry
“This is just what it says 'on the tin'. It is not intended for bedtime reading (though it would be compulsive browsing and would keep one awake longer than one intended) but is a reference work, pure and simple. I give talks on the history of the VC and this is the perfect ammunition to answer i...
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Scale Military Figure Conversions
Duncan Howarth is the official War artist for the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Lancashire. He has made and converted military models in all scales and materials for forty years.
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LIKE WOLVES ON THE FOLD
The Defence of Rorke's Drift
A lieutenant colonel in the Royal Regiment of Wales, Snook offers a blow-by-blow account of the heroic defence of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, made famous by the 1964 British movie classic Zulu.
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Spitfires Over Malta
The Epic Air Battles of 1942
This book tells the story of the RAF's gallant stand in 1942 to hold Malta against all odds and to save the island from invasion, which, had it happened could have changed the whole course of the war in the Middle East.
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BATTLEFIELD SNIPER
Over 100 Civil War Kills
The astonishing untold story of the American Civil War's most lethal sniper. Kentucky farmer Old Jack Hinson turned serial killer when Union soldiers murdered his sons. His old friend Gen. Grant deployed a small army to hunt him down, but he was never caught and ended his avenger';s war with more...
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SECOND YPRES 1915
The Gas Attack
The story of one of the most ominous days in warfare - 22 April 1915 - when the Germans first used poison gas, opening a sinister new era in warfare.
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BATTLE OF LOOS
The full story of the battle of Loos, an offensive presaging those of the Somme and Passchendaele, drawn from the memories and written accounts of veterans and survivors.
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VENLO INCIDENT
A True Story of Double-Dealing, Captivity, and a Murderous Nazi Plot
In November 1939, the Nazis used the so-called Venlo Incident as a pretext for invading the Netherlands. Following orders from Himmler, two British intelligence officers, Sigismund Payne Best and Richard Stevens, were captured from the Café Backus in the town of Venlo. Hitler used the incident – ...
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NATION IN ARMS
The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250,000, the British Army rapidly expanded into a national force of over five million. A Nation in Arms brings together original research into the impact of the war on ...
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PASSCHENDAELE YPRES
The Fight For The Village
This battlefield guide gives details of the attacks whilst guiding the reader through the battlefield as it stands today.With illustrated maps and then and now photographs it will appeal to those visiting the area as well as armchair historians.
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BATTLEGROUND ARRAS
Oppy Wood
The story of Oppy Wood, the position in the front lines at Arras which was hotly contested from April 1917 when the British attacked, to the great German Spring offensives a year later.
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TUDOR SEA POWER
The Foundation Of Greatness
The story of how 16th century Tudor England laid the foundations for the greatest seabourne Empire the world has seen, with a combination of ship design, navigation skills, and the bold, buccaneering spirit of its sea dogs - not unmixed with the sheer greed of the merchants who financed their voy...
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BLACK FLAG
The Surrender of Germany's U-Boat Forces on Land and at Sea
When Germany's new Fuehrer Grand Admiral Karl Donitz ordered his U-boats - along with the rest of Germany - to surrender in May 1945, he was asking a lot. This book tells how the proud and undefeated Wolf Packs finally gave up their hopeless struggle.
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HITLER’S NAVY
A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine 1935-1945
A comprehensive reference guide to Hitler's Navy with sections on ships, structure, ranks, awards, insignia, plus biographjies of its leaders, a chronological text, maps, diagrams, charts and a select bibliography.
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BATTLE FOR BURMA
A vivid portrait of the gruelling campaign in Burma that, though often forgotten, proved the turning point at the battles of Kohima and Imphal of the war in the far east. It was a war in which the jungle terrain was almost as merciless as the Japanese enemy - and Roy Conyers Nesbit had written a ...
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MONS, ANZAC AND KUT
An MP (Lieutenant Colonel The Hon Aubrey Herbert MP)
Written by the man who was the model for John Buchan's heroes, Aubrey Herbert's war is the stuff of fiction involving fighting and intelligence service in and behind the front lines in France,Gallipoli, Egypt and Iraq. An adventurous Englishman's account of a wartime life that was much stranger t...
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GREAT GERMAN ESCAPE
The gripping story of one of the Second World War's great ,might-have-beens: a German plan for a mass breakout by their PoWs with the objective of capturing London.
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GERMANS ON THE SOMME
Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives
Offering an unfamiliar view of a familiar battleground, this book of evocative photographs with cap[tions and an explanatory text shows the Somme from the point of view of the Germans who occupied the area in the Great War.
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STEEL OF THE DLI
2nd Bn 1914/18
A modern unit history of only two battalions of the DLI ( the 2nd) that did not see its history published after the Great War. Compiled from diaries and letters home and illustrated with unpublished photographs.
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HISTORY OF THE 30 ASSAULT UNIT
Ian Fleming’s Red Indians
A thoroughly researched account of Ian Fleming's secret war. The future creator of James Bond founded a special force of commandos, 30 Assault Unit, charged with penetrating enemy lines and bringing back vital intelligence. This is the unit's story and of its maverick members - any one of whom co...
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CARMARTHEN PALS
A History of the 15th (Service) Battalion The Welsh Regiment, 1914-1919
The history of a Welsh unit, initially raised on the initiative of David Lloyd George in 1914. The Carmarthen Pals fought at Givenchy, attacked Mametz Wood on the Somme, and Pilckem ridge near Passchendaele and ended the war with casualties of 40 officers and 900 men killed as it drove the German...
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THREE WEEKS IN NOVEMBER
A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE SWISS CIVIL WAR OF 1847
The political phenomenon known as the 'Springtime of the Nations' swept through Europe in 1848, toppling thrones, forcing old autocratic regimes to grant constitutions to the people and bringing street fighting and large scale campaigns to cities and states across the continent. What is not gener...
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War Correspondent
Reporting Under Fire Since 1850
If you've ever wondered how war is reported from the battlefield, this book packed full of dispatches, iconic images and daring stories is well worth a read. The title documents the media's struggle against censorship and the challenges correspondents face in maintaining lines of communication an...
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Conway's The War at Sea in Photographs, 1939-1945
A very popular book with all Naval enthusiasts because it contains photographs not previously published. The book states correctly that many photographs in today's private collections were `illegally' shot for sailors as souvenirs by official photographers whilst on board ship - known to the Brit...
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Ship Style: Modernism and Modernity at Sea in the 20th Century
An excellent and well-researched book about twentieth-century maritime history. Philip Dawson and Bruce Peter, both more than qualified for the task, have produced a highly readable, but admirably accessible account of the establishment and development of Modernism at sea. A well-researched and b...
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Struggle for the Middle Sea
The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater , 1940-1945
This is a good technical description of surface actions in the Mediterranean during WW2 .Ships and boats involved ranged from tiny Italian torpedo boats to French and British battleships. Action took place practically all over the Mediterranean and much of it also involved submarines and aircraft...
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Careless Talk Costs Lives
Writing under the pen name of Fougasse, Cyril Kenneth Bird was one of the most popular cartoonists and illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century and arguably the most famous creator of British poster art. The images and captions to his World War II propaganda posters 'Careless Talk ...
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A History of Arctic Exploration
Discovery, Adventure and Endurance at the Top of the World
With the character of the Arctic in a dramatic state of flux, and arguments over sovereignty once again rising to the surface, it is timely that a history of the exploration of this remote region be published.
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SHIP
A History in Art and Photography
This weighty work could have so easily degenerated into a coffee table production placing style over substance. but with an impressive cast of academic contributors and a well-judged and well-presented selection of images, it adds up to a remarkably powerful exploration of the ship's role in soci...
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The Irrepressible Churchill
'A rich, well-researched compendium of Sir Winston's wit and wisdom which - unlike most imitations - is carefully attributed and organised for ease of reference.' Richard Langworth, The Churchill Society 'A book to brighten the dullest moments' The Times
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The Captain's Table
Life and Dining on the Great Ocean Liners
To sail first Class on the great ocean liners was to experience the last word in luxury and service. The Captain's Table recalls not only the glamour and excitement of life on board, but also the rich creativity of the excellent cuisine. The author has expertly recreated an inspiring selection of...
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Sea Charts of the British Isles
A Voyage of Discovery Around Britain and Ireland's Coastline
Sea Charts of the British Isles takes the reader on a circumnavigation of 'these sceptred isles', as Shakespeare referred to them, to explore, through the chart, this multitude of sea ports, fishing and commercial harbours, naval bases and dockyards, and sea-side havens that have supported local ...
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For the King's Service: Railway Ships at War
This excellent book deals with the activities of the multitude of railway ships that were requisitioned in both World Wars and even as late as the Falklands war. These ships were required to act as minesweepers,troop transports,landing ships and casualty evacuation ships. In all about 1000 ships ...
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DIVER! DIVER! DIVER!
RAF and American Fighter Pilots Battle the V-1 Assault Over South-east England, 1944
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In this significant work, respected historians detail every known success by the defending pilots of over 13 nationalities, and where detected, record all locations and casualties of V-1 impacts in London and the south east. In doing so, they rely h...
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WAR SURGERY 1914-18
The Great War, 1914-1918 resulted in enormous numbers of casualties who had sustained filthy contaminated wounds from high explosive shellfire, bomb and mortar blast, and from rifle and machine gun bullet. Such wounds were frequently multiple, severe, and almost invariably became infected. Surgic...
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DAS Reich V
This last volume closes the book on the first division of the Waffen-SS. Das Reich produced the most Knight's Cross recipients and during the war contributed cadres for many of the later SS-Divisions.
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CONWAY’S BATTLESHIPS
The Definitive Visual `reference to the World’s all Big- Gun Ships
Fully updated and presented in colour throughout, this Conway Classic is a comprehensive study of the world's capital ships from the emergence of Dreadnought in 1906 to the decommissioning of the last two of the US Iowa class - New Jersey and Winsconsin.
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BRITAIN’S HISTORIC SHIPS
A Complete Guide to the Ships That Shaped the Nation
Rule Britannia; Britannia rules the waves! This lavish volume explores more than 50 celebrated and accessible historic British ships—including replicas. Covering everything from the Navy and Merchant Sail to passenger ships and coasters, it offers a comprehensive history of each vessel's design, ...
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TELESCOPE
A Short History
This is the best book on the telescope for a general audience, After a brief discussion of astronomy before the telescope, Dunn moves us briskly from the invention of the telescope to the huge instruments of today, then briefly touches on other types of astronomy, such as radio astronomy.
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Hitler's Army
If you want data on the Wehrmacht in a single source, this is the book to buy. Organization, units, equipment, weapons, deployment, tactics, operations, everything down the smallest apparently trivial item, even posters, propaganda, the food eaten, and what the soldiers did on leave. Superbly ill...
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Eden To Armageddon
World War I The Middle East
In this thorough chronicle of World War I in the Middle East, Ford presents the complete story of the invasion of the Garden of Eden that ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon and the creation of Iran and Iraq.
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Into Enemy Arms
The Remarkable True Story of a German Girl's Struggle Against Nazism, and Her Daring Escape with the Allied Airman She Loved
The story of Ditha Bruncel who in early 1945 witnessed the escape of 23 British and Commonwealth airmen from a marching column out of a German POW camp in her native German Silesia, one of whom was to be her future husband and all of whom she helped in a daring escape from wartime Germany.
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The Great War
An Illustrated History
This illustrated history looks at the causes of WWI and at major events from the Western Front to the war in Africa, focusing on new technology such as mines, submarines, gas and aeroplanes. Includes sections on the war on the home front and the views and reactions of artists, writers and photogr...
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Roman Provincial Administration
This study uses organisational theory to address the question of how, with the Roman Empire at its height of power and embracing numerous peoples and cultures, Romans maintained their faith in government and spread their ideas, drawing on sources ranging from Tacitus to the New Testament.
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SETTING OF THE RISING SUN
Japanese Military Aviation 1877-1945
The story of Japanese military aviation from 1877 to 1945, from the kites, balloons and gliders of the mid-19th century to the Zeros, Kates and Vals that struck a powerful blow to the US Navy at Pearl Harbour and were some of the most iconic designs of the war.
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World War One Fact Book
Using a range of maps, charts and diagrams this concise and informative account of WWI covers in brief everything from casualties in the East in 1915 and the fall in coal and steel production to war loans, military pay and women workers. Also includes 64 pages of captioned photographs.
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Doodlebugs, Gas Masks and Gum, Children's Voices from the Second World War
This volume uses written and oral accounts by children from all over Europe of their experiences during WWII, with accounts of Anderson Shelters, tanks and soldiers on city streets, and dogfights and bombing raids witnessed from the ground.
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Sentimental Journey
Reminiscences of War
Sixteen tales of people and places caught up in the Second World War, from an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Glenn Miller in December 1944 to the story of a downed American bomber crew's escape from neutral Switzerland.
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Six Crashes Later
The Story of a Fighter Pilot
The wartime memoirs of English fighter pilot Derek Leyland Stevenson, from his training in the West Country in 1942 through a succession of crashes all of which he walked away from, to his post-war career
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OKB YAKOVLEV
A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft
The Yakovlev design bureau started life in 1927 when Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1894-1977) brought out his first aircraft, the two-seat AIR-1. The first nine designs created by Yakovlev remained in prototype form, being developed largely at his own initiative; in 1935, however, his fortune c...
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OKB TUPOLEV
A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft
A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft Yefim Gordon & Vladimir Rigmant The origins of the design bureau that was to bear his name can be traced back to the appointment of Andrey Nikolayevich Tupolev as head of the TsAGI's Aviation Department in 1918. Over the years, nearly 300 projects h...
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