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  • WARGAME SCENARIOS
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    WARGAME SCENARIOS
    JONATHAN SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The enjoyment of wargaming is greatly enhanced if the battles (games) are played within well thought-out scenarios. Instead of simply lining up evenly-matched armies and fighting to the death, the players can have realistic objectives (such as the capture of a vital piece of terrain or delaying a superior enemy to cover a retreat) and be confronted with more challenging tactica...

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  • FARMING INDUSTRY
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    FARMING INDUSTRY
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's farming heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs. Nearly eleven thousand years ago humans moved away from hunting and gathering and began to raise livestock and plant crops. Our nostalgia for the way the countryside had been is an enduring passion. Ultimately mechanization...

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  • BLITZKRIEG POLAND
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    BLITZKRIEG POLAND
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    "These photographs are taken from three unpublished albums featuring the German invasion of Poland in 1939. One set was taken by an SS officer, another by a regular officer and a third by a soldier attached to a medical unit. Included are German units on the move, tanks, artillery and aircraft.There are several shots of recently knocked out Polish vehicles, captured Polish troo...

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  • U-BOATS AT WAR IN WORLD WAR I AND II
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    U-BOATS AT WAR IN WORLD WAR I AND II
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    A photographic history of German submarines in the world wars, including unseen images from the personal collections of captains and crew.   U-boats were the scourge of the seas for Allied shipping during both world wars, almost bringing Britain to the brink of starvation on several occasions. This book contains unseen photographs taken by German submarine crew and captains dur...

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  • AIR WAR IN EAST AFRICA, 1940–41
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    AIR WAR IN EAST AFRICA, 1940–41
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    This little known campaign against the Italian invasion of British Somalia was bravely fought by a small force of elderly RAF and Commonwealth aircraft against almost overwhelming odds. This, against a backdrop of Britains meager assets being in demand in the much more prominent and important theatres such as Egypt and, of course, at home during the height of the Battle of Brit...

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  • THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
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    THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
    DIANE CANWELL / JON SUTHERLAND
    " Detailed, nuts-and-bolts exploration of the 1948–9 Berlin airlift, the first major crisis of the new Cold War." — Kirkus Reviews At the end of World War II, the Americans and their allies divided Berlin, the capital of Germany, into four sectors, with the Russians taking one of the sectors. The problem was that the Western (American) sector of Berlin was surrounded by the Rus...

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  • ZULU KINGS AND THEIR ARMIES
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    ZULU KINGS AND THEIR ARMIES
    JONATHAN SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    Covering nearly one hundred years of Zulu military history, this book focuses on the creation, maintenance, development, tactics and ultimate destruction of the Zulu army. It studies the armies, weapons and tactics under the rule of the five Zulu kings from Shaka to Dinizulu. The rule of each of the five kings is examined in terms of their relationships with the army and how th...

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  • THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
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    THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    In June 1948, Joseph Stalin halted all road and rail traffic in to and out of the Allied sector of Berlin and cut off all electricity to the city. The only route into Berlin was by means of three twenty-mile-wide air corridors across the Soviet zone of Germany. Thus the wartime allies of Britain, France and the USA realized that the only option open to them was to supply the be...

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  • AIR WAR OVER THE NORE
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    AIR WAR OVER THE NORE
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Battle of Britain and the Atlantic and the Blitz are invariably the focus of books and perceptions of the air war over and around Britain during the Second World War. Yet, it was Britains more exposed eastern flank, from the South Foreland in the south to Bridlington in the north that faced nearly six years of unrelenting attacks by the Luftwaffe, the Kriegsmarine and, amaz...

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  • FALLSCHIRMJAGER
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    FALLSCHIRMJAGER
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    A rare collection of personal photographs following Nazi Germany’s airborne soldiers on their missions through the Balkans, Crete, and Russia. The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album that belonged to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7, which suffered very heavy losses in ...

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  • ARNHEM 1944
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    ARNHEM 1944
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    This is the first in a series of game books which put you in command of the forces in engaged in some of history's most famous battles. Your tactical skill and ability to make the right command decision will be tested at every turn of the page. Operation Market Garden in September 1944 was one of the most daring Allied plans of the Second World War. An audacious surprise assaul...

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  • BLITZKRIEG RUSSIA
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    BLITZKRIEG RUSSIA
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The photographs are taken from five unpublished albums focussing on the German invasion of Russia in 1941 Operation Barbarossa. Two of the albums contain shots taken by German infantrymen and include shots of combat, vehicles, knocked-out tanks and prisoners of war. Two of the other albums feature flak and artillery units in the invasion. These include shots of artillery and fl...

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  • FISHING INDUSTRY
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    FISHING INDUSTRY
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's fishing heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs. Fishermen were hardy individuals with a precarious existence dictated by the changing rhythm of the wind and the waves. While at sea, their womenfolk cleaned, salted, pressed and bulked the fish. The fishermen of the East C...

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  • MALTA GC
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    MALTA GC
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the greatest dramas of the conflict. Bereft of vital defending aircraft, guns and ammunition this small island endured a succession of air raids from the Italian and German air forces. Valetta was virtually destroyed, the inhabitants took to living in the hills and caves as their houses lay in ruins. Food was scarce and the isla...

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  • TIRPITZ
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    TIRPITZ
    JONATHAN SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    This WWII military history presents stunning, never-before-published photographs from life aboard the infamous German Battleship Tirpitz. The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album that belonged to a Tirpitz crewmember. It is a little-known fact that before the start of World War Two, the ship went on a shakedown voyage into the Atlantic, traveling north into A...

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  • THE POCKET GUIDE TO GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
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    THE POCKET GUIDE TO GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
    DIANE CANWELL / JONATHAN SUTHERLAND
    Librettist William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan teamed up to make some of the most memorable operettas of all time which still sell out to todays audience at opera houses and theaters around the world and at the cinema. This detailed book explores the themes around each operetta, setting them in the context of the day. It celebrates their biggest stars and what made ...

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  • FISHING INDUSTRY
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    FISHING INDUSTRY
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's fishing heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs. Fishermen were hardy individuals with a precarious existence dictated by the changing rhythm of the wind and the waves. While at sea, their womenfolk cleaned, salted, pressed and bulked the fish. The fishermen of the East C...

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  • EL ALAMEIN 1942
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    EL ALAMEIN 1942
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Battlefield General game books put you in command of the forces engaged in some of history's most famous battles. Your ability to make the right tactical decision will be tested at every turn of the page. The 2nd Battle of El Alamein in October 1942 was one of the crucial turning points of WWII. Here Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery ('Monty') and the British Eighth Arm...

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  • THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
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    THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war. Admiral Scheer had adopted a policy of launching attacks against the British coast. What he did not know was that the British had broken his naval codes and that they knew of his plans. Consequently, when Scheer threw his entire fleet in a mission to attack the British mainland in Ma...

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  • BLITZKRIEG RUSSIA
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    BLITZKRIEG RUSSIA
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The photographs are taken from five unpublished albums focussing on the German invasion of Russia in 1941 Operation Barbarossa. Two of the albums contain shots taken by German infantrymen and include shots of combat, vehicles, knocked-out tanks and prisoners of war. Two of the other albums feature flak and artillery units in the invasion. These include shots of artillery and fl...

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  • BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1917
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    BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1917
    JONATHAN SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    In the autumn of 1916 the Germans began to equip with the Gotha twin-engine bomber. The Gothas were designed to carry out attacks across the channel against Britain. A group of four squadrons was established in Belgium, and they carried out their first bombing raid towards the end of May 1917. This 22 aircraft sortie, against the town of Folkestone, caused 95 deaths. In mid Jun...

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  • THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
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    THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war. Admiral Scheer had adopted a policy of launching attacks against the British coast. What he did not know was that the British had broken his naval codes and that they knew of his plans. Consequently, when Scheer threw his entire fleet in a mission to attack the British mainland in Ma...

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  • THE RAF AIR SEA RESCUE SERVICE, 1918–1986
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    THE RAF AIR SEA RESCUE SERVICE, 1918–1986
    JONATHAN SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    Between 1918 and 1986 the marine branch of the Royal Air Force provided rescue facilities, support and other services to this armed service. In its pre–1941 guise as the Air Sea Rescue service, the RAF had an inventory of over 200 motorboats, supported by float aircraft engaged in rescue, towing, refueling and servicing RAF aircraft. Amongst the many characters of this early pe...

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  • VICHY AIR FORCE AT WAR
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    VICHY AIR FORCE AT WAR
    JONATHAN SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    At the beginning of World War II the French faced the German invasion with 4,360 modern combat aircraft and 790 new machines currently arriving from French and American factories each month. When the phony war finally ended, some 119 of 210 squadrons were ready for action on the north-eastern front. The others were reequipping or stationed in the French colonies. Of the 119 squ...

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  • CHURCHILL'S PIRATES
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    CHURCHILL'S PIRATES
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tates Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations. The officers and seamen were mainly ex-fishermen who had manned trawlers in Icelandic waters. The service was armed mostly with obsolete weaponry and suffered heavy casualties in the early stages of the war. The service was not confined to the s...

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  • AIR WAR MALTA
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    AIR WAR MALTA
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    This is the story of the historic air defense of Malta by the WRAF against the combined attacking forces of the Italian and German air forces. The island was poorly equipped when Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940 and its only defense against air attack at the outset of war were 34 heavy and 8 light antiaircraft guns, one radar set and four Gladiator biplane fighters. T...

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  • BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1917
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    BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1917
    JONATHAN SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    In the autumn of 1916 the Germans began to equip with the Gotha twin-engine bomber. The Gothas were designed to carry out attacks across the channel against Britain. A group of four squadrons was established in Belgium, and they carried out their first bombing raid towards the end of May 1917. This 22 aircraft sortie, against the town of Folkestone, caused 95 deaths. In mid Jun...

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  • GRAND BATTERY
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    GRAND BATTERY
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    How would you have fared as one Napoleon's marshals, or in command of a division of redoutable British redcoats under Wellington? Grand Battery offers you the chance to find out. This book includes all the rules you need to play miniature wargames set in the Napoleonic Wars, plus plenty of useful background information you need to get started.The book provides a concise histori...

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  • EL ALAMEIN 1942
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    EL ALAMEIN 1942
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Battlefield General game books put you in command of the forces engaged in some of history's most famous battles. Your ability to make the right tactical decision will be tested at every turn of the page. The 2nd Battle of El Alamein in October 1942 was one of the crucial turning points of WWII. Here Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery ('Monty') and the British Eighth Arm...

    $119.00

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  • THE HOLY BOYS
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    THE HOLY BOYS
    JON SUTHERLAND / DIANE CANWELL
    The Royal Norfolk Regiment is one of the oldest and most distinguished fighting forces in the British army. Its line of descent can be traced back for over three centuries, all the way from modern Afghanistan to Monmouths rebellion in 1685.Throughout these years, and many campaigns, the regiment has maintained a marked local loyalty and tradition which remain strong today. This...

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