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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    "These photographs are taken from three unpublished albums featuring the German invasion of Poland in 1939.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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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