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  • ARNHEM 1944
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    ARNHEM 1944
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    Arnhem - it was the last major battle lost by the British Army, lost not by the men who fought there but by the overconfidence of generals, faulty planning and the failure of a relieving force given too great a task. If the operation of which Arnhem formed a part had been successful, the outcome of the war and the history of post-war Europe would have been greatly altered. Yet ...

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  • THE FIRST DAY ON THE SOMME
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    THE FIRST DAY ON THE SOMME
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    A history of the British Army's experience at the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I. After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7:30 AM on July 1, 1916, the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day, the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their ...

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  • THE SCHWEINFURT-REGENSBURG MISSION
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    THE SCHWEINFURT-REGENSBURG MISSION
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    A detailed history of the American World War II bombing mission over Nazi Germany, by the author of The First Day on the Somme. On August 17, 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two major industrial complexes deep in southern Germany: the Messerschmitt aircraft factory and the KGF ball bearing plant. For American commanders, ...

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  • THE FALKLANDS WAR
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    THE FALKLANDS WAR
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    A detailed history of the brief 1980s conflict between the UK and Argentina, from the author of The First Day on the Somme. With the surprise Argentine invasion of the remote Falkland Islands on April 2, 1982, the United Kingdom found itself at war. Due to the resolve of a determined Prime Minister and the resourcefulness of the Armed Forces, a task force, codenamed Operation C...

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  • THE BERLIN RAIDS
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    THE BERLIN RAIDS
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    A "meticulously documented" account that covers the RAF's controversial attempt to end World War II by the aerial bombing of Berlin ( Kirkus Reviews).   The Battle of Berlin was the longest and most sustained bombing offensive against one target in the Second World War. Bomber Command Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur Harris, hoped to wreak Berlin from end to end and produce a sta...

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  • THE NUREMBERG RAID
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    THE NUREMBERG RAID
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    A thorough history of the RAF Bomber Command attack on the German city during World War II, by the author of The First Day on the Somme. This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. Author Martin Middlebrook sets the scene by outlining the course of the bombing war from 1939 to the night of the Nurembe...

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  • CAPTAIN STANILAND'S JOURNEY
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    CAPTAIN STANILAND'S JOURNEY
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    Having established himself as one of the foremost military historians in the world, Martin Middlebrook's books are eagerly awaited and prized by publishers. He does so with not just his usual flair but a real sense of conviction and belonging, using sources that have never been tapped before. He uncovers a number of evocative stories and mysteries including the curious case of ...

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  • ARNHEM 1944
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    ARNHEM 1944
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    A detailed history of the World War II battle, featuring experiences from over 500 participants, by the author of The First Day on the Somme. The Battle of Arnhem was a turning point in the war, a gamble by Montgomery, using three airborne divisions to capture a series of bridges spanning the wide rivers of Holland and unleash the Allied armies into the plains of northern Germa...

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  • CONVOY SC122 & HX229
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    CONVOY SC122 & HX229
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    The author of The First Day on the Somme details a naval skirmish that became a turning point for the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. Winston Churchill wrote, “The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.” Had the convoy link between North America and Britain been broken, the course of World War II would have been different. The...

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  • YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
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    YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    Taking the politics of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's appointment as War Minister as his starting point, the author describes in his lively and authoritative style the dramatic events and dynamic personalities key to the ever-deepening British commitment. The reader is skilfully guided through the early mobilisation, dispatch of the British Expedition Force, withdrawal of overs...

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  • YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
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    YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    Taking the politics of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's appointment as War Minister as his starting point, the author describes in his lively and authoritative style the dramatic events and dynamic personalities key to the ever-deepening British commitment. The reader is skilfully guided through the early mobilisation, dispatch of the British Expedition Force, withdrawal of overs...

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  • THE SINKING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES & REPULSE
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    THE SINKING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES & REPULSE
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK / PATRICK MAHONEY
    The author of The First Day on the Somme recounts the sinking of two British Royal Navy ships by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales a...

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  • THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES
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    THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK / CHRIS EVERITT
    The essential WWII historical reference detailing RAF Bomber Command's extensive campaign of strategic bombings across occupied Europe. The Royal Air Force Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign started on the first day of the Second World War and ended five and a half years later with the final victory in Europe. It was a campaign of such enormous scale that historians ha...

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  • THE MIDDLEBROOK GUIDE TO THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS
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    THE MIDDLEBROOK GUIDE TO THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK / MARY MIDDLEBROOK
    While best known as being the scene of the most terrible carnage in the WW1 the French department of the Somme has seen many other battles from Roman times to 1944. William the Conqueror launched his invasion from there; the French and English fought at Crecy in 1346; Henry Vs army marched through on their way to Agincourt in 1415; the Prussians came in 1870.The Great War saw t...

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  • THE KAISER'S BATTLE
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    THE KAISER'S BATTLE
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    The author of The First Day on the Somme details what it was like during the 1918 Spring Offensive during World War I, which led to Germany's defeat. At 9:30 AM on March 21, 1918, the last great battle of the First World War commenced when three German armies struck a massive blow against the weak divisions of the British Third and Fifth Armies. It was the first day of what the...

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  • THE FIRST DAY ON THE SOMME
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    THE FIRST DAY ON THE SOMME
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    A history of the British Army's experience at the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I. After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7:30 AM on July 1, 1916, the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day, the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their ...

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  • ARGENTINE FIGHT FOR THE FALKLANDS
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    ARGENTINE FIGHT FOR THE FALKLANDS
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    An account by the only British historian to have been granted open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War.   Avoiding involvement in the issue of sovereignty and concentrating entirely upon the military story, this history is a unique and balanced look at the 1982 war for the islands that the UK called the Falklands and Argentina called the Malvinas, ...

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  • THE PEENEMÜNDE RAID
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    THE PEENEMÜNDE RAID
    MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK
    The author of The First Day on the Somme recounts Operation Hydra, the British bombing on a Nazi army research center during World War II. On the night of August 17-18, 1943, RAF Bomber Command attacked a remote research establishment on the German Baltic coast. The site was Peenemunde, where Hitler’s scientists were developing both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket whose ...

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