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  • VICTORY IN THE FALKLANDS
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    VICTORY IN THE FALKLANDS
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    The Hundred Days that saw the British response to General Galtiere of Argentinas invasion of the Falklands are for many British people the most remarkable of their lives. It describes the dark days of early April, the feverish response and forming of the Task Force, the anxieties and uncertainties, the naval and air battles that preceded the landings by 3 Commando Brigade and 5...

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  • 5TH INFANTRY BRIGADE IN THE FALKLANDS
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    5TH INFANTRY BRIGADE IN THE FALKLANDS
    DAVID ALDEA / NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    For many people it was 3 Commando Brigade, commanded by Major General Julian Thompson, and made up of Royal Marines and Para's that recaptured the Falklands. Yet 5th Infantry Brigade played a key and until now little acknowledged role in this extraordinary saga. Cobbled together in haste (having been stripped of its assets to bring 3 Commando Brigade up to strength), it compris...

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  • THE BRUNEI REVOLT, 1962–1963
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    THE BRUNEI REVOLT, 1962–1963
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    In December 1962, nationalists in Brunei, the hugely wealthy small kingdom on the North Coast of Borneo, formed the Army of North Kalimantan (TNKU) and, demanding greater democracy, engineered a rebellion against the Sultan and seized a large number of hostages. Perceived to be an attempt by communists to destabilize the Sultanate and seize power, within twelve hours of its out...

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  • MAU MAU REBELLION
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    MAU MAU REBELLION
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    In The Mau Mau Rebellion, the author describes the background to and the course of a short but brutal late colonial campaign in Kenya. The Mau Mau, a violent and secretive Kikuyu society, aimed to restore the proud tribes pre-colonial superiority and rule. The 1940s saw initial targeting of Africans working for the colonial government and by 1952 the situation had deteriorated ...

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  • CONFRONTATION
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    CONFRONTATION
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    For over four years in the Swinging Sixties the armed forces of the UK were engaged in a little publicized but crucial jungle war against communist aggressive on the vast island of Borneo.At any one time up to 50,000 troops (half of the Armys strength today) were deployed along a 1,000 mile front. Their enemy were the communist led Indonesians whose leaders were determined to s...

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  • COMMANDOS IN EXILE
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    COMMANDOS IN EXILE
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2. All members had to pass the Green Beret commando course at Achnacarry in Scotland and the book begins by describing this training. With no less than six national troops, plus X Troop drawn from exiled Jews, 10 Commando never fought as a...

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  • THE CYPRUS EMERGENCY
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    THE CYPRUS EMERGENCY
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    The British faced two serious problems the first, the Greek Cypriots desire for Enosis and second, the intense rivalry and antipathy between the Greek and Turkish communities.In 1955 the former resulted in a bitter EOKA terrorist campaign led by Colonel George Grivas. This resulted in the deaths of over 100 British servicemen. Nicosias Murder Mile was the scene of many shooting...

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  • ARGENTINE PERSPECTIVES ON THE FALKLANDS WAR
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    ARGENTINE PERSPECTIVES ON THE FALKLANDS WAR
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    A new assessment of the Falklands War from the Argentine perspective. In 1982, the United Kingdom and Argentina fought a war over an historical disagreement over the colonial "ownership" or rights over the Falkland Islands. Within months of the Argentinian defeat, General Edgardo Calvi, then the Argentine Head of the Army Joint Chief of Staff, was instructed to undertake a wide...

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  • NINE BATTLES TO STANLEY
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    NINE BATTLES TO STANLEY
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    Nicholas van der Bijl's Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldier's account of the 1982 Falkland Islands campaign. Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson CB, OBE Covering the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands, the author's fascinating and objective approach to the conflict describes the experiences, view points and comparative qualities of both British and Argent...

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  • BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN ADEN AND RADFAN
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    BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN ADEN AND RADFAN
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    The book examines the military history of Aden Colony from 1839 including the fractious turn of the century Border Commissions with Turkey and the defeat of British forces near Aden by the Turks in 1915. Great Britain successfully defended the base for the rest of The Great War and throughout the Second World War.rnrnThe period after 1945 was one of rising tension as Great Brit...

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  • SHARING THE SECRET
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    SHARING THE SECRET
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    While written under the auspices of the Trustees of the Military Intelligence Museum, Sharing the Secret is not an academic regimental history. Rather it gives a privileged glimpse into a necessarily publicity-shy organization that has been deeply involved in military intelligence operations since its inception in 1940 through to 2010. Understandably, little has been written ab...

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  • OPERATION BANNER
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    OPERATION BANNER
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    A comprehensive chronicle of the British Army's decades-long campaign in Northern Ireland by a military historian and veteran of the conflict. In the summer of 1969, annual Loyalist parades known as the "marching season" sparked violence in the city of Londonderry. The unrest quickly spread across Northern Ireland, and the British Government deployed troops in support of the Ro...

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  • OPERATION BANNER
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    OPERATION BANNER
    NICHOLAS VAN DER BIJL
    A comprehensive chronicle of the British Army's decades-long campaign in Northern Ireland by a military historian and veteran of the conflict. In the summer of 1969, annual Loyalist parades known as the "marching season" sparked violence in the city of Londonderry. The unrest quickly spread across Northern Ireland, and the British Government deployed troops in support of the Ro...

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