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  • THE CHURCHILL DECEPTION
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    THE CHURCHILL DECEPTION
    PETER JACOBS
    The extraordinary story of Peter Churchill, an SOE operative whose daring missions and resilience defined wartime heroism. To carry out one clandestine mission requires courage, but to do it four times requires courage on a quite extraordinary scale. Yet, that is exactly what Peter Churchill did.  Peter Morland Churchill was born in Amsterdam in 1909 to British diplomat William...

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  • CODENAMED DORSET
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    CODENAMED DORSET
    PETER JACOBS
    This gripping history details the remarkable exploits of a Commando and Special Operations Executive operative during the Second World War. It is a story of extreme courage and a revealing portrait of a man who ultimately gave his life for the liberation of France. This is the first time his story has been told in full. Colin Ogden-Smith was among the first to volunteer for the...

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  • FORTRESS ISLANDS MALTA
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    FORTRESS ISLANDS MALTA
    PETER JACOBS
    The introduction of Italy into the Second World War on 10 June 1940 signalled the start of the siege of Malta, and for the next two and a half years the Axis powers did all they could to batter the small island into submission. Maltas defences were initially verging on non-existent but the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, could not give up on the island. Laying at the...

    $329.00

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  • SETTING FRANCE ABLAZE
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    SETTING FRANCE ABLAZE
    PETER JACOBS
    A history of the British intelligence group's operations in France during the Second World War. During the summer of 1940, as Britain was fighting alone for its survival, the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, instructed the newly formed and clandestine Special Operations Executive to "set Europe ablaze." From that moment on the S.O.E. took its own war to Nazi-occupied ...

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  • DARING RAIDS OF WORLD WAR TWO
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    DARING RAIDS OF WORLD WAR TWO
    PETER JACOBS
    The Second World War saw a host of heroic raids enacted across the various theatres, all delivered valiantly in a variety of ways by British combatants; on land, by sea and from the air. Daring exploits such as the raid on Rommel, the endeavours of the Cockleshell Heroes and the Dam Busters have become legendary in the annals of warfare. All feature here, alongside details of f...

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  • NIGHT DUEL OVER GERMANY
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    NIGHT DUEL OVER GERMANY
    PETER JACOBS
    Bomber Commands night offensive against Nazi Germany, which lasted for nearly six years, was one of Britains major contributions to the Allied effort during the Second World War. But the decision to conduct its main operations at night only came about following heavy losses by day, when its prewar medium bombers had been found lacking in modern air warfare. The Luftwaffe, too, ...

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  • FLYING, FIGHTING AND REFLECTION
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    FLYING, FIGHTING AND REFLECTION
    PETER JACOBS
    This is the thrilling account of the last remaining Battle of Britain ace fighter pilot, Tom Ginger Neil. Neil was one of an elite band, nicknamed The Few by Winston Churchill, he flew Hurricanes during 141 combat missions in that battle and went on to command the first Spitfire XII squadron during 1942/43 as the RAF went on the offensive in north-west Europe.In this, the only ...

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  • SOUTHERN AND WEST COUNTRY AIRFIELDS OF THE D-DAY INVASION AIR FORCE
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    SOUTHERN AND WEST COUNTRY AIRFIELDS OF THE D-DAY INVASION AIR FORCE
    PETER JACOBS
    "As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area in this case West Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and Cornwall. The South and South-west of England emerged from six years of war with a rich diversity of RAF bomber and fighter airfields used by the 2nd Tactical Air Force, both before and after the...

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  • BOMBER COMMAND AIRFIELDS OF YORKSHIRE
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    BOMBER COMMAND AIRFIELDS OF YORKSHIRE
    PETER JACOBS
    As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the accomplished military author and former RAF Officer Peter Jacobs takes us to the county of Yorkshire and to its many bomber airfields of the Second World War.From the opening day of hostilities, RAF Bomber Command took the offensive to Nazi Germany and played a leading role in the liberation of Europe. Yorkshires airfields play...

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  • ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE
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    ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE
    PETER JACOBS
    A history of Nazi Germany's air force along with details of some of its most successful pilots. World War II's air battles were fought ferociously and with extraordinary skill and courage on both fronts. The fighter pilots of Luftwaffe, the jagdflieger, in fact outscored their Allied counterparts by some margin and were some of the highest scoring fighter pilots of all time. Mo...

    $299.00

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  • AIRFIELDS OF THE D-DAY INVASION AIR FORCE
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    AIRFIELDS OF THE D-DAY INVASION AIR FORCE
    PETER JACOBS
    As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area—in this case Kent, Surrey, East Sussex, Essex and Greater London. The South east of England emerged from six years of war with a rich diversity of RAF bomber and fighter airfields used by the 2nd Tactical Air Force, both before and after the D-Day landing...

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  • BATTLE OF BRITAIN: AIRFIELDS OF 11 GROUP
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    BATTLE OF BRITAIN: AIRFIELDS OF 11 GROUP
    PETER JACOBS
    The Royal Air Force's 11 Group played a leading role in the Battle of Britain. It included the airfields at Tangmere, Westhampnett, Kenley, Croydon, Biggin Hill, West Malling, Horchurch, Hawkinge, Gravesend, Manston, Rochford, North Weald, Martlesham Heath, Stapleford Tawney, Debden and Northolt. The most famous of 'The Few' saw action in this vital airspace over southern Engla...

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  • BOMB AIMER OVER BERLIN
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    BOMB AIMER OVER BERLIN
    LES BARTLETT / PETER JACOBS
    Les Bartlett has become one of the great characters of World War II history. He flew as bomb aimer with the then Flying Officer Michael Beetham, who later became Marshal of the Royal Air Force. At that time he was a sergeant but gained his commission in April 1944 and flew his tour, including 27 raids over Germany and France between November 1943 and May 1944. On his second ope...

    $159.00

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