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  • DIEPPE – 1942
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    DIEPPE – 1942
    STEPHEN WYNN
    On 19 August 1942, an Allied amphibious raid took place on the coastal town of Dieppe in northern France, when a force of some 6,500 infantry soldiers, predominantly Canadian, and supported by a number of tanks were landed by ships of the Royal Navy under a blanket of cover provided by the RAF. The official reason for the raid was to capture the town's port, gather relevant int...

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  • OPERATION NORTH POLE
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    OPERATION NORTH POLE
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Englandspiel Nordpol, or Operation North Pole, was a successful Second World War counterintelligence operation conducted by Germany's military intelligence (the Abwehr) between 1942 and 1944. On the night of 6-7 November 1941 two SOE agents, Huub Lauwers and Thys Taconis were parachuted into the Netherlands and dropped over Stegerveld, near Ommen. Lauwers was captured on 6 Marc...

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  • OPERATION NORTH POLE
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    OPERATION NORTH POLE
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Englandspiel Nordpol, or Operation North Pole, was a successful Second World War counterintelligence operation conducted by Germany's military intelligence (the Abwehr) between 1942 and 1944. On the night of 6-7 November 1941 two SOE agents, Huub Lauwers and Thys Taconis were parachuted into the Netherlands and dropped over Stegerveld, near Ommen. Lauwers was captured on 6 Marc...

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  • HMS TURBULENT
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    HMS TURBULENT
    STEPHEN WYNN
    HMS Turbulent was a Royal Navy T-class submarine. From its launch in May 1941 to when it was lost at sea, along with its entire crew, in March 1943, it was responsible for the sinking of nearly 100,000 tons of enemy shipping. Besides the number of enemy vessels it sunk, HMS Turbulent has gone down in history for the attack on the Italian merchant vessel the Nino Bixio, which at...

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  • THE BLACKOUT RIPPER
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    THE BLACKOUT RIPPER
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Stephen Wynn's The Blackout Ripper is the true story of a serial killer who stalked London during World War II. Two days before the outbreak of the Second World War, the British government imposed blackout regulations across the nation as it was believed that in the event of war, Germany would very quickly begin conducting air raids on British towns and cities. The measures inc...

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  • THE BLACKOUT RIPPER
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    THE BLACKOUT RIPPER
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Stephen Wynn's The Blackout Ripper is the true story of a serial killer who stalked London during World War II. Two days before the outbreak of the Second World War, the British government imposed blackout regulations across the nation as it was believed that in the event of war, Germany would very quickly begin conducting air raids on British towns and cities. The measures inc...

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  • DUELLING THROUGH THE AGES
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    DUELLING THROUGH THE AGES
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Putting aside Roman gladiators and gun-slingers of the American Wild West, by the 19th century duelling had become the sole domain of nobility, military officers and gentleman, with rules added to make sure everything was conducted in a fair and professional manner. The word 'honour' became popular, because it was the reason why most men would challenge another to a duel. This ...

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  • THE SHETLAND 'BUS'
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    THE SHETLAND 'BUS'
    STEPHEN WYNN
    A history of the World War II clandestine special operations group that linked German-occupied Norway with Scotland's Shetland Islands. The Shetland Bus was not a bus, but the nickname of a special operations group that set up a route across the North Sea between Norway and the Shetland Islands, north-east of mainland Scotland. The first voyage was made by Norwegian sailors to ...

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  • AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY AT WAR
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    AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY AT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    This book looks at the invaluable work carried out by members of the Air Transport Auxiliary during the course of the Second World War. Comprised of both men and women, it was a civilian organization tasked with the collection and delivery of military aircraft from the factories to the RAF and Royal Navy stations. Men who undertook the role had to be exempt from having to under...

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  • POOLE IN THE GREAT WAR
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    POOLE IN THE GREAT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    On 13 August, with the war only a matter of days old, the German cargo vessel, Herbert Fischer, was on its way from Russia to deliver timber to J T Sydenhams in Poole. It was challenged and stopped by Royal Naval vessels in the English Channel, but somewhat remarkably, it was allowed to continue its journey into Poole harbor where it unloaded its timber. Fortunately, no harm wa...

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  • BARKING AND DAGENHAM IN THE GREAT WAR
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    BARKING AND DAGENHAM IN THE GREAT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was born in Barking on 18 October 1895, and on 26 August 1914, the 18-year-old Drain was at Le Cateau, France, when Captain Douglas Reynolds of the same battery was try...

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  • HYTHE IN THE GREAT WAR
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    HYTHE IN THE GREAT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    The book looks at the military aspect of the war, from the town's perspective, looking at such matters as how many men from the town had become casualties, year by year, and the knock on effect that had on their families. It looks closely at those mentioned on the towns War Memorial, and where relevant, their families as well, because many families had more than one son go off ...

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  • HYTHE IN THE GREAT WAR
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    HYTHE IN THE GREAT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    The book looks at the military aspect of the war, from the town's perspective, looking at such matters as how many men from the town had become casualties, year by year, and the knock on effect that had on their families. It looks closely at those mentioned on the towns War Memorial, and where relevant, their families as well, because many families had more than one son go off ...

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  • A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA 1682–2017
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    A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA 1682–2017
    STEPHEN WYNN / TANYA WYNN
    A History of the Royal Hospital Chelsea looks at the hospital's beginnings, with its Royal patronage and heritage which dates back to King Charles ll in 1682. It then goes on to look at some of the characters who have been In Pensioners at the hospital over the centuries, as well as some of the individuals who have been buried in the Hospital's grounds. This includes the ashes ...

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  • THE SURRENDER OF SINGAPORE
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    THE SURRENDER OF SINGAPORE
    STEPHEN WYNN / STEPHEN WYNN
    Until the late 1930s, Singapore was noted as a popular stop-off point for wealthy European travellers on their way to countries such as Australia and New Zealand. All of that changed with the outbreak of the Second World War. Despite Major-General William Dobbie, the General Officer Commanding Malaya between 8 November 1935 and August 1939, warning that Singapore could be conqu...

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  • CITY OF LONDON IN THE GREAT WAR
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    CITY OF LONDON IN THE GREAT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Throughout the First World War, London played a major part in Great Britain's war effort, both at home and abroad. A far as Germany was concerned, the city was their ultimate goal the ultimate target that would bring them the sought-after victory they so desired. With the British Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, the heart of British Government at the Houses of Parliament and ...

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  • DARTFORD IN THE GREAT WAR
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    DARTFORD IN THE GREAT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Dartford was a hive of activity during the Great War years, with most in the community doing their bit for the war effort in what ever way that they could. For men that meant enlisting in the armed forces, and for women that they were to take up roles that previously belonged to men. They worked in industry, delivered post, drove buses and taxis, and became carpenters and plumb...

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  • CASTLE POINT IN THE GREAT WAR
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    CASTLE POINT IN THE GREAT WAR
    KEN PORTER / STEPHEN WYNN
    Prior to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, the Castle Point District was madeup of four very quaint, peaceful little parishes: Canvey Island, South Benfleet,Hadleigh and Thundersley. The initial enthusiasm shown by the young men of thisarea, who were enthusiastic to be part of an adventure that was to be over byChristmas, was mirrored by thousands of other courageous young...

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  • ST NAZAIRE RAID, 1942
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    ST NAZAIRE RAID, 1942
    STEPHEN WYNN
    The raid on St Nazaire has gone down in history as one of the most daring commando raids of all time. Given the code name of Operation Chariot, it took place in the early hours of Saturday, 28 March 1942, and was a joint undertaking by the Royal Navy and British Commando units. The port at St Nazaire, which sits on the Loire estuary and the Atlantic Ocean, has a dry dock that w...

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  • ST NAZAIRE RAID, 1942
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    ST NAZAIRE RAID, 1942
    STEPHEN WYNN
    The raid on St Nazaire has gone down in history as one of the most daring commando raids of all time. Given the code name of Operation Chariot, it took place in the early hours of Saturday, 28 March 1942, and was a joint undertaking by the Royal Navy and British Commando units. The port at St Nazaire, which sits on the Loire estuary and the Atlantic Ocean, has a dry dock that w...

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  • JOACHIM PEIPER AND THE NAZI ATROCITIES OF 1944
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    JOACHIM PEIPER AND THE NAZI ATROCITIES OF 1944
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Joachim Peiper held the rank of Obersturmbannführer in Nazi Germany's fanatical Schutzstaffel, more commonly referred to as the SS. He spent the first two years of the war as an adjutant to the Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel, and leading member of the Nazi Party, Heinrich Himmler, where he would have witnessed at first hand the construction and implementation of numerous SS ...

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  • TARGET ROMMEL
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    TARGET ROMMEL
    STEPHEN WYNN
    From a German perspective, the highly decorated and well respected General Erwin Rommel was one of their biggest and brightest assets: a military strategist who thought 'outside of the box', a tactic which more than once either brought him an unexpected victory, or saved him from almost certain defeat. His reputation had been gained early in the Second World War, whilst command...

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  • VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS OF THE KOREAN WAR
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    VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS OF THE KOREAN WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    The Korean War (1950-53) is often referred to by many British and Commonwealth veterans who took part in it as the 'forgotten war', a reference which does not include themselves or the families and friends of those who were killed. On 15 August 1945, US and Soviet forces liberated Korea from the Japanese and the country was subsequently divided along the 38th parallel, with the...

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  • DUELLING THROUGH THE AGES
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    DUELLING THROUGH THE AGES
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Putting aside Roman gladiators and gun-slingers of the American Wild West, by the 19th century duelling had become the sole domain of nobility, military officers and gentleman, with rules added to make sure everything was conducted in a fair and professional manner. The word 'honour' became popular, because it was the reason why most men would challenge another to a duel. This ...

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  • THE SHETLAND 'BUS'
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    THE SHETLAND 'BUS'
    STEPHEN WYNN
    A history of the World War II clandestine special operations group that linked German-occupied Norway with Scotland's Shetland Islands. The Shetland Bus was not a bus, but the nickname of a special operations group that set up a route across the North Sea between Norway and the Shetland Islands, north-east of mainland Scotland. The first voyage was made by Norwegian sailors to ...

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  • STALAG 383 BAVARIA
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    STALAG 383 BAVARIA
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Stalag 383 was somewhat unique as a Second World War prisoner of war camp. Located in a high valley surrounded by dense woodland and hills in Hofenfels, Bavaria, it began life in 1938 as a training ground for the German Army. At the outbreak of war it was commandeered by the German authorities for use as a prisoner of war camp for Allied non-commissioned officers, and given the...

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  • ETAPLES
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    ETAPLES
    STEPHEN WYNN
    An account of the mismanagement and divisive atmosphere of the British Army's First World War base camp, which led to the infamous Étaples Mutiny. A coastal fishing port situated on the northeast French coast, fifteen miles south of Boulogne, Étaples was a base camp for the British Army, as well as a major medical facility for wounded and sick troops, including both British and...

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  • COUNTERING HITLER'S SPIES
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    COUNTERING HITLER'S SPIES
    STEPHEN WYNN
    This WWII espionage history reveals how a British counterintelligence program turned Nazi spies into valuable double agents. Far from the battlefields of the Second World War, a secret conflict of intelligence and counterintelligence was being waged. As German spies infiltrated the United Kingdom, they were captured by MI5—and offered a deal. Through the Double Cross System, th...

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  • THE RISE & FALL OF IMPERIAL JAPAN
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    THE RISE & FALL OF IMPERIAL JAPAN
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Nearly a century of Japanese Imperial rule, from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to the end of WWII, is explored in this sweeping history. Under Emperor Meiji's rule, Imperial Japan established itself as a world power through rapid industrialization and militarization. Aligned with the Entente Powers during the First World War, Japan made a proposal for racial equality at the 1919 P...

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  • VCS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    VCS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    Dramatic accounts of ten Victoria Cross recipients and what they did to earn this highest of honors during WWII. During the Second World War, the Victoria Cross—the highest honor to be given to British or Commonwealth forces—was awarded on 182 occasions to 181 recipients, 85 of which were bestowed posthumously. Presented here are ten examples of those who showed the utmost gall...

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