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  • TUNNELLING COMMANDER ON THE WESTERN FRONT
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    TUNNELLING COMMANDER ON THE WESTERN FRONT
    MYLES SANDERSON
    Major Alexander Sanderson DSO, MC & Bar, MiD was one of the ablest and most experienced mining engineers to serve on the Western Front in the First World War. Following on from his early, adventurous life in the outback, in this biography, written by his grandson, we reveal the full story of the highly technical war he waged below, and above, No Man’s Land near Lens in France a...

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  • NAPOLEON’S DRAGOONS AND LANCERS
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    NAPOLEON’S DRAGOONS AND LANCERS
    PAUL L DAWSON
    Offers a detailed examination of the uniforms and equipment of Napoleon's dragoons and lancers, supported by archival research and vivid illustrations. Having their origins in the Army of Louis XIV, the dragoons were originally mounted infantry. During the wars of the 1e Empire, they became ‘jacks of all trade’ equally capable as fighting as battle cavalry, scouting or operatin...

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  • AN O.S.S. SECRET AGENT BEHIND ENEMY LINES
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    AN O.S.S. SECRET AGENT BEHIND ENEMY LINES
    BROOK G BANGSBØLL
    The remarkable life of Leif Bangsboll, a Danish sailor, aviator, Green Beret, and O.S.S. secret agent during WWII. More than a Viking call to arms, An O.S.S. Secret Agent Behind Enemy Lines chronicles the incredible life of Leif Bangsboll up to and including the Second World War. Compiled by Bangsboll’s son, this book explores the life of, variously, a Danish sailor, Norwegian ...

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  • AN O.S.S. SECRET AGENT BEHIND ENEMY LINES
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    AN O.S.S. SECRET AGENT BEHIND ENEMY LINES
    BROOK G BANGSBØLL
    “… tells how Lief began his military service, the unusual circumstances that led to his OSS recruitment, his training in Canada, and his ‘night parachute mission behind enemy lines in the European theater of war as an agent in the OSS.’” – Studies in Intelligence More than a Viking call to arms, An O.S.S. Secret Agent Behind Enemy Lines chronicles the incredible life of Leif Ba...

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  • PEIPER’S LAST GAMBLE
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    PEIPER’S LAST GAMBLE
    DANNY S PARKER
    By the autumn of 1944, Hitler’s plans for the conquest of Europe were in disarray. The Führer’s much-vaunted Third Reich, facing an Allied onslaught from the east and west, was slowly collapsing. Desperate to seize the initiative on the Western Front, Hitler, seeing himself as a beleaguered modern-day Frederick the Great, looked for some bold counterattack that could change his...

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  • DAD’S ARMY GOES TO WAR
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    DAD’S ARMY GOES TO WAR
    MELODY FOREMAN
    For decades the classic, evergreen BBC comedy Dad's Army has entertained millions of viewers around the world. But the farcical antics of Walmington-on-Sea’s bumbling Home Guard platoon camouflage the true military service of some of the actors themselves. Despite their light-hearted appearance, many of the cast saw active service in one, or even both, of the world wars – and m...

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  • GOTHA TERROR
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    GOTHA TERROR
    IAN CASTLE
    "The book is well illustrated with maps showing the routes of the raiders and photographs of the various aircraft, personnel, bombs, and damage... For readers who are very familiar with the events of WWI and yet wish to discover little-known aspects of the conflict, this book is quite useful." - Roads to the Great War By the autumn of 1916, advances in Britain’s air defense cap...

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  • SPYING FOR HITLER
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    SPYING FOR HITLER
    NORMAN RIDLEY
    “…the book starts with WWI spying and sabotage in the US by German agents. After that comes the great 1930s spy rings and the 1940s spy and sabotage efforts.” -Historical Miniatures Gaming Society When Hitler was striving for recognition and relevance in the political turmoil of the early Weimar years in Germany he gave little thought to the world on the other side of the Atlan...

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  • A FACE LIKE A CHICKEN'S BACKSIDE
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    A FACE LIKE A CHICKEN'S BACKSIDE
    J P CROSS
    In almost forty years in Asia without a home posting, British officer John Cross spent ten of them ‘under the jungle canopy’. He amassed a wealth of experience fighting against Communist Revolutionary Warfare, and training others to do so. As a result he was called upon to work in many formidable situations, and twice found himself on an army short-list of one for difficult tas...

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  • M.I.9
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    M.I.9
    It was every British serviceman’s duty, be he soldier, sailor or airman, to attempt to evade capture if stranded behind enemy lines or escape if captured. As there were potentially thousands of men who would find themselves cut off or captured during the Second World War, a branch of military intelligence, M.I.9, was set up in 1939 to instruct servicemen in evasion and escape t...

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  • THE FATE OF NAZI GERMANY’S JET ENGINEERS
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    THE FATE OF NAZI GERMANY’S JET ENGINEERS
    REINER DECHER
    “The book blends technical insights with gripping historical narratives, emphasizing the ethical and geopolitical complexities of exploiting former enemy scientists. It is a good read for World War II and aerospace history enthusiasts.” -The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation In April 1945, American forces were sweeping eastwards toward Berlin, in part advancing acr...

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  • THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH
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    THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH
    CHAD GODFREY
    Details the brutal experiences of soldiers during the Bataan Death March, emphasizing their resilience, camaraderie, and survival. Shortly after the surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941, over 70,000 American and Filipino servicemen were captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. What ensued for these young men is considered by many military historians to be one of th...

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  • AT WAR WITH WELLINGTON
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    AT WAR WITH WELLINGTON
    GARETH GLOVER / ROBERT BURNHAM
    A unique and unfiltered perspective on the Napier brothers' firsthand experiences during the Peninsular War, revealed through their private letters. The Napier family are famous for their military exploits in the Peninsular War. Charles served in the 50th and 102nd Foot, George in the 52nd and 71st Foot and William (the famous historian of the Peninsular War) who served with th...

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  • SOE IN THE NETHERLANDS
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    SOE IN THE NETHERLANDS
    AN OFFICIAL HISTORY
    Until 1943 there was little effective resistance to the German occupation of The Netherlands. Though numerous small opposition groups had formed immediately after the German invasion in 1940, there was no concerted movement or over-arching organization. Gradually, though, as the Germans introduced harsher measures against certain groups, opposition grew, particularly in the urb...

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  • PROPOSED AIRBORNE ASSAULTS IN THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE
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    PROPOSED AIRBORNE ASSAULTS IN THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE
    JAMES DALY
    “This book explains the proposals and plans for these airborne support operations… Daly seems to specialize in WWII airborne books…” -Historical Miniatures Gaming Society The bitter fighting in the so-called Falaise-Argentan Pocket in August 1944, during which the Allies encircled and destroyed a substantial part of Hitler’s forces in northern France following the D-Day landing...

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  • AMERICA'S UNENDING CIVIL WAR
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    AMERICA'S UNENDING CIVIL WAR
    WILLIAM NESTER
    Explores the Civil War’s related and enduring conflicts of ideas and principles through four centuries of a nation’s history. The Civil War fascinates Americans like no other war in their history. Many Americans are still fighting some of the war’s issues in an Odyssey that stretches back to the first settlement and will persist until the end of time. The war itself was an Ilia...

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  • I SERVED WITH HITLER IN THE TRENCHES
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    I SERVED WITH HITLER IN THE TRENCHES
    HANS VON MEND
    This remarkable book details the shared experiences of Hans von Mend and his comrade in arms, Adolf Hitler, throughout almost the whole of the First World War. Mend writes of his call-up as a reservist in July 1914 and of joining the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment, more commonly known as List Regiment after its commander Colonel List. It was then that he first met the ...

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  • SOE IN DENMARK
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    SOE IN DENMARK
    From a small number of clandestine activities against the German occupation of Denmark in 1940, a sophisticated resistance movement developed which by 1944, with the support of Special Operations Executive, had become a highly effective intelligence gathering and sabotage organisation. Denmark is composed of a mainland and more than 500 islands, a fifth of which are inhabited, ...

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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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  • BATTLE OF MIDWAY
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    BATTLE OF MIDWAY
    JOHN GREHAN
    Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands on 7 December 1941, had severely damaged the United States Pacific Fleet but had not destroyed it, for the fleet’s aircraft carrier force had been at sea when the Japanese struck. This meant that, despite the overwhelming success of Japanese military forces across the Pacific, US carrier-based aircraft could still attack Ja...

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  • LETTERS FROM MAFEKING
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    LETTERS FROM MAFEKING
    EDWARD SPIERS
    Mafeking was the longest and the most controversial of the three sieges that began the South African War in 1899. Lasting 217 days, the Siege of Mafeking brought a highly charismatic leader to public attention and involved some controversial practices.While of little military significance, the relief of Mafeking produced unprecedented celebrations across Britain and much of its...

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  • GÜNTHER PRIEN AND U-47: THE BULL OF SCAPA FLOW
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    GÜNTHER PRIEN AND U-47: THE BULL OF SCAPA FLOW
    DOUGIE MARTINDALE
    On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the Type VIIB U-boat U-47, on its second War Patrol, penetrated the main Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship HMS Royal Oak. This legendary attack is remembered as one of the most audacious raids in the history of submarine warfare. Laid down on 25 February 1937, and entering service in December 1938 under the command...

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  • HITLER'S 'WONDER' U-BOATS
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    HITLER'S 'WONDER' U-BOATS
    JAK P MALLMANN SHOWELL
    Launched during the last days of the Third Reich in an attempt to restart the Battle of the Atlantic, the majority of these revolutionary Electro-U-boats never saw action. Instead they became the forebears of the Cold War’s much dreaded hunter killer submarines. The massive Type XXI was planned to replace the conventional ‘Atlantic’ U-boat that had seen service so far in the wa...

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  • THE DUNKIRK EVACUATION IN 100 OBJECTS
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    THE DUNKIRK EVACUATION IN 100 OBJECTS
    MARTIN MACE
    At 18.57 hours on Sunday, 26 May 1940, the Admiralty issued the directive which instigated the start of Operation Dynamo. This was the order to rescue the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk and the beaches surrounding it. The Admiralty believed that it would only be able to rescue 45,000 men over the course of the following two days, ‘at the end of whic...

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  • THE NOTE-BOOKS OF CAPTAIN COIGNET
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    THE NOTE-BOOKS OF CAPTAIN COIGNET
    JEAN-ROCHE COIGNET
    Captain Jean-Roch Coignet was born a month after the American Declaration of Independence, and lived through three French Revolutions, two Republics, one Empire, and four Kingships. He writes truthfully of himself and his times in these fascinating memoirs. In the pages of his note-book, Coignet relates the ordinary soldier’s views of the great campaigns and battles – Montebell...

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  • SALADIN AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
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    SALADIN AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
    DAVID NICOLLE / STANLEY LANE-POOLE
    Saladin is a legendary figure in the history of the Middle East. His rise to prominence in the tumultuous arena of twelfth-century Middle Eastern politics was rapid and he quickly established himself as an intrepid statesman as well as a formidable military commander of great skill, but equally a man of honour. This detailed biography of Saladin, and history of his life and tim...

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  • THE AMERICAN SHARPE
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    THE AMERICAN SHARPE
    GARETH GLOVER
    Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father’s objections, as an officer in this elite regiment has caused great excitement. James Penman Gairdner was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but he was sent back to the ‘Old Country’ for his educa...

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  • SOMME 1916
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    SOMME 1916
    PAUL KENDALL
    Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war. General Sir Douglas Haig's policies have been the subject of considerable debate about whether the heavy losses sustained were worth the small gains that were achieved which appeared to have little strategic value. rnrnThat was certainly the case on many ...

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  • A FIGHTER COMMAND STATION AT WAR
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    A FIGHTER COMMAND STATION AT WAR
    MARK HILLIER
    Situated close to the South Coast, on flat land to the north of Chichester in West Sussex, lies Goodwood Aerodrome. This pleasant rural airfield was once home to squadrons of Hurricanes, Spitfires and later Typhoons. RAF Westhampnett was at the forefront of the Battle of Britain as a satellite to the Sector (or controlling) Station of RAF Tangmere, part of 11 Group, which bore ...

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  • CHANNEL ISLANDS INVADED
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    CHANNEL ISLANDS INVADED
    SIMON HAMON
    The evacuation and subsequent German occupation of the Channel Islands during WWII, told through personal accounts, newspapers, and political decisions. In the summer of 1940 the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war machine. Never before had the United Kingdom been in a state of such uncertainty and possible peril. Fortun...

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