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PETER CALVOCORESSI

Peter Calvocoressi's journey from Ministry of Economic Warfare to head of RAF intelligence at Bletchley Park is detailed in his memoir. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, a young Peter Calvocoressi was serving in the Ministry of Economic Warfare, his role largely consisting of reviewing shipping manifests day in day out. In 1940, he decided to volunteer for the...

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ESCAPING MADNESS

KLAUS G FÖRG

“...a valuable addition to the historical record. The Luftwaffe officer's account for being selected for the May 1945 submarine trip to Japan also proved interesting from a "last gasp" point of view.” - Historical Miniatures Gaming Society This fascinating collection of personal narratives challenges the view that all Germans knew of the crimes perpetrated by the Third Reich an...

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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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BEACHHEAD ASSAULT

DAVID LEE

"Each tale leaves you gasping at the almost nonchalant, offhand accounts of extraordinary courage and dangers. This is a pageturner of a book." -Journal of Naval Engineering The Royal Naval Commandos had one of the most dangerous and important tasks of any unit in World War II. They were first onto the invasion beaches and they were the last to leave. Their remarkable story, f...

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DIARY OF A DEAD OFFICER

ARTHUR GRAEME WEST

A young scholar's World War I journey from eager enlistment to profound disillusionment, reflected in poignant war poetry before his tragic death. Born in September 1891, Arthur Graeme West was a quiet and self-effacing youth with a passion for literature, who went on to become a keen Oxford scholar. When war broke out in 1914, for some time it left him untouched. However, in J...

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BLOOD, DUST AND SNOW

ROBIN SCHÄFER

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our infantry came past him! That’s an old classic, pretending to be dead and then firing from the rear. But that isn’t a good idea when facing tank-men like us… floor the accelerator! Turn left and run over him!' The war on the East...

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BLOOD, DUST AND SNOW

ROBIN SCHÄFER

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our infantry came past him! That’s an old classic, pretending to be dead and then firing from the rear. But that isn’t a good idea when facing tank-men like us… floor the accelerator! Turn left and run over him!' The war on the East...

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OTTO KRETSCHMER

LAWRENCE PATERSON

Otto Kretschmer was only in combat from September 1939 until March 1941 but was Germany's highest-scoring U-boat commander sinking 47 ships totaling 274,333 tons. This definitive work details his personal story and the political backdrop from his earliest days. Aged 17 he spent 8 months studying literature at Exeter University where he learned to speak English fluently. The fol...

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THE LUFTWAFFE AND THE WAR AT SEA

DAVID C. ISBY

The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea is a collection of fascinating accounts written by German military officers – both Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe – about the naval war in the air in the North Atlantic and around Great Britain. Most of the documents were written immediately post-war as part of the Allied debriefing programme. However, some are wartime German originals produced for ...

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U-BOAT 977

HEINZ SCHAEFFER

When it was first published in 1953, opinions were sharply divided between those who deplored the apparent extolling of a vicious form of warfare, and this who found in Heinz Schaeffer’s account a revealing picture of the German Navy’s training and methods. U-Boat 977 was the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at the end of World War Two. This epic journey started from ...

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NAPOLEON VICTORIOUS!

PETER G TSOURAS

It is June 1815 and an Anglo-led Allied army under the Duke of Wellington’s command and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher is set to face Napoleon Boneparte near Waterloo in present-day Belgium. What happens next is well known to any student of history: the two armies of the Seventh Coalition defeated Bonaparte in a battle that resulted in the end of his reign and of the First Frenc...

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ROMAN WARRIORS

GRAHAM SUMNER / SIMON ELLIOTT

Gathering together stunning artwork from Graham Sumner’s impressive, expansive portfolio, featuring never-before-seen illustrations from the artist and reminding us of his exceptional ability to bring Ancient Rome to life through painting, this colorful, comprehensive anthology is a must-have for any enthusiast of the period, and of military history in general. Introduced with ...

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VOICES OF RUSSIAN SNIPERS

ARTEM DRABKIN / JOHN WALTER

‘Wiped out three Nazis in a shallow trench. But only got out by a miracle. The Germans apparently guessed where my lair was and unleashed a hurricane of mortar fire … the company had as good as buried me. Somebody saw a direct mortar hit on my lair.’ - Fyodor Dyachenko ‘The German snipers on the other side also engaged in stalking, especially stalking us women. They had no fema...

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THE BLETCHLEY PARK CODEBREAKERS IN THEIR OWN WORDS

JOEL GREENBERG

"....will be of great interest to those who wonder about wartime life at Britain’s best known SIGINT organization." —Studies in Intelligence 'A fascinating anthology which sheds new light on the Bletchley Park story and shows that there is still more to tell.' - Tony Comer OBE, formerly Departmental Historian at GCHQ This important volume tells the story of Bletchley Park throu...

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THE KNIGHTS OF ISLAM

JAMES WATERSON / JOHN MAN

‘The author brings together a wealth of information which has, until now, only been available in highly specialized academic journals and scholarly books’ – David Nicolle 'An astonishing array of themes and characters’ – John Man The Mamluks were, at one distinct point in history, the greatest body of fighting men in the world and the quintessence of the mounted warrior – reach...

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ON THE EASTERN FRONT AT SEVENTEEN

SERGEY DROBYAZKO

This is the true story of a young Red Army soldier during the Second World War, told in his own words. Recruited into the army aged just seventeen, Sergei Drobyazko’s introduction to battle is a violent one: forced to retreat from his home city of Krasnodar after it is set ablaze by German forces. Later, Drobyazko is captured by the Germans and placed in a concentration camp, w...

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CAPTURING EICHMANN

RAFI EITAN / ANSHEL PFEFFER

**Argentina, 1960. A car speeds through the streets of Buenos Aires. Inside are four Israeli secret agents and their prisoner: one of the most notorious war criminals of Nazi Germany. The Mossad operatives need to get this man, Adolf Eichmann, back to Israel to be tried for his crimes. Holding Eichmann’s head in his lap is the leader of this ambitious mission, Rafi Eitan, whom ...

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THE MAFIA AT WAR

TIM NEWARK

The Mafia at War is a dramatic provocative account of how a criminal organization exploited the grim realities of World War II to revive its fortunes and dominate global crime. The Mafia is the most powerful criminal organization the world has ever known. This book tells the epic story of how the Mafia was nearly destroyed by Mussolini, prospered in the US, struck a secret wart...

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DÜRER'S FIGHT BOOK

DIERK HAGEDORN / DANIEL JAQUET

Albrecht Dürer is probably the most famous German artist of the Renaissance, if not of all time. His works are world-famous and he was a master in numerous artistic disciplines such as woodcut, copperplate engraving, drawing and painting. What is less well known is that he was interested in weapons and fencing throughout his life. He produced several woodcuts for a tournament b...

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BRITAIN'S PLOT TO KILL HITLER

ERIC LEE

Operation Foxley was the name of the secret plan supported by Winston Churchill to assassinate Hitler in 1944-45. More than 75 years after its conception, the assassination plan remains shrouded in mystery. Eric Lee’s new book is the product of painstaking research and sheds more light on this plan. Lee also asks what would have happened if Foxley had been executed successfully...

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VOICES OF SNIPERS

JOHN WALTER

Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II. John Walter draws on meticulous research and the reminiscences of more than fifty snipers, tracing their journeys from recruitment and selection through training, combat and its aftermath to reveal a surprising commonality of experience, even acros...

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TRAJAN

NICHOLAS JACKSON

Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan’s life has been tailored to the general reader. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history, featuring a comprehensive array of maps, illustrations, and photographs to help orientate and bring the text to life. Trajan rose from fairly obscure beginnings to become the empero...

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LIFE AND DEATH ON THE EASTERN FRONT

ANTHONY TUCKER-JONES / IAN SPRING

"The authors combed through a collection of 32,000 color pictures taken between 1938 and 1946 to find these illustrations of the Eastern Front. It is uncommon in the Western world to see color photographs of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, and the ones in this book are well-organized and chosen." -WWII History Magazine This incredible visual record of life and dea...

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THE BATTLE OF HALBE, 1945

EBERHARD BAUMGART

In April 1945, German troops withdrawing from the Seelow Heights were encircled by the Soviet Army near the small town of Halbe, south-east of Berlin. Rather than surrender, their orders were to attempt to break out, westward, and join up with the German 12th Army. A brutal battle ensued, with an estimated 30,000 German and 20,000 Russian soldiers killed, along with thousands o...

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ITALIAN RAPIER COMBAT

RIDOLFO CAPO FERRO

Featuring more than 40 beautiful illustrations, this stunning work presents one of the world’s most influential fencing treatises. Ridolfo Capo Ferro was a legend in his own lifetime. His intricate instructions were emulated throughout a Europe bewitched by this grace and style and are a window into his mastery of swordsmanship. This updated edition includes a new introduction ...

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I FLEW FOR THE FÜHRER

HEINZ KNOKE

Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of the Second World War. This vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs and is a fascinating counterbalance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots. Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of war, and eventually became commanding officer of a fighter wing. An o...

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TWELVE DAYS ON THE SOMME

SIDNEY ROGERSON

A joint operation between Britain and France in 1916, the Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain territory and dent Germany's military strength. By the end of the action, very little ground had been won: the Allied Forces had made just 12 km. For this slight gain, more than a million lives were lost. There were more than 400,000 British, 200,000 French, and 500,000 German c...

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COMMANDO

JOHN DURNFORD-SLATER

Commando is the real and exciting story of one of the most important units of World War II. The Commando unit played an important role in Britain’s successes and, here, Durnford-Slater gives his first-hand and unique point of view on everything that happened. Brigadier Durnford-Slater raised and trained the first Commando unit in 1940, and Commando tells the brilliant story of ...

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IN HAIG'S SHADOW

GARY SHEFFIELD

Hugo De Pree was the nephew of the better-known Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. However, De Pree had a distinguished military career in his own right. Educated at Eton and RMA Woolwich, De Pree grew up alongside Haig, primed for a career as a Regular officer. He served in the Boer War. He was sent to the Western Front, as Chief of Staff of IV Corps. In its role he played a key ...

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DEATH MARCH THROUGH RUSSIA

KLAUS WILLMANN

In this rare World War II memoir, Lothar Herrmann, a soldier from the Wehrmacht, details his unimaginable experience as a German Prisoner-of-War in the Soviet Union. Hermann grew up in Bavaria, going through the RAD (Nazi Labour Service) before being conscripted into a Wehrmacht Mountain Division (the Gebirgsdivision) in 1940\. He participated in Germany’s advance through south...

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