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  • TRAPPED BEHIND ENEMY LINES
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    TRAPPED BEHIND ENEMY LINES
    JOHN ANDERSON / VICTOR PIUK
    As 1914 ends, the war which was supposed to be over by Christmas, had settled down to an entrenched stalemate. Trapped behind enemy lines are many British soldiers who are hidden by brave French families. The risks are high for both fugitives and their protectors. This book tells their story, while focussing on a young Scot who emerges from hiding as Mademoiselle Louise, leadin...

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  • COMMANDO MEN
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    COMMANDO MEN
    BRYAN SAMAIN
    A Royal Marine Commando's revelatory true account of the daring exploits of his squad in World War II. Bryan Samain was the Intelligence Officer of No. 45 Royal Marine Commando, and Commando Men presents his complete yet concise account of their operations from D-Day until VE-Day, through Northern France to the Baltic, providing in-depth coverage of the unit's engagements under...

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  • THE BATTLEFIELDS OF ENGLAND
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    THE BATTLEFIELDS OF ENGLAND
    ALFRED H. BURNE
    England's battlefields bear witness to dramatic turning-points in the country's history. At Hastings, Bosworth Field, Flodden and Naseby, the battles fought were to have an enormous effect on English life. This double volume, containing Burne's famous "Battlefields of England" and "More Battlefields of England" make it possible for readers to follow the course of 39 battles fro...

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  • THE SECRET WAR
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    THE SECRET WAR
    BRIAN JOHNSON
    A look at the scientists and technicians whose hard work off the battlefield assisted the Allied Forces in winning World War II. Based on the BBC television documentary series of the same name, this book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the fight by the "back room" scientists and technicians of the Second World War, including the battles against the Luftwaffe navigational bea...

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  • TUG OF WAR
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    TUG OF WAR
    DOMINICK GRAHAM / SHELFORD BIDWELL
    A classic history of the Allied campaign to take back Italy from the Axis during World War II. When the Allies invaded mainland Italy in 1943, they intended only a clearing-up operation to knock Italy out of the war, but Hitler ordered the German armies to defend every foot of the country. The 'Tug of War' was the mysterious force which caused a war to race out of control, and ...

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  • A VATICAN LIFELINE '44
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    A VATICAN LIFELINE '44
    WILLIAM SIMPSON
    A memoir of an Allied soldier and former POW in Rome, and the unexpected support he received from the Italian people—and from a heroic Catholic monsignor.   It is a widely held belief that the Italians in the Second World War failed to win much in the way of martial glory. But the scoffers tend to overlook the fact that most Italians had little or no feeling of animosity toward...

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  • THE FIGHTING CAPTAIN
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    THE FIGHTING CAPTAIN
    ALAN BURN
    A riveting account of the World War II naval career of the man who did more to win the Battle of the Atlantic than any other officer at sea. Captain F. J. Walker, RN, dedicated his life to defeating the Germans—and Karl Dönitz, Führer der U-Boote, in particular—by containing the U-boats, wearing them down, and sending them back to their bunkers. He was a formidable figure and o...

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  • ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES
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    ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES
    EDWARD YOUNG
    "[Young] immortalized his distinguished war service as a submariner in the bestselling autobiography, One of Our Submarines . . . [a] gripping memoir."— The Guardian   "In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four years' adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beaut...

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  • HITLER'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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    HITLER'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
    GEOFFREY BROOKS
    The author of Hitler's Terror Weapons digs deep into the history of Nazi Germany's atomic research and development, separating fact from fiction.   What were Hitler's fabled "miracle weapons" with which he promised to win the war for Germany at the last gasp? This book resolves the mystery and discusses the factors restraining Hitler from using them in Europe as Nazi Germany di...

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  • SOLDIER FROM THE WARS RETURNING
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    SOLDIER FROM THE WARS RETURNING
    CHARLES CARRINGTON
    Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. He writes only of the battles in which he participated (including the Somme and Passchendaele), though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the t...

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  • THE BLOCKADE BUSTERS
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    THE BLOCKADE BUSTERS
    RALPH BARKER
    A detailed history of three British World War II blockade runs to get vital supplies from Sweden past the Germans. The Blockade Busters recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a thirty-nine-year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940. He set about running vital cargoes of Swed...

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  • THE FLOATING REPUBLIC
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    THE FLOATING REPUBLIC
    G.E. MANWARING / BONAMY DOBREE
    "A straightforward, factual account of the events which crippled two whole fleets and kept all England buzzing in the spring of 1797." — Time The naval mutiny of 1797 is the most astonishing recorded in British history; astonishing by its management rather than by its results, for other mutinies had been successful. Though it shook the country from end to end, it was largely or...

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  • THE MARCH OF THE TWENTY-SIX
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    THE MARCH OF THE TWENTY-SIX
    R. F. DELDERFIELD
    Between the years 1804 and 1815, Napoleon created twenty-six Marshals of France. These men, who held the highest positions in the Empire after Napoleon himself, came from very diverse backgrounds and ranged from a smuggler to a Prince. They acquired titles and great riches but in the end there was only one who was not corrupted by greed or ambition. This book describes their ri...

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  • BY SEA AND LAND
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    BY SEA AND LAND
    ROBIN NEILLANDS
    This is the story of a fighting force. In the words of the marines themselves, Robin Neillands, formerly of 45 Commando RM, describes what it is really like to wear the legendary green beret, in peace and in war. This vivid account charts the story of the Royal Marine Commandos from their bloody baptism on the beaches of Dieppe to the final yomp into Stanley at the end of the F...

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  • WELLINGTON & NAPOLEON
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    WELLINGTON & NAPOLEON
    ROBIN NEILLANDS
    Wellington and Napoleon tells the story of the convergence and final clash of two of the most brilliant commanders ever to meet on the field of battle. Wellington, his men said, did not know how to lose a battle. But Wellington himself admired his adversary ...

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  • ARTILLERY OF WORDS
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    ARTILLERY OF WORDS
    FREDERICK WOODS
    An analysis of the writings of the iconic twentieth-century statesman from the author of Young Winston's Wars.   Only a part-time author, Sir Winston Churchill wrote fifty books and over eight hundred feature articles. He even received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.   Now, Frederick Woods, an internationally acknowledged expert in the field of Churchillian writings, pr...

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  • A NEW EXCALIBUR
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    A NEW EXCALIBUR
    A. J. SMITHERS
    The story of the inventors, engineers, soldiers, and politicians behind the emergence of the armored fighting vehicle.   The birth and infancy of the tank had an enormous number of technical problems to be solved—but the issues with its construction paled in comparison to the endless squabbles among the people involved. This fascinating study of the vehicle which was born out o...

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