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The second in a two-part
study, this is an
exploration of Roman
military clothing from
the late Republic to the
end of the Empire. It
draws upon written,
pictorial, sculptural
and archaeological
sources to reconstruct
the appearance of the
Roman soldier.
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Sent to fight in Helmand,
young men in their teens
find themselves in the
toughest and most
relentless battles
endured by British troop
since the Korean War. Sam
Kiley, a veteran of
countless conflicts
around the globe, joined
16 Air Assault Brigade
for a six-month summer
tour to bear witness to
the vicious combat. The
only writer to have
obtained unprecedented,
unrestricted access to
the front line, Sam
Kiley finds that the
young men who are killing
and dying are a life
force. Theirs is a war
full of humour,
bloody-minded delight in
hardship, compassion
and, when they cradle
and chat to their dead,
tender grief. Unflinching
and passionate,
Desperate Glory is an
utterly compelling
account of the brutal
realities of our war in
Afghanistan.
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The Landing Craft,
Infantry was a large
beaching craft intended
to deliver an infantry
company to a hostile
shore, once the
beachhead was secured.
The LCI and its
vehicle-delivery
counterpart, the Landing
Ship, Medium were widely
used by the allies during
World War II. Later, the
hulls of these ships were
used as the basis for a
fire support ship.
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Founded by Churchill,
Special Operations
Executive (SOE) was the
forerunner of the SAS,
and during WWII they sent
many hundreds of
specially-trained agents
deep undercover in
Nazi-occupied Europe.
This book explores the
extraordinary stories and
daring exploits of some
of the male agents of
Britain's SOE during
WWII.
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From 1943 the British
began the design of a
tank that was similar to
the German Panther tank.
In 1945 the design
emerged as the Centurion,
and this work details
all the variants of the
Centurion used in
conflicts as well as
covering the specialist
variant
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First seen during the
American Civil War and
later appearing in the
Franco-Prussian War, the
military use of the
armoured train only came
to the fore during World
War I, reigning supreme
on the Eastern Front.
This work examines the
origins and technical
development of armoured
trains. It focuses on how
armoured trains were used
in combat
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Edgehill, 1642:
Surveying the disastrous
scene in the aftermath of
the first battle of the
English Civil War,
Oliver Cromwell realizes
that war can no longer be
made in the old, feudal
way: there has to be
system and discipline,
and therefore -
eventually - a standing
professional army.
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Over the centuries,
naval relations between
Japan and Korea appear to
have alternated between
peaceful trade and
outright hostility. This
work covers East Asia's
most famous warship - the
legendary turtle ship,
which is described here
in full technical detail.
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Who tried to bomb Japan
with bats? Who invented
the air-gun in 250BC?
Which stories should we
believe? The so-called
Dambusters raid was all
but ineffective; the
Hurricane not the
Spitfire was the champion
of the Battle of Britain;
Singapore did not fall
because all the guns were
pointing the wrong way.
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This is the inspiring
true story of how a
passion for birds enabled
four young men to escape
the horror of internment
in a German PoW camp -
and brought about an
extraordinary moment of
cooperation and mutual
understanding between
them and their captors.
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Mounted upon their huge
black horses, the
Mounted Grenadiers of the
Imperial Guard were the
senior heavy cavalry unit
of the French army and
were never defeated in
battle. Their long list
of battle honours earned
them the nicknames 'the
Giants' and 'the Gods'.
This title tells the
story of this unit using
documentary and pictorial
sources.
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Heroism and terror inside
the cockpit ï ½
Transcripts of actual
black box recordings of
conversations between
captains, their crew,
and the air traffic
control. ï ½ Reveals the
crucial moments during
which life-and-death
decisions were made.
Discover the most
dramatic air disasters ï
½ Get right inside the
cockpit and relive what
happened,
minute-by-minute,
second-by-second. ï ½ In
some cases, tragedy is
averted; in others, the
results are fatal. Every
one of these stories
shows the sheer
professionalism of those
involved when under
extreme pressure.
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During the opening four
months of the First World
War no fewer than
forty-six soldiers from
the British and
Commonwealth armies were
awarded the Victoria
Cross, Britain's highest
award for gallantry. In a
series of biographies,
the author examines the
men and the dramatic
events that led to the
award of this most
coveted of medals.
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Offers the separating
service member
information on planning a
smooth transition (and
translation) of military
experience to well-paying
civilian jobs. This work
includes experience
assessment, job market,
resume writing,
interviewing tips, and
benefits and salary
negotiations.
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An A-Z guide to logistics
and troop carriers,
wreckers, tankers,
radio trucks,
ambulances, missile
transporters, amphibious
cars and other
specialized army vehicles
of the world. It explores
the vast diversity of
military vehicles of the
world, covering c
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This volume explores the
M10 and M36 tank
destroyers used between
1942 and 1952 by the
Allied forces. They
played a key role in the
battles for Normandy,
the Battle of the Bulge,
the crossing of the Rhine
and the final defeat of
Germany, and continued
to serve in Korea,
Indochina and the
Balkans.
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The Czech Legion was not
just a single military
unit, but a volunteer
army that fielded up to
100, 000 troops on the
Allied side on all three
main fronts of the war.
Since only the defeat of
Austro-Hungary and
Germany offered any hope
for Czech national
independence, they were
amongst the most
motivated and steadfast
of the Allied forces.
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Offers fresh insight into
one of the most
significant naval battles
in history, told through
the accounts of those who
were actually there. This
title features original
accounts from the great
military leaders of the
time - including Nelson -
as well as the
experiences of the
ordinary seamen and
civilian witnesses.
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Normandy 1944. Like most
of his comrades the
author was just 20 years
old. Not until many years
later did he feel able to
gather their memoirs in
three books, Tank!,
Tanks, Advance! and To
Hell with Tanks!. This
title recalls, in one
complete volume, the
whole experience of
battle: the fear,
confusion, boredom,
excitement and grief.
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After the Dunkirk debacle
in May 1940, Britain's
primary weapon of defence
was her air force. The
exploits of the RAF's
bomber crews and fighter
pilots featured almost
nightly on the radio and
in the cinema newsreels;
the men themselves were
the objects of great
admiration and respect.
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Tells the story of one of
the pivotal events of the
WWII - the struggle
between British and
German air forces in the
late summer and autumn of
1940. This book answers
such questions as: how
close did Britain really
come to invasion; what
were Hitler and
Churchill's motives; and,
what was the battle's
real effect on the
outcome of the war.
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This is Simon's
remarkable first-hand
account of his life: an
account that will read
like a thriller as it
takes us into the world
of mercenaries and
spooks: of murky
imternational politics,
big oil and big bucks; of
action, danger, love,
despair and betrayal.
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In this work, Mike
Curtis, describes his
gruelling experiences in
the Falklands and his SAS
operations - the first in
Iraq where he spent
several weeks behind
enemy lines; and the
second in Bosnia where he
worked closely with all
factions and led a
protection team for
visiting heads of state.
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This volume covers
medieval Russian armies
from the foundation of
Kiev by the pagan Rus',
through the many
internecine and external
wars, the rise of the
Novgorod Empire, to the
incursions of the Mongols
and the many battles of
Prince Alexander Nevski.
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Stephen E. Ambrose once
again follows the
individual characters of
the brutal war to its
conclusion. From the high
command down to the
ordinary soldier, he
draws on hundreds of
interviews to re-create
the war experience with
startling clarity and
immediacy. Citizen
Soldiers tells the real
story of World War II -
from the hedgerows of
Normandy to the
overrunning of Germany -
from the perspective of
the American men and
women who fought it.
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The British Army's
Challenger II Main Battle
Tank is one of the most
awesome war machines ever
built. In March 2003,
three Squadrons of
Challenger 2s from the
Royal Scots Dragoon
Guards, gathered in
Southern Iraq to prepare
for battle. This title
tells the story of an
extraordinary chapter in
the history of British
Army.
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When 3 Commando Brigade
returned to a chaotic
Helmand in the winter of
2008, they realised they
would need to pursue an
increasingly determined
Taliban harder than ever
before. With the use of
air support, the
Commandos became a deadly
mobile unit, able to
swoop at a moment's
notice into the most
hostile territory. From
huge operations like the
gruelling Red Dagger,
fought in Somme-like mud
to clear the area around
the capital of
encroaching enemy forces,
to the daily acts of
unsupported close quarter
360-degree combat and the
breathtaking, rapid
helicopter night assaults
behind enemy lines -
these were the battles
brought Commando
qualities to the fore.
Ex-Royal Marine
Lieutenant Colonel Ewen
Southby-Tailyour brings
unparalleled access to
the troops, a soldier's
understanding of the
conflict and visceral
daily drama of Helmand
combat.
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During WWII, on one raid
alone, Nuremburg March
1944, more Bomber
Command airmen lost their
lives than were lost in
the Battle of Britain.
These were ordinary men
who became part of
extraordinary events. One
such was Arthur Darlow,
the author's grandfather
- a pilot of a Lancaster
crew in 405 RCAF crew. In
this title, their story
is recreated.
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In the bestselling BAND
OF BROTHERS, Stephen E.
Ambrose portrayed in
vivid detail the
experiences of soldiers
who fought on the bloody
battlegrounds of World
War II. WILD BLUE brings
to life another
extraordinary band of
brothers - the men who
volunteered to join the
American Air Force and
undertook some of the
most demanding and
dangerous jobs in the
war. Focusing on the men
of the 741st Bomb
Squadron and, in
particular, the crew of
the Dakota Queen, these
are the boys turned
pilots, bombardiers,
navigators and gunners of
the B-24s, who suffered
50 per cent casualties
during conflict. With his
extraordinary talent for
bringing alive the action
and tension of combat,
Ambrose sweeps us along
in the B-24s as their
crews fought to the death
to reach their targets
and destroy the German
war machine.
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From the summer of 1943,
small teams of elite
British soldiers began to
parachute into
Axis-occupied Albania.
These men belonged to
Special Operations
Executive, a secret
organisation set up early
in the Second World War
to encourage resistance
and carry out sabotage
behind enemy lines. This
book tells the story of
this corner of SOE
history.
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Lasting for 242 days,
the siege of Tobruk - the
longest of the British
Empire - is a mesmerising
tale of human endurance
and heroism. The epic
story of resilience
against overwhelming odds
as the Libyan port's 24,
000 defenders and their
hurried thrown-up
defences met the
increasingly desperate
attempt to break through
by Rommel and his Italian
allies. In a battle of
bayonets and grenades
against tanks; of David
versus Goliath. Combining
an eye for precise detail
with a flair for telling
a good story, Robert
Lyman's The Longest Siege
is a brilliant work of
military history and a
remarkable tale of human
courage and endurance.
This book has 309 pages
and is 19.6cm x 13.1cm x
2.4cm.
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Presents the military
history of the rise of
America's armoured forces
from their humble
beginnings in borrowed
tanks on the battlefields
of France in World War I
to a thundering crescendo
of tactical prowess and
lethal power as they
spearheaded the
liberation of Western
Europe in World War II.
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In the years 1916-1918,
the Wolf, an ordinary
freighter fitted-out with
a hidden arsenal of
weapons, was sent by
Germany on one of the
most daring clandestine
naval missions of modern
times. This book presents
the story of this ship by
drawing on dozens of
eyewitness accounts,
unpublished memoirs,
declassified government
files and family
archives.
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Lance Corporal Henry
Buckle's drawings and
writings are a window
onto the Western Front as
one man saw it. His
charming colour sketches
are a rare and exquisite
insight into trench life
that cannot fail to amuse
and move the observer.
This book truly allo
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Ken 'Hawkeye' Lee, Terry
Clark, Tony Pickering,
John Ellacombe and Pete
Olver - five special
airmen who earned the
right to wear the Battle
of Britain clasp with
pride. All fought through
the Battle and Blitz,
all served and survived
to the end of the war,
but not all came out
unscathed. This book
tells their stories.
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Seal team Six is a
clandestine unit tasked
with counterterrorism,
counterinsurgency and
hostage rescue. Until
recently its existence
was a closely guarded
secret but after taking
down Osama Bin Laden,
the team and its
operatives were thrust
into the global
spotlight. This book has
328 pages and is 19.7cm x
12.6cm x 2.4cm
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Private Peter Scott Janes
has been in the army less
than five months when he
was sent to France.
Within weeks he was taken
prisoner at St
Valery-en-Ca'ux. Twelve
days later he was rescued
by two young French girls
and for the next sixteen
months he lived a
clandestine life among
the ordinary people of
the Pas de Calais.
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Snapshots of gaiety and
celebration are how some
people today think of
Britain in 1945. This
book tells the real story
of what happened when
millions of ex-servicemen
returned home. It draws
on their personal letters
and diaries to illuminate
the darker side of the
homecoming experience for
ex-servicemen, their
families and society at
large.
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The tanks used during the
Spanish Civil War are
often labeled as little
more than test vehicles
in a convenient proving
ground before World War
II. This book takes a
look at the tanks
deployed in Spain,
examining how future
tanks and armored tactics
were shaped and honed by
the crews' experiences.
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During the 16th century a
new type of sailing
vessel emerged, designed
to carry the wealth of
the Americas to Spain.
This book traces the
development of the
Spanish galleon, and
outlines the
constructional methods,
the ordnance and the
crewing needed to p
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The village sits on top
of the ridge that bears
its name, a ridge that
was an objective on the
1st July 1916. As it was,
the whole position was
not finally cleared until
early September 1916 as
German, Australian and
British troops fought
tenaciously ove
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An exploration of the
British Napoleonic
Ship-of-the-Line. It
covers some of the most
famous individuals and
ships of the day, such
as Nelson, Cochrane,
HMS Victory and HMS
Indefatigable. There is
also a catalogue of all
British Ships-of-the-Line
from 1792 to 1815.
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Two months before the
outbreak of WWII,
17-year-old Geoffrey
Wellum becomes a fighter
pilot with the RAF.
Desperate to get in the
air, he makes it through
basic training to become
the youngest Spitfire
pilot in the prestigious
92 Squadron. Thrust into
combat immediately,
Wellum finds himself
caught up in terrifying
dogfights with German Me
109s.
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The Nimitz class aircraft
carrier is the ultimate
symbol of the United
States superpower status.
A true behemoth, this is
an unsurpassed weapons
platform that overshadows
all of its nearest
rivals. This book looks
at the development and
deployment of the
nuclear-powered Nimitz
class aircraft carriers
from 1975 onwards.
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The Italian army was
Britain's original
opponent in North Africa.
At its peak, it
contributed 2.5 million
troops to the Axis war
effort. This title covers
the organization,
uniforms and insignia of
the Italian troops
committed to both the
North African campaign
and East African
fighting.
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A guide to the golden age
of ancient Greece, shown
in over 200 colour
photographs, diagrams,
detailed maps and plans.
It highlights include
detailed chapters on the
Persian Wars, the rise
and fall of the Athenian
Empire and the rule of
Sparta, as well as
in-depth examinations of
key figures such as
Pericles of Athens and
Dionysius of Syracuse.
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The Canadian troops and
British Commandos made
their famous
'reconnaissance in force'
against the harbour town
of Dieppe on 19th August
1942. This book provides
a detailed, minute by
minute, hour by hour,
blow by blow account of
operations on a day which
has become accepted as
the one on which the
Royal Air Force fought
its greatest air battle.
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For almost five centuries
the Moors were the
cutting edge of the
Islamic assault on the
Christian world. This
title details the Arab,
Berber, Almoravid and
Almohad armies of Muslim
Spain, including the
powerful Emirate of
Cordoba that terrorized
Christian
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Sir Herbert Plumer was
one of the
best-performing and
best-regarded officers on
the Allied side. He was
famously thoughtful of
his men and sparing of
their lives. Though he
never got on with Haig,
Plumer proved
indispensable during the
great German offensive of
March 1918.
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From surviving a horrific
terrorist attack in
Northern Ireland, to the
violence of the Gulf War
and an assault course of
harrowing experiences in
Iraq, Bosnia and
Colombia, Major Bill
Shaw had seen it all. But
Bill's strength and
courage was tested to its
absolute limits when he
was arrested for a crime
he did not commit. This
is the incredible true
story of a brave soldier
who survived some of the
toughest war zones in the
world only to face the
nightmare of being
wrongfully imprisoned a
very long way from home.
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The principal action that
took place here in
February 1917 was of
short duration and
failure but with
fascinating overtones.
This is the dramatic
story of the events on
the Somme after the great
battle of 1916 ended and
before the Germans
withdrew to the
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Formidable and
sophisticated, triremes
were the deadliest
battleships of the
ancient world and at the
height of their success
the Athenians were the
dominant exponents of
their devastating power.
This book offers an
analysis of the potent
battleship; the
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The Lost Generation of
the First World War were
boys who had barely left
school before they found
themselves living in
trenches, drowning in
mud and living in
constant fear of death.
This title includes
letters from a group of
schoolboys who attended
Bour
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On a dark desperate night
in June 1943, a stricken
Halifax bomber limped low
over Holland and crashed
in a small meadow. The
aircraft itself was
entirely wrecked, but
its crew, amazingly,
all stepped out alive and
completely unhurt. This
book contains one of the
twenty true stories of
bravery, survival and
luck, and good and bad.
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Details:
Alistair
Urquhart was a soldier in
the Gordon Highlanders
captured by the
Japanese
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Russia's engagement with
Germany on the Eastern
Front during World War II
was ferocious,
unprecedented and bloody,
costing millions of
civilian and military
lives. In this
challenging new book,
Lee Baker distinguishes
myth from reality and
deflates the idea that
this war, while
gargantuan in scale, was
in essence a war like any
other.
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A new translation for the
21st century, this title
helps reader rediscover
the essential clarity of
the ancient masterpiece,
cited by generals from a
dozen Chinese dynasties,
international business
leaders, and modern
military field manuals.
It also contains a full
commentary on Sun Tzu,
the man and his ideas.
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American Military History
presents a series of
primary documents
relating to America's
armed forces from the
colonial period to the
present. Collectively,
the documents consider
military affairs in
relation to the cultural,
social, political,
economic, and
territorial development
of the United States.
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The first, authoritative
history of Spain's
darkest period. In a work
of meticulous scholarship
and research, Paul
Preston, the world's
foremost historian of
20th-century Spain,
charts how and why Franco
and his supporters set
out to eliminate all
'those who do not think
as we do' - some 200, 000
innocent men, women and
children across Spain.
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An Army officer must lead
men into frightening and
dangerous situations and
sometimes make them do
things that they never
thought they could do.
This book recounts how
British officers have led
their men, and commanded
their respect, from the
days of Marlborough to
the Second Iraq war of
2003.
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In 1972 a team of
academics and archivists
from the Imperial War
Museum set about the
momentous task of tracing
ordinary men and women
who had lived through one
of the most harrowing
periods of modern
history, the First World
War. Veterans from
Britain, Germany,
America, Australia and
Canada were interviewed
in detail about their
day-to-day experiences on
and off the front. The
archive has grown to be
one of the most important
of its kind in the world
and provides a unique
account of life during
the Great War. These
tapes, some of which
have rested unheard for
decades, contain the
forgotten voices of a
generation no longer with
us. Now over thirty years
on, after hundreds of
hours in the archive,
author Max Arthur has
created this remarkable,
landmark history of the
First World War.
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Robert E Lee faced the
most monumental crisis of
his military career on
the morning of April 2,
1865. By sunrise that
morning, the Union 6th
Corps had punched a huge
hole in Lee's outer line,
south-west of
Petersburg. He needed
time for reinforcements
to arrive from Richmond,
but how could his
depleted army buy that
time?
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How should we conceive
the relations between
neo-imperial warfare and
neoliberalism, American
hegemony and capitalist
globalization? This work
addresses political and
theoretical questions
such as these. It
combines intellectual
history, political
philosophy, and
historical sociology to
produce a distinctive
portrait of an age of
capital and war.
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From the dangers of
London streets during the
Blitz to working on the
high seas in the Merchant
Navy during the Atlantic
Convoy, children were on
the frontline of battle
during the Second World
War. The author explores
how the war impacted a
whole generat
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In context of the whole
war, Mons was a
small-scale affair:
comparatively short in
duration, involving
divisions rather then
armies. Its importance,
especially from the
British viewpoint, was
crucial partly because
this was the first time
for nearly a hundred
years that a British Army
had been engaged in
warfare on the Continent
of Europe.
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Covers the transformation
of the Tudor fleet during
the reign of Queen
Elizabeth I. Detailing
warfare during the age of
Sea Dogs such as Sir
Francis Drake and Walter
Raleigh, and the
landmark event of the
Spanish Armada, this
title explains the
technological innovations
that allowed this small
but efficient navy to
defeat the larger Spanish
fleet.
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In the BATTLEGROUND
EUROPE series, this
pocket book is suitable
for both the armchair
traveller and those
visiting the battlefield,
covering the ground
where Captain Nevill
famously kicked a
football on going over
the top, and where pals
battalions engaged in
their first major
engagement. Also includes
details of memorials,
cemeteries and museums.
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Although Nicholas Mosley
has written two volumes
of family biography and a
volume of memoirs, he
has, until now, avoided
writing about his World
War Two experiences. How
does one write about
something both horrifying
and rewarding? There was
also the role played by
his tangled relationship
with his father. The son
of sir Oswald Mosley,
who, as the leader of
the British Union of
Fascists, had been
jailed with his second
wife, Diana (one of the
Mitford sisters), early
on in the war ostensibly
as a security risk.
Nicholas was
never-the-less dispatched
to join his regiment,
the Rifle Brigade, as
the Allies fought their
way up the Italian
peninsula. He came of age
in the forcing house of
war but there was always
the question of what
would have been his
situation had he been
captured by the Germans?
At one point in the
Italian campaign this
very nearly happened. How
Nicholas got away and
survived is an example of
how sometimes fact can be
more bizarre than
fiction.
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What went wrong in Free
French relations with
Americans during World
War Two? Documenting
French policy toward the
American presence in New
Caledonia during the war,
the author demonstrates
the existence of a
deep-seated suspicion,
fear, even paranoia
about the Americans that
colored almost every
phase of Free French
policy.
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It is a little known fact
that France fielded more
tanks in World War I than
any other army. However,
France's early tanks
suffered from poor
mobility and armor. In
spite of initial
set-backs, the French
army redeemed its
reputation with the
Renault FT. This title
examines the emergence of
the first modern tank,
the Renault FT.
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Including colour artworks
of key equipment and
weapons, reference
tables diagrams, maps
and charts, all the core
data is presented in
easy-to-follow formats.
Packed with hundreds of
helpful illustrations,
this book offers military
history enthusiasts key
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Iraq, 2003: British and
American forces confront
an insurgency of
devastating complexity...
Facing defeat, the
Coalition waged a hidden
war within a war.
Major-General Stan
McChrystal devised a
campaign fusing special
forces, aircraft and the
latest surveillance
technology with the aim
of taking down the enemy
faster than it could
regenerate. Guided by
intelligence, a small
British special forces
team met the car bomber's
fire with fire and
accounted for thousands
of insurgents.
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On 2nd July 1900 the
people of
Friedrichshafen,
Germany, witnessed a
momentous occasion - the
first flight of LZ 1,
Count Ferdinand von
Zeppelin's first airship.
This study covers the
post-war fate of the
Zeppelins, including the
crash of Hindenburg, and
their use by the
Luftwaffe at the
beginning of World War
II.
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Named the Best Book of
2007 by World War II
History magazine, this
widely praised history of
the largest land-sea-air
battle ever waged by Bill
Sloan shows how the
staggering casualties and
take-no-prisoners
ferocity of the Battle of
Okinawa led Truman to
drop the atomic bomb on
Japan.
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This book relives the
dramatic events of 25
years ago, which began
when the Argentine junta,
desperate to restore its
popularity at home, took
the decision to invade
the Falkland Islands.
Throughout the Spring of
1982, the conflict in
the Falklands dominated
world headlines, as
British forces conducted
a bravely-fought and
skilfully-directed
military campaign to
recapture the Islands.
This book provides a
chronological account of
the campaign and the key
factors that enabled
British forces to
succeed.
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Before Allied soldiers
set foot on the beaches
of Normandy on D-Day, 6
June 1944, American and
British bombers helped to
pave the way by pounding
German positions on the
shoreline and farther
inland, a vital mission
that continued as the
troops waded ashore and
the battle beyond the
beachhead began. In this
lively look at D-Day in
the air, eight different
bomber crews - three
American and five British
- tell their
unforgettable stories
from inside B-17s,
B-24s, Lancasters, and
Halifaxes. This book has
288 pages and is 23.1 x
15.3 x 1.9 cms
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In AD 400 Roman rule in
Britain was collapsing as
the thinly stretched
empire was besieged on
all sides. In this book,
the author explores
various aspects of Late
Roman military life,
from recruitment to
weaponry, marriage to
wages, warfare to
religion.
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In the mid-nineteenth
century, the British and
Russian Empires played
the 'Great Game', a
rivalry for supremacy in
Central Asia. To secure a
'buffer zone' in
Afghanistan, between
India and Russian
territory, Britain
launched the First
Anglo-Afghan War in 1838.
This title tells the
story of imperial
misadventure.
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In January 1968, barely
a month after arriving in
Vietnam as part of an
elite long range patrol
(LRP) team, Dave Walker
received a debilitating
shrapnel wound to his
eye. Medically discharged
and sent home, Walker -
missing an eye -
manoeuvred his way back
into the army and back to
Vietnam in 1970. This
book tells his story.
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In the early 1920s, a
tiny group was formed
within the SA to serve as
Hitler's personal
bodyguard. Originally
labelled the 'Stosstruppe
Adolf Hitler, ' they
later became known as the
SS - Schutz Staffeln.
From these humble
beginnings, the SS rose
to the st
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The military branch of
the Nazi SS security
organisation grew by the
end of World War II from
a handful of poorly
regarded infantry
battalions in 1939, into
a force of more than 30
divisions including units
of every type. This text
details their
organisation, uniforms
and insignia and their
battle record.
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July 1st 1916 remains
embedded in the British
folk memory. It was the
first day of the Battle
of the Somme, the day on
which British and Empire
troops suffered nearly
60, 000 casualties, a
third of them fatal. This
memoir describes the
battleground over which
the armies were to fight.
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Presents an analysis of
the Soviet Army at the
outbreak of World War II,
including the Red Army's
campaigns against Japan
on the Manchurian plains
as well as in Finland.
This book also covers the
Red Army's first
operations during
Operation Barbarossa when
the Red Army was forced
to defend Mother Russia
against the German
onslaught.
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Focusing on the uniforms
and organization of
Soviet troops during the
campaigns of the
Caucasus, Stalingrad and
Kursk, this book offers
a breakdown of the armed
forces which conducted
the valiant defensive
campaigns, including the
army, air force,
paratroopers, navy and
NKVD troops.
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On the fields of
Waterloo, the deserts of
Sudan, the Plains of
Abraham and the mountains
of Dargai, the trenches
of Flanders and the
jungles of Burma - the
great Highland regiments
made their mark. This
book tells the story of
the Highlanders through
the words of the soldiers
themselves.
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An addition to the
BATTLEGROUND EUROPE
series published to
coincide with the 80th
anniversary of
Passchendaele, which
gives details of the
attacks and provides a
guide to the battlefield
as it stands today,
illustrated with maps and
'then and now' photogr
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More than 2 million men
were conscripted to serve
in Britain's armed forces
during the period of
National Service, which
began after the Second
World War and was phased
out by 1963. Using
accounts and official
documents, these times
are described in this
informative account of
the National Service
years.
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Suitable for soldiers
wanting to attain rank in
the service, this book
includes advice and
techniques for improving
duty performance and
increasing promotion
points, together with
samples of forms and
formats for applying for
promotion and for
appearing before
promotion boards.
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In early 1970, the
Commanding Officer of 22
SAS flew into the
strategically critical
Sultanate of Oman on a
covert intelligence
mission. A Communist
rebellion in the South
threatened not only the
stability of the Arabian
Peninsula but more
importantly the vital oil
routes through the
Persian Gulf.
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The Battle of Stalingrad
was the turning point of
World War II with the
armies of Hitler's Nazi
Germany and Stalin's
Communist Soviet Union
fighting to the death on
the banks of the River
Volga. This book is a
chronological account of
the battle that inflicted
a heavy defeat on the
German Wehrmacht. Aided
by full colour maps and
first hand accounts the
book explains how the
Sixth Army was drawn into
a war of attrition in the
rubble of Stalingrad,
where the mobility and
firepower of the panzers
counted for nothing.
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Where Men Win Glory is a
profoundly eloquent and
affecting account of
heroism - a millionaire
sports star who gave it
all up after the
terrorist attacks of
9/11, to fight for his
country with the US Army
in Afghanistan: only to
be killed by one of his
own platoon. The gripping
story of the life and
death of a true American
hero.
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Manfred von Richthofen
became a fighter pilot on
the Western Front in
August 1916. By January
1917, Ruchthofen had
shot down fifteen
aircraft had been
appointed commander of
his own unit. He painted
the fuselage of his
Albatros D-III a bright
red was was nicknamed the
Red Baron.
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George Psychoundakis was
a young shepherd boy who
knew the island of Crete
intimately when the Nazis
invaded by air in 1941.
He immediately joined the
resistance and took on
the crucial job of
war-time runner. This
book presents an account
of George's activities
across mountainous
terrain, come blazing
summer or freezing
winter.
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Infantry Divisions led
the assault on Omaha
Beach, the most strongly
defended of the all
invasion beaches.
Supporting Allied bombers
had mostly missed their
targets, the offshore
naval bombardment was
hampered by poor
visibility, and many
elements of the first
assault waves were
swamped or sank,
including amphibious
tanks.
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The true story of
America's most secret and
successful aerospace
operation. The former
head of Lockheed's Skunk
Works recounts a drama of
Cold War confrontation
and Gulf War air combat.
The book tells the story
of secret aircraft from
the U-2 to the Stealth
Fighter.
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Boulogne - 23 May, 1940.
A town under siege. A
rampant German panzer
division hammers at its
gates. Panic in the
street and chaos on the
docks. Air Raids.
Frightened refugees and
dispirited Allied
soldiers scramble to
escape. Churchill sends
battalions of
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