Four DVDs which tell the stories of the bombing raids on London, Coventry, Dresden & Hamburg during World War II. Saturation bombing during World War II as practiced by both the Nazis & Allied forces' air services was & remains a controversial tactic. Intended to devastate industry, disrupt transport & demoralise populations, the heavy civilian casualties inflicted on cities including London, Coventry, Dresden & Hamburg horrified many & created great dissent. These four films examine the reasoning behind the strategy, its execution & the terrifying impact on those who suffered through some of the most brutal bombardments in the history of warfare. ...

From the author of ' Wartime' comes an outstanding history of the most sustained onslaught ever endured by Britain's civilian population
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Do your grandparents moan on about what life was like in the war? Want to know if they're telling the terrible truth? Read on to explore the horrible hardships the Blitzed Brits suffered while bombs dropped out of the sky! Find out what really happened in Dad's Army! See how to make a rude noise with a gas mask! Learn why the Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers & nutty!

Faint at the thought of spending seven years without TV! Plus there's heaps of spiffing slang, foul food facts about rotten rationing, awful evacuation tales, & the terrible truth about London's bloodthirsty blackout murders! So there's plenty of gore
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Perfect for children.

This paperback book has 140 pages & measures: 20 x 13 x 1cm approx.






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in 24 June 1948 the Soviet Union abruptly closed all land & water access to the Western Sectors of Berlin. Over 2 million civilians, dependent on the surrounding territory & the West for food, fuel, & other basic goods, were suddenly cut off from all necessities of life. The Western Allies had the option of either withdrawing their garrisons & allowing the Soviet Union to take control of the entire city, or of trying to supply the city by air. Never before in history had 2 million people been supplied exclusively by air. None of the senior military commanders believed it could be done. But the political leadership in London & Washington insisted that it must be done. A withdrawal from Berlin would discredit the West at a critical moment in history, when the Soviet Union was expanding aggressively across Europe. Worse, it would endanger the political stability & economic recovery of all of Europe. So one of the largest & most ambitious humanitarian efforts in history was set in motion. It began without the West really knowing what the Berliners needed in order to survive ...

Summoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart & Will Quartermain find themselves

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Never has DI Wesley Peterson witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. The victim, Charles Marrick, has been murdered, his body

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When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in a crashed car, it's a shock to everyone.

Because Bell died two years ago.

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Having left the Faroes as a child, Jan Reyna is now a British police detective, & the islands are foreign to him.

But

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The fourth volume of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series on the American Civil War & featuring rebel Nathaniel Starbuck.

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The Bloody Mary is one of the most universally-loved drinks.

In The Bloody Mary, author Brian Bartels
- beverage director

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