Battle Lines Ypres the first volume in Pen & Swords new series of walking cycling & driving guides to the Western Front is the essential companion for every visitor to the Ypres Salient & the battlefields of Belgium. Many of the most famous
- & most memorable
- Great War sites are featured here. Expert guides Jon Cooksey & Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked or biked or driven explaining the fighting that occurred in each place in vivid detail. They describe what happened where it happened & why & who was involved & point out the sights that remain there for the visitor to see. Their accounts give a fascinating insight into the landscape of the front line & the acts of war that took place there a century ago.

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A fresh perspective on the famous battle in which the victors threatened the very existence of the Ulster plantation but ironically brought about the fall of their own Assembly of the Catholic Supreme Council. On Friday 5th June 1646 near the village of Benburb Owen Roe ONeill leader of the Confederate native Irish Ulster army brought about his greatest military triumph in Ireland by putting to rout the combined Scottish/ British force of Robert Monro. This was no ordinary battle as the combatants came from Scotland England Wales & Ireland with the mixed interests of the imprisoned King Charles I his rebellious English parliament the Scottish covenanters the old English the Vatican the Ulster plantation & the native Irish. In this fresh new perspective the battle itself has been re-examined & broken down into tactical phases to understand the experiences the men had to endure & the reasons why the battle turned out the way it did. The rival forces themselves are investigated with full orders of battle the troops of horse & regiments of foot that participated in the campaign & the different types of soldiers that made up these units. ...

When turmoil strikes world monetary & financial markets leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder & defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July 1944 in the midst of the century's second great war has become shorthand for enlightened globalization. The actual story surrounding the historic Bretton Woods accords however is full of startling drama intrigue & rivalry which are vividly brought to life in Benn Steil's epic account. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration Steil shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Treasury & aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic & political rival. At the heart of the drama were the antipodal characters of John Maynard Keynes the renowned & revolutionary British economist & Harry Dexter White the dogged self-made American technocrat. Bringing to bear new & striking archival evidence Steil offers the most compelling portrait yet of the complex & controversial figure of White
- the architect of the dollar's privileged place in the Bretton Woods monetary system who also very privately admired Soviet economic planning & engaged in clandestine communications with Soviet intelligence officials & agents over many years. A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn The Battle of Bretton Woods" is destined to become a classic of economic & political history."
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Its 1939 & Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe Harry is determined to fight on. That is until his plane is hit & he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel. ...

From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys & Bomber Boys this is a magisterial chronicle of a defining episode in British history: the epic struggle of the Royal Air Force with the Luftwaffe. Patrick Bishops Battle of Britain is a compelling account of Britains fight for national survival from the shock defeat & evacuation from Dunkirk in May/ June 1940 to fighter Commands assertion of superiority over the Luftwaffe in mid-September. Battle of Britain takes the reader through that summer day by day revealing the ongoing battles impact on flyers & civilians alike. By enhancing his narrative with eye-witness accounts diary extracts & pilot profiles Bishop brings the often horrific reality of air combat vividly to life. In Battle of Britain Patrick Bishop has written the definitive account of one of the pivotal moments in twentieth-century British history & a nations finest hour. ...

Officially Licensed & developed in partnership with the RAF this title is part of the fact-filled interactive sticker & activity books. It features bitesize information with stickers to complete scenes & content related activities. The target age is 8-12 boys & girls. Each book also has cut out & keep Plane Collector Cards detailing all the essential stat info on the planes featured in the book. Over 45 stickers in each title. It combines the sticker element of a Panini comic with fun content-related activities quizzes & facts. You will benefit from the very broad range of RAF licensed merchandise set hit the shelves this year including toys & games. ...

The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force & aggression that no-one could counter. Within weeks the German armies were at the French coast & looking across at Britain a country still reeling from the opening salvoes of the war. It seemed impossible that she would be able to resist invasion. But between the Nazis & glory stood more than just the pilots of Fighter Comm&. There was Bomber & Coastal Command the Royal Navy & the incredible Auxiliary Patrol Service. In this darkest hour Britain's defence was truly a national effort & one that had been considerably better prepared for than the German attack. For the first time The Battle of Britain" tells this most epic of stories from a 360degree perspective drawing on extensive new research from around the world that challenges some of the long-held myths about the battle. Holland paints a complete picture of that extraordinary summer
- a time in which the fate of the world truly hung by a thread."
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RAF fighter pilot George Barclay kept a personal diary of his time flying Hurricanes & Spitfires in 1940
- 41 including his rare
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The Battle of Britain: Portraits of the Few is an exceptional tribute to the small group of legendary pilots that served with the Royal Air Force through one of the most critical periods of the Second World War. Portraits of the Few contains over 60 colour illustrations capturing the images & character of the military aviators who were designated the Few by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Accompanying the portraits painted by artist David Pritchard are action filled accounts written by Second World War aviation author Christopher Yeoman recounting gripping combats & ferocious encounters as the respective men successfully resist the might of the Luftwaffe. Indeed the aerial battle fought during the long & glorious summer of 1940 is now viewed as one of the most decisive episodes in all of British history. Each & every day proved consequential ultimately shaping the islands future. It was a struggle which will never be forgotten by the wartime population of Great Britain; it will never be forgotten for generations to come. The Battle of Britain: Portraits of the Few celebrates the airmens legacy & is a unique tribute to this group of extraordinary men. Battle of Britain fighter pilot Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC on receiving his own portrait: Thank you so very much for the truly excellent water colour the likeness is remarkable. I was touched & became slightly emotional when I first opened the box & there I was looking back at myself all those years ago."" ...

Sid Peggy & Amy adore the two gerbils Bubble & Squeak but their mother detests them. A major family battle results & its clear life is never going to be quite the same again. But after a near fatal encounter between Bubble & Ginger the cat Mrs Sparrow begins to see that life with 2 gerbils might not be so bad after all. ...