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Blood, Tears And Folly
Blood Tears And Folly : An Objective Look At World War II
Drawing on the author's deep understanding of military life and the strengths and frailties of politicians and generals, this is a myth-puncturing analysis of th...
Bloody Belfast
Bloody Belfast : An Oral History of the British Army's War Against The IRA
Former soldier Ken Wharton witnessed the Troubles in Northern Ireland for himself. Bloody Belfast is a fascinating oral history giving a chillin...
Bloody Victory : The Sacrifice on the Somme
Bloody Victory : The Sacrifice on the Somme
1 July 1916: the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The hot, hellish day in the fields of northern France that has dominated our perception of the First World War for just...
Blown
Blown : The Incredible Story of John Goldsmith: Racehorse Trainer, Gambler and Wartime Secret Agent
'The incredible story of the man who went from trying to win the Grand National to playing a key role in co-ordinating ...
Bomb Disposal in World War Two
Bomb Disposal in WWII
For this book, Chris Ransted has researched some of the lesser known events and personalities relating to the early years of Explosive Ordnance Disposal in the UK. Daring acts of cold blooded brave...
Bomber Offensive
Bomber Offensive
In February 1942 Arthur Harris was given the job of taking the war to the enemy at a time when Britain was still on the defensive. When he took over Bomber Command it possessed only sixty-nine heavy bom...
Bosworth 1485: Pyschology of a Battle
Bosworth : Pyschology of a Battle
In 1485 the Battle of Bosworth marked an epoch in the lives of two great houses: the house of York fell to the ground when Richard III died on the field of battle; and the house of Tudo...
Boy Soldiers of the Great War
Boy Soldiers of the Great War
The youngest soldier who fought in the Great War is believed to have been just twelve years old. Many thousands of other boys are known to have faked eye tests, inflated their small chests...
Bradford Pals
Bradford Pals : A Comprehensive History of the 16-18th & 20th (Service) Battalion of the Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment
In the early days of the First World War two volunteer Pals Battalions were raised in ...
Brasso Blanco And Bull
Brasso Blanco And Bull : A Hilarious Memoir of the National Service
When Tony Thorne first turned up for his medical in 1956 he had little idea of the adventures he would face and the people he would encounter over the ...
Breakdown
Breakdown : The Crisis of Shellshock on the Somme
Paralysis. Stuttering. The 'shakes'.
Inability to stand or walk. Temporary blindness or deafness. When strange symptoms like these began appearing in men at Casualty C...
Briggens
Briggens : SOE's Forgery & Polish Agent Training Station
This is the true story of an SOE country house at war and the lives of the people associated with it.
Initially Briggens was established to train Poland's elite...
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Britain And The Widening War 1915-1916
Britain and a Widening War, 1915-1916 : Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and the Somme
In a series of concise, thought-provoking chapters the authors summarize - and make accessible - the latest scholarship on the middle years of...
Britain and Victory in the Great War
Britain and Victory in the Great War
How can we begin to make sense of the Great War now that over 100 years have passed since it ended with the defeat of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman empire and Bulgaria, and t...
Britain Goes To War
Britain Goes To War : How the First World War began to reshape the Nation
The First World War had a profound impact on British society and on British relations with continental Europe, the Dominions, the United States a...
Britain's Final Defence
Britain's Final Defence : Arming the Home Guard, 1940-1944
Known affectionately as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was Britain's very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II. Sho...
Britain's Last Tommies
Britain's Last Tommies : Final Memories from Soldiers of the 1914-18
On the centenary of the Great War, there are now no longer any veterans alive of the six million men who served on the Western Front. Although this m...
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Britain's Secret War
Pitkin: Britain's Secret War 1939 - 1945
Britain's Secret War' delves into the hidden side of British wartime operations, and the lives of those Churchill described as 'unknown warriors.
The Pitkin Guides provide an ex...
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Britain's War Machine
Britain's War Machine
This title was selected for "Guardian" books of the year. The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, co...
Britannia And The Bear
Britannia & the Bear : The Anglo-Russian Intelligence Wars, 1917-1929
Decades before the Berlin Wall went up, a Cold War had already begun raging. But for Bolshevik Russia, Great Britain - not America - was the enemy. N...
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