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Our Uninvited Guests
Our Univited Guests : The Secret Lives of Britains Country Houses 1939-45
'It's hard to believe that there are still untold stories about Britain and World War II, but Julie Summers has unearthed a fascinating one that ...
Out Of Nowhere
Out Of Nowhere : A History of the Military Sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan
The sniper is probably the most feared specialist warrior and the most efficient killer on the battlefield. Endlessly patient and h...
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Paras
Paras : Voices of the British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
Impressed by the performance of the German paratroopers in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, Winston Churchill ordered the c...
Past & Present: 6th Airborne Div Normandy 1944
Past & Present : 6th Airborne : Normandy 1944
Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the night of 5 June, when six Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton towing six Horsas carrying a coup-de-main force consistin...
Prisoner of War in Germany
Prisoner of War in Germany
During World War II, German prison camps swelled with Allied Prisoners of War, captured during fierce conflicts, from the Battle of France in 1940 to the bomber offensives over Germany from 19...
Prof
Prof: Alan Turing Decoded
Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. He is widely regarded as a war hero gr...
RAF 100 Group
RAF 100 Group 1939-43 : The Birth of Electronic Warfare
Air battles over Germany were becoming intense and complex by the Autumn/Winter of 1942. There was deep concern about the escalating losses of RAF night bombers an...
RAF And The SOE
RAF and the SOE
The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents across Occupied Europe which played a vital role in developing and sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to subvert ...
RAF Bomber Crewman
RAF Bomber Crewman
RAF Bomber Command and its crews are probably unique in the history of warfare. During the Second World War each RAF bomber crew member was a volunteer, and in the case of the Command’s elite Pathfi...
RAF Tempsford: Churchill's Most Secret Airfield
Churchill's Most Secret Airfield : RAF Tempsford
Designed by illusionist Jasper Maskelyne, RAF Tempsford was constructed to give overflying enemy aircraft the impression it was disused. Nothing could be further from the...
Railroad Of Death
Railroad of Death : The Original Classic Account of the "River Kwai" Railway
A bestseller in 1946, Railroad of Death is the first and best account of forced labour on the Burma Railway. John Coast was a young officer in...
Railway Man
The Railway Man
During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form norma...
Railways In Wartime
Railways In Wartime
The strategic importance of railways was recognized almost from the beginning of their development, but it was not until the end of the nineteenth century that their real value was appreciated by the...
Replica Evacuee Tag
Replica Evacuee Tag
A great teaching aid or costume accessory, this replica evacuee tag is printed in the UK.
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Restoring A Dunkirk Little Ship
Restoring A Dunkirk Little Ship
Caronia was built in 1927 on the beach at Tolcarne, Newlyn, Cornwall by Henry, Theodore & Sidney Peake. Her hull was laid in the traditional form of a St Ives Gig and she proudly wore SS7...
Retreat And Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940
Retreat and Rearguard - Dunkirk 1940 : The Evacuation of the Bef to the Channel Ports
This book, the third title in the Author's Retreat and Rearguard series, covers the actions of the BEF during the retreat from the Dy...
Retreat: Dunkirk And The Evacuation Of Western Europe
Retreat : Dunkirk and the Evacuation of Western Europe
At around 7 p.m. on 26 May 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave the order for Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of British troops from the harbour and beaches...
Road Of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944
Road Of Bones : The Siege of Kohima 1944
The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history -- fought at a major turning point of the Second World War. Kohima. In this remote Indian village near the border wi...
Royal Observer Corps
Royal Observer Corps : The Eyes and Ears of the RAF in WWII
The key roles played by the Royal Observer Corps in the Second World War have, all too often, been overshadowed by more glamourous arms of the defence forces. ...
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