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By: Roderick Bailey

ISBN: 9781845950712
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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In 1943, small teams of elite British soldiers began parachuting into the mountains of Axis-occupied Albania. They were members of Britain's Special Operations Executive, and their task was to find and arm bands of local guerillas and harass the Axis as best they could. This title draws on interviews with survivors, long-hidden diaries and more.


(Paperback)

By: Roderick Bailey

ISBN: 9780091930691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2010
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2010
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Their success marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.

Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, Forgotten Voices of D-Day tells the compelling story of this turning point in World War 2.


(Paperback)

By: Roderick Bailey

ISBN: 9780091918514
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2009
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2009
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words.


(Paperback)

By: Roderick Bailey

ISBN: 9780091938178
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2011
UK Publication Date: 13th October 2011
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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The Victoria Cross (VC), awarded to the most courageous and determined servicemen, is the highest military decoration that can be bestowed. This title presents first-hand accounts of soldiers, sailors and airmen describing the incredible events that earned these extraordinary men the VC in the last century.


(Paperback, Main)

By: Roderick Bailey

ISBN: 9780571299195
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2015
UK Publication Date: 5th March 2015
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The unknown story of the cloak-and-dagger war fought by British secret agents against Mussolini's Italy in the Second World War.