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The break of the German battleship Bismark into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most dramatic episodes of World War II. It began with a battle between the Bismark and the British battleship Prince of Wales and the heavy cruiser Hood. The Hood was blown to pieces, while the battered Prince of Wales managed to escape.

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It's May 1941: over 43,000 civilians had been killed, and over a million houses destroyed following endless nights of bombing raids. Yet London, and other cities that had been targeted survived, their spirit undaunted, their people resilient. This title offers an introduction to this dark episode in British history.

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On the night of 22-23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend - Operation Z-O. The author reveals how despite failure, the raid demonstrated to Germany that Britain was still capable of offensive action, even as its armies were being forced back.

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Presents a first-hand WWII narrative that chronicles the Marines' savage five-day struggle to wrest Mount Suribachi from its tenacious Japanese defenders during their 35 day battle for Iwo Jima in 1945. With photographs, this book serves as source material for both "Flags of Our Fathers", and a film of the same name.

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This volume examines the key battles of both Boer Wars, and the principal sieges of the second Boer War: Kimberley; Ladysmith; and Mafeking. It provides a summary of the guerilla war that the British fought, explaining how the need for camouflage became realised.

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An account of the Boer Wars. Triggered by Cecil Rhodes' failed Jameson raid, the Anglo-Boer war started in 1898. It marked the end of the old wars of empire and the beginning of a recognizably 20th-century style of warfare including the use of concentration camps and "scorched earth" policies.

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Book of John Mandeville

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Book of John Mandeville

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As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. In this highly illustrated book Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as some of the lesser known.

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The most deeply researched and generously detailed history of the sword of all...

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Describes the uniforms, insignia, weaponry, campaigns and military practices of the border reivers, the guerrilla soldiers who ran wild in the Marches of England and Scotland between the 13th and 17th centuries, and who for a while produced the best cavalry of their time.

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Originally published by Harcourt in 1973, this book argues that the escape and survival of Nazi war criminals was the result of a plan by Martin Bormann to create a brotherhood that would survive the war and evade justice through a complex series of safe houses spread throughout the world.

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A Moving and Informative Guidebook and Keepsake Worthy of Coffee Table Display!

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A fascinating reappraisal of Britains `oldest ally, the House of Braganza.

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An illustrated history of Palestine from 1850 to 1948, drawing heavily on vivid oral accounts and using photographs of the period never previously published.

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A study of the men who fought in the Burma Campaign against the Japanese, and saw some of the hardest battles of World War II - the Chindit campaign, Imphal and Kohima. It shows how, by 1945, experience was giving rise to some of the most modern tropical uniforms and equipment in the world.

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This volume covers the pre-war British Army that became the first British Expeditionary Force which was virtually wiped out in the first year of the war and the "New Armies" that answered Lord Kitchener's call - "Your Country Needs You". It looks at organization, uniforms, equipment and weapons.