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The secret and dangerous operations of Australia's Pacific War Catalina crews told for the first time.

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Return via Rangoon is the story of a young officer who took part in Wingate's Chindit campaign during the Second World War. I found the Prologue and Epilogue - unchanged since the first edition was written in 1945 - quite the most poignant writing I have read for many years.' Ewen Southby-Tailyour

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Compiled by an acknowledged expert in the field. Never originally intended for publication, many of the accounts in this book provide an honest view of campaign life.

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Like the other volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars

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The history of the armored heavy cavalry that was absorbed into Roman service from the steppe peoples they defeated in the 2nd Century AD, and that came to provide half Rome's cavalry during the Late Empire.

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Dr Adrian Greaves' is widely acknowledged as a leading expert on the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and his previous account of Rorke's Drift has become a standard work on that battle. However, by his own admission, it is hopelessly out of date as are other existing accounts.

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A detailed and richly illustrated operational history of the highly classified, joint-service special operations command of the United States during the Vietnam War.

Nicholas Papastratigakis offers an integrated analysis of Russian naval strategy in the decade before this Russo-Japanese War, in which the Russians suffered catastrophic defeat. This book will be of enormous interest to scholars and students of naval, military, imperial and Russian history.

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Focuses on the conflicts that traces the progress of the wars in Chechnya, from the initial Russian advance through to urban battles such as Grozny, and the prolonged guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regions. This book assesses how the wars have torn apart the fabric of Chechen society and their impact on Russia itself.

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An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery

A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times. Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

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On the night of 4 July 1943, transport aircraft Liberator AL523 took off from Gibraltars North Front tarmac and within moments crashed into the sea with only one survivor, the pilot. The commander-in-chief of the Polish army and prime minister of the Polish government in exile, General Wadysaw Sikorski, was dead.

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Unlock the secrets of the legendary weapons of the samurai

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An enthralling investigation into German aeronautical technology during the Second World War. Explores the many myths, legends and popular conspiracy theories at play, and attempts to uncover the truth of precisely what happened during this pivotal time of technological development in Nazi Germany.

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National Geographic tells the story of a stray dog who becomes Sergeant Stubby the War Dog during World War I. Beloved award-winning author and library darling Ann Bausum brings her friendly writing style and in-depth research to her first-ever book for adults.

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MiG-21s formed the backbone of the Yugoslav Air Force and Air Defence Force and later the Serbian Air Force. This book is based upon the authors extensive research in archives and interviews with veterans that flew this type. Most of the photos in this volume have never been published before.

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In 1915, news of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing and the slaughter at Gallipoli stirred tens of thousands of young men to go to war.They answered the call and formed battalions of the Australian Imperial Force. By the time the new recruits were combat ready, the campaign at Gallipoli had ended. Their battlefields became the ...

Making extensive use of previously unpublished material this book gives an unprecedented view of the Waterloo Campaign from the viewpoint of a single regiment. It reveals the preparations that preceded the battle, the role of the regiment in the battle, and the long months spent in France after Paris fell, until the regiment finally returned home i

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A trove of previously unpublished, transcribed conversations among German POWs--secretly recorded by the Allies -- reveals the extent of their brutality and changes our understanding of the mind-set of the German soldier during World War II.

The books analysis of logistics and supply during the British Civil Wars, a focus not undertaken in such detail so far for the period, will provide a compelling read for those with interests in the operational realities of warfare during the seventeenth century more broadly, and the British Civil Wars in particular.