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Major international experts offer new interpretations of the key aspects of the origins of the Second World War.

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Major international experts offer new interpretations of the key aspects of the origins of the Second World War.

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Gives an account of the Asia-Pacific campaigns of WWII. Drawing on documents in US and British archives, this title explores why the belligerents in the Pacific war fought the way that they did. It focuses not only on the battlefield level, but also provides a perspective from the military high command, government, and non-combatant citizens.

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An 'internal' crusade is defined as a holy war authorized by the pope and fought within Christian Europe against those perceived to be foes of Christendom, either to recover property or in defence of the Church or Christians. This study examines the relationship between the papacy and 'internal' crusades of Europe in the early 13th century.

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This study of crusading policy examines the relationship between the papacy and crusades of Europe during the early 13th century.

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One of the world's foremost historians presents a fresh look at the greatest war of ancient Greece and a pivotal moment in Western civilization that still resonates today.

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"The Prehistory of the Crusades explores how the Crusades came to be seen as the use of aggressive warfare to Christianise pagan lands and peoples. Reynolds focuses on the Baltic, or Northern, Crusades, an aspect of the Crusades that has been little documented, thus bringing a new perspective to their historical and ideological origins" --

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"The Prehistory of the Crusades explores how the Crusades came to be seen as the use of aggressive warfare to Christianise pagan lands and peoples. Reynolds focuses on the Baltic, or Northern, Crusades, an aspect of the Crusades that has been little documented, thus bringing a new perspective to their historical and ideological origins" --

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Delving into original sources, including eyewitness accounts and regimental histories known only to German scholars, this book tells the story of the soldiers on the ground: how they were organised and drilled, their previous service; their march to the battlefield; and what they did when they got there.

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Offers an examination of the relationship between the Royal Air Force and the French Fighter pilots who flew for the RAF during WWII. This book analyses the relationship between the RAF, the Free French Movement and the French fighter pilots in WWII.

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Originally published in hardcover in 2011 by Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

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During 1862, a pivotal year in the war between the American states, three cavalry leaders led cavalry raids that had both immediate and long-term effects. This book examines the tactics that made each raid more or less successful as well as how the different leadership styles impacted the missions.

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Colonel Rodney Foster, who retired to Hythe in the south of England after a military career in British India, joined the Home Guard in 1940 and kept a diary every day - a highly illegal act at the time - and in it meticulously chronicled his service in the real "Dad's Army".

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**** EXPORT AND IRELAND ONLY ****

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In early 1942 the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Poland for captured Allied airmen. In this book Guy Walters takes a fresh look at this remarkable event and asks the question, what was the true story, not the movie version This title examines what the escape really achieved, and the nature of the man who led it.

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'One of the great Second World War memoirs ... will be read as long as that war is remembered' John Keegan
A true military classic.

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"The Revenge of the 47 Ronin - Edo 1702".

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'The last great heave of war,' according to Churchill, took place with the crossing of the Rhine in 1945. With a description of the combined Allied attack, this book charts the history of the last great set-piece battle of the war that ultimately brought the defeat of Hitler's Nazi regime one step closer.

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Known as the last great "stand-up fight" of World War II, the battle for the Rhineland was brutal in the extreme, calling on a "broad front policy" to take the whole Rhineland. This title examines the battle in detail, including information on opposing commanders, and the aftermath.

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A compelling narrative of one of the Civil War's most pivotal campaigns in which Federal armies drove Robert E. Lee's army to the brink of defeat in April 1865.

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A thorough history of WWII in southeastern France, featuring previously unseen sources and photographs.