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In 1966 Portugal needed a force that could combine mobility with the ability to engage insurgents; one solution was to create horse cavalry units.

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The global magnitude of World War I has meant that proximity and distance were highly influential in the ways the conflict was conducted, and how it was experienced at tactical, political and emotional levels. This book explores how participants and observers in World War I negotiated the temporal and spatial challenges of the conflict.

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

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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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The courageous life of Lore Schindler, an orphaned Jewish girl who grew up in WWII France.

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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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A unique insight into the U-boat war in World War II, focusing on FAGr 5, the Luftwaffe's only long range maritime reconnaissance and U-boat operating unit, which sought to direct the German submarines at the Allied convoys vital to prosecuting the war in Europe.

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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 ...

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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.

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This is one man's story of a remarkable lifetime of flying, both in peace and in war.

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Dramatic account of special forces in action against the Japanese and Germans in South-East Asia.

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Graphic history of the French soldiers who fought for the SS.