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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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'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.

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The Vietnam War lasted twenty years and resulted in the deaths of over 58,000 American soldiers, with many more Vietnamese victims.

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Despite minor setbacks, Christian Europe had enjoyed success on previous Crusader campaigns. This book shows how pursuing an ambitious but politically flawed strategy against an Islamic state friendly to their Crusader neighbours, the knights of the Second Crusade suffered a crushing defeat at Damascus in 1148.

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A. W. Purdue provides one of the most concise yet comprehensive assessments of the entire course of World War II, covering both the European and the Asian Pacific conflicts. The second edition of this established text has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of recent research and current debates.

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McClellan away from the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA, in the summer of 1862.

The Seven Days' Battles: The War Begins Anew examines how Lee's Confederate forces squared off against McClellan's Union Army during this week-long struggle, revealing how both sides committed many errors that could have affected the outcome.

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The most extraordinary siege in medieval history began with the arrival of a Christian army at Jerusalem on the dawn of 6 June, 1099. This book offers an insight into the final siege of the First Crusade.

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The first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 -- .

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Now available in paperback, this study of the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 contains 14 new essays from scholars working in literature, music, art history and military history. -- .

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Packed with rich detail and analysis, this exciting tale of war at sea relates the dramatic and moving true story of the sinking of the British liner Laconia and its consequences for the conduct of marine warfare.

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Following the lightening destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Israel turned to the forces of Jordan and Syria, with whom Egypt had signed a mutual-defence pact, and which had now entered the war. This title presents one of the most important of 20th century campaigns.

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Covers the background to the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and the campaign against the Egyptians in the Sinai Peninsula, including the initial devastating air assault that showed the world how vital air supremacy was in modern combat.

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The Spanish Civil War served as the opening act of World War II. the Civil War was the focal point of the mid-1930s, and ordinary people in all walks of life took sides in the highly charged emotional atmosphere.

Though the conflict ended some 60 years ago, its violent events still resonate in Spain.

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The Sten submachine gun - officially the Carbine, Machine, Sten - was developed to fulfill the pressing British need for large quantities of cheaply produced weapons after Dunkirk, when German invasion was a real possibility. This title presents story of the mass-produced submachine gun.

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Extensively researched from a wide range of sources so that theoretical concepts are illuminated with the men's own accounts of lived experience. -- .