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Tells the compelling story of how the Royal Navy secured the strategic space from Egypt in the west to Australasia in the East through the first half of World War II. It explains why this contribution, made while the Soviet Union's fate remained in the balance and before American economic power took effect, was so critical.

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A chronological account of the battle More than 200 photographs, including graphic images of the fighting and the huge naval bombardment.

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Covering daring and dangerous operations behind enemy lines during the Second World War. This is an authentic first-hand account by a member of the SAS parachuted into France.

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The siege of Savannah of 1779 was one of the costliest defeats for the French and patriot forces during the American Revolution and this new study tells the full story from the successful British assault on the city onwards.

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In January and February 1991, as the United States-led coalition drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, Saddam Husseins troops retaliated with an inferno. As much a major document of modern history as an extraordinary photographic portfolio, Kuwait: A Desert on Fire is the first monograph on Sebastio Salgados astonishing 1991 series on the human,...

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Look behind the curtain and meet the engineers, resistance fighters, spies, physicists and more who committed incredible acts of heroism amidst the chaos and danger of WWII. From the priest who hid thousands of POWs and Jews in the Vatican, to the Antipodean servicewoman who led a formidable Resistance group, prepare to be awed and captivated.

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A remarkable and unusual Second World War naval autobiography. The author was one of the first British officers to cross the bridge at Remagen on the Rhine the only Rhine bridge left standing after the Germans had blown up the others.

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Using first-hand accounts of the participants, this book examines the wide-ranging exploits of the Dover Patrol - from shore bombardment, barrage building and maintenance, antisubmarine work, and escort duties to the protection of troops and supplies for the Western Front and ship-to-ship engagements with German forces.

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One the best and most complete accounts of cryptography yet published released in paperback for the first time

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Graphic account of the most deadly V1 attack of the Second World War

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A new book on how the iconic film was made and certain scenes were faked

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Authoritative study of sniping in the Great War describing the development of sniping and counter-sniping tactics.

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On D-Day, 27 officers and 565 men of 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders landed on the coast of Normandy. By the time the 51st Highland Division reached Bremen the following April, after ten months continuous fighting, 1st Gordons had lost 75 Officers and 986 men in battle. The author, a former distinguished explorer, commanded the Battalion in 16 operations, here tells his epic story.

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The observations of a Bavarian officer who served with Napoleon's Grande Armee based on letters and diaries from 1805 until 1814.

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Offers a new explanation about why the first day of the Somme was so bloody, including a comparison between British, French and German methods and why the attacks worked where they did

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This is a thought-provoking account of lost and fulfilled potential and unswerving loyalty at a time of political and religious turmoil.

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Deeply moving stories of fourteen pilots of the iconic Spitfire fighter who failed to return.

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Rare photographs from SS sources illustrating the armored formations which took part in this titanic struggle. Includes rare images of the Panther in action.

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It is an often overlooked fact that the SS Divisions included Cavalrymen, Paratroopers, Mountain and Ski Battalions and these rare photographs illustrate the unique role played by specialist units in action.

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The official account of this notorious prisoner of war camp written for the War Office by the prisoners themselves.

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Written at the end of the war by the very government officials involved in the various defence plans. Reveals the UK's situation in the years prior to the Second World War.

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Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942 and was controlled by them for the next three years. Winston Churchill decided against a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fall of this bastion of empire, and no subsequent British government has seen fit to change that decision. This remarkable book tells the fascinating and largely forgotten story of the fall of Singapore.

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In-depth account of the daring Allied tank attack launched along Cavendish Road during the third battle at Monte Cassino in 1944. Graphic description of the construction of Cavendish Road.