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Haig: A Re-Appraisal 80 Years On

Field Marshal Earl Haig's reputation continues to arouse as much interest and controversy as ever. This volume represents the collaboration of two leading historical societies, The ...


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Ian Fleming’s Secret War

While his extravagant and glamorous lifestyle is well known, little has been published concerning Ian Fleming's contribution during the Second World War.In the very early days of t ...


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In Love and War

The manner of their meeting was unprecedented. During the lawless mayhem that followed the capture of Badajoz by Wellington, a 14 year old Spanish girl sought the protection of Ca ...


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In the Face of the Enemy

In Part One Powdrill describes his experiences in France during ‘the Phoney War’ and then their baptism by fire in May 1940, culminating in the evacuation from Dunkirk having left ...


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In the Shadow of Nelson

Vice Admiral Cuthbert (Cuddy) Collingwood may have been 10 years older than Horatio Nelson but he was Nelson's close friend from the outset. They served together for over 30 years ...


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Letters from the Horn of Africa 1923 – 1942

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After brief service in the Gordon Highlanders as part of the Army of Occupation of the Rhine post Great War, Sandy Curle sought more adventurous soldiering and in 1923 was seconded ...


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Life of General George Monck

General George Monck is famous for the key role he played in the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. His actions changed the course of British history, but his statesmanship in t ...


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The Life of Sir John Moore

Roger Day sets the historical background of the Peninsula War with admirable clarity and shows how and why the British Army owes so much to this remarkable man who died so tragical ...


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Missing Believed Killed

During the early years of WW2 it soon became apparent that the system for tracing the remains of R.A.F. aircrew deemed ‘Missing Believed Killed’ was totally inadequate. The Missing ...


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Mithridates the Great

A military biography of Mithridates VI ‘the Great’ of Pontus, Rome’s most persistent enemy. The Mithridiatic wars stretched over half a century and two continents, and have a fasci ...


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Mosquito: Menacing the Reich

‘On 15 November it came suddenly out of nowhere inches above the hangars with a crackling thunderclap of twin Merlins. As we watched, bewitched, it was flung about the sky in a bey ...


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No Mercy from the Japanese

By the laws of statistics John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story. He firmly believes that someone somewhere was looking after him during those four years. Examine ...


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One of ‘The Few’

Ted Shippy Shipman was one of The Few who flew with 41 Squadron in the Battle of Britain. He left his father's farm in 1930 and enlisted in the RAF as a driver ACII. He flew for th ...


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Operation Neptune

In this timeless book, Vice Admiral Schofield describes the great events of June 1944 which, as Captain of HMS Dryad, the Royal Naval shore establishment which housed General Dwigh ...


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A Passion for Flying

The story of Group Captain Tom Eeles who served in the RAF for 44 years and totaled over 8000 hours of flying in twenty-eight different aircraft types. Tom entered RAF College Cran ...


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Pyrrhus of Epirus

Pyrrhus was born into the royal house of Epirus, northwest Greece, but his mother was forced to flee into exile to protect his life when he was a mere infant. Yet he prospered in t ...


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RAF Harrier Ground Attack: Falklands

During the Falklands war Jerry Pook, a pilot in No. 1(F) Squadron RAF, flew air interdiction, armed reccon, close-air-support and airfield attack as well as pure photo-reccon missi ...


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RAF Liberator over the Eastern Front

Jim Auton was posted to 178 Squadron who were operating ex-U.S.A.A.F., war-weary Liberator heavy bombers. This squadron he was based in Foggia in Italy, living under canvas without ...


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RAF Top Gun

Edward ‘Teddy’ Mortlock Donaldson was one of three aviator brothers to win the D.S.O. during World War II. He joined his brother in the R.A.F. and was granted a sort-service commis ...


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Red Tobruk

Red Tobruk, the war memoir of the Captain of HMS Eridge from late 1940 until August 1942 is a superb account of wartime action at sea. Frank Gregory-Smith&supl;s war started on the ...


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Royal Navy and the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879 - 1881

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This beautifully presented book captures the spirit of a little known war where the Royal Navy played a peripheral but crucial role. The power of the British Empire was at its heig ...


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Är jag framme snart?

Allt var mörkt. Jag var tonåring, och det enda jag visste om homosexualitet hade jag läst i en läkarbok från 1920-talet. När jag kom hem på eftermiddagen satt jag en bra stund och ...


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En brutalt ärlig historia

Nu hade supandet gått så långt att det inte fanns någon återvändo. Jag hade redan skrivit ihop avskedsbrevet till mina söner. Nu handlade det bara om att hitta rätt tillvägagångssä ...


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Inte bara David, om ett annorlunda föräldraskap

Kent är 29 år när sonen David föds. Till en början verkar allt normalt, men när David är lite mer än ett år visar det sig att han är döv. När han närmar sig sin treårsdag har han s ...


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Bruten tid, om att vara ung och hjärnskadad

Matilda Thuresson var 13 år när hela hennes liv förändrades. På ett ögonblick. Hon och hennes kompis Marjan var på väg hem från skolan i Falun när de blev påkörda bakifrån, på trot ...