Second World War, 1939-1945
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Add to BasketAmong You Taking Notes: The Wartime Diary Of Naomi Mitchison 1939-1945 - - Paperback
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Naomi Mitchison kept a record of her wartime experiences in the Kintyre fishing village of Carradale. Her account is crowded with incident, and contains her thoughts on the politics of war and her life as a working farmer's wife. -
Add to BasketBattleship Bismarck: A Survivor's Story - - Paperback
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This work tells the story of the Bismarck. The author describes her influence on the war, sinking the pride of the British navy, and her own sinking at the hands of a British taskforce that marked the ruination of much of German naval strategy. -
Add to BasketThe Bitter Woods: The Dramatic Story, Told At All Echelons - From Supreme Command To Squad Leader - Of The Crisis That Shook The Western Coalition, Hitler's Surprise Ardennes Offensive - - Paperback
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The Bitter Woods is the story of Germany's last great offensive and the desperate struggle which broke the German armies and contributed to the end of the war. The Battle of the Bulge is the subject of a film next year. This is its definitive story. -
£9.99Black Saturday: Tragedy At Scapa Flow - - Paperback
In the early hours of Saturday 14th October 1939, the Royal Navy suffered a stunning loss. The battleship Royal Oak, stationed inside the main base of the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, was shaken by a number of explosives. She became a furnace, rolled over and within minutes, had gone to the bottom, with nearly 800 men trapped inside. -
Add to BasketCairnryan Military Port 1940-1996: From U-Boats To The Ark Royal - - Paperback
£8.50
Illustrated throughout, this focuses on the military port in Cairnryan from 1940-1996 and the wartime activity which transformaed it. - Add to BasketCardboard Wedding Cakes: The Lives Of The Ordinary People Of Fife During The Second World War - - Paperback
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This text has been composed from the reminiscences of those who remember what it was like to lead their everyday lives in the shadow of the Second World War. -
£8.99Churchill's Sacrifice Of The Highland Division, France 1940 - - Paperback
More than a week after the last British troops had been evacuated from Dunkirk, the 51st (Highland) Division was forced to surrender. More than 10,000 men were driven into five years of captivity in prison camps. The author traces the story of the Highland Division, from its arrival in France to its final desperate stand. -
Add to BasketThe Clyde At War - - Hardback
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The river Clyde and its estuary played a central part in both World War I and II. On both banks of the river the ships that fed and protected Britain were launched. This book illustrates a nation at war and the river which was its lifeline. -
Add to BasketThe Clyde At War - - Paperback
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The river Clyde and its estuary played a central part in both World War I and II. On both banks of the river the ships that fed and protected Britain were launched. This book illustrates a nation at war and the river which was its lifeline. -
Add to BasketCrowdie And Cream And Other Stories - - Paperback
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Finlay J. Macdonald enjoyed a long and successful career as a BBC talks producer and later as a television director. This omnibus edition presents Macdonald's memoirs of his childhood in the Hebrides.