World History: Second World War
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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 BasketThe Enigmatic Sailor: Memoirs Of A Seagoing Intelligence Officer - - Paperback
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This is the account of a young naval officer who acted as a seagoing eavesdropper in World War II. Sir Alan Peacock presents graphic recollections of life on the lower deck, being torpedoed in a Channel action, and contributing to intelligence information required to foil enemy attacks on Russian convoys. -
Add to BasketFull Circle: Log Of The Navy's No. 1 Conscript - - Hardback
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This is the autobiographical account of a Second World War Royal Navy Lieutenant who served as an Official Naval Reporter. Reports filed by him include accounts of the D-Day landings and naval operations during the Burmese campaign. -
Add to BasketGoodbye Darkness - - Paperback
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William Manchester's account of World War II combines reminiscence of his own experiences with his thoughts on returning to the island battlefields of the American war in the Pacific. -
Add to BasketThe Great Escapers: The Full Story Of The Second World War's Most Remarkable Mass Escape - - Paperback
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The Great Escape was one of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War. This work tells the story of these men who managed to break free from the supposedly impenetrable barbed wire and watchtowers of Stalag Luft III, Göring's showcase prison camp near Sagan. -
Add to BasketThe Great Escapers: The Full Story Of The Second World War's Most Remarkable Mass Escape - - Hardback
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'The Great Escapers' charts the story through the experiences of those who lived under the sweeping searchlights of ominous watchtowers, ending with the eight remaining men who broke out that March night 60 years ago - the last of the Great Escapees. -
Add to BasketThe North Atlantic Front: Orkney, Shetland, Faroe And Iceland At War - - Paperback
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During the two world wars, the island groups of Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes, and Iceland, linking Europe to North America, acquired great significance. This work tells of operations along this northern front, and recounts incidents such as the arrest of the staff of the Lerwick Post Office. -
Add to BasketNot Really What You'd Call A War - - Paperback
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Not Really What You'd Call a War are the experiences encountered by an undergraduate who in the Second World War became an ordinary seaman, commissioned officer and a Liaison Office in a Free French ship. -
£13.00Partisanas: Women In The Armed Resistance To Fascism And German Occupation (1936-1945) - - Paperback
This is an inspiring piece of writing, uncovering much of the unacknowledged history of the militant roles taken by women in times of war and simultaneously blowing apart the still pervasive myth that Jewish people did not fight back against the Fascist forces.