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Me 262 #03: Me 262
by J. Richard Smith Publisher Comments Covers the night war waged by the Me 262 against the British Mosquito over Berlin in 1945 and an account of their daylight defence of the Third Reich....
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Diver! Diver! Diver!: RAF and American Fighter Pilots Battle the V-1 Assault Over South-East England, 1944
by Brian Cull Publisher Comments During the summer months of 1944, a daily onslaught by V-1 jet-propelled flying bombs, heading for London and southern England, was countered in the skies of Kent and Sussex. To the pilots, British press, and bewildered public, Hitler's 'secret weapons...
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Guantnamo: A Critical History of the Us Base in Cuba (Radical History)
by David Deutschmann Publisher Comments "What use this virtual theft of sovereign territory has been put to eventually is the shame and disgrace of the United States, and also of the contemporary world, which, intimidated by US power, turns a blind eye to the prison that has been blatantly...
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Inside the Tiger 1
by Jean Restayn Publisher Comments With this new volume, Jean Restayn finishes up his trilogy on the most famous German tank of World War Two. After having dealt in detail with the Tiger tank units on both Eastern and Western fronts (the two previous volumes), this author/illustrator of...
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The Austrian Army in the Campaign of 1866: Organisation, Uniforms, Tactics, Commanders, Unit Histories
by Stuart Sutherland Publisher Comments In the spring of 1866 relations between the Austrian Empire and the kingdom of Prussia reached a crisis. The two nations were locked in a battle for the leadership of Germany and, ultimately, for the leadership in central Europe. Through the astute...
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Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce
by Christopher Hibbert Publisher Comments With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary complexities and contradictions that characterized Benito Mussolini. Mussolini was born on a Sunday afternoon in 1883 in a village in central...
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Auster: A Brief History of the Auster Aircraft in British Military Service
by Barry Ketley Publisher Comments This book is a largely pictorial volume tracing the history and development of the various marks of Auster light aircraft and its influence upon the birth and development of British Army aviation in, and after, World War II. Never a glamorous machine...
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New: $24.95 Hardcover available August 19, 2008 add to wish list |
Counterfeiter: How a Norwegian Jew Survived the Holocaust (General Military)
by Moritz Nachtstern Publisher Comments Published for the first time in English, this is an enthralling personal account of the secret Nazi project, Operation Bernhard, devised to destabilize the British and, later, American economies by creating and putting into circulation millions of...
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Road to Destruction: Operation Blue and the Battle of Stalingrad: A Photographic History
by Ian Baxter Publisher Comments Road to Destruction' offers a unique visual insight into the climactic Battle of Stalingrad during the autumn and winter of 1942-43. Pushing forward through the southern steppes aiming to capture the vital Caucasian oil fields, before being caught up in...
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Piracy: The Complete History (General Military)
by Angus Konstam Publisher Comments When we think of pirates we conjure up images of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, or even fictional pirates such as Long John Silver, Captain Hook and Captain Jack Sparrow. These historical characters all hailed from one period. Known as The Golden Age of...
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Gallipoli: Attack from the Sea
by Victor Rudenno Publisher Comments The Gallipoli campaign of 1914–15 is one of the events of the First World War that continues to seize imaginations today. The first modern seaborne landing of British, French, Australian, New Zealand, and Indian forces on a hostile—and what...
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The Enemy Within: A History of Spies, Spymasters, and Espionage (General Military)
by Terry Crowdy Publisher Comments To gain the upper hand in conflict the ability to know what your enemy is planning is vital. Massive amounts of money have been spent and many lives have been lost in pursuit of this objective. From biblical times to the present day, leaders have...
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Special Forces at War: An Illustrated History, Southeast Asia 1957-1975
by Shelby L. Stanton Publisher Comments More than 8.7 million Americans reported for military duty in Southeast Asia, but only a select few wore the Green Beret, the distinctive symbol of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Operating out of small outposts in some of the worlds most rugged terrain...
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Diesel Retrospective: Class 33
by John Vaughan Publisher Comments Although the bulk of the Southern Region was either electrified by the late 1950s or was planned for future electrification, there remained a need for some diesel traction for the region. The result was the 98-strong Class 33, with the first of the class...
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Great Ships: British Battleships in World War II (Stackpole Military History)
by Peter Charles Smith Synopsis Military historian Smith offers an authoritative study of British battleships in World War II, highlighting stirring episodes of naval combat around the globe....
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New Vanguard #147: American Light and Medium Frigates 1794-1836
by Mark Lardas Publisher Comments The Original Six frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of $688,888.82. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power across the globe. Among the ships Mark Lardas examines is USS...
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Classic Bus Yearbook 14
by Gavin Booth Publisher Comments Since it was first published in 1995, Classic Bus Yearbook has firmly established itself as one of the most popular road transport titles in the Ian Allan Publishing range. Its annual publication each spring is eagerly awaited by bus enthusiasts. This...
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Terror of the Autumn Skies: The Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I
by Blaine Pardoe Publisher Comments A biography of the "Arizona Balloon Buster," the first pilot to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. Frank Luke, Jr., was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still "knights of the air," Luke was an ungallant loner, a kid from Arizona...
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Panzerschlacht: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944
by Perry Moore Publisher Comments 'Panzerschlacht' covers in detail the unraveling of the southern sector of the Eastern Front during late summer and autumn 1944, which led to some of the largest and most vicious, yet unknown, tank battles of the Second World War. Slammed by continuous...
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Magnificent Disaster: The Failure of the Market Garden, the Arnhem Operation, September 1944
by David Bennett Publisher Comments After Normandy, the most spectacular Allied offensive of World War II was Operation Market Garden, which saw three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines, to be joined by massive armored columns breaking through the front. The ultimate...
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