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619: The History of a Forgotten Squadron - The Activities of No.619 Squadron RAF During World War 2 (Paperback): Bryan Clarke 619: The History of a Forgotten Squadron - The Activities of No.619 Squadron RAF During World War 2 (Paperback)
Bryan Clarke
R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Virginian in Best Blue - A US Pilot in the Wartime RAF (Paperback): Parke Smith A Virginian in Best Blue - A US Pilot in the Wartime RAF (Paperback)
Parke Smith
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Mythical Battle - Hastings 1066 (Hardcover): Ashley Hern The Mythical Battle - Hastings 1066 (Hardcover)
Ashley Hern 1
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Battle of Hastings is one of the key events in the history of the British Isles. This book is not merely another attempt to describe what happened at Hastings - that has already been done supremely well by many others - but instead to highlight two issues: how little we actually know for certain about the battle, and how the popular understanding of 14 October 1066 has been shaped by the concerns of later periods. It looks not just at perennial themes such as how did Harold die and why did the English lose, but also at other crucial issues such as the diplomatic significance of William of Normandy's claim to the English throne, the Norman attempt to secure papal support, and the extent to which the Norman and Anglo-Saxon armies represented diametrically opposed military systems. This study will be of great interest to all historians, students and teachers of history and is illustrated with 10 colour and 10 black & white photographs.

Under the Red Eagle - Recollections of an Overseas Tour with HQ No.239 Wing, Desert Air Force, 1942-45 (Paperback): F.T. Pearce Under the Red Eagle - Recollections of an Overseas Tour with HQ No.239 Wing, Desert Air Force, 1942-45 (Paperback)
F.T. Pearce
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From One to One Thousand Horsepower - How a Scottish Cavalryman Became a WW2 Fighter Pilot (Paperback): Fergus Davidson From One to One Thousand Horsepower - How a Scottish Cavalryman Became a WW2 Fighter Pilot (Paperback)
Fergus Davidson
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Siege of Khe Sanh - The Story of the Vietnam War's Largest Battle (Paperback): Robert Pisor Siege of Khe Sanh - The Story of the Vietnam War's Largest Battle (Paperback)
Robert Pisor; Preface by Mark Bowden
R425 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The six-month siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 was the largest, most intense battle of the Vietnam War. For six thousand trapped U.S. Marines, it was a nightmare; for President Johnson, an obsession. For General Westmoreland, it was to be the final vindication of technological weaponry; for General Giap, architect of the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, it was a spectacular ruse masking troops moving south for the Tet offensive. With a new introduction by Mark Bowden-best-selling author of Hu? 1968-Robert Pisor's immersive narrative of the action at Khe Sanh is a timely reminder of the human cost of war, and a visceral portrait of Vietnam's fiercest and most epic close-quarters battle. Readers may find the politics and the tactics of the Vietnam War, as they played out at Khe Sahn fifty years ago, echoed in our nation's global incursions today. Robert Pisor sets forth the history, the politics, the strategies, and, above all, the desperate reality of the battle that became the turning point of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

An Erk's Eye View of WW2 - An Airman's Recollections of RAF Elsham Wolds During World War Two (Paperback): Ted... An Erk's Eye View of WW2 - An Airman's Recollections of RAF Elsham Wolds During World War Two (Paperback)
Ted Mawdsley
R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Operation Ladbroke - From Dream to Disaster - A First-hand Account of the Airborne Assaults on Sicily and Arnhem (Paperback):... Operation Ladbroke - From Dream to Disaster - A First-hand Account of the Airborne Assaults on Sicily and Arnhem (Paperback)
Alec Waldron
R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shetland Bus Man (Paperback, New edition): Kaare Iversen Shetland Bus Man (Paperback, New edition)
Kaare Iversen
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Espionage Behind the Wire - The Remarkable Wartime Activities of a Prison Camp Spy (Paperback): Howard Greville Espionage Behind the Wire - The Remarkable Wartime Activities of a Prison Camp Spy (Paperback)
Howard Greville
R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Kiss Lori for Me (Hardcover): Lori Reaves Kiss Lori for Me (Hardcover)
Lori Reaves
R1,344 R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Save R221 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Battle of Peach Tree Creek - Hood's First Sortie, July 20, 1864 (Hardcover): Robert D Jenkins Sr The Battle of Peach Tree Creek - Hood's First Sortie, July 20, 1864 (Hardcover)
Robert D Jenkins Sr
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Battle of Peach Tree Creek marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy, for it turned the page from the patient defence displayed by General Joseph E. Johnston to the bold offense called upon by his replacement, General John Bell Hood. Until this point in the campaign, the Confederates had fought primarily in the defensive from behind earthworks, forcing Federal commander William T. Sherman to either assault fortified lines, or go around them in flanking moves. At Peach Tree Creek, the roles would be reversed for the first time, as Southerners charged Yankee lines. The Gate City, as Atlanta has been called, was in many ways the capstone to the Confederacy's growing military-industrial complex and was the transportation hub of the fledgling nation. For the South it had to be held. For the North it had to be taken. With General Johnston removed for failing to parry the Yankee thrust into Georgia, the fate of Atlanta and the Confederacy now rested on the shoulders of thirty-three-year-old Hood, whose body had been torn by the war. Peach Tree Creek was the first of three battles in eight days in which Hood led the Confederate Army to desperate, but unsuccessful, attempts to repel the Federals encircling Atlanta. This particular battle started the South on a downward spiral from which she would never recover. After Peach Tree Creek and its companion battles for Atlanta, the clear-hearing Southerner could hear the death throes of the Confederacy. It was the first nail in the coffin of Atlanta and Dixie.

The World's Warships 1915 - Compiled from Jane's Fighting Ships (Hardcover): Fred T. Jane The World's Warships 1915 - Compiled from Jane's Fighting Ships (Hardcover)
Fred T. Jane
R2,497 Discovery Miles 24 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
To Strive and Not to Yield (Paperback): Dennis West To Strive and Not to Yield (Paperback)
Dennis West
R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Wot! No Engines? - Military Gliders, RAF Pilots and Operation Varsity, 1945 (Paperback): Alan Cooper Wot! No Engines? - Military Gliders, RAF Pilots and Operation Varsity, 1945 (Paperback)
Alan Cooper
R728 R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Save R51 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Nobody Unprepared - The History of No 78 Squadron RAF (Paperback): Vernon Holland Nobody Unprepared - The History of No 78 Squadron RAF (Paperback)
Vernon Holland
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Invasion Rabaul - The Epic Story of Lark Force, the Forgotten Garrison, January - July 1942 (Paperback, First): Bruce Gamble Invasion Rabaul - The Epic Story of Lark Force, the Forgotten Garrison, January - July 1942 (Paperback, First)
Bruce Gamble
R709 R636 Discovery Miles 6 360 Save R73 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Invasion Rabaul' is a gut-wrenching account of courage and sacrifice, folly and disaster, as seen through the eyes of the Allied defenders who survived the Japanese assault on Britain during the opening days of World War II.

Returned With a Creed (Hardcover): Ruth James Returned With a Creed (Hardcover)
Ruth James
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Un Grand Bordel - An RAF Air Gunner's Experiences with Bomber Command and the French Maquis (Paperback): Norman Lee,... Un Grand Bordel - An RAF Air Gunner's Experiences with Bomber Command and the French Maquis (Paperback)
Norman Lee, Geoffrey French
R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
My Friend Anne Frank (Paperback): Hannah Pick-Goslar My Friend Anne Frank (Paperback)
Hannah Pick-Goslar
R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this never-before-seen memoir, Bergen-Belsen survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar shares incredibly powerful words on the final untold portrait of her childhood friend, Anne Frank. The inspiring and heartbreaking true story of two best friends torn apart and reunited against all odds.

When Hannah Pick-Goslar's family fled Nazi Germany for Amsterdam, she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbour; precocious, outspoken and fun-loving Anne Frank. Hannah instantly warmed to happy-go-lucky Anne and for seven blissful years, the inseparable pair navigated school, boys and coming of age in Amsterdam's Rivierenbuurt neighbourhood. But in 1942, life quickly changed for the thirteen-year-old girls.

The Nazi occupation of Amsterdam meant the friends were separated without warning. Hannah called on Anne, but there was no trace of her friend or her precious diary. Hannah was tormented over the fate of Anne, wondering if, by some stroke of fortune she had escaped danger and was alive and well elsewhere. It wasn't until Hannah reached her darkest point, imprisoned with her family in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, that she had an astonishing chance reunion with Anne. Desperate to save her friend who was weak and struggling to survive, Hannah risked everything to toss packages filled with food and clothes over a barbed-wire fence. Hannah only learned of Anne's death after her liberation, when Otto Frank came to visit her in hospital. From that day, Otto became a second father to Hannah, making sure that she was always looked after.

In this groundbreaking memoir, Hannah Pick-Goslar shares an intimate portrait of Anne Frank, the young Jewish diarist who has captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world.

Victory (Hardcover): Jane Lippitt Patterson Victory (Hardcover)
Jane Lippitt Patterson
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Five Months on a German Raider - Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' (Hardcover): Frederic... Five Months on a German Raider - Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' (Hardcover)
Frederic George Trayes
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Bird Over Berlin - A World War II Lancaster Pilot's Story of Survival Against the Odds (Paperback): Tony Bird A Bird Over Berlin - A World War II Lancaster Pilot's Story of Survival Against the Odds (Paperback)
Tony Bird
R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Once a Cameron Highlander - Recollections of a First World War Veteran and Centenarian (Paperback): Robert Burns Once a Cameron Highlander - Recollections of a First World War Veteran and Centenarian (Paperback)
Robert Burns
R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
While Others Slept (Paperback): Eric Woods While Others Slept (Paperback)
Eric Woods
R534 Discovery Miles 5 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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