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Oswald Harcourt-Davis joined the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1916
to become a despatch rider. He was allocated a Triumph motorcycle
at Abbeville France on 18th July 1916 and was attached to the
ANZACs for the duration of the war which saw him motorcycling
around the Somme and Ypres Salient areas. He won his military medal
at Messines.
Unshackled Spirit was a unique 'Spitfire' fighter aircraft
purchased by allied prisoners of war whilst imprisoned in Germany;
the book explains how this remarkable achievement was possible
using previously restricted and secret material. In addition,
accounts are compiled from a collection of original YMCA personal
wartime logs as issued to RAF prisoners of war in 1944. 'Unshackled
Spirit' draws out the story of each aviator, how they became a
prisoner of war and life in the various camps across occupied
Europe. Extensive and amazingly detailed pieces of artwork are
taken from the logs and illustrated in the book. The balance of
fact and inspired drawings makes for an impressive collection from
a number of incarcerated aviators. The hardship of POW's and the
extraordinary means adopted to escape are touched upon, but more
importantly the aspect of how agencies helped by supplying all
manner of equipment to the thousands of men behind barbed wire. The
role of MI9 is revealed and how it participated in those agencies
exploring the efforts taken to smuggle escape material into the
prisoner of war camps without breeching the Geneva Convention and
finally the extraordinary measures taken to secure intelligence
during the process of prisoner repatriation.
I have found that there are many people who do not have any
knowledge of the Great War. But we should remember it, as nearly a
million people died. Their names are written on memorials all over
England, as well as France and Belgium. Do not forget them and the
sacrifice they made.
Paul and Charlotte Bondy were refugees from Hitler caught up in
Churchill's policy of mass internment. Paul was detained at the
Alien Internment Camp at Huyton, near Liverpool, from late June to
early December 1940. During this time his only contact with his
wife and young daughter was by post. As this young married couple
struggled to overcome the vicissitudes of war and exile to maintain
some semblance of family life, they wrote to each other regularly.
The letters, postcards and telegrams reproduced here are a unique
example of a complete WW2 Internment Correspondence.
Illustrated with detailed artworks of German tanks and their
markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Wehrmacht
Panzer Divisions 1939-45 is the definitive study of the equipment
and organisation of the Wehrmacht's armoured divisions. Organised
by division, the book describes in depth the various models of tank
in German service during the war with each individual armoured
division, with listing of the unit commanders and any famous tank
aces. Each divisional section is further broken down by campaign,
accompanied by orders of battle, a brief divisional history of the
campaign and any specific unit markings. With information boxes
accompanying the full-colour artworks, all drawn to the same scale,
Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939-45 is an essential reference guide
for modellers and any enthusiast with an interest in the armoured
divisions of the German Wehrmacht.
From the Italian Alps to northern Germany, to London, New York,
Washington and Tokyo, Victory ’45 tells the story of the extraordinary
summer when the greatest conflagration the world had ever known finally
came to an end after eight surrenders that heralded the Allied victory.
Comprised of eight chapters based around each of those surrenders and
the victory celebrations which followed, it will be rich in character
and human drama with revealing stories and perspectives behind the end
of the war not yet told before. Each chapter will follow the viewpoints
of a number of key characters as they traverse these world-changing
events – from ordinary servicemen and women and civilians to generals
and political leaders.
What took place during the negotiations of those surrenders and the
terms that were agreed there would determine the directions the
participating countries would take in the years that followed and
ultimately the shape of our current world.
A gripping first hand account of how Soviet Communism impacted on
those who had to live their daily lives under its rule.
This work explores the value of the motorcycle to communications,
and how the despatch rider helped prevent German victory.
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