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Sussex at War 1939-45

Sussex at War 1939-45

RRP: £12.99
Introductory Price: £7.79

From the Dunkirk evacuation, Sussex became a front-line county and a likely invasion area if the Germans launched their feared attack. This book takes an in depth look at the fortification of the county, the… Read more...

Sussex at War 1939-45

Sussex at War 1939-45

RRP: £12.99
Introductory Price: £7.79

From the Dunkirk evacuation, Sussex became a front-line county and a likely invasion area if the Germans launched their feared attack. This book takes an in depth look at the fortification of the county, the… Read more...

Sparta

Sparta

RRP: £19.99
Introductory Price: £11.99

Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans were masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. What went wrong? Was the fall of Sparta inevitable?… Read more...

Sparta

Sparta

RRP: £19.99
Introductory Price: £11.99

Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans were masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. What went wrong? Was the fall of Sparta inevitable?… Read more...

Sheffield's Most Notorious Gangs

Sheffield's Most Notorious Gangs

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Introductory Price: £7.79

The returning heroes had been forgotten by their country. Men who had risked life and limb in the hellish world of the First World War trenches had no choice but to fight again; this time,… Read more...

Sheffield's Most Notorious Gangs

Sheffield's Most Notorious Gangs

RRP: £12.99
Introductory Price: £7.79

The returning heroes had been forgotten by their country. Men who had risked life and limb in the hellish world of the First World War trenches had no choice but to fight again; this time,… Read more...

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

RRP: £12.99
Introductory Price: £7.79

It is, of course, no secret that undercover Special Forces and intelligence agencies operated in Northern Ireland and the Republic throughout the ‘troubles’, from 1969 to 2001 and beyond. What is less well known is… Read more...

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

RRP: £12.99
Introductory Price: £7.79

It is, of course, no secret that undercover Special Forces and intelligence agencies operated in Northern Ireland and the Republic throughout the ‘troubles’, from 1969 to 2001 and beyond. What is less well known is… Read more...

Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East

Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East

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Introductory Price: £11.99

Lucius Verus is one of the least regarded Roman emperors, despite the fact that he was co-ruler with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius for nine years until his untimely death. The later sources were strangely… Read more...

Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East

Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East

RRP: £19.99
Introductory Price: £11.99

Lucius Verus is one of the least regarded Roman emperors, despite the fact that he was co-ruler with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius for nine years until his untimely death. The later sources were strangely… Read more...

Fight, Dig and Live

Fight, Dig and Live

RRP: ££12.99

The Korean War, which began with an unprovoked attack by North Korea in 1950, went on for three long years. Over 100,000 soldiers of the United Nations forces, including those of the Republic of Korea,… Read more...

The Battle of North Cape

The Battle of North Cape

RRP: £7.08

Transcribed from a hand-typed manuscript, this is a poignant eye-witness account of the Battle of North Cape, as witnessed by a young signal-boy aboard the British warship HMS Belfast. This crucial battle to protect the… Read more...

24 Hours at Agincourt 25 October 1415

24 Hours at Agincourt 25 October 1415

RRP: £9.99

Agin Court was an astonishing clash of arms, a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years War and the history of warfare in general. King Henry V's exhausted troops were preparing for certain defeat as they… Read more...

Grunt

Grunt

RRP: £26.95 ($)

This new title from Mary Roach, author of other books such as Gulp, Stiff, Bonk, Spook and Packing for Mars, offers a fresh look at the aspects of war that not many people talk about;… Read more...

X Platoon

X Platoon

RRP: £8.99

For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number… Read more...

A Dying Breed

A Dying Breed

RRP: £14.99

Kabul, Afghanistan. William Carver, a veteran but unpredictable BBC hack, is thrown into the unknown when a bomb goes off killing a local official. Warned off the story from every direction, Carver won't give in… Read more...

Socket Bayonets

Socket Bayonets

RRP: £14.99

Socket Bayonets is a richly informative title covering the history of the socket bayonet. Graham Priest uses clear and detailed images to explore the role of the bayonet, showing common examples and rarer versions to… Read more...

Over There: America in the Great War

Over There: America in the Great War

RRP: £17.99

More than 400 photographs detail the American military experience in World War I on the ground, in the air, and at sea, from recruitment to the Armistice. This richly informative new release features the infamous… Read more...

Sniper on the Eastern Front

Sniper on the Eastern Front

RRP: £7.99

This book is a rare first-hand account by a ruthlessly efficient German sniper of life and death during the bitter conflict that followed the Nazi invasion of Russia. Josef 'Sepp' Allerberger was an Austrian conscript… Read more...

Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943

Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943

RRP: £20.00

This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of… Read more...

Dates in History

Operation Barbarossa

22nd June 1941

Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along an 1,800 mile front. The planning for operation Barbarossa took several years prior to June 1941; the clandestine preparations and the military operation itself lasted almost a year, from the Spring of 1941, through the Winter of 1941.

Further Reading

The Red Air Force at War Barbarossa and the Retreat to Moscow
(Hardback - 224 pages)
by Artem Drabkin

The onset of war in the summer of 1941 was a disaster for the Soviet Air Force. In a few weeks, faced by the onslaught of the Luftwaffe, most of the Soviet frontline aircraft were destroyed, and the casualty rate among the pilots was cripplingly high. Yet the surviving few… Read more at Pen & Sword...

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