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1942 On The Offensive

1942 On The Offensive

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1942 was the turning point of the war. In the words of Winston Churchill, it was ‘not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of… Read more...

Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942

Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942

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Despatches in this volume include reports from the Far East between October 1940 and December 1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham; the despatch on operations in Hong Kong between 8 and 25 December… Read more...

Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942

Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942

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Despatches in this volume include reports from the Far East between October 1940 and December 1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham; the despatch on operations in Hong Kong between 8 and 25 December… Read more...

Dorking in the Great War

Dorking in the Great War

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From Zeppelin raids to housing refugees and evacuees or from men volunteering to fight or women working in the local Gunpowder factory, Dorking in the Great War looks at how the experience of war impacted… Read more...

Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942

Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942

RRP: £19.99
Introductory Price: £11.99

Despatches in this volume include reports from the Far East between October 1940 and December 1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham; the despatch on operations in Hong Kong between 8 and 25 December… Read more...

Dumfriesshire in the Great War

Dumfriesshire in the Great War

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In Dumfriesshire, the most striking change during the Great War was to occur around Gretna. Here the largest cordite factory in the UK was established, work commencing on the factory in 1915, with completion in… Read more...

Great Walls and Linear Barriers

Great Walls and Linear Barriers

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Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China and knows of Hadrian's Wall and the other barriers lining stretches of Rome's imperial frontiers. But Peter Spring's original new study demonstrates that far from being… Read more...

An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War

An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War

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With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and… Read more...

Great Walls and Linear Barriers

Great Walls and Linear Barriers

RRP: £25.00
Introductory Price: £15.00

Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China and knows of Hadrian's Wall and the other barriers lining stretches of Rome's imperial frontiers. But Peter Spring's original new study demonstrates that far from being… Read more...

An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War

An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War

RRP: £19.99
Introductory Price: £11.99

With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and… Read more...

An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War

An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War

RRP: £19.99
Introductory Price: £11.99

With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and… Read more...

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation

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The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther… Read more...

The Night of the Dam Busters

The Night of the Dam Busters

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British history is rich in enthralling stories: pivotal moments that changed the future of the country; moments of drama, suspense, intrigue. Dive right into the heart of the action of the bouncing bomb attack on… Read more...

Cut & Thrust

Cut & Thrust

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Of all the weapons ever invented, none has the mystique of the sword. It remains a symbol of authority and strength even today, long after its day on the battlefield has passed. Swords feature in… Read more...

1941 The Second World War in Photographs

1941 The Second World War in Photographs

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1941 At the beginning of the year, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The war in Africa dominated the headlines, with huge swathes of the North African desert changing hands continually. At sea, Germany's… Read more...

The Telegraph, Book of the First World War

The Telegraph, Book of the First World War

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One hundred years on, the First World War has not lost its power to clutch at the heart. But how much do we really know about the war that would shape the 20th Century? And… Read more...

Great Writers on the Great War,; Buchan's War

Great Writers on the Great War,; Buchan's War

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'The observer, wherever on the globe his eyes were turned, would have found no area immune from the struggle.' John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, spent the First World War serving in a variety… Read more...

A Classless Society

A Classless Society

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When Margaret Thatcher was ousted from Downing Street in November 1990 after eleven years of bitter social and economical conflict, many hoped that the decade to come would be more 'caring', others hoped that the… Read more...

The Greatest Traitor

The Greatest Traitor

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On May 1961, after a trial conducted largely in secret, a man named George Blake was sentenced to an unprecedented forty-two years in jail. At the time few details of his crimes were made known.… Read more...

The Girl From Station X

The Girl From Station X

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Segrave opens the pages of her mother's diaries to us and recreates her life both before and after the war. At once a vivid recreation of a dramatic era and a powerful portrait of a… Read more...

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End of the Battle of Meiktila (WWII)

3rd March 1945

Burma comes to an end with General Slim's troops overwhelming the Japanese; the road to Rangoon is now cleared. Despite logistical difficulties, the Allies were able to deploy large armoured and mechanised forces in Central Burma, and also possessed air supremacy. Most of the Japanese forces in Burma were destroyed during the battles.

Further Reading

Constant Vigilance
(Hardback - 256 pages)
by Nigel W M Warwick

The RAF Regiment was created in the early years of World War II for the active dedicated defence of RAF airfields and installations. This books concerns the Regiments operational history in South-east Asia Command and draws on the diaries and recollections of the men who served in that theatre. It… Read more at Pen & Sword...

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