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“andrew chatterton”

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  • The Last Recruits

    Dad's Army in the SAS during WWII

    by Andrew Chatterton ...
    The remarkable story of how fresh SAS recruits helped lay the foundation for the liberation of France in the last chapter of the Second World War.On 16 June 1944, 58 men from 1 SAS parachuted into occupied France. Landing hundreds of miles behind German lines, their mission was to disrupt the supply chains of weapons and troops to the front in Normandy – but these were not battle-hardened special ... Read more

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  • Fortress Britain 1940

    Britain's Unsung and Secret Defences on Land, Sea and in the Air

    by Andrew Chatterton ...
    "Through meticulous research in archives and crumbling ventilation shafts, Chatterton paints a picture of Britain in the Second World War that turns our popular narrative on its head. This is important, shocking, and impressive." — Dan Snow MBE, historian, broadcaster and television presenter Alone, unprepared and weak. These are generally the words used to describe Britain's position in 1940, ... Read more

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  • Britain's Secret Defences

    Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins During the Second World War

    by Andrew Chatterton ...
    The first full history of the highly trained and ruthless civilian volunteers secretly trained across Britain to be deployed in the case of a German invasion.The narrative surrounding Britain's anti-invasion forces has often centered on 'Dad's Army'-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very ... Read more

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    Britain's Secret Defences: Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins During the Second World War

    by Andrew Chatterton ...
    Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 14 min

    The narrative surrounding Britain's anti-invasion forces has often centered on "Dad's Army"-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very different.Top-secret, highly trained civilian volunteers were being recruited as early as the summer of 1940. Had the Germans attempted an invasion they would have ... Read more

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    Fortress Britain 1940

    Britain’s Unsung and Secret Defences on Land, Sea and in the Air

    by Andrew Chatterton ...
    Narrated by Gareth Richards ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 57 min

    Alone, unprepared, and weak. These are generally the words used to describe Britain's position in 1940, part of a narrative that has been built up ever since the end of World War II. However, the reality is very different. On land, sea, and in the air, Britain was prepared. It had the most powerful navy in the world; the RAF was relatively strong, but more importantly, was operating as part of a ... Read more

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    How the Bletchley Park codebreakers helped win the war

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    The astonishing story of how the British codebreakers of Bletchley Park cracked the Nazi Enigma cyphers, cutting an estimated two years off the Second World War, never ceases to amaze.No one is better placed to tell that story than Michael Smith, whose number one bestseller Station X was one of the earliest accounts. Using recently released secret files, along with personal interviews with many of ... Read more

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  • Paddy Mayne

    Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes)

    by Hamish Ross ...
    'The best biography I've read recently' – Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne… Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' – Soldier magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the mo... ... Read more

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  • Fighting Nazi Occupation

    British Resistance 1939–1945

    by Malcolm Atkin ...
    "Everyone knows about the Home Guard but what about the other Secret Intelligence Services (SIS and M16)? You can read about them in [this book]." — This EnglandWhen Winston Churchill made his "we shall never surrender" speech in 1940, he was speaking in the knowledge that Britain's Secret Intelligence Service was planning a civilian British resistance movement to mobilize after the country had ... Read more

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  • In Search of the Real Dad's Army

    The Home Guard and the Defence of the United Kingdom, 1940–1944

    by Stephen M. Cullen ...
    "A fascinating examination of one of the best-known British forces of the Second World War . . . An efficient and increasingly professional military unit." — History of WarWhat was the Home Guard? Who were the men and women who served in it? And what can be said of their real role and significance once the popular myths have been stripped away?Despite the fame of the Home Guard—of Dad's Army—the ... Read more

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  • John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck

    by Richard Edwards ...
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  • Bletchley Park's Secret Source

    Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II

    by Peter Hore ...
    A captivating history of the highly secret group of women who helped win the Second World War.The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in detail. Its decryption capabilities were vital to the war effort, significantly aiding Allied victory. But where did the messages being deciphered come from in the first place?This is the extraordinary untold ... Read more

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  • Rogue Warrior of the SAS

    The Blair Mayne Legend

    by Martin Dillon, Roy Bradford ...
    More than half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide.Rogue ... Read more

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