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  • Battle of Britain 1917

    The First Heavy Bomber Raids on England

    by Diane Canwell, Jonathan Sutherland ...
    In the autumn of 1916 the Germans began to equip with the Gotha twin-engine bomber. The Gothas were designed to carry out attacks across the channel against Britain. A group of four squadrons was established in Belgium, and they carried out their first bombing raid towards the end of May 1917. This 22 aircraft sortie, against the town of Folkestone, caused 95 deaths. In mid June a force of 18 ... Read more

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  • The Pocket Guide to Gilbert and Sullivan

    by Diane Canwell, Jonathan Sutherland ...
    Librettist William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan teamed up to make some of the most memorable operettas of all time which still sell out to todays audience at opera houses and theaters around the world and at the cinema. This detailed book explores the themes around each operetta, setting them in the context of the day. It celebrates their biggest stars and what made the characters so ... Read more

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  • Air War in East Africa, 1940–41

    The RAF Versus the Italian Air Force

    by Diane Canwell, Jon Sutherland ...
    This little known campaign against the Italian invasion of British Somalia was bravely fought by a small force of elderly RAF and Commonwealth aircraft against almost overwhelming odds. This, against a backdrop of Britains meager assets being in demand in the much more prominent and important theatres such as Egypt and, of course, at home during the height of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Jutland

    by Diane Canwell, Jon Sutherland ...
    The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war. Admiral Scheer had adopted a policy of launching attacks against the British coast. What he did not know was that the British had broken his naval codes and that they knew of his plans. Consequently, when Scheer threw his entire fleet in a mission to attack the British mainland in May 1916, he could not ... Read more

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  • The Berlin Airlift

    The Salvation of a City

    by Diane Canwell, Jon Sutherland ...
    " Detailed, nuts-and-bolts exploration of the 1948–9 Berlin airlift, the first major crisis of the new Cold War." — Kirkus ReviewsAt the end of World War II, the Americans and their allies divided Berlin, the capital of Germany, into four sectors, with the Russians taking one of the sectors. The problem was that the Western (American) sector of Berlin was surrounded by the Russian sector of ... Read more

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  • Tirpitz

    The First Voyage

    by Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Series series Images of War
    This WWII military history presents stunning, never-before-published photographs from life aboard the infamous German Battleship Tirpitz.The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album that belonged to a Tirpitz crewmember. It is a little-known fact that before the start of World War Two, the ship went on a shakedown voyage into the Atlantic, traveling north into Arctic waters and ... Read more

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  • Malta GC

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Series series Images of War
    The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the greatest dramas of the conflict. Bereft of vital defending aircraft, guns and ammunition this small island endured a succession of air raids from the Italian and German air forces. Valetta was virtually destroyed, the inhabitants took to living in the hills and caves as their houses lay in ruins. Food was scarce and the islands only salvation ... Read more

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  • Fallschirmjager

    Elite German Paratroops in World War II

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Series series Images of War
    A rare collection of personal photographs following Nazi Germany's airborne soldiers on their missions through the Balkans, Crete, and Russia.The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album that belonged to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7, which suffered very heavy losses in the invasion of Crete ... Read more

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  • Zulu Kings and their Armies

    by Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Covering nearly one hundred years of Zulu military history, this book focuses on the creation, maintenance, development, tactics and ultimate destruction of the Zulu army. It studies the armies, weapons and tactics under the rule of the five Zulu kings from Shaka to Dinizulu. The rule of each of the five kings is examined in terms of their relationships with the army and how they raised regiments ... Read more

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  • Wargame Scenarios

    The Peninsular War, 1808–1814

    by Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    The enjoyment of wargaming is greatly enhanced if the battles (games) are played within well thought-out scenarios. Instead of simply lining up evenly-matched armies and fighting to the death, the players can have realistic objectives (such as the capture of a vital piece of terrain or delaying a superior enemy to cover a retreat) and be confronted with more challenging tactical decisions. ... Read more

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  • Grand Battery

    A Guide & Rules for Napoleonic Wargames

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    How would you have fared as one Napoleon's marshals, or in command of a division of redoutable British redcoats under Wellington? Grand Battery offers you the chance to find out. This book includes all the rules you need to play miniature wargames set in the Napoleonic Wars, plus plenty of useful background information you need to get started.The book provides a concise historical overview of the ... Read more

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  • The Berlin Airlift

    The Salvation of a City

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    In June 1948, Joseph Stalin halted all road and rail traffic in to and out of the Allied sector of Berlin and cut off all electricity to the city. The only route into Berlin was by means of three twenty-mile-wide air corridors across the Soviet zone of Germany. Thus the wartime allies of Britain, France and the USA realized that the only option open to them was to supply the beleaguered West ... Read more

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