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  • Dunkirk: Nine Days That Saved An Army

    A Day-by-Day Account of the Greatest Evacuation

    by John Grehan ...
    The epic of Dunkirk has been told many times, but the numerous accounts from surviving soldiers and sailors were often a blur of fear and fighting with the days mingling into each other, leaving what is, at times, a confusing picture. In this book, adopting a day by day approach, the author provides a clear portrayal of the unfolding drama on the perimeter around Dunkirk, in the port itself and ... Read more

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  • The BEF in France, 1939–1940

    Manning the Front Through to the Dunkirk Evacuation

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Collected frontline communications from the British Expeditionary Force sent during their efforts in France during World War II.The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British force in Europe from 1939–1940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force.The British Expeditionary Force was started in 1938 in readiness ... Read more

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  • RAF and the SOE

    Special Duty Operations in Europe During WW2

    by John Grehan ...
    The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents across Occupied Europe which played a vital role in developing and sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to subvert German control of their territories. The culmination of their efforts was seen when the Allied armies landed at Normandy in June 1944, with the SOE and the Resistance causing widespread destruction ... Read more

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  • Defending Britain's Skies, 1940–1945

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Despatches in this volume include that on the Battle of Britain, and air fighting 1940-1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C.T. Dowding, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command, Air Operations by Fighter Command between November 1940 and the end of December 1941, the anti-aircraft defence of the United Kingdom between 1939 and 1945, and the report on air operations by Air Defence of Great ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Burma, 1943–1945

    From Kohima & Imphal Through to Victory

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Despatches in this volume include that on operations in Burma and North-East India between November 1943 and June 1944, by General Sir George J. Giffard; the despatch on operations in Assam and Burma between June 1944 June and November 1944, by General Sir George J. Giffard, Commander-in-Chief; the despatch on Naval operations in the Ramree Island area (Burma) in January and February 1945 by Vice ... Read more

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  • Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, 1915–1916

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Military historians John Grehan and Martin Mace's Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, 1915-1916 examines the naval World War I battle and aftermath.The fighting in the Gallipoli or Dardanelles campaign began in 1915 as a purely naval affair undertaken partly at the instigation of Winston Churchill, who, as First Lord of the Admiralty, had entertained plans of capturing the Dardanelles as early as ... Read more

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  • Operations in North Africa and the Middle East, 1939–1942

    Tobruk, Crete, Syria and East Africa

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    The Middle East Command in the SecondWorld War covered a vast region, stretchingacross Egypt, Libya, Malta, Palestine andTransjordan, Cyprus, Sudan, Eritrea, most ofSyria and a small part of Iraq, and includedsome forty different languages. At one pointit also oversaw operations in Greece, Kenyaand British Somaliland. Its campaign area ranfor a thousand miles from the Jordan to theHorn of Africa ... Read more

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  • Slaughter on the Somme 1 July 1916

    The Complete War Diaries of the British Army's Worst Day

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    At 07.30 hours on 1 July 1916, the devastating cacophony of the Allied artillery fell silent along the front on the Somme. The ear-splitting explosions were replaced by the shrill sound of hundreds of whistles being blown. At that moment, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches on their part of the Western Front, and began to make their way steadily towards the German ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Hastings 1066: The Uncomfortable Truth

    Revealing the True Location of England's Most Famous Battle

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    This historical study upends the traditional narratives surrounding the Norman Conquest by revealing the true location of its most important battle.The Duke of Normandy's victory at the Battle of Hastings on October 14th, 1066, was one of the most important events in English history. As such, its every detail has been analyzed by scholars and interpreted by historians. Yet one of the most ... Read more

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  • Saipan 1944

    The Most Decisive Battle of the Pacific War

    by John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll ...
    Series series Images of War
    A chronological account of the battle with more than 200 photographs, including graphic images of the fighting and the huge naval bombardment."By pairing such sobering accounts with period photography, Saipan 1944 offers a brief but unvarnished glimpse at the horrors of combat in the Pacific Theatre." — The Northern MarinerAfter the astonishing Japanese successes of 1941... ... Read more

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  • The Dieppe Raid

    The Allies' Assault Upon Hitler's Fortress Europe, August 1942

    by John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll ...
    A stunning collection of photos providing rare insight into the death and destruction inflicted upon Allied forces during the Dieppe Raid. As dawn was breaking on the morning of 19 August 1942, Allied troops leapt ashore to the east and west of the French port of Dieppe. These were British commandoes accompanied by U.S. Rangers, tasked to silence the German gun batteries that flanked Dieppe. Other ... Read more

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  • The First VCs

    The Stories Behind the First Victoria Crosses in the Crimean War and the Definition of Courage

    by John Grehan ...
    Officers led and men followed; all were expected to do their duty without thought of reward. Enlisted men rarely penetrated the officer ranks and promotion owed more to money than merit. Then came the Crimean War.The incompetence and ineffectiveness of the senior officers contrasted sharply with the bravery of the lower ranks. Fuelled by the reports from the first-ever war correspondents which ... Read more

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