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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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  • Section D for Destruction

    Forerunner of SOE: The Story of Section D of the Secret Intelligence Service

    by Malcolm Atkin ...
    When Neville Chamberlain made his famous Peace in Our Time statement in 1938, after the Munich Agreement with Hitler, he may, or may not, have been aware that the new Section D of the Secret Intelligence Service was already making plans to mount an all-out political and sabotage war against Nazi Germany. This was a new form of warfare, encompassing bribery, black propaganda and sabotage by agents ... Read more

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  • Pioneers of Irregular Warfare

    Secrets of the Military Intelligence Research Department of the Second World War

    by Malcolm Atkin ...
    Covert operations and ingenious weapons for irregular warfare were developed rapidly, and with great success, by the British during the Second World War, and the story of the most famous organizations involved like SOE, the SAS and Section D of SIS is now well known, but Military Intelligence (Research), the smallest but one of the most influential of these units is relatively unknown. Malcolm ... Read more

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  • Worcestor, 1651

    by Malcolm Atkin ...
    The Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 was the final decisive engagement of the English Civil Wars. In this fascinating guide, Malcolm Atkin sets out in a graphic and easily understood way the movements of the opposing armies of Cromwell and Charles II as they approached Worcester and gives a detailed and gripping account of the deadly combat that followed. He also describes of the fate of 10 ... Read more

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  • Worcestershire Under Arms

    An English County During the Civil Wars

    by Malcolm Atkin ...
    A ground-breaking new history of the English Civil War in Worcestershire which looks at the experience of local men who were recruited into the Royalist and Parliamentarian armies. The author gives a fascinating account of how the armies were raised, maintained and equipped, and he records how major events in the Civil War across England affected the county. In addition, he includes extensive and ... Read more

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  • To the Last Man

    The Home Guard in War & Popular Culture

    by Malcolm Atkin ...
    This historical study of the UK's WWII homeland defense service dispels the propaganda and pop culture myths to reveal its true wartime role.In 1940, Britain formed an armed citizen militia to act as the first line of defense in case of Nazi invasion—an essential, if suicidal, mission intended to buy time for the organization of regular forces. Officially, they were the Home Guard. Later, a ... Read more

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  • The Knights Templar at War, 1120–1312

    by Paul Hill ...
    A look at the famed medieval Catholic order, with an emphasis on military history—includes numerous illustrations.There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula, and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated. This book ... Read more

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    The Diary of Sergeant Albert Simpkin MM

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    The true story of the US Army legend who organized "Blackburn's Headhunters" against Japan in WWII and went on to initiate Special Forces operations in Vietnam.The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942—illuminating the white flags of surrender against the dark sky. Outnumbered and outgunned, remnants of the American-Philippine army surrendered to the forces of the Rising Sun. Yet ... Read more

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