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  • Fighting Mad

    One Man's Guerrilla War

    by Michael Calvert ...
    Michael Calvert was one of the legendary figures of the Second World War. He hit the headlines as 'Mad Mike' after the first Chindit campaign in 1943, with a reputation as a tough and daring leader of guerrilla troops. He was one of the first men selected for the Chindits by the controversial General Orde Wingate. He became Wingate's right-hand man - both in fierce jungle fighting and in battles ... Read more

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  • Prisoners of Hope

    by Michael Calvert ...
    In this classic WWII memoir, a British commando recounts how the legendary Chindits invented modern guerilla warfare through operations in Burma.In 1942, British Army Colonel Orde Wingate was sent to Burma to organize guerilla units against the invading Japanese forces. Drawing on locally available troops, Wingate turned English and Scottish line regiments and Gurkha riflemen into the elite ... Read more

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  • Imperial War Museums' Book of War Behind Enemy Lines

    by Julian Thompson ...
    An account of the various units of the British special forces used during the Second World War, perfect for military enthusiasts and WWII history buffs.War Behind Enemy Lines tells the unvarnished story of British Special Forces in the Second World War. While the SAS and SBS remain household names today, there were a plethora of lesser known units, large and small, that played their part before ... Read more

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  • A Drop Too Many

    by John Frost ...
    One of the British Army's first paratroopers recounts in vivid detail his service in the 2nd Parachute Battalion during the Battle of Arnhem and beyond . . .No one who has read of Arnhem can fail to be inspired by gallantry of the 2nd Parachute Regiment, which held the north end of the key road bridge over the Rhine—the "Bridge Too Far"—not for twenty-four hours for which it was equipped, but for ... Read more

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  • The Devil's Own Luck

    Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic, 1944–45

    by Denis Edwards ...
    "A superb and well written book, highly recommended as a true account of one man's war from Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic during WWII." —The ArmourerAlthough strictly forbidden to keep diaries, Denis Edwards managed to record his experiences throughout nearly all his time in Europe in 1944–45. He brilliantly conveys what it was like to be facing death, day after day, night after night, with never a ... Read more

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  • Tank Commander

    From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close

    by Bill Close ...
    A remarkable World War II survival story and combat memoir by "an indestructible wartime tank commander" ( The Telegraph).In campaign after campaign, from the defense of Calais in 1940 to the defeat of Germany in 1945, Bill Close served as a tank commander in Britain's Royal Tank Regiment—and he survived.His tanks were hit eleven times by enemy shellfire and he bailed out. He was wounded three ... Read more

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  • By Tank into Normandy

    by Stuart Hills ...
    'One of the best half-dozen personal accounts of the Normandy campaign' - Richard HolmesStuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6.45 a.m., Sunday 4 June 1944. He was 20 years old, unblooded, fresh from a public-school background and Officer Cadet training. He was going to war. Two days later, his tank sunk, he and his crew landed from a rubber dinghy with just the clothes they ... Read more

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  • Arnhem

    by R. E. Urquhart ...
    An on-the-ground account of the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden from the British commander who led the "Bridge Too Far" battle.Major-General Urquhart commanded the 1st British Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden, the greatest airborne assault of World War II, the struggle to capture Arnhem and win control of the bridge across the lower Rhine. The story of the 1st ... Read more

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  • Road of Bones

    The Siege of Kohima 1944 – The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire

    by Fergal Keane ...
    (This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations. Maps are best viewed on a tablet.)The epic story of one of the most savage battles of the Second World War.Kohima. In this remote Indian village near the border with Burma, a tiny force of British and Indian troops faced the might of the Imperial Japanese Army. Outnumbered ten to one, the defenders fought the Japanese hand to hand in a battle ... Read more

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  • Voices from D-Day

    Eyewitness Accounts from the Battle for Normandy

    Edited by Jon E. Lewis ...
    Voices From D-Day features classic accounts by soldiers such as Rommel and Bradley, together with frontline reports by some of the world’s finest authors and war correspondents, including Ernest Hemingway and Alan Melville. Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, highlights of this unique collection include the break-out from Omaha beach as told by the GI who led it, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Japan's Last Bid for Victory

    The Invasion of India, 1944

    by Robert Lyman ...
    "This is an excellent account of a series of very hard fought battles that helped prepare the way for the British re-conquest of Burma." —History of WarRobert Lyman's deep knowledge and understanding of the war in Burma, and the great battles at Kohima and Imphal in 1944, are well known. In this book he uses original documents, published works and personal accounts to weave together an enthralling ... Read more

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  • Fighting Through to Kohima

    A Memoir of War in India and Burma

    by Michael Lowry ...
    A decorated British officer's wrenching and inspiring firsthand account of the worst battle of the Burma campaign.Lt. Col. Michael Lowry MC MBE, was awarded the Military Cross for his role in the desperate defensive action at Kohima, considered the worst of the campaign in Burma. After joining up in 1939 with the Queen's Royal Regiment, Lowry was posted to the North West Frontier of India, where ... Read more

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