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  • The Battle for France

    Six Weeks That Changed The World

    by Philip Warner ...
    "Provides a fresh and invaluable explanation of the military and political events of that extraordinary campaign." — Scale Military Modeller InternationalAfter the long winter of the Phoney War, the invasion of the Low Countries and France by Hitler's rampaging armies threw the world into crisis. Chamberlain's government fell, Churchill became Prime Minister. France was humiliated, the British ... Read more

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  • Sieges of the Middle Ages

    by Philip Warner ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    In the Middle Ages the castle was an important military and administrative centre, essentially utilitarian in its design and in the purposes it served. Because it played so central a role in medieval history, and because the wealth of material is so great, the author has concentrated on English seiges undertaken in the period from the Norman Conquest to the War of the Roses. This includes many ... Read more

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  • Passchendaele

    by Philip Warner ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    Nearly ninety years ago, on 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of World War 1. By 6th November, when Passchendaele village and the ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties. Philip Warner, the noted historian of ... Read more

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  • Secret Forces of World War II

    by Philip Warner ...
    One of the lasting legacies of World War 2 was the proliferation of what today are known as Special Forces. At the time many soldiers, often of high rank regarded these units as nothing short of ill-disciplined cowboys or worse! However desperate times called for desperate measures and there were those in high places who were prepared to take risks. As specially recruited units such as the LRDG, ... Read more

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  • Auchinleck

    The Lonely Soldier

    by Philip Warner ...
    Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck was born in India and raised in conditions of near poverty. Yet his talent ensured his career flourished despite his Indian Army background and he was the first Commander of 8th Army in North Africa. Despite great political interference, he stopped Rommel's Afrika Corps at 1st Alamein only to be sacked by Churchill. After a spell in the wilderness he became C in ... Read more

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  • The Zeebrugge Raid

    by Philip Warner ...
    On 23 April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history. The aim was to block the Zeebrugge Canal, thereby denying U-boat access, although this meant assaulting a powerfully fortified German naval base. The raid has long been recognised for its audacity and ingenuity but, owing to the fact that the official history took overmuch notice ... Read more

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  • The Vital Link

    The Story of Royal Signals, 1945–1985

    by Philip Warner ...
    To maintain the link of communication between battlefields and HQ, between commanders and soldiers, between physically distant Corps is the vital job of the Royal Signal. But the responsibility of the Signals extends beyond the logistical requirements of inter-personal contact Electronic Intelligence and Electronic Warfare are major departments within the organisation, each of which supports the ... Read more

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  • Dervish

    The Rise and Fall of an African Empire

    by Philip Warner ...
    Dervish is the vivid and colourful story of one of the more remarkable episodes in the high Empire period of British history. The Mahdis rising in the Sudan in the 1880s starting as a localized Holy War against the decadent Turkish/Egyptian overlords, engulfed a million square miles of arid territory and forced the British Liberal Government to get involved after the early disasters of the Hicks ... Read more

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  • Phantom

    by Philip Warner ...
    The story of the shadowy special reconnaissance unit whose intelligence helped the Allies win World War II.It operated in Italy, Sicily, Austria, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. It was at Dieppe with the Commandos, in France with the SAS, at Arnhem with Airborne, and in Germany until the surrender.Phantom—aka GHQ Liaison Regiment—was one of the most secret and most effective of the wartime ... Read more

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  • A Cavalryman in the Crimea

    The Letters of Temple Godman, 5th Dragoon Guards

    by Philip Warner ...
    Among the British troops bound for the Black Sea in May 1854 was a young officer in the 5th Dragoon Guards, Richard Temple Godman, who sent home throughout the entire Crimea campaign many detailed letters to his family at Park Hatch in Surrey. Temple Godman went out at the start of the war, took part in the successful Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava and in other engagements, and did not ... Read more

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  • Famous Scottish Battles

    by Philip Warner ...
    The author gives a vivid account of Scottish military history from the coming of the Romans to Scotland to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. There are detailed descriptions of sixteen of the most important battles with up-to-date maps which enable the reader and visitor to find and understand the sites. ... Read more

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  • British Battlefields - Volume 2 - The North

    Battles That Changed The Course Of British History

    by Phillip Warner ...
    Series Book 2 - British Battlefields
    Very few living men have taken part in a battle, and many must wonder how they would acquit themselves if ever they had to. A medieval battle was a very complex affair; it was far from being a simple kill or be killed. It could be won or lost at any stage; it could turn on the action of one man, and it could settle nothing, or alternatively the fate of a nation. But for the majority, when thinking ... Read more

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