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  • The Lifesavers

    The Trailblazers of the Second World War Who Took Blood into Battle

    by Roderick Bailey ...
    A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking it'A story destined to be told. A fascinating history of blood for the front line. Humbling, awe inspiring and life affirming.' Sue Black, author of All That RemainsThe Lifesavers were a little-known band of men and women at the forefront of groundbreaking battlefield care in the Second World War.As part of a new and pioneering ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Forgotten Voices of D-Day

    A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There

    by Roderick Bailey ...
    6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious assault ever attempted. Their success marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • Abducting a General

    The Kreipe Operation in Crete

    by Patrick Leigh Fermor ...
    One of the most daring feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s daring life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on April 26, 1944.Abducting a General, now published for the first time in the United States, is Leigh Fermor’s own account of the kidnapping. Written in his inimitable prose, and introduced by the acclaimed Special Operations Executive historian Roderick Bailey, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

    by Roderick Bailey, The Imperial War Museum ...
    The Victoria Cross is one of the worlds most famous medals. It was introduced by Queen Victoria in 1856 for most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy, and has been awarded only 1,358 times.Exploring the actions and events that lead to the VC being awarded, Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

  • Forgotten Voices of the Secret War

    An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War

    by Roderick Bailey ...
    'The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especially wanted to know what I did after my escape, and precise things on the organisation of the SOE. And just for fun I suspect, because I had really not much to tell them, they pulled one of my toenails out...' - Robert Sheppard, SOE agentThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

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    The Lifesavers

    The Trailblazers of the Second World War Who Took Blood into Battle

    by Roderick Bailey ...
    Narrated by John Hastings ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 54 min

    A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking itThe Lifesavers were a little-known band of men and women at the forefront of groundbreaking battlefield care in the Second World War.As part of a new and pioneering service, unconventional and iconoclastic, they pushed and pulled blood from hundreds of thousands of donors into the veins of battle casualties all over the world. ... Read more

    $19.11 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Forgotten Voices of Burma

    The Second World War's Forgotten Conflict

    by Julian Thompson ...
    From the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War 2 - the Burma Campaign.In 1941 the Allies fought in a disastrous retreat across Burma against the Japanese - an enemy more prepared, better organised and more powerful than anyone had imagined. Yet in 1944, following key battles at Kohima and Imphal, and daring ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

  • Battle Story: Rorke's Drift 1879

    by Edmund Yorke ...
    On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army decimated the British camp at Isandlwana. On the back of this victory 3,000–4,000 Zulu warriors swept towards the garrison of Rorke's Drift, expecting to devastate the c.500-strong British and colonial force there. However, this small, but stalwart group of brave British soldiers withstood this overwhelming force over the next forty-eight hours and ... Read more

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  • Forgotten Voices Of The Great War

    by Max Arthur ...
    In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of ordinary individuals in war. The IWM aural archive has become the most important archive of its kind in the world. Authors have occasionally been granted access to the vaults, but ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Churchill's D-Day

    The British Bulldog's Fateful Hours During the Normandy Invasion

    by Richard Dannatt, Allen Packwood ...
    From the world's greatest collection of Winston Churchill's personal papers comes the genesis, execution, and aftermath of D-Day through his own eyes.On June 6, 1944, the landings from the greatest armada of ships ever assembled began at 0630 hrs. Overnight, paratroopers from the British 6th Airborne Division had secured the eastern flank of the landing zone with the US 82nd and 101st Airborne ... Read more

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  • The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World

    From Marathon to Waterloo

    by Edward Creasy ...
    Edward Creasy’s 1851 military analysis of fifteen world battles is a classic of its genre. Appearing between Clausewitz’s On War (1832) and Ardant Du Picq’s Battle Studies (composed c.1870), The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo is essential reading for military scientists and historians. ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Fight for the Pacific, 1945

    by Andrew Rawson ...
    On 19 February 1945, Operation Detachment began with US marine forces storming Iwo Jima, aiming to capture the island and its airfields. This was the first campaign on Japanese soil and would result in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. A brutal example of war at all costs, the defending garrison fought to almost the last man; it was a fight they couldn't hope to win against the ... Read more

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