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  • A Strange Campaign: The Battle for Madagascar

    by Russell Phillips ...
    Foreword by Peter Caddick-Adams.Madagascar provided the stunning backdrop for one of the strangest conflicts of the Second World War — when Britain went head to head against one of its closest allies.When British forces landed on the island in 1942, the enemy they faced wasn't German, Japanese or even Italian, this time the opposing forces were French.Concerned that Japan might use Madagascar as a ... Read more

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  • Operation Nimrod: The Iranian Embassy Siege

    by Russell Phillips ...
    The truth behind the SAS' most famous mission.Drawing on extensive research, Operation Nimrod dispels the myths and reveals the truth of those six long days, and the dramatic rescue that thrust the SAS into the public eye.On 29th April 1980, British police assured Iran that their embassy was secure. The very next day, terrorists stormed the embassy and took twenty-six hostages. With the Iranian ... Read more

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  • A Damn Close-Run Thing: A Brief History of the Falklands War

    by Russell Phillips ...
    In 1982, the average Briton didn't know the Falkland Islands existed, let alone their status as a disputed British territory just off the coast of Argentina. That changed when the Argentinians invaded the islands and overwhelmed the small defending force. Both nations claimed the islands were theirs, but now Argentina thought the British would give them up without a fight.They were wrong.Britain ... Read more

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  • A Ray of Light: Reinhard Heydrich, Lidice, and the North Staffordshire Miners

    by Russell Phillips ...
    Arnold Bennett Prize finalist.How North Staffordshire miners saved a Czech village during WWII.Lidice was a peaceful and vibrant community in Czechoslovakia with a rich mining heritage. But an act of Nazi revenge saw this village wiped from existence in a horrifying chapter of European history.Disaster struck for Lidice in 1942 when the prominent Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated. ... Read more

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  • The Bear Marches West: 12 Scenarios for 1980s NATO vs Warsaw Pact Wargames

    by Russell Phillips ...
    NATO kept the Warsaw Pact behind the Berlin Wall until its dissolution - but what if it hadn't?The Bear Marches West contains 12 wargame scenarios set during a fictional Warsaw Pact invasion of West Germany in the 1980s. All the scenarios are based on battles depicted in well-known novels, and are designed to be used with whatever rules the players wish.Each scenario includes the battle's context, ... Read more

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  • Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact

    Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, #1

    by Russell Phillips ...
    Series Book 1 - Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact
    When East and West survived on a knife-edge between peace and war, both sides were busy preparing themselves for military action. But what exactly would NATO's troops have faced if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot?Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact is a fascinating reference book looking at the wide variety of combat vehicles which were poised and ready for action throughout the long ... Read more

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  • A Fleet in Being: Austro-Hungarian Warships of WWI

    by Russell Phillips ...
    The Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine -- The Austro-Hungarian Navy -- was in at the beginning of World War I when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie lay in state aboard its flagship, and at the end when it dissolved along with the empire that commanded it. During the war, this small but powerful "fleet in being" forced the Allies to maintain a blockade of the Otranto Straits. ... Read more

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  • The Bear's Claws: A Novel of World War III

    by Russell Phillips, Andrew Knighton ...
    It's 1982 but not as we know it. The Cold War has lost its chill and World War III has arrived, threatening to send the whole planet into meltdown.Vladislav Rakovich is a young, idealistic communist. He dreams of being an officer, leading his soldiers on a mission to free the world from capitalism. But as the Soviet armies roll west, he gains his first bitter taste of command and reality hits. Can ... Read more

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  • Setting Europe Ablaze: The SOE Sourcebook

    RPG Books, #3

    by Russell Phillips ...
    Series Book 3 - RPG Books
    In the midst of the Second World War, Winston Churchill created the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a secret organisation on a mission to sabotage the enemy.Instructed to "set Europe ablaze", the SOE, nicknamed the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, got to work creating a covert team of secret agents. The resourceful men and women recruited by the SOE risked their lives behind enemy lines ... Read more

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  • The Epiphany Club and the Great Library of Alexandria: A Steampunk campaign for RISUS: The Anything RPG

    RPG Books, #2

    by Russell Phillips ...
    Series Book 2 - RPG Books
    Welcome to the Epiphany Club, where the pursuit of knowledge and adventure is the name of the game. A Victorian gentlemen's club with a difference, its distinguished members are determined to solve some of the world's greatest mysteries.For centuries, the wonders of the Great Library of Alexandria have been considered lost forever. So when the club discovers a clue to its whereabouts, the race is ... Read more

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  • Your Storytelling Potential

    The Underground Guide to Finally Writing a Great Screenplay or Novel

    by Mitchell German, Russell Phillips ...
    Writers seeking to create novels and screenplays with genuine layers and depth will find essential insight in Mitchell German’s Your Storytelling Potential!After studying filmmaking and screenwriting at NYU—one of the premier film studies programs in the United States (if not the world)—Mitchell German graduated with a complete doctrine on storytelling theory in his arsenal; yet his screenplays ... Read more

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  • MacOS Big Sur User Guide

    A Complete Illustrated Guide To Mastering The New MacOS Big Sur For Beginners, Seniors, And Advanced Users With Tips And Tricks

    by Russell Phillips ...
    MacOS Big Sur is the new operating system for MacOS that was officially released on June 22, 2020 and made available to the general public on November 12, 2020. MacOS Big Sur is the 17th version of Apple's computers that transited from macOS 10 (also known as Mac OS X) to macOS 11 for the first time since 2000. MacOS Big Sur includes faster updates that begin in the background and finish all the ... Read more

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