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  • Fort William Henry 1755–57

    A battle, two sieges and bloody massacre

    by Ian Castle ...
    Series Book 260 - Campaign
    An illustrated history of the French siege of Fort William Henry in 1757 and the most infamous incident of the French-Indian War: the massacre that inspired the book The Last of the Mohicans.After the British garrison of Fort William Henry in the colony of New York surrendered to the besieging army of the French commander Marquis de Montcalm in August 1757, it appeared that this particular episode ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • London 1917–18

    The bomber blitz

    by Ian Castle ...
    Series Book 227 - Campaign
    This book explores the aerial campaign against the British capital, and the birth of the Royal Air Force.On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to attack London in this first bomber raid, but heavy cloud forced them to target Folkestone and the Shorncliffe ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • London 1917–18

    The bomber blitz

    by Ian Castle ...
    Series Book 227 - Campaign
    This book explores the aerial campaign against the British capital, and the birth of the Royal Air Force.On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to attack London in this first bomber raid, but heavy cloud forced them to target Folkestone and the Shorncliffe ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Kenneth Lee DFC

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  • Lancaster

    The Second World War's Greatest Bomber

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    RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II

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