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  • Fighting for Napoleon

    French Soldiers' Letters, 1799–1815

    by Bernard Wilkin, René Wilkin ...
    True, first-hand accounts of combat and soldiering from the men who fought for Napoleon Bonparte and the First French Empire: "Fascinating stuff" (Stuart Asquith, author of Military Modelling).The French side of the Napoleonic Wars is often presented from a strategic point of view, or in terms of military organization and battlefield tactics, or through officers' memoirs. Fighting for Napoleon: ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fighting the Russians

    French Soldiers’ Letters, 1799-1815

    by Bernard Wilkin, René Wilkin ...
    Before the French Revolution, the Russian Empire played a minor role in the history of Western Europe, yet its involvement in the wars of the Republic and against Napoleon would change its influence on the fate of the continent forever.Fighting the Russians examines the crucial role played by the men of the Czar's Empire through hundreds of original letters, notebooks and accounts written by ... Read more

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  • Fighting the British

    French Eyewitness Accounts from the Napoleonic Wars

    by Bernard Wilkin, René Wilkin ...
    A fascinating look at the Napoleonic Wars from French soldiers' and officers' points of view, based on hundreds of their letters, memoirs, and reports.The British army during the Napoleonic Wars is often studied using English sources, and the British view of their French opponents has been covered in exhaustive detail. However, the French view of the British has been less often studied and is ... Read more

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  • Escaping Nazi Europe

    Understanding the Experiences of Belgian Soldiers and Civilians in World War II

    by Bernard Wilkin, Bob Moore ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Second World War History
    This book chronicles the escapes attempted by Belgian soldiers and civilians from Nazi-occupied Europe during the Second World War. Insofar as is practical, the authors have tried to let the subjects speak for themselves by making extensive use of their testimonies preserved in archives in Belgium and the United Kingdom.The book begins with the stories of soldiers who managed to evade capture in ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • French Soldiers' Morale in the Phoney War, 1939-1940

    by Maude Williams, Bernard Wilkin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of France
    The collapse of the French army in 1940 is a well-researched topic in Second World War Studies but a surprising gap in the historiography emerges when it comes to the study of the French military prior to the German offensive of May 1940.Using various public and private sources in different languages, this book aims to address this gap by studying morale on the frontline and its management by the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Aerial Propaganda and the Wartime Occupation of France, 1914–18

    by Bernard Wilkin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in First World War History
    Aerial Propaganda and the Wartime Occupation of France, 1914-1918 explores the combined role played by the French and British Governments and Armies in creating and distributing millions of aerial newspapers and leaflets aimed at the French population trapped behind German lines. Drawing on extensive research and French, German and British primary sources, the book highlights a previously unknown ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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  • Soldiers

    A Global History of the Fighting Man, 1800–1945

    by John A Haymond ...
    A global study of how soldiers lived, worked, and fought, and how many died, spanning from the Napoleonic War to World War II.No matter the war, no matter the army, no matter the nationality, common threads run through the experiences of men at war. Soldiers highlights these shared experiences across 150 years of warfare, from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II and everything in between, ... Read more

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  • Waterloo Battlefield Guide

    by David Buttery ...
    Much of the material available to readers in the English language interested in the exploits of the troops of Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau is in the form of dry official reports, which stick to the basic facts and avoid all sentimentality and emotion. However, unbeknown to virtually anyone in the English-speaking world interested in the more human aspects of these 'foreign' troops fighting ... Read more

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  • Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815, Volume 1

    From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras

    by John Hussey ...
    This, the fourth volume in Andrew Field's highly praised study of the Waterloo campaign from the French perspective, depicts in vivid detail the often neglected final phase the rout and retreat of Napoleon's army. The text is based exclusively on French eyewitness accounts which give an inside view of the immediate aftermath of the battle and carry the story through to the army's disbandment in ... Read more

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  • Dunkirk: Nine Days That Saved An Army

    A Day-by-Day Account of the Greatest Evacuation

    by John Grehan ...
    The epic of Dunkirk has been told many times, but the numerous accounts from surviving soldiers and sailors were often a blur of fear and fighting with the days mingling into each other, leaving what is, at times, a confusing picture. In this book, adopting a day by day approach, the author provides a clear portrayal of the unfolding drama on the perimeter around Dunkirk, in the port itself and ... Read more

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  • Spain in Arms

    A Military History of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939

    by E. R. Hooton ...
    This detailed military history of the Spanish Civil War dispels long-held misconceptions and sheds significant new light on the conflict.Spain in Arms chronicles the development of the Spanish Civil War on the battlefield, examining eight campaigns waged between 1937 and 1939. Through detailed analysis, it demonstrates how many accounts of military operations during this conflict are based upon ... Read more

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  • Voices from D-Day

    by Jonathan Bastable ...
    D-Day - June 6, 1944 - was a pivotal day in human history. This was the great turning point of the Second World War, when the largest armada ever assembled took a third of a million Allied men across the English Channel.The invasion force of 150,000 troops from Britain, the United States, Canada and many other nations fighting on the Allied side on D-Day under the command of Generals Eisenhower ... Read more

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