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  • Britain's Island Fortresses

    Defence of the Empire 1756–1956

    by Bill Clements ...
    A study of how the Royal Navy defended the British Empire's far-flung bases, from Bermuda to Hong Kong and beyond. Includes maps and photos.During the nineteenth century, the Royal Navy played a key role in defending the expanding British Empire. As sail gave way to steam power, there was a pressing requirement for coaling stations and dock facilities across the world's oceans. These strategic ... Read more

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  • Martello Towers Worldwide

    by Bill Clements ...
    Martello Towers Worldwide follows the history of the Martello tower from the construction of the early towers built to protect the Mediterranean shores of Spain and Italy right up to the final towers built in the United Kingdom during the First World War.The book is illustrated with a large number of contemporary and historic photographs, drawings and plans, a very large number of which were not ... Read more

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  • The Fatal Fortress

    The Guns and Fortifications of Singapore 1819–1953

    by Bill Clements ...
    The military historian presents a fascinating reassessment of Britain's Singapore Naval Base and the WWII Battle of Singapore.The Fall of Singapore in February 1942 was arguably the greatest disaster suffered by the British Empire. Between 1923 and 1938, the Singapore naval base had been upgraded with some of the largest coast guns ever installed. But the guns' design and incorrect siting have ... Read more

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  • So You Think You're a Philadelphia Flyers Fan?

    Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards

    by Skip Clayton ...
    Series series So You Think You're a Team Fan
    So You Think You’re a Philadelphia Flyers Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Flyers hockey. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, it will give you the details behind each—stories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons.This book is divided into multiple parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. Along the way, you’ll learn ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Ships and Sealing Wax and Many Things

    by Roger Paine ...
    Roger Paine, retired Navy commander and former secretary to the trustees of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, has authored a collection of true stories about fascinating people and places. If you have an interest in the sea, you can learn about how the cells in one of Scotland's biggest prisons were emptied to provide crews for merchant ships in World War II, or how the father of a young ... Read more

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  • It Doesn't Take a Hero

    The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf

    by Norman Schwarzkopf ...
    He set his star by a simple motto: duty, honor, country. Only rarely does history grant a single individual the ability, personal charisma, moral force, and intelligence to command the respect, admiration, and affection of an entire nation. But such a man is General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the Allied Forces in the Gulf War. Now, in this refreshingly candid and typically outspoken ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III

    The Full Story of How 76 Allied Officers Carried Out World War II's Most Remarkable Mass Escape

    by Tim Carroll ...
    The true story of one of the most heroic feats of World War II...the daring prison camp breakout that inspired the classic film The Great Escape.Stalag Luft III was one of the Germans' "escape-proof" prison camps, specially built by Hermann Göring to hold Allied troops. But on March 24, 1944, in a courageous attempt by two hundred prisoners to break out through a series of tunnels, seventy-six ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • History's Greatest Battles

    Masterstrokes of War

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Great battles mark history's turning points, occurring as they do where cultures and ideologies clash.While some battles have been won by the superior force, others have been won by a sheer dogged refusal to surrender in the face of overwhelming odds. Superior weaponry has sometimes brought victory, as at Plassey, while the superior generalship of a Napoleon, a Wellington, or a Marlborough has won ... Read more

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  • The Boer Wars - A Brief History

    A Brief History, #1

    by Andrew Knight ...
    Series Book 1 - A Brief History
    The Anglo-Boer Wars will introduce you to, one of the Victorian Wars of the British Empire. A bite size comprehensive account of the two Anglo-Boer Wars fought between 1880-1881 and 1899-1902. A fascinating tale of one of the bloodiest and expensive wars for over a century, which pitted the two Boer Republics of South Africa (Orange Free State and The Transvaal) against the might of the British ... Read more

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  • The Glorious First of June

    Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror

    by Sam Willis ...
    Series series Hearts of Oak Trilogy
    France, early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins and is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents, two vast French and British fleets meet in mid-Atlantic after a week of skirmishing.The French, in ships painted blood-red and bearing banners proclaiming 'la République ou la mort!' are escorting an American ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Grey Wolves

    The U-Boat War 1939?1945

    by Philip Kaplan ...
    In the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting the underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting Britain's transatlantic lifeline. To the Allies, these enemy sailors were embarking on a mission of unequivocal evil.Each member of the Ubootwaffe understood that he must take pride in being part of a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Hitler's Headquarters, 1939–1945

    by Ian Baxter ...
    Series series Images of War
    As well as being pathological about his security, Hitler believed only he could successfully oversee the Third Reichs operations. Thus he divided his time between his numerous HQs spread across his empire. We gain an insight into the atmosphere of fear and boredom, interspersed with outbursts of rage often against his generals that existed in these extraordinary installations. The book also ... Read more

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