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  • Panbiogeography

    Tracking the History of Life

    by Robin C. Craw, John R. Grehan, Michael J. Heads ...
    Series series Oxford Biogeography Series
    Biogeography is a diverse subject, traditionally focusing on the distribution of plants and animals at different taxonomic levels, past and present. Modern biogeography also puts emphasis on the ecological character of the world vegetation types, and on the evolving relationship between humans and their environment. Panbiogeography describes a new synthesis of sciences of plant and animal ... Read more

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  • The Crimean War

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Images of War
    The Crimean War was a conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, British Empire, Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire. Most of the conflict took place on the Crimean Peninsula, but there were smaller campaigns in western ... Read more

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  • The Dieppe Raid

    The Allies' Assault Upon Hitler's Fortress Europe, August 1942

    by John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll ...
    A stunning collection of photos providing rare insight into the death and destruction inflicted upon Allied forces during the Dieppe Raid. As dawn was breaking on the morning of 19 August 1942, Allied troops leapt ashore to the east and west of the French port of Dieppe. These were British commandoes accompanied by U.S. Rangers, tasked to silence the German gun batteries that flanked Dieppe. Other ... Read more

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  • Saipan 1944

    The Most Decisive Battle of the Pacific War

    by John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll ...
    Series series Images of War
    A chronological account of the battle with more than 200 photographs, including graphic images of the fighting and the huge naval bombardment."By pairing such sobering accounts with period photography, Saipan 1944 offers a brief but unvarnished glimpse at the horrors of combat in the Pacific Theatre." — The Northern MarinerAfter the astonishing Japanese successes of 1941... ... Read more

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  • The Boer War, 1899–1902

    Ladysmith, Megersfontein, Spion Kop, Kimberley and Mafeking

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, the First Boer War (18801881) was a rebellion by the Boers (farmers) against British rule in the Transvaal that re-established their independence. The engagements that it involved, such as they were, were small and involved few casualties.More commonly referred to as just the ... Read more

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  • The First VCs

    The Stories Behind the First Victoria Crosses in the Crimean War and the Definition of Courage

    by John Grehan ...
    Officers led and men followed; all were expected to do their duty without thought of reward. Enlisted men rarely penetrated the officer ranks and promotion owed more to money than merit. Then came the Crimean War.The incompetence and ineffectiveness of the senior officers contrasted sharply with the bravery of the lower ranks. Fuelled by the reports from the first-ever war correspondents which ... Read more

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  • Corregidor

    Siege & Liberation, 1941–1945

    by John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll ...
    Series series Images of War
    Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had been invaded and islands across the Pacific captured. But one place, one tiny island fortress garrisoned by a few thousand hungry and exhausted men, refused to be beaten. That island fortress was Corregidor which guarded the entrance to Manila Bay and controlled all sea-borne access to Manila Harbor. At a ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Tinian

    The Capture of the Atomic Bomb Island, July-August 1944

    by John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll ...
    The authors have created a competent, well-written, and very well-illustrated overview history of an important but lesser-known battle of World War II in the Pacific." — National Maritime Historical Society At 02.45 hours on the morning of 6 August 1945, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, named after the pilot's mother, Enola Gay, lifted off from a tiny island deep in the Pacific Ocean on one of the ... Read more

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  • Dunkirk Evacuation, Operation Dynamo

    Nine Days that Saved an Army

    by John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll ...
    Series series Images of War
    "Takes you right to the scene of the action in late May and early June 1940, when more than 300,000 soldiers were saved from capture or death." — RamblesThe "miracle" of Dunkirk is one of the most inspiring stories of all time. The British Expeditionary Force had been all but surrounded, and, with the French armies collapsing on all sides, it appeared that Britain was about to suffer the heaviest ... Read more

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  • Battle of Guam 1944

    From Occupation to Liberation: Honor Restored in the Pacific

    by Alexander Nicoll, John Grehan ...
    The recapture of Guam in 1944 marked a pivotal moment in the Pacific War, symbolizing American resilience and strategic advance against Japan's Imperial forces.At 16.00 hours on 27 July 1944, the Stars and Stripes were raised over the central Pacific island of Guam. The symbolism of this moment was not lost on the officers and men who saluted the raising of Old Glory. This was because the first ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Norway, 1940–1942

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Despatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the despatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, North West Expeditionary Force; Despatch on operations in Northern Norway between April and June 1940; the despatch on carrier-borne aircraft attacks on Kirkenes (Norway) and Petsamo (Finland) in 1941, ... 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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