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  • The 2nd Norfolk Regiment

    From Le Paradis to Kohima

    by Peter Hart ...
    Series series Voices from the Front
    The Second World War is vanishing into the pages of history. The veterans were once all around us, but their numbers are fast diminishing. While still in their prime many recorded their memories with Peter Hart for the Imperial War Museum. As these old soldiers now fade away their voices from the front are still strong with a rare power to bring the horrors of war back to vivid life. The 2nd ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chain of Fire

    The Siege of Khartoum and the Campaign of Egypt and the Sudan

    by Peter Hart ...
    The dramatic story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain’s extraordinarily violent 1882 campaign in Egypt and Sudan.In the 1880s, British control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield that Prime Minister William Gladstone wished to avoid—until his emissary Charles Gordon was besieged in Khartoum, and the city became the focal point for war.It was the height of European colonialism. ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Somme Success

    The Royal Flying Corps and the Battle of The Somme 1916

    by Peter Hart ...
    This history of the Royal Flying Corps during the Battle of Somme offers a comprehensive firsthand look at WWI military aviation.During the summer and fall of 1916, high above the blood-soaked trenches of the Somme, the Royal Flying Corps was engaging in one of the first great aerial battles of history. Even in those pioneering days of aerial warfare, primitive aircraft and the brave men who flew ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gallipoli

    by Peter Hart ...
    One of the most famous battles in history, the WWI Gallipoli campaign began as a bold move by the British to capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings--which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from airplanes overhead--to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a tragic folly ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Laugh or Fly

    The Air War on the Western Front 1914 – 1918

    by Peter Hart, Gary Bain ...
    "In reading Laugh or Fly you will fly with aircrew in various types of airplanes over every major and minor battle fought by the British on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918. You will read of their intimate fears, skills, and triumphs, and of the realities of loss after grueling air battles." - Roads to the Great War A rip-roaring gallop through the lives of the Royal Flying Corps air crew in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War

    A Combat History of the First World War

    by Peter Hart ...
    World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. "Total war" emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Burning Steel

    A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45

    by Peter Hart ...
    'Excellent ... a raw and visceral, bird's-eye view of the action from the men who were there' The TimesThis is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the men themselves recall some of the most dramatic and horrific scenes imaginable - the sheer nerve-wracking tension of serving in highly inflammable ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Laugh or Cry

    The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914–1918

    by Peter Hart, Gary Bain ...
    Awakened by great shouted oaths below. Peeped over the side of the manger and saw a Belgian lass milking and addressing a cow with a comprehensive luridness that left no doubt in my mind that British soldiers had been billeted here before.' - Private Norman Ellison, 1/6th King's Liverpool Regiment Humor helped the British soldier survive the terrible experiences they faced in the trenches of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Somme

    by Peter Hart ...
    One of the bloodiest battles in world history—a military tragedy that would come to define a generation.On July 1, 1916, the British Army launched the “Big Push” that was supposed to bring an end to the horrific stalemate on the Western Front between British, French, and German forces. What resulted was one of the greatest single human catastrophes in twentieth century warfare. Scrambling out of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Great War

    A Combat History of the First World War

    by Peter Hart ...
    Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. "Total war" emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The South Notts Hussars The Western Desert, 1940–1942

    by Peter Hart ...
    Series series Voices from the Front
    The Second World War is vanishing into the pages of history. The veterans were once all around us, but their numbers are fast diminishing. While still in their prime many recorded their memories with Peter Hart for the Imperial War Museum. As these old soldiers now fade away their voices from the front are still strong with a rare power to bring the horrors of war back to vivid life. The South ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1918

    A Very British Victory

    by Peter Hart ...
    The story of the huge mobile battles of 1918, which finally ended the Great War.1918 was the critical year of battle as the Great War reached its brutal climax. Warfare of an epic scale was fought on the Western Front, where ordinary British soldiers faced the final test of their training, tactics and determination. That they withstood the storm and began an astonishing counterattack, is proof ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook