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  • An Illustrated Introduction to the Somme 1916

    by Robert J. Parker ...
    Series series An Illustrated Introduction to ...
    The Battle of the Somme epitomised the cruelty of the Western Front. 1 July 1916 witnessed the opening round of the British Army’s attempt to break through an eighteen-mile front of heavily defended German lines straddling the River Somme in northern France. Preceded by an artillery bombardment of over 1,500 big guns that lasted a week, the inexperienced members of Lord Kitchener’s New Army went ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Omaha Beach 6 June 1944

    The D-Day Landing

    by Robert J. Parker ...
    Immortalised for a new generation in the graphic opening sequences of Saving Private Ryan, ‘Bloody’ Omaha Beach was almost an epic failure. Among the five beaches stormed as part of the 6 June 1944 D-Day assault, the Allied invasion met its greatest difficulty and uncertainty at Omaha Beach. Only at Omaha did the long anticipated Operation Overlord, and the re-entry of the Allied armies into ... Read more

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  • Utah Beach 6 June 1944

    The D-Day Landing

    by Robert J. Parker ...
    Despite the invasion force landing nearly a mile beyond its intended target location, and while also overcoming its counterpart airborne element being widely dispersed, Utah Beach would prove to be a huge success for the Americans. Utah was deemed pivotal for securing the extreme western flank of the D-Day operation and essential as the springboard for the ensuing invasion breakout. Reviewing the ... Read more

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  • British Prime Ministers

    by Robert J. Parker ...
    There is a distinct lack of readily available information about the British prime ministers, especially as a group. There are thick biographies of the big names Pitt, Gladstone, Churchill - but who were the others? There are plenty of short booklets and pamphlets for all the monarchs but little or nothing on most of the fifty-three PMs. What better way to introduce these individuals than through a ... Read more

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  • Passchendaele 1917

    The Tommies' Experience of the Third Battle of Ypres

    by Robert J. Parker ...
    It seems absurd to claim it, but the Battle of Passchendaele was in many ways worse than the Somme. The British offensive, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was launched on the Belgium battlefield at 3.30 a.m. on 31 July 1917. It was a massive effort by General Sir Douglas Haig and the British Army to achieve a strategic breakthrough and defeat Germany. Attrition would defeat a Germany that ... Read more

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  • Churchill's Gambit

    A Novel Of World War 2! Deception And Intrigue

    by Robert J. Parker ...
    "Churchill's Gambit" is a fascinating account of the unexplained World War II flight of Rudolf Hess to Great Britain in an attempted peace overture between Germany and England. But, was it actually a bold move of deception by Winston Churchill to actually split the German/Russian alliance and gain for England a powerful ally against Adolf Hitler? This thrilling novel explores an explanation, while ... Read more

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  • The Battle for France

    Six Weeks That Changed The World

    by Philip Warner ...
    "Provides a fresh and invaluable explanation of the military and political events of that extraordinary campaign." — Scale Military Modeller InternationalAfter the long winter of the Phoney War, the invasion of the Low Countries and France by Hitler's rampaging armies threw the world into crisis. Chamberlain's government fell, Churchill became Prime Minister. France was humiliated, the British ... Read more

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  • 1918

    The Year of Victories

    by Martin Marix Evans ...
    At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack.1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred ... Read more

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  • The Western Front 1914–1916

    From the Schlieffen Plan to Verdun and the Somme

    by Professor Michael S Neiberg ...
    Series series History of WWI
    The Western Front, running from the Belgian coast in the north to the Swiss border in the south, was to prove the decisive battlefront of World War I. It was where the great powers of Germany, France and the British Empire concentrated the bulk of their military might, and it was where many believed the war would be settled before Christmas 1914.The German General Staff realised the dangers of ... Read more

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  • Artillery in the Great War

    by Paul Strong, Sanders Marble ...
    A year-by-year examination of key WWI battles and how the ongoing advances in artillery shaped strategy, tactics, and oprations; includes battlefield maps!World War I is often said to have been an artillery war, yet the decisive role artillery played in shaping military decisions—and therefor the war itself—has rarely been examined. Artillery in the Great War traces the development of this all ... Read more

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  • The Western Front 1917–1918

    From Vimy Ridge to Amiens and the Armistice

    by Professor Andrew Wiest ...
    Series series History of WWI
    The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns that took place during the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German colonies in the Pacific, the World War I series provides a six-volume history of the battles and campaigns that raged on land, at sea and in the air.Following the climactic battles ... Read more

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  • Decision in Normandy

    by Carlo D'Este ...
    The strategy and planning behind D-Day: "The best-researched, best-written account [of the Normandy Campaign] I have ever read."— The New York Times Book ReviewOne of the most controversial and dangerous military operations in the history of modern warfare, the battle for Normandy took over two years of planning by each country that made up the Allied forces. The event is mired to this day in ... Read more

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