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  • Falklands Hero

    Ian McKay–The last VC of the 20th Century

    de Jon Cooksey ...
    **"A multi-layered portrait of a dedicated professional soldier who was far from being the archetypal rough-hewn paratrooper of popular mythology." —**Eastern Daily PressAt the height of the bitter battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment's assault has stalled in the face of determined resistance. With his platoon held up by an Argentine machine gun, it ... Leer más

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  • Operation Tonga

    6th Airborne Division—June 1944

    de Jon Cooksey ...
    Series series Elite Forces Operations Series
    The seizure of Pegasus Bridge by six glider borne platoons of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry under Major John Howard very early 6th June 1944, is one of the better-known stories of D-Day. Landing just yards from vital bridges over the River Orne and the Caen Canal near Bnouville, Howard's men took and held the bridges in a remarkable coup de main operation with minimal ... Leer más

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  • 3 Para Mount Longdon

    The Bloodiest Battle

    de Jon Cooksey ...
    Series series Elite Forces Operations Series
    The author of Falklands Hero follows the Third Parachute Battalion through a ferocious battle to secure a key strategic position during the Falklands War.This, the first in a series on Special Operations, tells the story of Three Para and the often-neglected struggle for Mount Longdon. It was a battle that tested the discipline, comradeship, and professionalism of the Paras to the limit; it was a ... Leer más

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  • Boulogne

    The Guards Brigade Fighting Defence - May 1940

    de Jon Cooksey ...
    Series series Battleground Europe
    The story of the World War II battle for the French port which ended in a desperate evacuation—from the author of Calais: A Fight to the Finish.As German armored columns moved to seal off French ports from retreating British troops in 1940, Winston Churchill had few reserves he could commit. In an attempt to delay the Germans at Boulogne, Churchill sent in two battalions of the Irish Guards and ... Leer más

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  • Operation Chariot

    The Raid on St Nazaire

    de Jon Cooksey ...
    Series series Elite Forces Operations Series
    By March 1942, mainland France had been under German occupation for almost two years. Every month that passed saw Germany bolster her defenses against an expected allied invasion. Every month that passed saw Germany tighten her grip on Britain's transatlantic lifeline; menacing allied shipping from the French west coast ports. At St Nazaire on the Loire estuary, the vast Normandie dry dock was the ... Leer más

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  • Flanders 1915

    de Jon Cooksey ...
    Series series Images of War
    By Christmas 1914 Britain's Regular Army had virtually ceased to exist. Four months of hard fighting had drained its manpower and the Territorial Army were called on to plug the gaps. The part-timers leapt at the chance to serve their country overseas and were soon on their way to the trenches and the harsh realities of war on the Western Front.Flanders 1915 tells the story, through rare and ... Leer más

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  • Barnsley Pals

    The 13th & 14th Battalions York and Lancaster Regiment

    de Jon Cooksey ...
    The true World War I story of one British town's remarkable response to the message "Your Country Needs You."The Pals battalions were a phenomenon of the Great War, never repeated since. Under Lord Derby's scheme, and in response to Lord Kitchener's famous call for a million volunteers, local communities raised (and initially often paid for) entire battalions for service on the Western Front.Their ... Leer más

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  • The Retreat from Mons 1914: North

    Casteau to Le Cateau

    Series series Battle Lines: The Western Front By Car, By Bike and On Foot
    Mons to the Marne, the latest volume in Pen & Sword's Battle Lines series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor who is keen to retrace the path taken by the British Expeditionary Force immediately after the outbreak of the First World War. All the most famous battle sites of the Great Retreat are featured here. Expert guides Jon ... Leer más

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  • The Retreat from Mons 1914: South

    Etreux to the Marne

    Series series Battle Lines: The Western Front By Car, By Bike and On Foot
    The Retreat from Mons 1914: South is the second volume in Pen & Sword's Battle Lines series to cover the opening campaign of the Great War. It is the essential companion for every visitor who is keen to retrace the path taken by the British Expeditionary Force immediately after the outbreak of the conflict all the important battle sites of the second stage of the retreat are featured here. Expert ... Leer más

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  • The Somme 1916—Beyond the First Day

    Beaucourt and Mametz Wood to the Butte de Warlencourt

    Series series A Visitor's Guide
    In their second Visitor's Guide to the 1916 Battle of the Somme Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland focus on the series of secondary battles that were key stages in the five-month struggle that followed the start of the offensive on 1 July. They take the visitor – and the reader – across the entire battlefield, covering in graphic detail sites where actions took place that are almost as famous as the ... Leer más

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  • Ypres

    Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert

    Series series Battle Lines: The Western Front By Car, By Bike and On Foot
    Battle Lines Ypres, the first volume in Pen & Swords new series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor to the Ypres Salient and the battlefields of Belgium. Many of the most famous - and most memorable - Great War sites are featured here. Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be ... Leer más

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  • The First Day of the Somme

    Gommecourt to Maricourt, 1 July 1916

    Series series A Visitor's Guide
    Many guidebooks cover the Somme offensive in 1916, the five-month struggle that has come to be seen as one of the defining episodes in the history of the fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. But no previous guide has concentrated on the first day, 1 July 1916, when the British Army suffered around 60,000 casualties. That is why, on the centenary of that great battle, this new ... Leer más

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