Military history

The Templars [9781781858912]

'A new knighthood has appeared on the earth...' The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful and most secretive of the military orders that …

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Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War: The SAS in the Falklands War [9781787381124]

In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a Royal Navy Task Force is assemble…

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Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 [9780670918669]

The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historianOn 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder…

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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy: 1945-1975 [9780008132989]

From the best-selling author of All Hell Let Loose comes a masterful chronicle of one of the most devastating international conflicts of the 20th cent…

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Spitfire: A Very British Love Story [9781471159206]

'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane.' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys. `A rich and heartfelt tribut…

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Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble [9780141046587]

The No. 1 Bestseller: Hitler's ill-fated final stand, from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launch…

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Passchendaele: A New History [9780241004364]

'A masterpiece' - General the Lord Dannatt Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, …

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The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram: A compelling story of courage and endurance in the Second World War [9781509829569]

A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of Alastair Cram, brilliantly…

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First Light [9780141042756]

Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF. Desperate to get in t…

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God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusaders, Reynald de Chatillon [9781782399254]

In 2010, a parcel bomb was sent from Yemen by an al-Qaeda operative with the intention of blowing up a plane over America. The device was intercepted …

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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World [9781910702376]

With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was the greatest human disaster, not only of t…

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Dunkirk [9781509860043]

In May 1940, the small British Expeditionary Force was sent to help the Belgians and French hold back the German army. When the Germans invaded, the B…

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Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two [9780593077979]

'James Holland is a master' BBC History It was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all . . . During the third week of February 1944, the …

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Unwinnable: Britain's War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 [9781847923462]

It could have been a very different story. British and US forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they …

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The Battle of Britain [9780718186296]

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Battle of Britain is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the most famous aerial battle in h…

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The Fateful Year: England 1914 [9780670919222]

The Fateful Year by Mark Bostridge is the story of England in 1914. War with Germany, so often imagined and predicted, finally broke out when people w…

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Battles that Changed History [9780241301937]

From the fury of the Punic Wars to the icy waters of Dunkirk, relive 5,000 years of world-changing combat with this guide to the most famous battles i…

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Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper [9780241288948]

Our Boys brings to life the human experiences of the paratroopers who fought in the Falklands War, and examines the long aftermath of that conflict. …

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The Desert War: The classic trilogy on the North African campaign 1940-1943 [9781781316733]

In 1940, Alan Moorehead was sent to cover the North Africa campaign by the Daily Express, and he followed its dramatic course all the way to 1943. The…

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Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man [9780241972267]

This is a special 75th Anniversary Edition. Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of Britis…

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