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British Admirals of the Fleet

A companion volume to the same author's "The British Field Marshals 1736-1997", this book outlines the lives of the 115 officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Ro ...


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Tulisielut

1968 oli politiikan ”hullu vuosi.” Nuoret vaativat muutosta. Menestynyt vasemmistolainen toimittaja Ulrike Meinhof liittoutui provokaattori Andreas Baaderin kanssa ja perusti Saksa ...


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Härkä

Päihteitä, väkivaltaa ja vankilakierre. Mika Törrö nousi 35-vuotiaana jaloilleen ja kamppailee nyt maailman vahvimpia vastaan. Huima selviytymistarina miehestä, joka ei suostunut a ...


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Käraste Pontus

"Ställningen här är nästan hopplös och stämningen ytterst bitter och uppretad." Med dessa drabbande ord börjar kronprinsen Gustav ett av sina många brev till sin nära vän Pontus Qv ...


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Gräddkusken som var Mors lille Olle

John Ersson kurade ihop sig i sin fårskinnspäls. Det var snöyra runtom honom och via släde skulle han plocka upp grädden som sedermera skulle transporteras till tysken Thoeles meje ...


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Carin Göring skriver hem

Redan under tjugotalet, när Weimarrepubliken regerade, stod svenska Carin Göring (född Fock) vid sin makes Hermanns sida. Hon bevittnade när maken, Hitler och de andra nazitopparna ...


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The Black Prince's Expedition

Edward, the Black Prince, is one of the legendary figures of English history. The first son of Edward III and an outstanding military leader, he is famous for his decisive victory ...


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The Warlords

In THE WAR LORDS, Field Marshal Lord Carver has assembled an engrossing series of short, detailed biographies of forty-three of the dominant military commanders of the twentieth ce ...


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Two-Man Air Force

American volunteers Don Gentile (pronounced Jen-tilly) and John Godfrey flew together as leader and wingman respectively, with the USAAF 4th Fighter Group based at Debden near Camb ...


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Under Fire in the Dardanelles

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Edward Cadogan kept a record of his war in words and photographs. His baptism by fire in Gallipoli made a profound effect on him but, as the situation deteriorated and casualties m ...


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Voices in Flight

Thanks to the foresight of the authors, Voices in Flight is a literary memorial to the hugely gallant men who fought their war in small dangerous and vulnerable aeroplanes. We hear ...


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With a Smile and a Wave

During the late summer of 1915 Captain Aidan Liddell's gallant exploits filled many newspaper columns and he was feted as a national hero. Already decorated for bravery while servi ...


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Twenty Days in the Reich

On 15 March 1945 three crew members of a Bomber Command Lancaster baled from their crippled aircraft over the eastern Rhur. The author of this book was the navigator and one of tho ...


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A British Achilles

Son of the victor of Jutland, George Jellicoe has enjoyed power and privilege but never shirked his duty. His war exploits are legendary and, as a founder member of Stirling’s SAS ...


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Admiral of the Blue

Admiral John Child Purvis was a contemporary naval officer of Nelson, who never disobeyed an order and did his job well. His ability as a fighting commander was proved in a bloody ...


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Aircraft Down

When a pilot experiences a sudden loud bang or sudden total silence, he is often faced with the stark choice of the parachute or attempting to get the aircraft down to earth in as ...


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Britain’s Last Tommies

The First World War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over. As of today February 2005, there are only twelve veterans from six million alive who served on the Wes ...


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By the Skin of my Teeth

This is a memoir of flying with the Royal Air Force in war and peace during a career in military and civil aviation covering a half century. The text is filled with personal experi ...


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Cleanse Their Souls

This is a young cavalry lieutenant's moving and shocking account of front line service in the cauldron of war. His troop of Scimitar light-armoured vehicles was attached to the 1 C ...


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Diary of an Old Contemptible

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This is a most unusual chronicle of the events of one man during the Great War. A professional soldier at the outbreak, Edward Roe was one of the first to cross over to France in 1 ...


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Die Hard, Aby!

Recent books, many by Pen and Sword, such as Shot At Dawn have highlighted the shocking cases of young British soldiers in the Great War being executed by their own side. All too o ...


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Drop Zone Borneo - The RAF Campaign 1963-65

In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330,000 men, plus three thousand Commandos. Of these, six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This gre ...


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Fire in the Sky

General Amos Amir's autobiography tells the story of the man, the warrior and the commander and the story of the struggling, newly-born Israeli Air Force. From the Six Days War of ...


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From Dogfight to Diplomacy

MacDonell's service career began in the 1920s. Shortly before the war he became a Squadron Leader and worked at the Air Ministry during the Phoney War. When hostilities commenced h ...


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From Fury to Phantom

Richard 'Dickie' Haine first went solo in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth during August 1935, after only one week of tuition. He joined the RAF shortly afterwards as a Direct Entry Serge ...