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  • The British Home Front 1939–45

    Serier Bog 109 - Elite
    The population of Britain was mobilized to support the war effort on a scale unseen in any other Western democracy – or in Nazi Germany.They endured long working shifts, shortages of food and all other goods, and complete government control of their daily lives. Most men and women were conscripted or volunteered for additional tasks outside their formal working hours. Under the air raids that ... Læs mere

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  • Fighting Nazi Occupation

    British Resistance 1939–1945

    af Malcolm Atkin ...
    "Everyone knows about the Home Guard but what about the other Secret Intelligence Services (SIS and M16)? You can read about them in [this book]." — This EnglandWhen Winston Churchill made his "we shall never surrender" speech in 1940, he was speaking in the knowledge that Britain's Secret Intelligence Service was planning a civilian British resistance movement to mobilize after the country had ... Læs mere

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  • Blitz Diary

    Life Under Fire in the Second World War

    During the 1930s, war with Germany became increasingly likely. The British Government believed that it would start with massed ranks of enemy planes, dropping bombs and poison gas on civilians in major towns and cities, terrifying them into surrendering. When war broke out, preparations to protect the population were piecemeal and inadequate. As anticipated, people were shocked by the first raids ... Læs mere

    87,38 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Beneath Hill 60

    af Will Davies ...
    'Ten seconds, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one - fire! Down goes the firing switch. At first, nothing. Then from deep down there comes a low rumble, and it as if the world is spliting apart...'On 7th June 1917, nineteen massive mines exploded beneath Messines Ridge near Ypres. The largest man-made explosion in history up until that point shattered the landscape and smashed open ... Læs mere

    146,29 kr.

  • Station 12

    SOE's Secret Weapons Centre

    af Des Turner ...
    The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before.Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British country houses requisitioned during the Second World War by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Born out of Bletchley Park, where ... Læs mere

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  • Supplying the British Army in the Second World War

    The noted military historian reveals the fascinating history of British Army logistics during WWII in this scholarly study.Armies have always required large amounts of material, but by the Second World War the numbers of men involved had grown exponentially, their equipment had become mechanized, and their deployment was global. Elaborate planning and administration at every level had to ensure ... Læs mere

    84,61 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • VCs of the First World War: Arras and Messines 1917

    Serier serie VCs of the First World War
    For much of the First World War, the opposing armies on the Western Front were at a stalemate, with an unbroken line of fortified trenches stretching from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. The Allied objective after the bloody Battle of the Somme drew to a close in November 1916 was to decisively break through the German 'Hindenburg Line' and engage the numerically inferior German forces in a ... Læs mere

    74,88 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Modern African Wars (1)

    Rhodesia 1965–80

    Serier serie Men-at-Arms
    The Rhodesian War of 1965–80 was the battle for control of present day Zimbabwe.The former British colony of Southern Rhodesia rejected British moves towards majority rule and on 11 November 1965 the Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith announced his country's Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. That act sparked a series of violent encounters between the traditional colonial ... Læs mere

    128,28 kr.

  • The Night Blitz

    1940-1941

    af John Ray ...
    September 1940: defeated in the Battle of Britain, despite their superior numbers and better equipped aircraft, the Luftwaffe launched a new campaign of attack, their target this time the civilian population. For eight months, with hardly a night's break, Luftwaffe bombers pounded industrial cities and seaports in a concentrated attempt to smash Britain's war economy and destroy civilian morale. ... Læs mere

    40,01 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Great War Handbook

    A Guide for Family Historians & Students of the Conflict

    af Geoff Bridger ...
    A guide to daily life and experiences for British servicemen in World War I, from recruitment and training to the battle and its aftermath.Geoff Bridger's Great War Handbook answers many of the basic questions newcomers ask when confronted by this enormous and challenging subject of World War One—not only what happened and why, but what was the Great War like for ordinary soldiers who were caught ... Læs mere

    66,00 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Churchill's Underground Army

    A History of the Auxillary Units in World War II

    ‘A carefully researched book on a long-neglected subject which fills a major gap in our Second World War knowledge’ – Norman Longmate, author of If Britain Had FallenBritish Secret Intelligence Service officers and others in the War Office were never convinced that appeasement would prevent a Nazi invasion. Defying high-level opposition, they quietly worked instead on preemptive ‘Last Ditch’ ... Læs mere

    87,86 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Missing Believed Killed

    The Royal Air Force and the Search for Missing Aircrew 1939–1952

    During the early years of WW2 it soon became apparent that the system for tracing the remains of R.A.F. aircrew deemed Missing Believed Killed was totally inadequate. The Missing Research Section (M.R.S.) of the Air Ministry was set up in 1941 to deal with this problem. It collected and collated intelligence reports from a wide variety of official, unofficial and covert sources in an attempt to ... Læs mere

    83,00 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus