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  • Pegasus Bridge

    Bénouville D-Day 1944

    af Will Fowler ...
    Serier Bog 11 - Raid
    A detailed, step-by-step account of one of the greatest war-time raids that helped to ensure the Allied success on D-Day.The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly overwhelming the guards, they managed to hold the bridge and help prevent German reinforcements from reaching the British landing ... Læs mere

    137,49 kr.

  • Certain Death in Sierra Leone

    The SAS and Operation Barras 2000

    af Will Fowler ...
    Serier Bog 10 - Raid
    In September 2000 the notorious militia gang, 'West Side Boys' kidnapped eleven British soldiers in Sierra Leone and Operation Barras was launched as the rescue operation. Fast roping in from helicopters, the SAS soldiers engaged in a heavy firefight with the militia, killing several, and capturing their leader. Meanwhile the Paras advanced on foot, fighting their way through a village to recover ... Læs mere

    144,63 kr.

  • Pegasus Bridge

    Bénouville D-Day 1944

    af Will Fowler ...
    Serier Bog 11 - Raid
    The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly overwhelming the guards, they managed to hold the bridge and help prevent German reinforcements from reaching the British landing beaches. Will Fowler provides a detailed blow-by-blow account of this classic wartime raid. ... Læs mere

    118,61 kr.

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    af Carl Shilleto ...
    Serier serie Battleground Normandy
    This battlefield guide is the companion work to Merville Battery & The Dives Bridges. Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe Series book Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery.This book examines, in great detail, the attack by 2 Oxf Bucks and engineers of the British 6th Airborne Division, in six gliders, on the Caen Canal ... Læs mere

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  • El Alamein

    The Battle that Turned the Tide of the Second World War

    af Bryn Hammond ...
    El Alamein, Britain's victory in the deserts of North Africa in 1942, was the first major reversal of fortunes for Hitler's Third Reich.Before the Battle of El Alamein in 1942, the British had never won a major battle on land against the Germans; nor indeed had anyone else. Drawing on a remarkable array of first-hand accounts, this book reveals the personal experiences of those on the frontline ... Læs mere

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  • If You Survive

    From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story

    af George Wilson ...
    "If you survive your first day, I'll promote you."So promised George Wilson's World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy -- and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried Line to the Nazis' last desperate charge in the Battle of the Bulge, Wilson fought in the thickest of the action, ... Læs mere

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  • Flying Start

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    af Hugh Dundas ...
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  • You Must Set Forth at Dawn

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