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“neil barber”

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  • The Day the Devils Dropped In

    The 9th Parachute Battalion in Normandy - D-Day to D+6: The Merville Battery to the Château St Côme

    by Neil Barber ...
    This WWII history presents a vivid chronicle of the British Army's 9th Parachute Battalion and their operations in Normandy based on survivor interviews.The first hours and days following the Allied invasion of Normandy were perhaps the most crucial moment of the Second World War. The Day The Devils Dropped In examines the pivotal role played by the 9th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment in the ... Read more

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  • The Pegasus and Orne Bridges

    Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day

    by Neil Barber ...
    This WWII history chronicles a daring airborne mission that was vital to the success of Operation Tonga, D-Day, and the liberation of France.When the British Army landed on Sword Beach in Normandy, their only exit eastward required passage across the River Orne and the Caen Canal. But the two bridges fording these waterways—the Pegasus and Orne Bridges—were heavily guarded and wired for demolition ... Read more

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  • Fighting with the Commandos

    Recollections of Stan Scott, No. 3 Commando

    by Neil Barber ...
    Fighting With The Commandos tells what the Second World War was like for a fighting soldier. After enlisting underage, he was 'found out', joined the Home Guard and then a Young Soldiers Unit (for those too young to serve overseas). He managed to get out to Iraq but was again sent home.He then joined 3 Commando led by Brigadier Peter Young and landed on SWORD Beach on D-Day. He graphically ... Read more

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  • Fighting Hitler from Dunkirk to D-Day

    The Story of Die Hard Jeff Haward

    by Jeff Haward, Neil Barber ...
    "From the Battle of France through to the German unconditional surrender . . . A very welcome addition to the available direct accounts of WWII" ( Firetrench).Fighting Hitler from Dunkirk to D-Day is the compelling story of a man belonging to a group of which there are now very few survivors. Jeff Haward MM was a pre-war Territorial Army soldier who enlisted and fought throughout the entirety of ... Read more

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  • Escaping with His Life

    From Dunkirk to D-Day & Beyond

    by Nicholas Young ...
    "A fitting tribute . . . exceptional in covering the duration of WWII as a soldier, commando, POW, escaper, and on through D-Day to Victory." — FiretrenchVery few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first operation, the raid on the ... Read more

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  • Churchill's Shadow Raiders

    The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon

    by Damien Lewis ...
    From bestselling and award-winning war reporter Damien Lewis and for fans of Erik Larsen’s The Splendid and Vile and Alex Kershaw’s The Forgotten 500 comes a thrilling account of one of the most daring raids of WWII…the true story of the race to stop Hitler from developing a top-secret weapon that would change the course of history."One of the most readable World War 2 his... ... Read more

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  • The Final Advance, September to November 1918

    by Andrew Rawson ...
    Series series British Expeditionary Force
    This is the story the British Expeditionary Forces part in the final days of the Advance to Victory. It starts with the massive offensive against the Hindenburg Line at the end of September 1918. Second Army launched the first of the British attacks in Flanders on the 28th, followed by Fourth Army the next day along the St Quentin Canal.Both First and Third Armies joined in, breaking the ... Read more

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  • The History Behind Game of Thrones

    The North Remembers

    by David C. Weinczok ...
    The true history behind the hit HBO fantasy show and George R. R. Martin's bestselling Fire and Ice series.A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless sea-born warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior king becomes a legend when he smites his foe with one swing of his axe ... Read more

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  • Broken Arrow

    How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb

    by Jim Winchester ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    This " unnerving exposé" of a lost American nuclear bomb "is a valuable contribution to the history of the navy, the cold war, and nuclear weapons" ( Booklist ).On December 5th, 1965, the USS Ticonderoga was on its way from Vietnam to Japan, practicing nuclear combat procedures along the way. A young pilot from Ohio strapped into an A-4 Skyhawk bomber for a routine simulated mission. But after ... Read more

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  • Eyewitness on the Somme 1916

    by Matthew Richardson, Gary Sheffield ...
    What was the soldiers experience of the Battle of the Somme? How did the men who were there record their part in the fighting or remember it afterwards? How can we, 100 years later, gain an insight into one of the most famous and contentious - episodes of the Great War? Matthew Richardsons graphic account, which is based on the vivid personal testimony of those who took part, offers us a direct ... Read more

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  • Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–1941

    by Peter Harmsen ...
    Series Book 1 - War in the Far East
    "An excellent primer about World War II in Asia prior to the involvement of the United States"—part one of a fascinating history trilogy ( New York Journal of Books).War in the Far East is a trilogy of books offering the most complete narrative yet written about the Pacific Theater of World War II, and the first truly international treatment of the epic conflict. Historian Peter Harmsen weaves ... Read more

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  • Custer

    The Making of a Young General

    by Edward G. Longacre ...
    The name George Armstrong Custer looms large in American history, specifically for his leadership in the American Indian Wars and unfortunate fall at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But before his time in the West, Custer began his career fighting for the Union in the Civil War. In Custer: The Making of a Young General, legendary Civil War historian Edward G. Longacre provides fascinating insight ... Read more

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