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The Second World War: A World in Flames (Essential Histories Specials)
Flavius Aetius: The Last Conqueror
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Battle for Hue: Tet 1968
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The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future
The Story of the Golf Ball: From the Feather Ball To...
Britain and the Confrontation with Indonesia,1960-66
Our Hallowed Ground: Guide To Indian War Battlefield Locations in Eastern Montana
Storm Over Iraq: Air Power and the Gulf War
Liberation of Pointe Du Hoc: 2nd Rangers at Normandy: June 6-8, 1944
City Fights: Selected Histories of Urban Combat from World War II to Vietnam
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1066: The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry
The Living Dead: The Catacombs of Palermo
Tibet: The Issue Is Independence
Knowledge Across Culture: A Contribution to Dialogue Among Civilizations
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The River Tyne from Sea to Source
Dylan Remembered: v. 2

Flamethrowers of the German Army 1914-1945: 1914-1945 (Schiffer Military History)

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Flamethrowers of the German Army 1914-1945: 1914-1945 (Schiffer Military History)
Fred Koch
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764302647

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Shown are the various caliber mortars used by the German infantry during World Wars I & II., over 100 b/w photographs, line drawings, 8 1/2" x 11"

The Second World War: A World In Flames (Essential Histories Specials)

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The Second World War: A World In Flames (Essential Histories Specials)
Max Hastings
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

The First World War: The War to End All Wars
The American Civil War: this Mighty Scourge of War
The Napoleonic Wars: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire (Essential Histories Specials)
Rome at War: Caesar and his legacy (Essential Histories Specials)
Liberty or Death: Wars That Forged A Nation (Essential Histories Specials)

ASIN: 1841768308
Release Date: 2004-03-25

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The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating events in living memory. Existing in the shadows of fear, sacrifice, deprivation and uncertainty, soldiers and civilians of all nationalities were driven to extremes of selfless loyalty, dogged determination or bitter cruelty by the demands of a world at war. Bringing the experience of war to life through a wealth of contemporary documentation, private writings and historical research, this book tells the stories of the men and women who lived and died during the Second World War. Also assessing the political, military and historical significance of the war this truly comprehensive volume covers every fighting front of this horrific war.

FLYING INTO THE FLAMES OF HELL: Flying with Bomber Command in World War II (Pen & Sword Aviation)

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FLYING INTO THE FLAMES OF HELL: Flying with Bomber Command in World War II (Pen & Sword Aviation)
Martin Bowman
Manufacturer: Pen and Sword
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The Few

ASIN: 1844153894

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The book contains twenty-three stirring accounts of what life flying as air-crew in World War Two was really like. The writers are a mixed bunch of pilots, navigators and gunners who flew medium and heavy bombers or Mosquitoes. It conveys the terror of being coned by German searchlights over the target, attacks by Luftwaffe night-fighters, catastrophic damage to aircraft and the ensuing struggle to keep the machine airborne on the return trip to base. It tells of the comradeship between the crew and often the humor between them which was often bred from fear.

The gentle and unassuming narratives convey the sense of purpose that these men felt in doing one of the most dangerous jobs in the war. It is a fitting tribute to those that survived and the many thousands who died in the struggle against Hitler's dreadful ambitions in Europe.

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The Flames of Calais
Airey Neave
Manufacturer: Grafton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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World War II: the World in Flames
Owen Booth
Manufacturer: Amalgamated Book Services
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Rekindling the Flame: American Jewish Chaplains and the Survivors of European Jewry, 1944-1948

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Rekindling the Flame: American Jewish Chaplains and the Survivors of European Jewry, 1944-1948
Alex Grobman
Manufacturer: Wayne State University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0814324134

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Women SOE Agents in France in WWII

Flames in the Field
Rita Kramer
Manufacturer: Michael Joseph Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Women SOE Agents in France in WWII.......2004-04-25

This is an excellent book. It's a well-researched, highly readable account of 4 women SOE agents in France. Although the book is purportedly about 4 women, there is a lot of general information on the SOE, and detailed stories of many other agents who were involved with he 4 women featured in the story. There is also an account of the British secret service' controversial decision to use agents as bait during the war, sacrificing their own agents' lives and freedom to misinform the Germans.

(...) She went to school with one of the agents who was killed by the Nazis and interviewed many people who knew the female agents herself. She's also the one who solved the mystery of the 4th agent, all acknowleged in Kramer's book.

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Off We Go...Down In Flame
Julius 'Al' Altvater
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1553695038
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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Off We Go...Down in Flame is the story of a WWII bombardier in the air over Europe as a prisoner of war in Romania. Among the many photographs is one of the author's aircraft, SHILAY-LEE, going down in flame over the Danube.

He weaves a gripping story of his capture and imprisonment and the tedium and humor of prison life. One of the humorous episodes chronicles an ill-fated attempt, along with an Australian pilot, to escape from the prison. Almost a full year before the war's end, Altvater and approximately 1200 other Allied prisoners were dramatically rescued and returned to their bases in Italy.

The author tells of his childhood in the Great Depression in New Jersey with immigrant parents: his father, a chemist from Germany, and his mother, a Jew from Hungary. To escape domestica strife, he walked lonely miles to the Newary airport to look at the airplanes. His coming of age years, following his father's death, are also a good read.

This is no flag-waving book. There's no glory here. It tells the story of a badly burned bombardier, parachuting into a field in ememy territory, and finding the morphine styrette missing from his first-aid kit.

Altvater concludes his story with his views, at age 82, on the "insanity of war."

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Amazing.......2004-03-24

The best description of war yet. I read this book from cover to cover in one sitting. Please read this book. It is a must.

Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II

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Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II
Douglas W. Jacobson
Manufacturer: McBooks Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1590131363

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Night of Flames paints a vivid and terrifying picture of war-torn Europe during WWII. It’s the tale of a Krakow university professor Anna and her husband Jan, a Polish cavalryman. Separated and forced to flee occupied Poland, Anna soon finds herself caught up in the Belgian Resistance, while Jan becomes embedded in British Intelligence efforts to contact the Resistance in Poland. He seizes this opportunity to search for his lost wife Anna.

FLAMES OF CALAIS: A Soldier's Battle 1940

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FLAMES OF CALAIS: A Soldier's Battle 1940
Airey Neave (DSO OBE MC)
Manufacturer: Pen and Sword
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The defense of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army from total annihilation and capture, 29 Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender.

Airey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, and was wounded and captured there

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