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  • Midhurst WW2 Memoirs: 4. Hard Ending (1944-1950): 4. Hard Ending (1944-1950): 4. Hard Ending (1944-1950)

    4. Hard Ending (1944-1950)

    by Peter Henry Sydenham ...
    This book, Midhurst WW2 Memoirs: 4. Hard Ending (1944-1950) is the final work of a tetralogy written over a decade. Its aim is to leave an account of the life and times of a small town experiencing the development of WW2. It uses the back story of the author's time there as a story-line, adding extensive back-story accounts that few would have known of at that time. Experiences of people connected ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • No 1 Balloon Centre. Kidbrooke

    1938-1945

    by Peter Henry Sydenham ...
    In 1938, land between the current Thomas Tallis school and Kidbrooke railway station was the location of the RAF No. 1 Balloon Centre. During WW2 it flew barrage balloons to defend targets from German bombing.RAF Balloon Command had twenty Centres that flew thousands of balloons in the British Isles and abroad. No1 Centre was the first to come into operation, with its Squadrons 901, 902 and 903. ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

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  • Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

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  • Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters

    by Richard Edwards ...
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    DESCRIPTION“An excellent book to read at this time during the anniversary of the bombing of the German dams by what seemed impossible odds.” Review.**Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator.This short i ... Read more

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  • Ian Fleming's Commandos

    The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII

    by Nicholas Rankin ...
    In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence?Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the ... Read more

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  • The Four Geniuses of the Battle of Britain

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    by David Coles, Peter Sherrard ...
    "Had it not been for the vital contributions of the four men and their inventions described in this book the Battle of Britain could not have been won by the Royal Air Force. Each of these brilliant men contributed enormously to the aircraft and equipment upon which the gallant RAF fighter pilots depended to take on and defeat the hitherto overpowering Luftwaffe during Hitlers European onslaught. ... Read more

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  • Churchill's Secret Defence Army

    Resisting the Nazi Invader

    by Arthur Ward ...
    By the spring of 1940, the phoney war suddenly became very real. In April Hitler's forces, invaded Norway and a month later began their assault on France and the Low Countries. The Anglo/French allies were routed. The British escaped to fight another day after evacuating the bulk of their armies at Dunkirk. When on 10 May Winston Churchill became Prime Minister he soon discovered that the nation's ... Read more

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  • Frontline and Experimental Flying With the Fleet Air Arm

    by Geoffrey Higgs ...
    The first Royal Navy pilot to fly transatlantic non-stop (in a Buccaneer) describes his thirty-five-year career in the Fleet Air Arm and as an Empire Test Pilot.The spectacle of Alan Cobham's Flying Circus and the Fleet at anchor in Weymouth inspired the author's lifelong passion for aeroplanes, flying and the Royal Navy. World War Two provided the opportunity to fulfil his ambition and at ... Read more

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  • Women in the Second World War

    by Collette Drifte ...
    Women in the Second World War explores the experiences of women who served in the armed forces, or complimentary services. Using interviews, anecdotes, memoirs and/or accounts from the women (or, where appropriate, their children), the book tells the women's personal accounts of what their lives were like and what particular experiences they had while serving. They were all ordinary British women, ... Read more

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    by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny ...
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    The Struggle' is a very readable account of an interesting life. The author was born in a rather poor peasant family in Poland. Through his own effort he made his way into the elite, becoming an officer and a fighter pilot of the Polish Air Force. During World War II he was among thousands of Polish airmen who came to Britain to fight the Germans, eventually rising to command a fighter squadron. ... Read more

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