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  • SOE in France, 1941–1945

    An Official Account of the Special Operations Executive's 'British' Circuits in France

    by Robert Bourne-Patterson ...
    The confidential report on the Special Operations Executive's extensive activity in World War II France, now available to the public.In the archives of the Special Operations Executive lay a report compiled by a staff officer and former member of SOE's French Section, Major Robert Bourne-Patterson, that until recently could not be published. Because of the highly sensitive nature of the work ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Mammoth Book of Secrets of the SAS & Elite Forces

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    Series Book 387 - Mammoth Books
    The SAS have earned their reputation as the world's toughest fighting unit, from the Falklands War to Kosovo, the Gulf War and other crises elsewhere. This is a step-by-step guide to the tactics of such elite units, with true accounts of the SAS's most famous exploits, as well as those of crack US Army units such as Delta Force and the Green Berets. It includes: how the SAS and other elite units ... Read more

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  • The Mammoth Book of Covert Ops

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    Series Book 370 - Mammoth Books
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  • A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War

    The SOE and the Canadian Connection

    by Colonel Bernd Horn ...
    An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.During the Second World War, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to conduct acts of sabotage and subversion, and raise secret armies of partisans in German-occupied Europe. With the directive to “set Europe ablaze,” the SOE undertook a dangerous game ... Read more

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  • Super Snipers

    The Ultimate Guide to History's Greatest and Most Lethal Snipers

    Edited by Soldier of Fortune Magazine Editors ...
    In Super Snipers, the editors of Soldier of Fortune show readers the ways of the expert sniper in forty stories from those who have mastered the craft.Becoming an elite sniper involves more than learning how to shoot. Snipers need to know how to judge terrain, wind, and sometimes even the curve of the Earth. They train their eyes to spot enemy movement in the distance and to never hesitate. A ... Read more

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  • South-East Asian Special Forces

    by Kenneth Conboy ...
    Series Book 33 - Elite
    Elite units have long been prominent in the armies of South-East Asia and, given the turmoil in the region after the 1960s, these forces have had ample opportunity to be tested in combat.Acknowledged expert on South-East Asia Ken Conboy outlines the history, organization and insignia of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Malaysian and various other South-East Asian special forces from their ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • A History Of The British Army – Vol. X – (1814-1815)

    by Sir John William Fortescue ...
    Series series A History of the British Army
    Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar has attempted to cover such a large and diverse subject in its entirety; but Sir John did so and with ... Read more

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  • Special Forces in the War on Terror

    by Leigh Neville ...
    A fascinating insight into US and Coalition Special Forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali.Within weeks of 9/11, United States Special Operations Forces were dropping into Afghanistan to lead the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. For over a decade, special forces have been fighting a hidden war in Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Mali and Afghanistan, facing off against a range ... Read more

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  • World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics

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    In fascinating detail, Dr Stephen Bull describes the slow and painful learning curve of the Allies in the mid-war years, trying to end the Japanese stranglehold on Southeast Asia and the Pacific.Based on the actual wartime training documents and front-line memoirs, he shows how the British, Australian and US armies transformed their tactics, attitudes and equipment to master the art of jungle ... Read more

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  • Special Operations Forces in the 21st Century

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    Edited by Jessica Glicken Turnley, Kobi Michael, Eyal Ben-Ari ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    This book sets out the major social scientific approaches to the study of Special Operations Forces.Despite consistent downsizing, over the past two decades the armed forces of the industrial democracies have seen a huge growth in Special Operations Forces (SOF). Through increasing numbers of personnel and more frequent deployments, SOF units have wielded considerable influence in conflicts around ... Read more

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  • World War 2 History: Eyewitness Accounts: Crimes Of The German FBK & SS

    World War 2 History

    by William Myron Price ...
    Series series World War 2 History
    When Heinrich Himmler was appointed as its fourth leader in 1929, the SS consisted of less than three hundred volunteers whose job was to protect Nazi Party speakers. The SS was so short of cash that its members had to provide their own uniforms and fund their own meetings and transport.By the end of World War Two, just sixteen years later, more than one million men had served in the combat arm of ... Read more

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