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  • Mystery of Missing Flight F-BELV

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    The true story of the aircraft that disappeared between Saigon and Hanoi, one of the enduring mysteries of the Vietnam War.Following the Geneva Accords in 1954, Vietnam found itself separated into North and South, with communist North Vietnam under the control of Ho Chi Minh. At the same time, the International Commission for Supervision and Control (ICSC) was established, whose role it was to ... Read more

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  • Dieppe 1942

    Operation Jubilee—A Learning Curve

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    On 19 August 1942, an Allied amphibious raid took place on the coastal town of Dieppe in northern France, when a force of some 6,500 infantry soldiers, predominantly Canadian, and supported by a number of tanks were landed by ships of the Royal Navy under a blanket of cover provided by the RAF. The official reason for the raid was to capture the town's port, gather relevant intelligence, and ... Read more

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  • City of London in the Great War

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    Series series Your Towns & Cities in the Great War
    Throughout the First World War, London played a major part in Great Britain's war effort, both at home and abroad. A far as Germany was concerned, the city was their ultimate goal the ultimate target that would bring them the sought-after victory they so desired. With the British Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, the heart of British Government at the Houses of Parliament and one of Europe's ... Read more

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  • Women in the Great War

    by Stephen Wynn, Tanya Wynn ...
    A "superlative social history" of British women's efforts in WWI and how they led to the women's suffrage movement—includes photos ( Books Monthly).In this fascinating history, husband and wife coauthors Stephen and Tanya Wynn chronicle the effects of the Great War on the lives of women, and how those experiences shaped the women's suffrage movement. Before the war, women were employed as domestic ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Itter Castle, 1945

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    An exploration of one of the only two known times in the Second World War in which the Americans and Germans fought side by side.Seized by the Nazis on February seven, 1943, on the direct orders of Heinrich Himmler, Itter Castle was changed into a five-star prison for a number of high-ranking French dignitaries, both civilian and military in just ten weeks. In the final days of the war, in May ... Read more

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  • Etaples

    Britain's Notorious Infantry Base Depot, 1914–1919

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    An account of the mismanagement and divisive atmosphere of the British Army's First World War base camp, which led to the infamous Étaples Mutiny.A coastal fishing port situated on the northeast French coast, fifteen miles south of Boulogne, Étaples was a base camp for the British Army, as well as a major medical facility for wounded and sick troops, including both British and Canadian hospitals ... Read more

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  • Holocaust

    The Nazis' Wartime Jewish Atrocities

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    "Trace[s] the developing Holocaust from the Odessa Massacre . . . a very good point to start into understanding this terrible genocide." — FiretrenchIn Holocaust, Stephen Wynn looks at the build up to the Second World War, from the time of Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, as the Nazi Party rose to power in a country that was still struggling to recover politically, ... Read more

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  • The Shetland 'Bus'

    Transporting Secret Agents Across the North Sea in WW2

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    A history of the World War II clandestine special operations group that linked German-occupied Norway with Scotland's Shetland Islands.The Shetland Bus was not a bus, but the nickname of a special operations group that set up a route across the North Sea between Norway and the Shetland Islands, north-east of mainland Scotland. The first voyage was made by Norwegian sailors to help their ... Read more

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  • The Rise & Fall of Imperial Japan

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    Nearly a century of Japanese Imperial rule, from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to the end of WWII, is explored in this sweeping history.Under Emperor Meiji's rule, Imperial Japan established itself as a world power through rapid industrialization and militarization. Aligned with the Entente Powers during the First World War, Japan made a proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference ... Read more

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  • St Nazaire Raid, 1942

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    The raid on St Nazaire has gone down in history as one of the most daring commando raids of all time. Given the code name of Operation Chariot, it took place in the early hours of Saturday, 28 March 1942, and was a joint undertaking by the Royal Navy and British Commando units. The port at St Nazaire, which sits on the Loire estuary and the Atlantic Ocean, has a dry dock that was capable of ... Read more

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  • Target Rommel

    The Allied Attempts to Assassinate Hitler's General

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    "A compelling and revelatory account of one of the lesser known events of World War II . . . an inherently fascinating read." — Midwest Book ReviewFrom a German perspective, the highly decorated and well-respected General Erwin Rommel was one of their biggest and brightest assets. His reputation had been gained early in the Second World War, whilst commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the ... Read more

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  • Disaster Before D-Day

    Unravelling the Tragedy at Slapton Sands

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    "An eye-opening exposé of the Pre-D-Day disaster and incident of friendly fire tragedy and cover up that was the Slapton Sands." —WorldWars.comThis is a book of two stories. The first is the sad tale of how at least 749 American servicemen lost their lives on a pre-D-Day landing exercise, code-named "Operation Tiger," on the evening of 23/24 April 1943. The second, was the unanswerable question of ... Read more

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