Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima by Andy Millar
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On a calm, tropical afternoon in the South Atlantic Ocean in Aril 1942, a British tramp steamer, the SS Willesden, was shelled, torpedoed and sunk by a German raider, the KMS Thor. The Willesden was carrying 47 officers and crew, and a cargo of vital war supplies destined for Britain's 8th Army in North ...Show more
Man Inside by Graham Apthorpe
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Graham Apthorpe's account of the Cowra outbreak is superb. Narrated in a fresh way, in elegant and original prose, and with a wonderful gift for taking the unexpected angle, it does great service to this astonishing Australian-Japanese event, and will have a honoured place in the canon of fascinating wo ...Show more
Marching with the Devil - Legends, Glory and Lies in the French Foreign Legion by David Mason
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Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: Hachette Military Collec Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'An unpretentious Aussie's experiences in one of the most ramshackle and soul-destroying military organisations on Earth.' COURIER-MAIL A real-life boy's own adventure, MARCHING WITH THE DEVIL is a hell-raising account of five years in the infamous French Foreign Legion. 'In 1894 a French Foreign Legi ...Show more
Medium Mark a Whippet:(British Tank) by David Fletcher; Henry Morshead (Illustrator)
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Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
This title looks at the Medium Mark A Whippet, one of the most successful British tanks of World War I and, when placed alongside existing titles covering the Mark I, Mark IV and Mark V, completes the New Vanguard series' coverage of the major British tanks of the war. The evolution of the Whippet is ex ...Show more
Mutiny on the Western Front by Greg Raffin
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On 21 September 1918, with retreating German forces on their last legs, the 1st Battalion of the AIF was ordered to return to the front just as they were being relieved and preparing for a well-earnt rest. It wasn’t just the Germans who were on their last legs; the Australians were depleted and exhauste ...Show more
No Time to Wave Goodbye by Ben Wicks
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By this time I wanted my Mummy and Daddy and to be back in that little terraced house all together again. Later, in a strange cold bed at the end of that long weary day, I hid under the bedclothes and cried. No Time to Wave Goodbye follows the untold tales of some of the 3.5 million evacuees whose lives ...Show more
Prepare for Anything (Paperback Edition) - 338 Essential Skills by Tim MacWelch
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A smaller, more affordable edition of Outdoor Life's bestselling Prepare for anything. Full of the same must-have information found in the full-size flexi edition, it is an extensive guide to preparing for the worst life can throw at you. Are you preparing for the collapse of society? Concerned about ...Show more
Quiet Courage: Forgotten Heroes of World War Two by Tony Matthews
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What could induce a young pilot to walk out onto the wing of his burning aircraft at 13,000 feet?Why would a plucky young woman descend into the bowels of a sinking ship knowing that she would almost certainly die there?Why did a family remain on their farm, tending crops while suffering four long years ...Show more
RAF Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces by Andrew Thomas
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Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: Aircraft of the Aces S.
The P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt were the finest American fighters of World War 2, and both saw service with the RAF in substantial numbers. The RAF began flying the Mustang in 1944, using it to fly bomber escort missions, and deploying to support the ground campaigns in Italy and the Balkans. It w ...Show more
Roger, Sausage and Whippet: A Miscellany of Trench Lingo from the Great War by Christopher Moore
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In four long years, 1914 - 1918, the Western Front maimed a generation of young men and women bonded by combat and burdened by duty. Now, through the letters of Christopher Moore's Captain Cartwright, comes an extraordinary lexicon of the phrases and lingo of life at the front. Whether born from the des ...Show more
Rogue Male: Death and Seduction in World War II with Mister Major Geoff by Geoffrey Gordon-Creed & Roger Field
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This is the untold story of one of the most lethal and successful soldiers of the Second World War - a highly decorated hero as well as a self-confessed rogue. In the tank war in the desert of North Africa, Major Geoff, as he came to be known, quickly showed himself a soldier of superb athleticism, un ...Show more
Semper Fi - The Definitive Illustrated History of the U. S. Marines by H. Avery Chenoweth; Brooke Nihart
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With more than 1,100 images and a text written by respected author and veteran Colonel H. Avery Chenoweth, this tribute to the U.S. Marines shines with all the pride of the Marines themselves. Salute the few, the proud, the Marines. From their founding in 1794 to their most recent actions--including the ...Show more