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The Eagle in the Mirror

Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of an Australian-born intelligence officer accused by some ..

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The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler

Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story, he was a well-known figure in the local bars...

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The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse: From the Australian bush to the Battle of Beersheba

On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rif..

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The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen on the Run in Occupied Europe

A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away. To be an airman in the Eighth Air Force flying over the wa..

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The Panzers of Prokhorovka: The Myth of Hitler's Greatest Armoured Defeat

Today the Russian state declares that there are three sacred battlefields in its Motherland where 'victory' changed the course of the nation's history: The first is at Kulikovo. At this location Dmi..

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The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban

The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab. It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted. ..

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The Second World War: An Illustrated History

The Second World War is brought to life with captivating colour and detail, in this illustrated history from renowned historian James Holland and award-winning artist Keith Burns From the interna..

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The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau: how Australia's signals-intelligence network shortened the Pacific War

Alan Turing saved millions of lives. But Bletchley Park wasn't the only major code-breaking operation during World War II. Down under, there was Central Bureau. Central Bureau - Australia's own l..

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The South African Tragedy 1899-1902: New Zealand's Role

At 5.00 pm on 11 October 1899 the unthinkable happened - the Boer Presidents of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and Orange Free State declared war on Great Britain, arguably the world's super-p..

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Those Must Be The Guards: The Household Division in Peace and War, 1969-2023

The story of the British Army's Household Division from 1969 to 2023. It is the biography of a family of three generations of soldiers who have served Crown and Country during a period of significant ..

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To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941-42

A ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges. Masterfully brought to life by a leading expert using original Russian and German source material. '[An] excellent account.' - Richa..

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To Save An Army: The Stalingrad Airlift

Using the diaries of Luftwaffe commanders, rare contemporary photographs and other previously unpublished sources, Robert Forsyth analyzes the human, strategic, tactical and technical elements of one ..

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Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40

A compelling history of the decline of an army from the triumph of victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A salutary warning for modern Britain. The British Army won a convinc..

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War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance

'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.' Drawing from his perilous car..

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Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats

Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change. ..

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When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945

"Highly recommended as a sobering but enlightening account." Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: The End of the Japanese Empire In the 44 months between December 1941 and August 1945, the Pacif..

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With My Shield: An Army Ranger in Somalia

This is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia in 1993. In 1993 Lieutenant James Le..

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World War I: The Definitive Visual History

The ultimate guide to World War I A uniquely accessible military history of one of the world's most devastating conflicts Now revised and updated, World War I- The Definitive Visual Guide t..

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World War II The Definitive Visual Guide

This defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before World War II is captured in hundreds of compelling images, presenting the people, places, and politics involved ..

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