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This book, by the man who taught them, shows how the British Commandos fought in the Second World War in unarmed hand-to hand combat. It shows how they won their fights – even against enemies who were bigger, stronger, and armed. Brute stren...

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The standard history of the crossbow - (slower and clumsier than the longbow but punchier and easier to learn) - and its manufacture. Includes ancient and medieval siege engines.

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The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far grea...

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The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far grea...

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The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far grea...

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The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far grea...

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Forming part of his 'Guide to...' series, Ray has gleaned, from an array of sources, an impressive collection of seldom-encountered badges from the British numbered regiments of foot, up to the Army reforms of 1881. The quality of the images is ou...

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A full and detailed Regimental History of the war services of the two Regular Battalions along with the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, which were originally formed from the London Rifle Brigade and the Tower Hamlets Rifles.  A Roll o...

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These beautiful watercolours demonstrate how difficult these operations often were. A Surgical Artist at War featuring the paintings and sketches of Sir Charles Bell is a fine tribute to outstanding and dedicated men.

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Ned Donnelly was a pioneer of boxing training during the late Victorian era. Explore the strategies and techniques used by this trainer of champions via a series of easy-to-follow illustrations and clear, concise coaching steps.Ned Donnelly's 1880...

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An exemplary WW2 history giving a description of the Southern Rhodesian contribution to the Allied cause in WWII. A great many white Southern Rhodesians served overseas with non-Rhodesian units - The Royal Air Force, King's African Rifles, Royal W...

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An exemplary WW2 history giving a description of the Southern Rhodesian contribution to the Allied cause in WWII. A great many white Southern Rhodesians served overseas with non-Rhodesian units - The Royal Air Force, King's African Rifles, Royal W...

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War-raised bn.,15th (Scottish) Div. in NW Europe from Normandy to the Elbe. Roll of awards. Very scarce in its original printing.

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Produced by the Prisoners of War Information Bureau in 1919, this is an alphabetical listing of Prisoner-of-War camps in Britain and the Commonwealth during the First World War.

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Formed September 1939 in the UK. Served in North-western Europe from 14 June 1944 until the end of the war. Fought on the Odon River, at Caen, Mont Pincon, the Nederrijn, the Rhineland, and across the Rhine. Ended the campaign in North-western Eur...

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First published in 1917 at the height of the Great War, this is an early record of medals, with ribbons and regimental badges written by a pioneer of the subject.

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The 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment, originally part of the 25th Infantry Brigade, was then attached to the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and served with the BEF in France in 1940. The battalion was successfully evacuated from Dunkirk....

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The Siege of Colchester was a prolonged and tragic central episode of the Second Civil War that engulfed England in the summer of 1648. Royalist risings in Kent and Essex culminated in the seizure of the Essex town on behalf of King Charles I. Col...

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A war that ended in 1918 and in which the men who fought are now dead is today of great historical interest for many British people. The Centenary Celebrations have brought a renewed level of interest in a conflict that is still 'touchable' in tha...

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The 1807-1814 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic necessity to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain o...

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Sir Charles Oman’s classic two-volume history of warfare in the Middle Ages is the key work for understanding the changing face of battle as it was tested, refined and transformed through centuries of upheaval. Both scholarly and accessible ...

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The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British secret service, formed in 1940 to encourage underground resistance to Hitler’s Germany. This book, based on a mass of official and hitherto unavailable material, presented for the first ti...

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The book provides the formation date of each regiment, names of colonels prior to 1751, changes of title, battle honours awarded before 1881 and brief descriptions of uniform and badges worn. Helpful to the collector will be the badge authorisatio...

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Foch's pre-war contributions as a military theorist and lecturer have long been recognised, and he has been credited as "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" of the early 20th century. At the outbreak of war in August 1914, Foch's...

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In A Guide to the Volunteers of England 1859–1908, the second of his ‘Guides’ series, Ray Westlake deals with the Volunteer Force of 1859 to 1908, the predecessors of the future Territorial Army. Well known for his valuable resea...

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