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War Memoirs
War Memoirs
War and military, warfare worldwide, soldiers and regiments, battlefields and war zones. Historical overviews of world conflicts over the centuries through the eyes and words of those who were there.
| JULIE SUMMERS Book Number: 85892 |
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In a heartfelt tribute to the ordinary country women who were at the core of the village Women's Institutes, a researcher and historian draws on interviews with many WI members and uses hitherto un...
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| AUDREY MAGEE Book Number: 87951 |
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A soldier on the Russian Front marries a photograph of a woman he has never met. Hundreds of miles away in Berlin, that woman marries a photograph of the soldier. It is a contract of business rat...
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| RICHARD HUMPHREYS Book Number: 88797 |
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Humphreys was a crew member on the Polaris nuclear submarine HMS Resolution from 1985 to 1990 and this memoir starts with his first gruelling training at HMS Raleigh on the banks of the Tamar, foll...
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| FREDERICK SLEATH Book Number: 89353 |
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First published in 1919 and now reissued as an attractive hardback, Sniper Jackson is the fast-paced story of a sniper in the World War I trenches. Reviewers both then and now have made the point ...
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| STEVE ROSS Book Number: 89365 |
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Steve Ross was born Szmulek Rozental near Lodz, Poland, in 1931. Aged just eight when the Nazis invaded his village, he spent the next six years in a day-to-day struggle to survive in the ten conce...
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| PATRICK BISHOP Book Number: 89419 |
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Soldier, escaper, spymaster, politician - Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons carpark in 1979. 40 years after his death, Patrick Bishop's lively, action-packed biography examines ...
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| VIVIEN NEWMAN Book Number: 89035 |
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Poetry during and after the First World War is a staple for any historian or reader interested in the era. During that period, hundreds of women wrote thousands of poems for many different purposes...
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| W. F. MORRIS Book Number: 89480 |
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One of the beautifully designed Casemate Classic War Fiction series, this one was written by the highly popular English novelist W. F. Morris (1892-1975) who served with the 13th Cycle Battalion of...
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| Ronald Gurner Book Number: 89481 |
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One of the beautifully designed Casemate Classic War Fiction series, Stanley Ronald Kershaw Gurner (1890-1939) was a writer and headmaster, commissioned into the Rifle Brigade and who served two ye...
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| GARY DOBBS Book Number: 89987 |
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Together with Newport and Swansea, Cardiff was one of the ports targeted by the Germans early in the war, though Bridgend's munitions factory further down the coast, the largest in Britain, was inc...
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| RICHARD KNOTT Book Number: 89993 |
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This fascinating and nostalgic book is based on the letters of six prolific correspondents in the war years. Three of them were famous members of the London scene: Noel Coward, Cecil Beaton and Fre...
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| RICK BLOM Book Number: 89717 |
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Dutch historian Rick Blom has scoured original source material including private diaries by active servicemen and civilians, historical accounts, food manuals, recipe books and interviews with vete...
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| SUE WHEATCROFT Book Number: 89730 |
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To what extent were the 'decision-makers' aware of the problems faced by disabled children during the war, and how did they attempt to deal with the problems, and to what extent were they successfu...
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| EVA MOZES KOR Book Number: 89647 |
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The heart-breaking and inspiring memoir of an Auschwitz twin including an epilogue on Eva's incredible recovery and her remarkable decision to publicly forgive the Nazis. Through her museum and le...
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| ROB LOFTHOUSE Book Number: 90158 |
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Rob Lofthouse served in the Army for 20 years from the Falklands to Canada, Iraq to Kenya and Northern Ireland to Kosovo. His bestselling Zero Hour trilogy takes us back to D-Day and the ensuing mo...
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| LINDSAY MATTICK & J. GREENHUT Book Number: 90039 |
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A heart-warming read-aloud and Children's Book of the Year award winner, a perfect melding of beautiful art with soulful, imaginative writing. It is also a charming addition to Winnie the Pooh lor...
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| W. STANLEY MOSS Book Number: 90248 |
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The Classic Story of Wartime Daring, now with an introduction by W. Stanley Moss's daughter Gabriella Bullock and an afterword by Patrick Leigh-Fermor. W. Stanley Moss is a young British officer ...
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| JACK LOVE & BARRY LOVE Book Number: 90256 |
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Sub-titled 'A Bomber Command Story of Ops and Evasion, Captivity and Friendship', here is Jack Love's personal account of the experiences he went through joining up for the RAF, training for, and t...
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| JACKY HYAMS Book Number: 90291 |
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On 3rd September 1939 the dawn of a new conflict would engulf the world. Following the words of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain 'This country is at war with Germany.' By the time WW2 ended in ...
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| JAY MORTON Book Number: 90304 |
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Morton spent ten years in the SAS and four years in The Parachute Regiment, completing 14 years of decorated military service, he is now the latest addition to Channel 4's critically acclaimed TV s...
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| BRIAN BEST Book Number: 90679 |
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Famous reporters of World War II include writers such as Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell, but perhaps the most celebrated reportage is Richard Dimbleby's flight with a bombing raid over Berlin i...
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| LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Book Number: 89189 |
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The author of Little Women wrote personal letters which provide a raw and honest account of the reality of battlefield medicine during the American Civil War, a war which tore the country and famil...
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| CAROLINE & PADDY ROCHFORD Book Number: 90751 |
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Sub-titled 'A Boy Soldier's Adventures, from the Streets of 1920s Dublin to Buckingham Palace, WWII and the Egyptian Revolution'. When he was just eight years old, Paddy Rochford enrolled at Dubli...
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| MARTIN GIBSON Book Number: 90766 |
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In 1915, when the War Office appealed for experienced civil engineers to volunteer to help break the Western Front's appallingly costly stalemate, aged 50, Lieutenant and the Captain Bracken RE whi...
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| GABRIELLE MCDONALD-ROTHWELL Book Number: 90807 |
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'I have always felt embarrassed that the medals were given to me - I was just the guy flying the damned aircraft. It was a joint effort and those men were the bravest of the brave.' Tall young pil...
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| EDITED BY KATRIN HIMMLER Book Number: 90840 |
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'The Himmler Collection' which contained the letters of Marga Himmler to her husband has been a treasure trove for primary historical research for years and a further collection of private document...
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| STEPHEN PINCOCK & MARK FRARY Book Number: 90892 |
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Codes exert a constant fascination because of their secrecy and ingenuity, and this attractive and informative book covers some of the world's biggest cryptographic challenges. Bletchley Park is am...
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| ANNE FRANK Book Number: 90992 |
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Complete and unabridged, this is the extremely moving classic that remains a top favourite among readers of all ages, a rare and exceptional personal document that emerged from the Second World War...
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| IDA COOK Book Number: 90513 |
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First published in 1950 under the title 'We Followed Our Stars', this is the breath-taking story of sisters Ida and Louise Cook who during the 1930s rescued dozens of Jews facing persecution and de...
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| HADLEY FREEMAN Book Number: 91091 |
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A moving memoir following the Glass siblings throughout the course of the 20th century exploring assimilation, identity and home, the book is the story and secrets of a 20th century Jewish family. ...
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