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Secret pigeon service: Operation Columba, resistance and the struggle to liberate Europe
Paperback. English.
Published
London: William Collins, 2019
'Secret Pigeon Service' is an original piece of investigation, bringing a brand new meaning to 'air force'. Corera uses declassified files with original...
The escape artists: a band of daredevil pilots and the greatest prison break of the Great War
Hardback. English.
Published
London: John Murray, 2018
Summer, 1918: 29 officers crawled into a 16 inch high, 55 metre tunnel dug only with spoons. This was the culmination of 9 months gruelling toil in oxygen...
Lonely courage: the true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free Nazi-occupied France
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Simon & Schuster, 2018
The French Resistance began almost as soon as France surrendered to Adolf Hitler's troops. At first it was made up of small, disorganised groups of men...
Keep smiling through: my wartime story
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Arrow Books, 2018
'I was just 27 years old when I went to Burma. It was an experience that changed my life forever. Up until that time I had not really travelled anywhere...
The last battle: endgame on the Western Front, 1918
Hardback. English.
Published
London: Profile Books, 2018
By August 1918, the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt: the Allies would win. But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out - would the...
Road of bones: the epic siege of Kohima
Paperback. English.
Published
London: HarperPress, 2011
Kohima. In this remote Indian village near the border with Burma, a tiny force of British and Indian troops faced the might of the Imperial Japanese Army...
24 hours at the Somme, 1 July 1916
Paperback. English.
Published
London: WH Allen, 2017
The first day of the Somme has had more of a widespread emotional impact on the psyche of the British public than any other battle in history. Now, 100...
Lucca the war dog: the inspiring true story of the world's most heroic dog
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Ebury Press, 2017
Lucca K458 is a decorated and highly skilled military working dog who belonged to an elite group trained to work off-leash to sniff out deadly explosives...
Rough justice: the true story of Agent Dronkers, the enemy spy captured by the British
Hardback. English.
Published
Stroud: Amberley, 2016
Early in the morning of 18 May 1942, three Dutchmen were captured in the North Sea and taken to MI5. It soon became clear that one in particular - Johannes...
One shot, one kill: a history of the sniper
Paperback. English.
Published
London: William Collins, 2016
From the first shot which was fired by a sniper during the battle for Litchfield in the English Civil War, to the present day, when the sniper has become...
