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Schneider Trophy Air Races
The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire
Inbunden, 2021
219 kr
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When Jacques Schneider devised and inaugurated the Coupe d'Aviation Maritime race for seaplanes in 1913, no-one could have predicted the profound effect the Series would have on aircraft design and aeronautical development, not to mention world history.Howard Pixton's 1914 victory in a Sopwith …
Battle of Cambrai 1917
Moeuvres and Bourlon, Cantaing and Graincourt to Flesquieres, Masnieres, Gouzeaucourt and Gonnelieu
Häftad, 2022
181 kr
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The 1917 Battle of Cambrai featured the first massed tank attack in military history and provoked the biggest German counter-attack against the British since 1914. The British aimed to break through the German Hindenburg Line, then threaten the rear of the German positions to the north. The battle …
Battle on the Aisne 1914
The BEF and the Birth of the Western Front
Häftad, 2022
171 kr
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The river Aisne featured prominently in August 1914 during the Retreat from Mons and in September was the scene of bitter fighting when the BEF re-crossed it in their unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the German Army entrenched along the Northern Crest.The fighting was hugely costly to the BEF which …
Allied Air Operations 1939 1940
The War Over France and the Low Countries
Inbunden, 2022
225 kr
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While much has been written about the Battle of Britain, the air war over France and the Low Countries from September 1939 to June 1940 has been largely neglected - until now. As expert aviation author Jerry Murland reveals in this fascinating book, there may have been little ground action until …
Allied Air Operations 1939-1940
The War Over France and the Low Countries
E-bok, 2022
155 kr
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While much has been written about the Battle of Britain, the air war over France and the Low Countries from September 1939 to June 1940 has been largely neglected – until now. As expert aviation author Jerry Murland reveals in this fascinating book, there may have been little ground action until …
Allied Air Operations 1939-1940
The War Over France and the Low Countries
E-bok, 2022
155 kr
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While much has been written about the Battle of Britain, the air war over France and the Low Countries from September 1939 to June 1940 has been largely neglected – until now. As expert aviation author Jerry Murland reveals in this fascinating book, there may have been little ground action until …
Aisne 1914
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The 1914 Battle of the Aisne, officially from 12 – 15 September, came about as a result of the German retirement from the Battle of the Marne, which took place further south as the huge conscript armies of France and Germany jostled for position almost within sight of Paris. By the time the British …
The Retreat from Mons 1914: North
Casteau to Le Cateau
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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Mons to the Marne, the latest volume in Pen & Sword's Battle Lines series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor who is keen to retrace the path taken by the British Expeditionary Force immediately after the outbreak of the First …
Retreat and Rearguard- Somme 1918
The Fifth Army Retreat
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The German Spring offensive or Kaiserschlacht was a period of great danger for the Allies. Both sides were exhausted after years of bitter fighting and huge losses. While eventually catastrophically unsuccessful and the prelude to their final defeat, the Germans forced the Allies back over hard-won …
The Retreat from Mons 1914: South
Etreux to the Marne
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The Retreat from Mons 1914: South is the second volume in Pen & Sword's Battle Lines series to cover the opening campaign of the Great War. It is the essential companion for every visitor who is keen to retrace the path taken by the British Expeditionary Force immediately after the outbreak of the …
Retreat of I Corps 1914
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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On 23 August 1914 it was only the two divisions of General Smith-Dorrien's II Corps that were directly engaged with the German First Army along the line of the Mons-Conde Canal. As the British Expeditionary Force withdrew from Mons and bivouacked around Bavay on 25 August, Sir John French and his …
Canal Line 1940
The Dunkirk Campaign
Häftad, 2018
165 kr
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The network of canals stretching from the coast at Gravelines, through St-Omer, B thune and La Bass e, follows the approximate boundary between Artois and Flanders and was, in 1940, the defensive line established on the western edge of the so-called Dunkerque Corridor designed by Lord Gort to …
Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940
France and Flanders Campaign
Häftad, 2019
171 kr
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The book, the latest in a series of eight Battleground Europe books that deals with the BEF's campaign in France and Flanders in 1940, covers the fierce fighting around the Dunkerque Perimeter during May and June 1940 between the retreating British Expeditionary Force and its French allies and the …
Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940
France and Flanders Campaign
E-bok, 2019
15 kr
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The history of a disastrous WWII setback, including numerous photos, maps, and information for visitors. This book tells the story of the fierce fighting around the Dunkirk Perimeter during May and June 1940 between the retreating British Expeditionary Force and its French allies and the advancing …
Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940
France and Flanders Campaign
E-bok, 2019
15 kr
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The history of a disastrous WWII setback, including numerous photos, maps, and information for visitors. This book tells the story of the fierce fighting around the Dunkirk Perimeter during May and June 1940 between the retreating British Expeditionary Force and its French allies and the advancing …
Defence of St Valery-en-Caux 1940
The 51st (Highland) Division from The Saar to Normandy
Häftad, 2024
171 kr
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The story of the 51st (Highland) Division during 1939 and 1940 is a short and largely tragic one and although it firmly burnt itself into the minds of Scotsmen it has never been granted the recognition it deserves. Even in Scotland it is often forgotten that the men, and attached troops, of the …
Defence of St Valery-en-Caux 1940
The 51st (Highland) Division from The Saar to Normandy
E-bok, 2024
150 kr
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Supported by eleven maps and over 150 photographs, this is the story of Scottish Troops fighting for survival in Normandy. The story of the 51st (Highland) Division during 1939 and 1940 is a short and largely tragic one and although it firmly burnt itself into the minds of Scotsmen it has never …
Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940
France and Flanders Campaign
Häftad, 2019
160 kr
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Known in some accounts as the Battle of Wijtschaete, the confrontation along the Ypres-Comines Canal in 1940 is still hardly remembered in this country and, apart from the battle honours displayed proudly on the colours of the regiments who took part - many no longer in existence, very little has …
Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940
France and Flanders Campaign
E-bok, 2020
15 kr
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This WWII history and battlefield guide explores the significant yet lesser-known WWII combat along the Ypres-Comines Canal during the Battle of France.Known in some accounts as the Battle of Wijtschaete, the confrontation along the Ypres-Comines Canal in 1940 is too often overlooked despite its …
Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940
France and Flanders Campaign
E-bok, 2020
88 kr
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This WWII history and battlefield guide explores the significant yet lesser-known WWII combat along the Ypres-Comines Canal during the Battle of France.Known in some accounts as the Battle of Wijtschaete, the confrontation along the Ypres-Comines Canal in 1940 is too often overlooked despite its …
Battle for the Escaut 1940
The France and Flanders Campaign
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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On 10 May 1940 the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), under the command of Lord Gort, moved forward from the Franco-Belgian border and took up positions along a 20-mile sector off the River Dyle, to await the arrival of the German Army Group B. Their expected stay was considerably shorter than …
Cassel and Hazebrouck 1940: France and Flanders Campaign
Häftad, 2017
160 kr
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This is the first detailed account of the rearguard action that took place between 25 and 29 May 1940 at Cassel and Hazebrouck on the western perimeter of the Dunkirk Corridor. By 25 May the decision to evacuate the BEF via Dunkirk had already been taken, Lord Gort, commanding the BEF in France, …
Frankforce and the Defence of Arras 1940
Häftad, 2017
160 kr
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There is no other city in France that has the same associations in time of conflict that the British have with Arras. Since the campaigns of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in the early 18th century, British soldiers have fought in and around Arras, occasionally as an enemy but, more …
The Battles of French Flanders
Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Loos and Fromelles
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The battles fought by the British army in 1915, in the second year of the First World War, are less well known than those fought immediately after the outbreak of war in 1914 and those that followed in 1916 which culminated in the Battle of the Somme. But the fighting at Aubers Ridge, Festubert, …
Retreat and Rearguard - Dunkirk 1940
The Evacuation of the BEF to the Channel Ports
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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This book, the third title in the Author’s Retreat and Rearguard series, covers the actions of the BEF during the retreat from the Dyle Line to the evacuation points of Dunkirk, Boulogne, Calais, St Valery-en-Caux and finally the Cherbourg Peninsula. Some of the engagements are relatively well …
Battles of Arras: North
A Visitor's Guide; Vimy Ridge to Oppy Wood and Gavrelle
Häftad, 2019
171 kr
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The First World War battlefields to the north of Arras - including Vimy Ridge - are among the most famous and most visited sites on the Western Front, rivalled only by those around Ypres and the Somme, and this clearly written, highly illustrated guide is the ideal introduction to them.Visitors can …
Battles of Arras: North
Vimy Ridge to Oppy Wood and Gavrelle
E-bok, 2019
149 kr
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A guidebook for those planning a tour of this key battleground of the First World War. The First World War battlefields to the north of Arras—including Vimy Ridge—are among the most famous and most visited sites on the Western Front, rivaled only by those around Ypres and the Somme, and this …
Battles of Arras: North
Vimy Ridge to Oppy Wood and Gavrelle
E-bok, 2019
149 kr
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A guidebook for those planning a tour of this key battleground of the First World War. The First World War battlefields to the north of Arras—including Vimy Ridge—are among the most famous and most visited sites on the Western Front, rivaled only by those around Ypres and the Somme, and this …
The First Day of the Somme
Gommecourt to Maricourt, 1 July 1916
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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Many guidebooks cover the Somme offensive in 1916, the five-month struggle that has come to be seen as one of the defining episodes in the history of the fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. But no previous guide has concentrated on t
Somme 1916-Beyond the First Day
Beaucourt and Mametz Wood to the Butte de Warlencourt
E-bok, 2021
88 kr
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In their second Visitor''s Guide to the 1916 Battle of the Somme Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland focus on the series of secondary battles that were key stages in the five-month struggle that followed the start of the offensive on 1 July. They take the visitor – and the reader – across the entire …
