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Hell's Highway
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2001
203 kr
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Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (83rd Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. It should have been easy as The …
Advance on Caen
From Sword Beach Towards the City, 6-9 June 1944
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2025
327 kr
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The COSSAC planners in 1943 outlined a strategy to capture the city of Caen, some 10 miles in-land from the coastline with an airborne division. On assumption of command of 21st Army Group, General Montgomery up-scaled the invasion and inserting SWORD Beach, gave the task of capturing the city to …
Normandy
Hill 112 - Battle of the Odon
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2000
167 kr
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'He who holds Hill 112, holds Normandy' said a German general, while the British regarded the hill as 'the Key to Normandy'. During the battle in June and July 1944, both sides were to fight hard for its dominating views over the surrounding area.This book tells of Hill 112's seizure by 11th …
Island: Nijmegen to Arnhem
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2003
192 kr
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Having fought their way up fifty miles of Hell's Highway and through Nijmegen, XXX Corps was just ten miles from Arnhem and 1st British Airborne Division. The Island is flat land between the Waal at Nijmegen and the Rhine at Arnhem. The situation was increasingly bad with the remainder of II SS …
Portugal 1808: Wellington’s First Peninsular Campaign
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2024
274 kr
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When Napoleon overreached himself by usurping the Burbon throne of Spain in early 1808, the resulting Spanish resentment and the brutal suppression of the Dos di Mayo Rebellion in Madrid turned Spain, a long-term enemy of Britain, into an ally. Sir Arthur Wellesley’s expedition to South America was …
In Company with Tanks
8th Rifle Brigade in Normandy
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2026
334 kr
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As the Second World War loomed, the Territorial Army was doubled and 2nd Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade was formed. This title was short lived and 8th Rifle Brigade joined the newly raised 11th Armoured Division in the spring of 1941. Three years of training followed, with regular changes of …
By Glider into Battle
12th Airborne Devons in Northwest Europe
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2026
334 kr
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The 12th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment was raised for coastal defence in the West Country during the invasion scare of 1940, but when infantry brigades were reorganised in 1943, the Devons became ‘spare’. Confidently expecting to be disbanded, it was a surprise for the battalion - and for …
Island of Avalon / Ynys Avalloen
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2026
254 kr
Kommande
A book of poems in: Cornish, English and Arabic.
Massena at Bay 1811
The Lines of Torres Vedras to Funtes de Onoro
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2021
280 kr
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The 1810 French invasion of Portugal, commanded by the veteran marshal Andre Massena, who was known to Napoleon as the 'Spoilt Child of Victory' has been well covered by historians. Conversely, the shock revelation of the presence of the Lines of Torres Vedras baring the French Army of Portugal's …
Massena at Bay 1811
The Lines of Torres Vedras to Funtes de Oñoro
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2021
88 kr
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The 1810 French invasion of Portugal, commanded by the veteran marshal André Masséna, who was known to Napoleon as the ''Spoilt Child of Victory'' has been well covered by historians. Conversely, the shock revelation of the presence of the Lines of Torres Vedras baring the French Army of …
Salamanca Campaign 1812
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2022
15 kr
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After a gap of two years, the 1812 Salamanca Campaign saw Wellington taking the offensive in Spain against Marshal Marmont’s Army of Portugal. Marching from the border fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo which fell to the Allies in January, neither commander was willing to take the risk of a general action …
Salamanca Campaign 1812
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2022
15 kr
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After a gap of two years, the 1812 Salamanca Campaign saw Wellington taking the offensive in Spain against Marshal Marmont’s Army of Portugal. Marching from the border fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo which fell to the Allies in January, neither commander was willing to take the risk of a general action …
Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1811-1814
Häftad, 2023
225 kr
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By the middle of 1811, Brigadier General Robert Craufurd's Light Division was emerging as the elite of the Peninsular Army and Wellington was seeking opportunities to go over to the offensive, following the expulsion of Marshal Mass na from Portugal.After a period of outpost duty for the Light …
Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1808-1811
Häftad, 2026
403 kr
Kommande
Histories of the Light Division have tended to be incomplete, being based on memoirs of a few well known diarists, principally from the 95th Rifles. The authors of this book, the first volume of two, have sought memoirs from across the division, including the artillery, the King's German Hussars …
Hill 112: The Key to defeating Hitler in Normandy
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2022
280 kr
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He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy' seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a distance, but on reaching its plateau, the vistas unfold in every direction across a huge swath of Normandy. For the Germans it was their vital defensive ground, but for the British it was an essential …
Hill 112: The Key to defeating Hitler in Normandy
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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A history of the relentless fighting between British and German forces in the French villages of Eterville and Maltot during World War II.''He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy'' seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a distance, but on reaching its plateau, the vistas unfold in …
Hill 112: The Key to defeating Hitler in Normandy
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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A history of the relentless fighting between British and German forces in the French villages of Eterville and Maltot during World War II.''He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy'' seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a distance, but on reaching its plateau, the vistas unfold in …
Hill 112: The Key to defeating Hitler in Normandy
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2026
171 kr
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‘He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy’ seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a distance, but on reaching its plateau, the vistas unfold in every direction across a huge swath of Normandy. For the Germans it was their vital defensive ground, but for the British it was an essential …
Battle of the Reichswald
Rhineland February 1945
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2023
247 kr
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During winter 1944/45 few German officers believed that the Allies would attack the wooded Reichswald Plug on the narrow neck of land between the rivers Rhine and Maas. Consequently, relying on the natural defences of the forest, the vaunted Siegfried Line had been allowed to peter out. The 84th …
Battle of the Reichswald
Rhineland February 1945
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2023
130 kr
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During winter 1944/45 few German officers believed that the Allies would attack the wooded Reichswald Plug on the narrow neck of land between the rivers Rhine and Maas. Consequently, relying on the natural defenses of the forest, the vaunted Siegfried Line had been allowed to peter out. The 84th …
Battle of the Reichswald
Rhineland February 1945
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2023
132 kr
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During winter 1944/45 few German officers believed that the Allies would attack the wooded Reichswald Plug on the narrow neck of land between the rivers Rhine and Maas. Consequently, relying on the natural defenses of the forest, the vaunted Siegfried Line had been allowed to peter out. The 84th …
12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2023
192 kr
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Raised in 1943 with seventeen-year-olds from the Hitler Youth movement, and following the twin disasters of Stalingrad and Tunisgrad', the Hitlerjugend Panzer Division emerged as the most effective German division fighting in the West. The core of the division was a cadre of offices and NCOs …
Battle of the Reichswald - Rhineland
February 1945
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2026
188 kr
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During winter 1944/45 few German officers believed that the Allies would attack the wooded Reichswald Plug on the narrow neck of land between the rivers Rhine and Maas. Consequently, relying on the natural defences of the forest, the vaunted Siegfried Line had been allowed to peter out. The 84th …
Churchill Crocodile: 141 Regiment RAC (The Buffs)
Flame Throwers in Normandy
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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The British Army started the development of flame throwers in 1938, but progress was slow and interest was side-lined after Dunkirk while the army reequipped. Investment in a flame-throwing tank only returned to the agenda thanks to interest by General Percy Hobart when he developed ‘funnies’ for …
Churchill Crocodile
141 Regiment RAC—Flame Throwers in Normandy
E-bok, 2024
177 kr
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The British Army started the development of flame throwers in 1938, but progress was slow and interest was side-lined after Dunkirk while the army reequipped. Investment in a flame-throwing tank only returned to the agenda thanks to interest by General Percy Hobart when he developed ''funnies'' for …
Talavera Campaign 1809
Av Tim Saunders
Inbunden, 2023
312 kr
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Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley returned to the Peninsular in 1809 convinced that the country could be held against the French. His audacious crossing of the Duoro and speedy victory at Oporto in May, followed by the deceptively easy ejection of Marshal Soult's corps, confirmed this view, …
Talavera Campaign 1809
Av Tim Saunders
Häftad, 2027
403 kr
Kommande
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley returned to the Peninsular in 1809 convinced that the country could be held against the French. His audacious crossing of the Duoro and speedy victory at Oporto in May, followed by the deceptively easy ejection of Marshal Soult’s corps, confirmed this view, …
Talavera Campaign 1809
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2023
221 kr
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Dive into the tactics behind the Battle of Talavera as British and Spanish armies clashed against France in the opening engagements of Spain''s late 1809 campaign. Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley returned to the Peninsular in 1809 convinced that the country could be held against the French. …
Juno Beach
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division–July 1944
Av Tim Saunders
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to sweep the beaches with machine gun fire and were surrounded by belts of barbed wire and mines. Leading the attack were the 3rd …
