Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
EIGHTH ARMY: FROM THE WESTERN DESERT TO THE ALPS, 1939-1945 EIGHTH ARMY: FROM THE WESTERN DESERT TO THE ALPS, 1939-1945 Robin Neillands 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL13624276W
The Battle of Normandy, 1944 The Battle of Normandy, 1944 Robin Neillands What happened to the Allied armies in Normandy in the months after D-Day? Why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland? How did the Germans, deprived of … OL2527247W
In the combat zone In the combat zone Robin Neillands The Green Berets. The Navy SEALs. The secret Delta Force. The British SAS. The Israeli Mossad. Almost every country has a special force unit in their military. But what do they do, whom do they recru… OL2527255W
The Dieppe Raid The Dieppe Raid Robin Neillands The Dieppe Raid is one of World War II’s most controversial hours. In 1942, a full two years before D-Day, thousands of men, mostly Canadian troops eager for their first taste of battle, were sent ac… OL2527272W
A Fighting Retreat A Fighting Retreat Robin Neillands From Indian independence to the return of Hong Kong to China, British military specialist Neillands thoroughly chronicles Britain's retreat from empire. He offers a paean to the empire and its soldie… OL2527273W
The Hundred Years War The Hundred Years War Robin Neillands This is the story of a war ... the Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a quarrel between cousins, Plantagenet and Valois, that embroiled two great nations in decades of blood a… OL2527274W
The Battle for the Rhine The Battle for the Rhine Robin Neillands In what may be his last book, the late Neillands, a distinguished British military historian, covers the campaign in northwestern Europe that commenced with the breakout from Normandy and ended with … OL2527283W
Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Robin Neillands This is the story of Winston Spencer Churchill, a man who a huge majority in England believe to be the greatest Briton of them all. Churchill was a soldier, journalist, author, public speaker, member… OL8989945W