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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia George Orwell [Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Span… OL1168169W
Sniping in France, 1914-18 Sniping in France, 1914-18 Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was an explorer and adventurer who revolutionized the training of British Army snipers during the First World War. In this richly-detailed book, he explains his … OL1471563W
Try to tell the story Try to tell the story David Thomson From one of our most celebrated film critics and historians now comes a beautifully written memoir about his first eighteen years, growing up as an only child in south London in the midforties and la… OL14856851W
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Roderick Bailey The definitive oral history of a unique and extraordinary organisation tasked to 'set Europe ablaze' in the Second World War.The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especiall… OL14973505W
Spoken from the Front Spoken from the Front Andy McNab Real life voices from the battlefields of AfghanistanSpoken from the Front will tell the stories of what Andy McNab describes as "modern-day heroes fighting modern-day wars". It will recount the cour… OL15173308W
Last Night Another Soldier Last Night Another Soldier Andy McNab A new Quick Read title from the author of Bravo Two ZeroAfghanistan, 2009. A Rifle section is halfway through their six-month tour of duty in Helmand Province. Sixteen men from their Battalion have a… OL15174162W
Sisters in arms Sisters in arms Nicola Tyrer "The experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses (QAs) in the Second World War are some of the greatest adventure stories of modern times and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-c… OL17887225W
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Roderick Bailey The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organization created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines: in Winston Churchill'… OL18821772W
Testament of experience Testament of experience Vera Brittain In *Testament of Youth*, one of the most famous and best loved autobiographies of the First World War, Very Brittain wrote both a heartbreaking record of those agonizing years and a loving memorial t… OL1971472W
Last of the few Last of the few Max Arthur Presents personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived that battle. OL19951142W
The longest kill The longest kill Harrison, Craig (Sniper) It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the e… OL20020024W
Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Gabriel Moshenska Modern warfare is a unique cultural phenomenon. While many conflicts in history have produced dramatic shifts in human behaviour, the industrialized nature of modern war possesses a material and ps… OL20927963W
Tank! Tank! Ken Tout This short book is a novelette-sized experiential treatment. It is raw, full of the period banter between the men of a tank battalion in Normandy. The characters crass humour is exquisitely raw. M… OL2274803W
Eight lives down Eight lives down Chris Hunter Bomb-disposal operative Hunter takes us behind the scenes in an eye-opening portrait of the most dangerous job. By the time he got to Iraq, Hunter was one of the most experienced bomb-disabling opera… OL22986026W
The soldier's war The soldier's war Richard Van Emden The Great War ended ninety years ago and haunts us still, yet much of the detail of that tragic conflict remains unknown. Following the experiences of British Tommies through devastating battles and … OL24299369W
Tobruk Tobruk Harrison, Frank. A gripping account and perhaps the most authoritative work ever written about the Siege of Tobruk in the North African theatre of operations during World War II. Frank Harrison, the author, who serve… OL2507498W
War in a Stringbag War in a Stringbag Charles Lamb Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It was an antiquated machine, but it could outmanoeuvre almost any other aircraft… OL3670837W
Most secret war Most secret war Jones, R. V. Most Secret War is R V Jones's account of his part in British Scientific Intelligence between 1939 and 1945. It was his responsibility to anticipate the German applications of science to warfare, so … OL4100790W
Three months in the southern states Three months in the southern states Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon Sir The diary of "the ubiquitous, oddly dressed Englishman who peered down from the tree with his spyglass as the Confederate leaders argued whether to attack the Union lines" at Gettysburg. OL4477949W
Some desperate glory Some desperate glory Edwin Campion Vaughan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Desperate_Glory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Campion_Vaughan OL4644151W
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