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Sniper one
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Dan Mills |
We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through its 20 metre arc. A dark, small oval-sh… |
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The Junior Officers' Reading Club
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Patrick Hennessey |
For the first time in a generation British soldiers are once again fighting at close quarters, coming under sustained and vicious firepower, losing friends in some of the most violent fighting the mo… |
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Rogue heroes
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Ben Macintyre |
Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind. Where his colleagues looked at a map of World War II's Afri… |
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Fortune favours the brave-the Battle of the Hook Korea, 1953
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A. J. Barker |
Details two costly battles fought along a Korean ridge known as "the Hook" in 1952 and 1953. Both involved British infantry battalions of 29 Commonwealth Brigade, the Black Watch Regiment and the Duk… |
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Sniper One
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Dan Mills |
"April 2004 - Sgt Dan Mills and his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq, part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives."--Jacket. |
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Ground truth
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Patrick Bishop |
Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of experience weighs heavily on their shoulders. |
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Drawing fire
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Len Smith |
The horrors of war in the trenches are brought to life with a rare immediacy and power through the diary of soldier and artist Len Smith. Enduring battles such as those at Loos and Vimy Ridge, Len su… |
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Neither Unionist nor Nationalist - The 10th (Irish) Division in the Great War
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Stephen Sandford |
This book is a major history account of the 10th (Irish) Division during World War I. Unlike the 36th (Ulster) and the 16th (Irish) Divisions, which have been well served by historians in recent year… |
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