True war & combat stories books

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Singapore's Dunkirk: The Aftermath of the Fall

Singapore's Dunkirk: The Aftermath of the Fall

Author: Geoffrey Brooke
ISBN: 9781473822917
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Temporary Heroes

Temporary Heroes

Author: Richard Van Emden
ISBN: 9781781591963
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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Rescue at 2100 Hours

Rescue at 2100 Hours

Author: Tom Trumble
ISBN: 9780143572107
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A World War II story of courage, cruelty, friendship and the extraordinary things ordinary men must do to survive....  Read More >>

A Job To Do: New Zealand Soldiers of `The Div’ Write About Their World War Two

A Job To Do: New Zealand Soldiers of `The Div’ Write...

Author: John Gordon
ISBN: 9781775591986
Format: Undefined
$9.99

This anthology is a selection of material describing the experiences of the soldiers of 2 New Zealand Division in...  Read More >>

Devils Playground

Devils Playground

Author: Simon Chambers
ISBN: 9780957156876
Format: Paperback
$23.26

This is the riveting true story of the first British soldier to join the infamous Blackwater: the story of a man...  Read More >>

South West Secret Agents: True Stories of the West Country at War

South West Secret Agents: True Stories of the West Country...

Author: Laura Quigley
ISBN: 9780750959186
Format: Paperback
$25.85

True tales of Second World War spies from across the West Country have been collected together for the very first...  Read More >>

Military Detention Colchester from 1947

Military Detention Colchester from 1947

Author: Carole McEntee-Taylor
ISBN: 9781783400591
Format: Hardback
$75.00

What was it really like behind the forbidding barbed wire in those ancient Nissan Huts? How much has it changed...  Read More >>

Papa Topside: The Sealab Chronicles of Capt. George F. Bond, USN

Papa Topside: The Sealab Chronicles of Capt. George...

Author: Helen A Siiteri
ISBN: 9781612514956
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A pioneer in the field of deep-sea diving, George F. Bond helped develop the theory of saturation diving and the...  Read More >>

Edward Preble: A Naval Biography 1761-1807

Edward Preble: A Naval Biography 1761-1807

Author: Christopher McKee
ISBN: 9781612514970
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Warrior: The True Story of the Real War Horse

Warrior: The True Story of the Real War Horse

Author: Isabel George
ISBN: 9780008105044
Format: Paperback
$52.77

An inspiring and heart-warming short story of devotion and bravery.  Read More >>

Outside the Wire: American Soldiers' Voices From Afghanistan

Outside the Wire: American Soldiers' Voices From Afghanistan...

Author: Christine Dumaine Leche ,  Brian Turner
ISBN: 9780813936611
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Outside the Wire creates that opportunity for us as readers to bear witness to the men and women who carry the weight...  Read More >>

Illustrated Witness to World War II

Illustrated Witness to World War II

Author: Karen Farrington
ISBN: 9781780192864
Format: Paperback
$31.02

A comprehensive account of the history of the Second World War, with expert commentary on its political and economic...  Read More >>

Lady in the Navy: A Personal Reminiscence

Lady in the Navy: A Personal Reminiscence

Author: Estate of: Joy B Hancock
ISBN: 9781557503992
Format: Paperback
$59.99

When legislation was passed in 1948 giving women permanent status in the regular and reserve Navy, it was largely...  Read More >>

Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches From Kiev

Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches From Kiev

Author: Andrey Kurkov ,  Sam Taylor
ISBN: 9781846559471
Format: Paperback
$25.00

Going beyond the headlines, this title gives an insight into what it's like to live through - and try to make sense...  Read More >>

Lest We Forget: Forgotten Voices from 1914-1945

Lest We Forget: Forgotten Voices from 1914-1945

Author: Max Arthur
ISBN: 9780091960179
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Lest We Forget brings together first-hand recollections from the Great War to the Second World War, to vividly illustrate...  Read More >>

The Story of Billy Young

The Story of Billy Young

Author: Anthony Hill
ISBN: 9780143569138
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A powerful account of one of the youngest-ever prisoners of war. Award-winning author Anthony Hill takes us into...  Read More >>

Thankful and Not So Thankful: How the Great War Changed Three English Villages Forever

Thankful and Not So Thankful: How the Great War Changed...

Author: Gerard Lees
ISBN: 9781861512710
Format: Paperback
$56.93

This book tells the story of three Lancashire villages and their contrasting fortunes in the Great War. The stories...  Read More >>

A Special Journey

A Special Journey

Author: Rosemary Edmeads
ISBN: 9781781487273
Format: Paperback
$25.85

A true story of a Halifax aircraft and its heroic crew.  Read More >>

The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the Great War

The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the...

Author: Leonard V. Smith
ISBN: 9780801479564
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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A Broken World: Letters, diaries and memories of the Great War

A Broken World: Letters, diaries and memories of the...

Author: Sebastian Faulks ,  Dr Hope Wolf
ISBN: 9780091958930
Format: Paperback
$39.99

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Difficult Days: A Rifleman's Wartime Memoir 1939-1946

Difficult Days: A Rifleman's Wartime Memoir 1939-1946...

Author: Mike Hicks ,  Graham Hicks
ISBN: 9781780037981
Format: Paperback
$25.85

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Too Bold to Die: The Making of Australian War Heroes

Too Bold to Die: The Making of Australian War Heroes...

Author: Ian McPhedran
ISBN: 9780732290245
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Bush war: The road to Cuito Cuanavale Soviet Soldiers' accounts of the Angolan War

Bush war: The road to Cuito Cuanavale Soviet Soldiers'...

Author: Gennady Shubin ,  Andrei Tokarev
ISBN: 9781431401857
Format: Paperback
$51.62

For almost 15 years, South Africa was involved in a civil war in Angola: the so-called Bush War on behalf of the...  Read More >>

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