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Women in Uniform 1939-1945
ISBN: PB: 9782352504603, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, December 2016
84 pp., 24x20 cm, full colour throughout
Women's participation in the Second World War is often overlooked, yet thousands of them wore their uniform, working mainly as nurses, but offering also other services, such as managing the enrollment of men in military units. The movement started on...
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£14,00
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World War II Soviet Field Weapons and Equipment A Visual Reference Guide
ISBN: PB: 9781909384996, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
160 pp., 29.7x21.1 cm, 300 colour illus.
This title is the second in a series that employs a simple and effective concept to illustrate and describe the multiplicity of equipment and weapons systems used on the ground during World War II. Whilst many books have described such weapons and wa...
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£25,00
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War in the North Sea The Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy 1914-1918
ISBN: HB: 9781911096382, Casemate, Helion and Company, November 2016
456 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 100 black&white illus., 15 maps
For years before the outbreak of the First World War, it was the expectation of most officers of the Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy that very shortly thereafter, a decisive fleet action would be fought. This had a major impact on the strateg...
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£29,00
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White Sniper Simo Hayha
ISBN: HB: 9781612004297, Casemate, November 2016
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Simo Hنyhن (1905-2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War fought between Russia and Finland in 1939-1940 he had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. He has been a role model for snipers al...
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£19,00
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War in the East A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78
ISBN: PB: 9781911096696, ISBN: HB: 9781907677113, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
576 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 266 black&white illus., 16 colour illus., 25 maps
When Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire in April 1877, it was the fifth time during the nineteenth century that hostilities had broken out between the two empires. On this occasion the other Great Powers had done all they could to prevent it,...
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£35,00
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£45,00
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We Are All Flourishing The Letters and Diary of Captain Walter JJ Coats MC 1914-1919
ISBN: HB: 9781911096399, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 50 photos
"There have been moments during the last week or so when I had grave doubts as to whether I should see tomorrow". Compiled from the almost daily letters home and a diary written in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, We are all Flourishin...
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£25,00
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Western Desert Campaign 1940-41
ISBN: PB: 9780975766927, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
192 pp., 24.7x17.5 cm
While the North African campaign has been studied in detail over the years, much of this study has been dedicated to the battles between the British 8th Army and Rommel's Afrika Korps. There has been little serious study of Wavell's campaign against...
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£9,00
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Why Spy? The Art of Intelligence
ISBN: HB: 9781849045131, Hurst Publishers, June 2015
216 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! "Why Spy?" distills Brian Stewart's seventy years of experience in intelligence. Few books currently available have been written by someone who has his practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy...
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£30,00
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World War Two Soldiers 1939-1945
ISBN: PB: 9782352503408, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, April 2015
84 pp., 24x20 cm, fully illustrated throughout
In this eighth Militaria Guide, combat infantry WWII models are illustrated in colour, showing outfits and equipment. These are authentic pieces from several private and public collections, presented on the man as they were carried on the battlefield...
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£17,00
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Working in the Killing Fields Forensic Science in Bosnia
ISBN: HB: 9781612347189, Casemate, Potomac Books, April 2015
232 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 1 illus.
While the specificities of individual wars vary, they share a ubiquitous aftermath: the task of finding and identifying the "disappeared". The Bosnian war of the early 1990s that destroyed the sovereign state of Yugoslavia is no exception. In Working...
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£20,00
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