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Air Battle for Dunkirk: 26 May - 3 June 1940 by Norman Franks
epub |eng | 2015-03-23 | Author:Norman Franks [Franks, Norman]

74 Squadron. Seated: Bertie Aubert, KIA 24 May, S/Ldr F L White, rescued from Calais by 54 Sqn; A H Smith, W E G ‘Tink’ Measures, Sammy Hoare, PoW 24 ...
( Category: Military July 17,2018 )
Gallipoli by Richard van Emden
epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Richard van Emden

A dead Turkish sniper: his hide was located days after the landing, and close to the British camp at W Beach. Not every man ceremoniously placed beneath a blanket on ...
( Category: Middle East July 16,2018 )
Battle for Empire: The very first world war 1756-63 by Pocock Tom
mobi |eng | 2013-06-06 | Author:Pocock, Tom [Pocock, Tom]

CHAPTER FIVE ‘Come follow the Hero that goes to Quebeck’ Not since Generals Abercromby and Howe had led their armada up the length of Lake George a year before had ...
( Category: Europe July 16,2018 )
Forgotten Wars by Tim Harper
mobi |eng | 2007-07-03 | Author:Tim Harper

MALAYA’S FORGOTTEN REGIMENTS Among the forsaken of empire were the vast regiments of labourers on the rubber plantations of Malaya. In the words of Selangor trade unionist C. V. S. ...
( Category: Asia July 16,2018 )
Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System by Roberto Saviano & Virginia Jewiss
epub |eng | 2007-01-01 | Author:Roberto Saviano & Virginia Jewiss [Saviano, Roberto & Jewiss, Virginia]

PART TWO KALASHNIKOV I ran my finger over it. I even closed my eyes as I traced the entire length from top to bottom, my fingernail catching on the holes, ...
( Category: True Crime July 15,2018 )
Life in a Medieval Village by Frances Gies & Joseph Gies
mobi |eng | 1989-01-02 | Author:Frances Gies & Joseph Gies

Heavy plow, with coulter and mouldboard, drawn by four oxen. British Library, Luttrell Psalter, Ms. Add. 42130, f. 170. Plows and plow animals were shared to make up plow teams. ...
( Category: Europe July 15,2018 )
Odilo Globocnik, Hitler's Man in the East by Joseph Poprzeczny
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-02-18 | Author:Joseph Poprzeczny [Poprzeczny, Joseph]

No mention was made of Globocnik’s Treblinka, Sobibor, or Belzec, because all had been dismantled and all the permanent structures, including the gassing facilities, demolished. Majdanek Majdanek, or more properly, ...
( Category: World July 15,2018 )
To Wake the Dead by Marina Belozerskaya
epub |eng | 2009-07-12 | Author:Marina Belozerskaya

What a surprise and relief it must have been to be greeted with friendliness—for the most part. The great pioneer of the revival of ancient texts, Poggio Bracciolini, did not ...
( Category: History & Philosophy July 13,2018 )
Jeremy Paxman by On Royalty: A Very Polite Inquiry Into Some Strangely Related Families
mobi |eng | 2006-01-02 | Author:On Royalty: A Very Polite Inquiry Into Some Strangely Related Families

I have gradually come to realize that my entire life so far has been motivated by a desire to heal - to heal the dismembered landscape and the poisoned soil; ...
( Category: Europe July 12,2018 )
Veni, Vidi, Vici by Peter Jones
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Jones

IX AD 14 – 96 TIMELINE AD 14–37 Tiberius emperor AD 26 Tiberius retires to Capri AD 31 Sejanus’ conspiracy uncovered AD 37 Pontius Pilate relieved of control of Judaea ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations July 12,2018 )
Naval Warfare by Jeremy Black
epub |eng | 2012-07-11 | Author:Jeremy Black

The Japanese Advance, 1941–42 Naval strength was crucial to the Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia, although it was the army which had the key experience, equipment, doctrine, and responsibility for ...
( Category: Military July 12,2018 )
The Ship of Seven Murders by Alannah Hopkin
epub |eng | 2010-07-10 | Author:Alannah Hopkin [Hopkin, Alannah]

When this child concluded his testimony, the jury intimated to the Coroner that there was no necessity for going further into the investigation. The jury retired for a few minutes ...
( Category: True Crime July 11,2018 )
George I by Tim Blanning
epub |eng | 2017-09-17 | Author:Tim Blanning

5 The Sinews of Power and Foreign Policy George came from an electorate whose economy was modestly prosperous but torpid. In England he encountered a dynamic kingdom well on the ...
( Category: World July 10,2018 )
Wind from the North by Ernle Bradford
epub |eng | 1959-12-31 | Author:Ernle Bradford

15 It is difficult for a man to be completely dedicated to a dream, or to an idea, without sacrificing something of his humanity. In Prince Henry’s attitude and conduct ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers July 10,2018 )
Strange Bird by Michele K. Troy
epub |eng | 2017-07-09 | Author:Michele K. Troy

SIXTEEN Albatross Under the Occupation IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR, Holroyd-Reece must have done an exceptionally good job convincing French authorities that Albatross and Tauchnitz were under British ...
( Category: Politics & Government July 10,2018 )

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