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  • Cold War Kent

    de Clive Holden ...
    For almost forty-five years following the end of the Second World War, the world held its breath as the spectre of an even more terrible and devastating conflict hung over it. Britain played a significant role in what became known as the ‘Cold War’. As a senior member of NATO with its own independent nuclear deterrent, the country was also a target for Soviet attack. Unlike the early years of the ... Leer más

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  • Kent at War

    de Clive Holden ...
    Series series At War
    Kent has a long and illustrious military history dating back to the Roman occupation but the first great conflict of the twentieth century brought the horrors of war to a new generation. Thousands of the county’s finest young men were sent off to fight in battlefields around the world including Europe’s Western Front, which was less than a day’s travel from Kent. Because of its proximity to this ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Chatham Naval Dockyard & Barracks Through Time

    de Clive Holden ...
    Series series Through Time
    Chatham has had an association with the Royal Navy since Elizabethan times, moving to its current site in 1622. It provided the facilities to build, repair, maintain and supply ships. In the mid-nineteenth century, work began on expanding the dockyard into St Mary's Island, where three huge basins and five new docks were constructed, almost quadrupling its size, in order to support twentieth ... Leer más

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  • River Medway

    de Clive Holden ...
    Series series River
    The River Medway travels through the highly populated areas of Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone and Tonbridge, among a number of other smaller towns and villages. Married to the Thames, the Medway has a rich and varied history. Ancient sites are plentiful along the River Medway; Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman evidence can all be found. Two military battles have also been named after the river: the ... Leer más

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  • Kent Britain's Frontline County

    de Clive Holden ...
    Kent’s military heritage is well known because of popular tourist attractions such as Dover Castle or Chatham Dockyard, but there are also many lesser-known sites dotted around the county, each with their own story to tell. Most of the sites included here date from the Second World War but there are also many military installations from other eras, from the eerie remains of the towers in the ... Leer más

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  • Chatham's Military Heritage

    de Clive Holden ...
    Series series Military Heritage
    Chatham has a rich military heritage dating back to the Roman occupation. Remains of a Roman military building on the high ground above the town were discovered in 1779. Following the Battle of Aylesford in AD 455, this same strategic high ground was occupied by one of the victorious Jutish warlike tribes, the Ceatta from which the town takes its name. In Chatham’s Military Heritage local military ... Leer más

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    Operation Chariot – 1942

    de James Dorrian ...
    Series series Battleground French Coast
    In early 1942, shipping losses in the Atlantic threatened Britain's very survival. In addition to the U-Boat menace, there was real concern that the mighty German battleship Tirpitz be unleashed against the vital Allied convoys. Yet only the 'Normandie' Dock at St Nazaire could take her vast size in the event of repairs being required. Destroy that and the Tirpitz would be neutralized.Thus was ... Leer más

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  • The Night Blitz

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    de John Ray ...
    September 1940: defeated in the Battle of Britain, despite their superior numbers and better equipped aircraft, the Luftwaffe launched a new campaign of attack, their target this time the civilian population. For eight months, with hardly a night's break, Luftwaffe bombers pounded industrial cities and seaports in a concentrated attempt to smash Britain's war economy and destroy civilian morale. ... Leer más

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  • Striking Back: Britain's Airborne and Commando Raids 1940-42

    Britain's Airborne and Commando Raids 1940-42

    de Cherry, Niall ...
    As the events of the Second World War fade into the distance it is important that the activities of a small band of brothers are not overlooked. In the dark days following Dunkirk in 1940 these men volunteered for what was euphemistically termed 'Special Service'. Often given very little idea of what they were letting themselves in for, they all wanted to strike back at the enemy. Later, these ... Leer más

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  • Midget Submarine Commander

    The Life of Godfrey Place VC

    A biography of the twentieth-century British Royal Navy officer and Victoria Cross recipient, who fought below, above, and on the waves.Of all the acts of gallantry in World War II few were as audacious as the attack by midget submarines on the pride of the German fleet, the battleship Tirpitz, lying in her heavily fortified lair deep in a Norwegian fjord. Lieutenant Godfrey Place was in command ... Leer más

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  • Dieppe

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    de Tim Saunders ...
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    A comprehensive history of the Allied attack on German-occupied France during World War II, examining its planning, execution, and failure.In 1942, with the outcome of the war very much in the balance, there was a pressing need for military success on mainland Europe. Churchill ordered Admiral Lord Mountbatten's Combined Operations HQ to take the war to the Germans. The Canadians were selected for ... Leer más

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  • Missing Believed Killed

    The Royal Air Force and the Search for Missing Aircrew 1939–1952

    During the early years of WW2 it soon became apparent that the system for tracing the remains of R.A.F. aircrew deemed Missing Believed Killed was totally inadequate. The Missing Research Section (M.R.S.) of the Air Ministry was set up in 1941 to deal with this problem. It collected and collated intelligence reports from a wide variety of official, unofficial and covert sources in an attempt to ... Leer más

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