True war & Combat Stories
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Miss Cavell Was Shot: The Diaries of Amy Hodson, 1914-1920
Monica KendallCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99In August 1914, thirteen-year-old Amy was trapped on the Belgian seacoast as war was declared with Germany, alone with her younger brothers. Britis...
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They Called It Naked Fanny: Helicopter Rescue Missions During the Early Years of the Vietnam War
Scott HarringtonCurrent price €19.11Original price €24.50Current price €19.11Original price €24.50Save 22% -
Sex Cult Nun
Faith JonesCurrent price €17.15Original price €21.99''Both inspiring and disturbing, Sex Cult Nun unravels Jones'' complicated upbringing, the trauma she endured as a result and her eve...
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From the Ground Up: Stories from the men and women who built, serviced and flew aircraft in WWII
Edward SmithiesCurrent price €12.47Original price €15.99''Fascinating ... this collection illuminates corners of the wartime world ... it provides a valuable and often entertaining window'' GUARDIAN''The...
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Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace
Max HastingsCurrent price €27.63Original price €32.50A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle Compelling Daily Mail An unmissable read Sunday Tim...
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SOE Heroines: The Special Operations Executive''s French Section and Free French Women Agents
Bernard O'ConnorCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99Nearly forty female agents were sent out by the French section of Britains Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The youn...
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Alpha: a reckoning for the Navy SEALs
David PhilippsCurrent price €18.69Original price €21.99The shocking, true story of a soldier gone rogue, and the court martial case that divided America. This is the full story of Eddie Gallagher, a US...
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Lessons From the Edge: Inspirational Tales - THE PERFECT FATHER''S DAY GIFT
Aldo KaneCurrent price €22.53Original price €26.50'The thinking man's action hero.' - The Times Magazine'Inspiring survival stories from Aldo Kane, the man behind Tom Hardy, Bear Grylls and Steve B...
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War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France
Patrick MarnhamCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50One of our very best writers on France. Antony Beevor After publishing an acclaimed biography of Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, Pat...
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Outside the Wire: American Soldiers'' Voices From Afghanistan
University of Virginia PressCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99A riveting collection of thirty-eight narratives by American soldiers serving in Afghanistan, Outside the Wire offers a powerful evocation of every...
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Defiant!: Sheffield Blitz 75th - The Definitive Visual Guide
Neil AndersonCurrent price €19.54Original price €22.99Current price €19.54Original price €22.99Save 15% -
Halton Boys: True Tales from Pilots and Ground Crew Proud to be called ''Trenchard Brats''
Sean FeastCurrent price €26.98Original price €32.50The RAF Halton Apprenticeship Scheme has a deserved reputation for excellence. The brainchild of MRAF Hugh Trenchard, the founder of the Royal Air ...
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Emergency in Malaya: Soldiers, Spies and Victory in the Dying Days of Empire, 1948-1960
Martin PearceCurrent price €14.43Original price €18.50The story of the Malayan Emergency remains a relatively unknown yet fascinating part of twentieth-century history. It represents the last real mili...
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You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For [Large Print]
Kyle CarpenterCurrent price €23.38Original price €27.50The youngest living Medal of Honor recipient delivers an unforgettable memoir that will inspire every reader (Jim Mattis)NATIONAL BESTSELLER A M...
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Smedley
Jeff McComseyCurrent price €16.14Original price €18.99Major General Smedley Butler is one of the most decorated Marines of all time and is a legend among the Corps. Coming from a background of privileg...
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82 Days on Okinawa: One American''s Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War''s Greatest Battle
Art ShawCurrent price €23.39Original price €29.99A gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw''s voice as if he were sitting beside you. -Wall Street JournalAn unforgettable soldier''s-...
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Codebreaking Sisters: Our Secret War
Jean OwtramCurrent price €13.27Original price €15.99THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Two sisters, one war and an extraordinary family secret1939. In the nation's hour of need, brave sisters Patricia and ...
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Code Name: Lise: The true story of Odette Sansom, WWII''s most highly decorated spy
Larry LoftisCurrent price €13.27Original price €15.99'A thrilling account' Daily Mail'Thrilling and inspiring' Daily Mirror'Extraordinary bravery... made this woman one of WWII's most remarkable spies...
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A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism
Caroline MooreheadCurrent price €14.43Original price €18.50''Moorehead paints a wonderfully vivid and moving portrait of the women of the Italian Resistance...an excellent book... She depicts a tragic fate ...
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A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism
Caroline MooreheadCurrent price €19.11Original price €24.50''Moorehead paints a wonderfully vivid and moving portrait of the women of the Italian Resistance...an excellent book... She depicts a tragic fate ...
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The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspys Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat
Eric HaseltineCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50'All the power and intrigue of a cinematic thriller ... immersive, dramatic, and historically edifying' KirkusMoscow in the late 1970s: one by one,...
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A Hundred Miles as the Crow Flies: A Great Escape of WW11. A Freedom Trail.
Ralph ChurchesCurrent price €12.87Original price €16.50Current price €12.87Original price €16.50Save 22% -
Flying in Father''s Slipstream: Leaves from Our Flying Logbooks 1929-2010
Tom Group Captain EelesCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50Harry and Tom Eeles both served in the Royal Air Force as pilots over the time span of 1929 to 2010, eighty years of the Royal Air Force''s one hun...
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Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story
Damien LewisCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. 'Sixty special forces against 100,000 - a feat of British arms to take the breath away' Frederick F...
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Sub: Real Life on Board with the Hidden Heroes of the Royal Navy''s Silent Service
Danny DanzigerCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50300 million cubic miles of ocean.Stealthy, and deadly, the nuclear submarines of the Royal Navy lie in wait in the depths of the world's oceans, re...
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Never Call Me a Hero: An Autobiography of a Battle of Midway Dive Bomber Pilot
N Jack KleissCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99Hailed as the single most effective pilot at Midway (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck and sank three Japanese warships at the Battle of ...
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The Bulldog Track: A grandson''s story of an ordinary man''s war and survival on the other Kokoda trail
Peter PhelpsCurrent price €19.91Original price €23.99This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track'. Seventy-five years later, Tom's grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps...
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A Police Officer and A Gentleman: AF ''Michael'' Wilcox
Clive EmsleyCurrent price €22.00Original price €26.50Current price €22.00Original price €26.50Save 17% -
We Were Warriors: One Soldier''s Story of Brutal Combat
Johnny MercerCurrent price €18.33Original price €23.50''An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan.'' - Andy McNabThe rounds were single shot from the same two enemy ...
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
David E. HoffmanCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2018 AND A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, wr...
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Fighting for Two Kings: Danish Volunteers in Defence of Hong Kong 1941
Frode Z. OlsenCurrent price €22.83Original price €27.50There were just a handful of Danish people in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked in December 1941, and they had to decide - would they fight? The...
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A Doctor''s Sword
Bob JacksonCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50`There followed a blue flash accompanied by a ver y bright magnesium-type flare Then came a frighteningly loud but rather flat explosion, which wa...
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Lethal Shot: A Royal Marine Commando in Action
Rob DriscollCurrent price €22.00Original price €26.50Rob Driscoll, former sergeant with 42 Commando, Royal Marines, served tours in Iraq, Kuwait and Kosovo. A born leader of fighting men, he also endu...
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Left Behind at Zeebrugge: The Incredible Story of Sergeant Harry Wright DSM MSM RMLI
Harry WrightCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50Current price €14.53Original price €17.50Save 17% -
The Bristol Deserter: Alfred Jefferies and the Great War
Geoff WoolfeCurrent price €4.10Original price €5.25Current price €4.10Original price €5.25Save 22%