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Hitler's British Slaves | |||
| British and Commonwealth PoWs in German Industry 1939-1945 | War & Militaria | |||
| Sean Longden | ||||
| Arris 2005 288 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1844370607 | ||||
| Published Price £19.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| The popular, sanitized image of British PoWs, dominated by officers' heroic escape attempts, does not reflect the reality of the camps for the vast majority: officers were exempt, but enlisted men slaved in German mines, quarries, munition factories, building sites, farms and forests. Drawing on the memories of camp survivors as well as documentary evidence, Sean Longden presents the real story of life 'behind the wire' of German PoW camps between the defeat of the BEF in 1940 and 1945. | ||||
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Soldiers' Accoutrements of the British Army | |||
| 1750-1900 | War & Militaria | |||
| Pierre Turner | ||||
| Crowood 2006 94 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1861268831 303x217mm | ||||
| Published Price £19.95 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| An invaluable resource for military historians, re-enactors, modellers and collectors, this thoroughly-researched book presents 85 full-colour plates depicting in great detail a range of the accoutrements (everything that is neither main uniform nor weapon) of British Army infantry, cavalry and artillery soldiers between 1750 and 1900. Tools, bandoliers, sabretaches, haversacks and mess-tins, ammunition pouches, musket slings, rifle slings, valise equipment sets etc, are drawn to scale from surviving specimens. | ||||
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Royal Air Force Coltishall: Fighter Station | |||
| A Station History | War & Militaria | |||
| Mick Jennings | ||||
| Old Forge 2007 304 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1906183015 277x225mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| Originally designed to support bomber aircraft, Coltishall airfield was built in Norfolk in the early 1930s, years before the outbreak of war. This detailed, illustrated history traces the story of Coltishall from its origins, through the change to fighter station in 1940, the wartime exploits of fighter pilots such as Douglas Bader, Max Aitken and Johnnie Johnston, and its later function as home to Hunter, Lightning and Jaguar fighters and search and rescue helicopters, up to its closure in 2006. | ||||
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The Soldier's War | |||
| The Great War through Veterans' Eyes | War & Militaria | |||
| Richard van Emden | ||||
| Bloomsbury 2008 394 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0747597804 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| 'Once we could sit enthralled as the veterans themselves talked; now we are left only with the stories, but what stories they are!' Richard van Emden draws on his own interviews with Great War veterans to follow the experiences of British Tommies through the course of the war, and to reflect on themes such as comrades, leave and attitudes towards the enemy. The soldiers' stories are told in their own words, and the photographs are their own, taken in or behind the trenches. | ||||
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