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The dedication of this book will jolt the memories of those old enough to remember 60 years back: it is to the crew of HM Submarine Thetis which sank with a loss of ninety-nine lives during acceptance trials in Liverpool Bay on 1st June 1939. In this book the authors set out to summarize the existing practice of the State and of public and other bodies in this or other countries in rewarding acts of gallantry whether in peace or in war. It is interesting that in discussing British gallantry awards they mak... more information

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The author of this book was a junior major in the Royal Engineers, stationed at the Depot in Chatham when war broke out. He went to France in October 1914 to 3 Base, Boulogne, but some three weeks later, 8th November, he was sent forward to 2nd Division where he took over 11 Fd Coy RE at Zillebeke.The C-in-C has therefore appointed Major Foulkes RE for this duty. He has no pretence to technical knowledge, as far as I know, and it is not considered that he need have very much. But he has had much experienc... more information

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A military biography of one of WellingtonÕs most celebrated lieutenants in the Peninsula War recounting the exploits of his Light Division, written by CraufurdÕs grandson, who states that the book is Ôintended to be essentially light readingÕ and salts it with interesting and amusing anecdotes. Major-General Robert Craufurd served in Spain under Sir John Moore, and subsequently commanded the Light Division under Wellington, being mortally wounded in the storming of the Fortress o... more information

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General Erich von Falkenhayn was Prussian Minister of War at the outbreak of the Great War, and was appointed to succeed Von Moltke as Chief of the General Staff - and hence GermanyÕs effective Commander-in-Chief - after the latterÕs failure at the Battle of the Marne. Falkenhayn was at GermanyÕs military helm during the crucial middle period of the war, the two years from September 1914 to September 1916, when he was replaced by those terrible twins, Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who p... more information

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Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833-1913) was born in Dublin, the eldest son of a Major in the 25th Foot ( KingÕs Own Scottish Borderers). He was commissioned into the 12th Foot, later the Suffolk Regiment, in 1852 and from the point of view of his future career he was fortunate to see plenty of active service in his early years - Second Burma War, Crimea, Indian Mutiny and Second China War. He was in Canada for the better part of ten years and in 1870 he was given command of the Red River expedition; this... more information

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The career of Jan Smuts is one of the most remarkable military and political stories of the 20th century. A gifted guerilla commander against the British in the Boer War; by 1914 Smuts was happy to stand with the British as head of a large army fighting to conquer German East Africa (todayÕs Tanzania). Sadly the campaign was not one of his finest hours. Both the text of this book, and SmutsÕ own somewhat defensive introduction, gives a good idea of why the resourceful German commander, Paul ... more information

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This massive work of some 960 pages in all is the result of the most painstaking research and dedication and must represent one of the most valuable sources of reference for any military historian, most especially the regimental historian, researching the army, its regiments and personnel at the start of the Hanoverian reign in Britain. In both volumes the author follows the same pattern: a long introduction to the Georgian era during the years covered by each volume, George IÕs accession in 1714 to... more information

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The Ôeighty-eightÕ was probably the best known artillery piece in the Second World War, and it must never be forgotten that it started life as an anti-aircraft weapon. It was so successful that every German division in 1939 was established with a number of these guns for defence against Allied aircraft. Then, during the battle of Arras in 1940, General Rommel used his anti-aircraft guns on tanks, and the rest is history.This official evaluation of the gun is complete in all the detail one... more information

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The record of then fifty-one German airship and fifty-two aircraft bombing raids on England during the Great War in which 280 tons of bombs were dropped. Casualties amounted to 1,413 killed, and 3,408 wounded. This account is the first complete record of the raids, which also explains the origins and development of the German air bombing campaign over Britain, and how it was countered. Contemporary photos supplement the text in which German, as well as British, experiences are described. The author had acc... more information

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This study of the German Army is the result of many years research into the higher formations of the German Army in the Second World War. It begins by looking at the High Command itself, and includes a critique of HitlerÕs methods of dealing with his senior military commanders. It then examines the Army High Command and the Reserve Army.It goes on to look at the Army Groups, Armies and Corps of the German Army, and gives, in all cases, details of commanders, superior commands and subordinate fo... more information

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The German Police study made by SHAEF and other more clandestine agencies shows clearly why the German Police was so different to their British and American counterparts. German Police covers the history of the German Police and particularly HimmlerÕs involvement in initially the Gestapo and later with the secret organisations which were all included in the general term ÒPoliceÓ.This detailed study examines HimmlerÕs acolytes, the Higher SS Police Commanders, and the ever p... more information

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This American Department of the Army publication is important to any study of the German campaign in Russia because it is one of the German Report Series which was issued after the Second World War, written by the German officers who had the most knowledge of the campaign. The publication looks above all at the planning for Operation Barbarossa in detail. The first discussions of July 1940, when Hitler ordered the German General Staff to prepare plans for the operation was followed by the genesis of a numb... more information

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This book, written by German Officers in American captivity and produced by the US muilitary intelligence services, looks at two Second World War campaigns which are often forgotten amidst the great battles of Russia and Normandy: operations against Norway in 1940 and the German operations launched from Finland against the Soviet Union from June 1941 to the winter of 1944-45. Part One gives significant details of the planning and execution of the invasion of Norway, and discusses naval participation ... more information

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This volume is one of a series produced by the American intelligence services after the Second World War, and written by captive German officers who had detailed knowledge of the operation. It looks at the political situation before the outbreak of war on 1 September 1939, as well as examining, in some detail, German military developments up to the start of the war The Polish military situation is included, together with the actual German plans for the invasion. Operations are reported in great detail, ac... more information

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This publication was prepared by a number of German officers after the end of World War II. There were a number of these publications, many of which are in publication in the German Report Series by Naval and Military Press. They are all of significant importance in understanding the way in which the war was fought, particularly on the eastern front.This publication deals with improvisations. 157 of which are described. They range from tactical improvisations such as coping with mud, those imposed in ... more information

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This publication was prepared by a number of German officers after the end of World War II. There were a number of these publications, many of which are in publication in the German Report Series by Naval and Military Press. They are all of significant importance in understanding the way in which the war was fought, particularly on the eastern front.Although not a long pamphlet, this is a description of how the Germans tried to maintain security behind the front line in the campaign in Russia. It shou... more information

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This publication was prepared by a number of German officers after the end of World War II. There were a number of these publications, many of which are in publication in the German Report Series by Naval and Military Press. They are all of significant importance in understanding the way in which the war was fought, particularly on the eastern front.This publication looks at the Russian method of waging war, which was not always to use the unsubtle steamroller attack. The pamphlet shows how the Rus... more information

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This publication was prepared by a number of Germam officers after the end of World War II. There were a number of these publications, many of which are in publication in the German Report Series by Naval and Military Press. They are all of significant importance in understanding the way in which the war was fought, particularly on the eastern front.This particular publication is perhaps the best known of all the German Report Series, and deals with combat at battalion, company, platoon and even indiv... more information

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This publication was prepared by a number of Germam officers after the end of World War II. There were a number of these publications, many of which are in publication in the German Report Series by Naval and Military Press. They are all of significant importance in understanding the way in which the war was fought, particularly on the eastern front.The book looks at the early successes of the Germans, and the slow build up of anti-Germnan partisan units. These were formed from men left behind as the ... more information

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German submarine operations in the First World War had an inauspicious start, with the Uboats having apparently no role to play in the war at sea. However by February 1915 their task was clear: a blockade of the United KingdomThis important book contains a complete history of the German Uboat campaign throughout the First World War and shows in great detail how great the threat to the Atlantic logistics and, later, personnel traffic was. The British Admiralty failed to appreciate this threat, and the ... more information

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