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1942: Britain at the Brink by Taylor Downing
37.99 NZD
Category: History
Eighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. In 1942, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid succession : the collapse in Malaya; the biggest surrender in British history at Singapore; the passing of three large German warships through the Straits of Dover in broad daylight; ...Show more
1983 - The World at the Brink by Taylor Downing
37.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
1983 was a supremely dangerous year - even more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the US, President Reagan massively increased defence spending, described the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire' and announced his 'Star Wars' programme, calling for a shield in space to defend the ...Show more
Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme by Taylor Downing
27.99 NZD
Category: History
Paralysis. Stuttering. The 'shakes'. Inability to stand or walk. Temporary blindness or deafness. When strange symptoms like these began appearing in men at Casualty Clearing Stations in 1915, a debate began in army and medical circles as to what it was, what had caused it and what could be done to cure ...Show more
Night Raid: The True Story of the First Victorious British Para Raid of WWII by Taylor Downing
39.99 NZD
Category: Military
The loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941. Could it be that the Germans were using a sophisticated form of radar to direct their night fighters and anti-aircraft guns at the British bombers? British aerial reconnaissance discovered what seemed to be a rotati ...Show more
Spies in the Sky by Taylor Downing
39.99 NZD
Category: Military
SPIES IN THE SKY is the thrilling, little known story of the partner organisation to the famous code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. It is the story of the daring reconnaissance pilots who took aerial photographs over Occupied Europe during the most dangerous days of the Second World War, and of the ...Show more
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