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PaperbackEngels9781780962580
20-5-2013
Although far from a typical raid, the 20 July Plot - Operation Valkyrie - was still a daring and audacious attack undertaken by a small, very brave, group of individuals, determined to kill Hitler. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781780962610
20-2-2013
In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781782005995
20-10-2014
This engaging study assesses this daring raid that delivered functioning oil-production equipment into German hands at a key point in Hitler’s war on the Soviet Union. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781782006145
20-10-2013
The American Revolution was deadlocked in the north, and in 1778, the focus of the conflict shifted south. This book highlights the unique style of southern frontier warfare during the Revolutionary War, and how its combatants were supplied, organized, and operated. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846039348
10-11-2010
In May 1943, a specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on military aviation history by flying a high-risk, low level, nighttime attack against German hydro-electric dams vital to the Nazi armaments industry in the Ruhr Valley. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849082471
20-5-2011
A complete history of John of Gaunt's great raid through the heart of France during the Hundred Years' War. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846038495
10-8-2010
In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the German radar. Lead by Major John Frost, a company of paratroopers dropped into Bruneval on the French coast, and quickly neutralized a small German garrison. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849085687
20-3-2012
The complete story of Pancho Villa's raid into the United States, and the US Army expedition sent to hunt him down. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849085700
20-2-2012
A detailed analysis of one of the most audacious naval operations of WWII, in which German ships ran the gauntlet of British coastal defences in an effort to reach the safety of their home ports. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846039935
7-7-2010
On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1,700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846033971
10-9-2009
The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. This book tells the story of how the Israeli Special Forces defied radar for over 2,000 miles, masqueraded as a tyrant in a Mercedes and captured uniforms, and defeated an army in brutal combat. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849085847
20-5-2012
Tells the story of Task Force Ranger - a unit of US Rangers and Special Forces - and their attempt to capture the lieutenants of the Somali warlord Muhamed Farrah Aideed, during the 1993 United Nations' humanitarian relief mission. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849085861
20-4-2012
By December 1942, the Soviets had surrounded the German 6th Army in Stalingrad, cutting off all lines of supply except through the air. Seeking to sever this last German lifeline, Soviet Command decided to launch a raid with the entire 24th Tank Corps to seize the airfield at Tatsinskaya. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849085885
20-9-2012
Although somewhat overshadowed by Wellington's main campaign in the north, the Alcantara raid was an outstanding success. The primary objective of alarming and distracting the French forces in Spain was achieved. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849085991
20-10-2012
It was the beginning of the end for the James gang. Frank and Jesse James had gone from unknown ex-Confederate guerrillas to the most famous outlaws in the world. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846033940
10-9-2009
In the early hours of D-Day, 1944, a group from the US Army 2nd Rangers Battalion were sent on one of the legendary raids of World War II. The mission was to scale the cliffs overlooking Omaha beach and assault the German coastal artillery at Pointe-du-Hoc. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849082433
20-4-2011
In the summer of 1914, as Europe teetered on the brink of war, the spectre of immediate Zeppelin raids on London and other major British towns and cities loomed large. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849082457
20-2-2011
The daring account of the most spectacular of Sir Francis Drake's raids on the Spanish Main that was the casus belli for war between England and the Spanish Empire. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846034534
10-5-2010
On the night of 22-23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend - Operation Z-O. The author reveals how despite failure, the raid demonstrated to Germany that Britain was still capable of offensive action, even as its armies were being forced back. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849083720
20-6-2011
"Operation Archery: The Commandos and the Vaagso Raid, 1942". Meer