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To War In A Spitfire: The Diary of an American Spitfire Pilot Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Strawn DFC – Mark Hillier, Dieter Sinanan, and Gregory Percival

February 2, 2014June 18, 2020 Alexander Nicoll 0 Comments spitfire, strawn, wwii

Lieutenant Harry Strawn from Swissvale, Pennsylvania, was a pilot with the 309th Squadron of the 31st Fighter Group, which he

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Steaming to Victory: How Britain’s Railways Won the War – Michael Williams

July 30, 2013June 18, 2020 Philip Curtis 0 Comments 'home front', railways, wwii

Many years ago a former locomotive fireman reminisced to me about wartime duties transporting newly arrived American troops from Liverpool

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The Motherland Calls: Britain’s Black Servicemen & Women 1939-45 – Stephen Bourne

July 30, 2013June 18, 2020 John Grehan 1 Comment 'Babatunde O. Alakija', 'black history', 'coloured servicemen', Deniyi, wwii

During the Second World War volunteers from across the British Empire played their part in fighting Germany and its allies.

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Allied Master Strategists: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II – David Rigby

March 25, 2013June 17, 2020 Robert Mitchell 0 Comments 'alan brooke', 'arcadia conference', 'charles portal', 'Combined Chiefs of Staff', 'dudley pound', 'history book review', 'world war ii', churchill, roosevelt, wwii

This book is an analysis of the men that ran the war. Though Churchill and Roosevelt provided the general direction

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Kohima and Imphal

February 23, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Chiang Kai Shek', 'military history', 'world war two battles', assam, Gracey, imphal, kohima, Mutaguchi, Myazaki, Scoones, Stilwell, wwii

The battles of Kohima and Imphal became two of the greatest struggles of the Second World War, rivalling El Alamein

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Unflinching Zeal – Robin Higham

January 28, 2013June 17, 2020 Alexander Nicoll 0 Comments 'air war', 'Armée de l’Air', 'battle of britain', luftwaffe, RAF, wwii

This book represents a very thorough examination of the air war from the start of the Battle of France to

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Bomber Command: Failed to Return II – Steve Bond, Steve Darlow, Linzee Druce, Sean Feast, Julian Evan-Hart and Andrew MacDonald

January 28, 2013June 17, 2020 Robert Mitchell 0 Comments 'bomber command', 'history book review', wwii

This, the second in the series about Bomber Command individuals and crews that failed to return from operations, follows the

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