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Atlas of the English Civil War
| Author: | P. R. Newman |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| Catalogue number: | 74217 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
Packed with over 50 clear maps, this is an interesting, well-informed account of how the forces on both sides were raised and the sort of men who led them. All the major campaigns and battles are covered...
| Publisher: | Tempus Publishing Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 160817 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 3 weeks |
The “Home Guard Manual” is a wonderful reproduction of the original 1941 text, read by potential inspirations for Dad’s Army all over wartime Britain.
It was May 1940, and Hitler stood on the cliffs...
Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain (1942)
| Series: | Instructions for Servicemen (Historical Reproductions) |
| Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
| Catalogue number: | 137529 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In 1942 the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities of the 'British, their country, and their ways'. This is that guide, “Instructions...
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