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Osprey Pub Co, 2020. New book, 96 pages, ACM15. At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies' merchantmen, and the RAF's only offensive weapon was the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. For RAF Coastal Command, the first two… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2020. New book, 96 pages, ACM15. At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies' merchantmen, and the RAF's only offensive weapon was the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. For RAF Coastal Command, the first two… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2018. New book, 96 pages, CAM320. One of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at Brest and on… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2018. New book, 96 pages, CAM320. One of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at Brest and on… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2021. New book, 96 pages, ACM21. As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready for the climactic battles of the Atlantic to begin. Germany had 91 operational U-boats, and over 150 in training or trials. Production for 1942-44 was planned to exceed 200 boats annually. Karl Donitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2018. New book, 96 pages, CAM320. One of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at Brest and on… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2020. New book, 96 pages, ACM15. At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies' merchantmen, and the RAF's only offensive weapon was the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. For RAF Coastal Command, the first two… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2021. New book, 96 pages, ACM21. As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready for the climactic battles of the Atlantic to begin. Germany had 91 operational U-boats, and over 150 in training or trials. Production for 1942-44 was planned to exceed 200 boats annually. Karl Donitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2021. New book, 96 pages, ACM21. As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready for the climactic battles of the Atlantic to begin. Germany had 91 operational U-boats, and over 150 in training or trials. Production for 1942-44 was planned to exceed 200 boats annually. Karl Donitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally… Read more about this item

Boolarong Press, 2010. New book, 182 pages. The content of this book are based on personal interviews, personal service stories among my mates, members of the Royal Australian Air Force, and with historic records of airmen who were mainly trained in the Empire Air Training scheme. The scheme was set up to keep up a supply of trained aircrew to… Read more about this item

Air Power Development Center, 2001. New book, 185 pages. Squadron Leader Frank Korbl (Retd) was born in Vienna, Austria. His colourful career included wartime service with the German Air Force and post-war employment with the British NAAFI in Germany and Austria. He migrated to Australia in 1956 and joined the RAAF in 1956, being commissioned into the Equipment Branch. He… Read more about this item

Hachette Australia, 2012. New book, 367 pages. During World War II, a small band of Australians volunteered to work defusing mines dropped in and around Britain. One False Move is their untold story. Combining incredible bravery with the precision of surgeons, they defused these lethal devices - often buried in residential areas, submerged in mud, or deep underwater - at… Read more about this item

Ebury Press, 2013. New book, 356 pages. This book is filled with stories from servicement who fought in the air war and on the ground, and from the men and women who witnessed the extraordinary dogfights taking place above them. From the excitement of collecting 'souvenirs' from wreckages as children, to hearing the unmistakable screams of planes diving out of… Read more about this item

Quercus, 2012. New book, 346 pages. During the Second World War, it is hard to imagine a situation where the British High Command could think that one of the only ways they could attack Hitler was to send ten canoeists with limpet mines to paddle one hundred miles up the Gironde estuary, in the middle of winter, in an attempt… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 96 pages, CAM218. Constructed during the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defence against a German invasion of France. But the strength of the Line varied widely, and during the assault on France in May 1940 the Germans were able to identify weak points and focus their attacks against them.… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 64 pages, RAID11. The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly overwhelming the guards, they managed to hold the bridge and help prevent German reinforcements from reaching the British landing beaches. Will Fowler provides a detailed blow-by-blow account… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2013. New book, 80 pages, RAID40. 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. Hitler was badly shaken by the blast and, despite the fact that numerous other attempts had been… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 80 pages, RAID13. In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the new 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. Then began a desperate… Read more about this item

Keston, Kent, United Kingdom: Independent Books, 1994. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 192 pages. Contains many photos and documents. This is the story of Prinz Wittgensteins amazing career in the Luftwaffe in WW2. After operations in Belgium, France, England, and Russia, then from 1941, as a nightfighter pilot attacking the allied bombers over Germany. Before his death… Read more about this item

Keston, Kent, United Kingdom: Independent Books, 1994. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 192 pages. Contains many photos and documents. This is the story of Prinz Wittgensteins amazing career in the Luftwaffe in WW2. After operations in Belgium, France, England, and Russia, then from 1941, as a nightfighter pilot attacking the allied bombers over Germany. Before his death… Read more about this item