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  • Through Albert's Eyes

    by A Bentley-Buckle, Captain Peter Hore ...
    The autobiography of Tony Bentley-Buckle, a child of the Empire who was left to grow up in the care of maiden aunts. Having joined the Royal Navy before the war, he found himself on the Northern Patrol during the blockade of Germany and as a teenager in command of captured ships. When he brought a ship through the minefields into Scapa Flow, the young Midshipman Bentley-Buckle was interviewed by ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Nelson

    The Essential Hero

    by Ernle Bradford ...
    A gripping biography of Admiral Nelson, Napoleonic War hero and one of Britain's greatest naval tacticians.In the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson sent the signal from his flagship HMS Victory, "England expects that every man will do his duty." His defeat of the French that day in 1805 was a decisive turning point in the Napoleonic Wars, establishing British control of the seas. ... Read more

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  • Admirals

    by Andrew Lambert ...
    The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • USN Cruiser vs IJN Cruiser

    Guadalcanal 1942

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 22 - Duel
    Although the war in the Pacific is usually considered a carrier war, it was the cruisers that dominated the early fighting.This thrilling duel presents the cruiser clashes during the battles for Guadalcanal, highlighting the Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Cape Esperance. The first was a Japanese victory that resulted in the loss of four Allied cruisers. However, in the latter, the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • John Paul Jones

    Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy

    by Evan Thomas ...
    The New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous story of the father of the American Navy.John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey and C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • The Generals

    Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II

    by Winston Groom ...
    Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall, from World War I to World War II. These three remarkable men-of-arms who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation during World War II redefined America's ideas of military leadership and brought forth a new ... Read more

    $15.18 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Malta

    The Last Great Siege, 1940–1943

    by David Wragg ...
    The strategic importance of Malta sitting astride both the Axis and Allied supply routes in the Mediterranean was obvious to both sides during WW2. As a result the Island became the focal point in a prolonged and dreadful struggle that cost the lives of thousands of servicemen and civilians. After setting the scene for the action, this book tells the story of the Island's stand against the might ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shipwreck

    A History of Disasters at Sea

    by Sam Willis ...
    Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Arsenal of Democracy North: Canadian Naval Shipbuilding of the Second World War

    by David J Shirlaw ...
    The first compilation of the vast naval shipbuilding conducted in Canada in the Second World War on behalf of the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, US Navy and Soviet Navy. From small yard craft to corvettes, minesweepers, destroyers, frigates and numerous others types, they are all listed. Profusely iluustrated. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The E-Boat Threat

    by Bryan Cooper ...
    One of the major lessons of World War II was the importance of coastal waters. It was not widely recognised beforehand just how vital the control of such waters would become, both in defending essential convoys as well as attacking those of the enemy, and in paving the way for amphibious landings.While land based aircraft could carry out offshore operations by day and destroyers and cruisers ... Read more

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  • Immortal Memory

    by Alan Buck ...
    1805 and England, alone and facing the armed night of Imperial France, is threatened with invasion annihilation. For it is known Napoleon will show no mercy.But William Pitt the Younger, again the King's First Minister, though already a dying man, is determined the country shall cringe no longer before the ruthless Corsican. Henceforth, he will carry the fight to the enemy by the only means ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Admiral Graf Spee

    by Robert Grey Reynolds ...
    The Admiral Graf Spee was one of three pocket battleships built by Nazi Germany in the years before the outbreak of World War II. It came into Montevideo harbor in Uruguay seeking repairs in December 1939. The ship was assaulted by a trio of British cruisers and the Nazi government opted to scuttle the ship rather than allow it to be taken by Allied forces. The Graf Spee had destroyed nine British ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus