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  • Hell Riders

    The Truth About the Charge of the Light Brigade

    by Terry Brighton ...
    On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. This vivid and extraordinarily detailed account of the charge and the bloody mêlée that followed, by an author with unique access to ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Masters of Battle

    Monty, Patton and Rommel at War

    by Terry Brighton ...
    In the Second World War, Great Britain, the United States and Germany each produced one land force commander who stood out from the rest: Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel. These three armour-plated egos were the greatest generals of the war, and theirs was a very personal contest: the clash of mighty armies perceived as a bout between three men.All three were arrogant and flawed, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • They Called it Passchendaele

    The Story of the Battle of Ypres and of the Men Who Fought in it

    by Lyn Macdonald ...
    The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. In this masterly piece of oral history, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 participants speak for themselves. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in the summer of 1917, mostly raw young troops ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • How Hitler Could Have Won World War II

    The Fatal Errors That Led to Nazi Defeat

    by Bevin Alexander ...
    From an acclaimed military historian, a fascinating account of just how close the Allies were to losing World War II.Most of us rally around the glory of the Allies' victory over the Nazis in World War II. The story is often told of how the good fight was won by an astonishing array of manpower and stunning tactics. However, what is often overlooked is how the intersection between Adolf Hitler's ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Hero of the Empire

    The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

    by Candice Millard ...
    From the bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, this thrilling biographical account of the life and legacy of Winston Churchill is a "nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one" (The New York Times).At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Churchill

    Wanted Dead or Alive

    by Celia Sandys ...
    The Extraordinary Story of a Young Winston Churchill in the Boer War, as Told by His GranddaughterIn this lively biography of a dashing, brash twenty-five-year-old Churchill, Celia Sandys chronicles her celebrated grandfather’s adventures as a correspondent and combatant during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War—events that took him from the bivouacs and battle sites of Transvaal to his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Somme

    by Lyn Macdonald ...
    2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks of Kitchener's Army before the Battle of the Somme...'The year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history: as the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ardennes 1944

    The Battle of the Bulge

    by Antony Beevor ...
    The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day, Stalingrad, and The Battle of Arnhem reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in this riveting new accountOn December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his ‘last gamble’ in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp and forcing the Canadians and the British out ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Give Them a Volley and Charge!

    The Battle of Inkermann 1854

    by Patrick Mercer ...
    The day after the Battle of Balaklava, the Russians attempted an armed reconnaissance of the Allied right flank aimed at the exposed Inkermann position, but the remnants of the British 2nd Division bloodily repulsed them.This book describes the Battle of Inkermann - an engagement which lasted for less than twelve hours, but was one of the bloodiest single engagements in Europe between 1815 and ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Zitadelle 1943

    The Greatest Tank Battle

    by Mark Healy ...
    In July 1943, Hitler launched Operation Zitadelle, the last German offensive on the Eastern Front. It was an attempt to shorten the German lines by eliminating the Kursk salient and was designed to result in the encirclement of the Red Army. In reality, the German tanks came up against impenetrable Russian defences: minefields, artillery and anti-tank emplacements, spread through lines 250km deep ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forgotten Voices of the Somme

    The Most Devastating Battle of the Great War in the Words of Those Who Survived

    by Joshua Levine ...
    The Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of World War I.It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later, remains seared into the national consciousness, conjuring up images of muddy trenches and young lives tragically wasted. Its first day, July 1st 1916 - on which the British suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 dead - is the bloodiest day in the history ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Magnificent Disaster

    The Failure of Market Garden, The Arnhem Operation, September 1944

    by David Bennett ...
    "Reveals much of what history has tended to gloss over . . . should be a must read for all who have an interest in this operation" ( Airborne Quarterly).After Normandy, the most spectacular Allied offensive of World War II was Operation Market Garden, which planned to join three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines with massive armored columns breaking through the front. The ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus