True war and combat stories

This is the incredible true story of the unbreakable bond forged between Treo, the world's most highly decorated dog, and his handler Sgt.

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'A riveting thriller-style account of what happened to the Nazi gold hoard' Guardian'A major feat of detection .

Twenty true stories of covert military operations, from raids into Laos by elite unit MAC-V-SOG to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War to the US Navy SEAL 6 operation Neptune's Spear in Abbottabad which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden.

One of the greatest escape stories of World War Two.

The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.

In 1999, idealistic 23-year-old Registered Nurse Sharon Bown left her comfortable family life in Tasmania and joined the Royal Australian Air Force with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to the world.

In 1999, idealistic 23-year-old Registered Nurse Sharon Bown left her comfortable family life in Tasmania and joined the Royal Australian Air Force with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to the world.

Through the traumatic years of Finland's emergence as an independent nation, Tyra struggled with her understanding of God.

Airpower Pioneers studies twelve especially influential airmen, detailing their impact on the evolution of the United States Air Force (USAF).

In 'To Think or to March' Jacques Huinck gives a philosophical view on wars.

Forward Into Hell, written by a soldier from the ranks, is a candid account of the bloody battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War.

Gold Medal for the 2023 Military Writers Society Award John Spencer was a new second lieutenant in 2003 when he parachuted into Iraq leading a platoon of infantry soldiers into battle.

Gold Medal for the 2023 Military Writers Society Award John Spencer was a new second lieutenant in 2003 when he parachuted into Iraq leading a platoon of infantry soldiers into battle.

Kassem Eid survived arrest in al-Assad's regime, a chemical weapons attack that shocked the world, and the siege of a city where he fought with the Syrian rebel army.

Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.

'On War' is the West's premier work on the philosophy of war.

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The English spirit is unique.

Lord Dunsany was one of the most influential fantasy authors of the twentieth century.

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The Rough Riders was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry.

This book details Lee's life from Gettysburg to his death just five years after the South's surrender at Appomattox.

Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.

The Rough Riders was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry.

Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth President of the United States.

The armed conflict in the east of Ukraine brought about an emergence of a distinctive trend in contemporary Ukrainian poetry: the poetry of war.

Caught off Okinawa in the fiercest typhoon in history at the end of World War II.

Saying that no generation of Americans has produced a finer array of combat commanders than that of World War II, a thirty-year army veteran examines combat leadership throughout the war at every level of command in the U.

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A pioneer in the field of deep-sea diving, George F.

Culled from many never-before-published narratives and oral histories conducted under the auspices of the U.

Originally published in 1972, Christopher McKee's biography of Edward Preble remains the most authoritative source on this influential early shaper of the U.

Leadership is a most demanding undertaking.

In January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the U.

Two high-achieving African-Americans in the U.

Real-life accounts of the highly trained marksmen who have honed the art of killing to a fine edge-and can turn the tides of war with one perfect shot.

Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Alice Zwicker was the only service woman from Maine to be a prisoner of the enemy in either of the two World Wars.

On an I will if you will dare, John Haley enlisted in the 17th Maine Regiment in August 1862 for three years, unless sooner discharged.

Joshua Chamberlain is arguably the most well known figure in Maine history and this highly accessible biography provides a brief look at his life.

Inspired by the old African proverb: When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground, high-school student Morgan Reilly sought to preserve as many Maine libraries as he could by interviewing men and women from Maine who served in World War II and preserving their stories.