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The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen on the Run in Occupied Europe

Diligent and intriguing historical research puts readers, alongside fugitive English airmen, and resistance hosts, firmly on occupied territory from 1942 to 1944. Readers will gain knowledge about their obstacles and successes.
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The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae

The book focuses on how Thermopylae constrained battles and those who fought them. Along the way, a number of myths are debunked. Well-handled, but military history enthusiasts will probably be drawn to it the most.
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Battle for the Island Kingdom: England’s Destiny 1000–1066

A deeply researched must-read for anyone interested in this contested era. Readers will be enthralled with quotations from period accounts and insights into the harsh reality of the violent, often short lives of Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Norman nobility.
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Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King

This highly recommended popular history will appeal to readers of medieval history, studies of warfare, and Dan Jones’s books.
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Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918–40

This title will mainly appeal to enthusiasts of British military history.
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To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941–42

An in-depth military analysis of the Siege of Leningrad that homes in on the German and Russian weaponry and strategies that led to the lengthy stalemate. Best suited for academics.
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Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command Against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45

A well-focused history of the costly U.S. Air Force campaign over Europe that fatally degraded the Nazi war machine.
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Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

Primarily for scholars, but lay readers will find it comprehensible as well.
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Hitler’s Winter: The German Battle of the Bulge

This highly readable account of the Battle of the Bulge will appeal to those interested in World War II and military history.
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