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  The 1940s Look

Recreating the Fashions, Hairstyles ans Make-up of the Second World War is now within your reach thanks to Mike Browns long awaited book which covers Men, Women & Children. A great gift idea.
£16,99.


 

  


 

 

 

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Deceiving Hitler - Double Cross and Deception in WW2 by Terry CrowdyDeceiving Hitler - Double Cross and Deception in WW2 by Terry Crowdy
The 1940s Society had the privilege of hearing Terry Crowdy speak on the subject of this book and it was absolutely fascinating. This book goes into greater details and tells the intertwined stories of the development of Allied deceptions and the intelligence networks that enabled and supported them.

We have a LIMITED NUMBER of these books as they are SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

(Hardback, 352 pages)

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Price: £17.99


Life as a Battle of Britain PilotLife as a Battle of Britain Pilot
What was life like as an RAF Battle of Britain pilot? What was it like to fly a fighter? Who were the men that flew Spitfires and Hurricanes? How did they spend a typical day? Which was the better machine - Spitfire or Messerschmitt? What unique challenges did a lone RAF pilot face at 30,000 feet?
(paperback, RRP 4.99)




Price: £3.99


The Searchers - Radio Intercept in Two World WarsThe Searchers - Radio Intercept in Two World Wars
Kenneth Macksey's fascinating book reveals how radio technology shaped the course of the Second World War. This is the story, not of the code breakers, but of the Y service, the searchers who made their vital work possible: men and women with headphones clamped to their ears who for hours on end searched the radio bands, sometimes in dangerous places, in order to overhear the enemy.

(Hardback, RRP 20.00)



Price: £6.99


World Wat ll Allied Women's Services by Martin BrayleyWorld Wat ll Allied Women's Services by Martin Brayley
The contribution of women to the Allied war effort in 1939-45 was massive. This book gives a concise introduction to the organisation and uniforms of these services, with an emphasis on the British and US forces.
Lots of photographs with full colour detailed illustrations of the uniforms.


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Price: £9.99


Escape or Die - True stories of heroic escapesEscape or Die - True stories of heroic escapes
Paul Brickhill (With an introduction by H.E. Bates)

Here, from the best-selling author of the Great Escape, is eight more true and startling escape stories form the Second World War. From the account of the Spitfire pilot left for dead by an execution squad in Sicily to the story of the air gunner forced to enlist the help of a prostitute in Stetting to cross the Baltic, every one of these is a classic.





Price: £5.99


From Scarlet to Khaki : Understanding the Twentieth Century Military Uniforms in your Family AlbumFrom Scarlet to Khaki : Understanding the Twentieth Century Military Uniforms in your Family Album
by Jon Mills - Just published.

This book describes and illustrates most of the uniforms worn by the British Army and its associated services in the first sixty years of the twentieth century. Illustrated with 140 original photographs never before published, it shows and describes how uniforms developed from the turn-of-the century scarlet coat to the utilitarian khaki service dress and battledress worn in the two world wars.

An excellent book for anyone interested in identifying and dating the uniforms worn by their own or others' ancestors.




Price: £6.50


The German Occupation of the Channel IslandsThe German Occupation of the Channel Islands
The official history of the German occupation of the Channel Islands, this book is based on previously untapped sources of information, including papers from Government departments, the Island's own wartime files, as well as files left behind by the Feldkommandantur in Guernsey and Jersey (RRP 9.99)



Price: £8.95


Marching to the Sound of Gunfire - North West Europe 1944-1945Marching to the Sound of Gunfire - North West Europe 1944-1945
A famous English general once wrote that '… the forward area of any theatre of war, the sharp end of battle as we used to call it, is inhabited by young men with a gleam in their eye, who actually do the fighting. They are comparatively few in number and they are nearly always the same people.'

In Marching to the sound of Gunfire, scores of British soldiers from almost every echelon of the British Army tell their amazing stories of life - and death - at the sharp end. In the eleven months of frenzied warfare that followed D-Day, these soldiers successfully drove the Nazi hordes back into their Fatherland and beat them into surrender.
(RRP 16.99)



Price: £11.95


WRNS in Camera - The Women's Royal Naval Service in the Second World WarWRNS in Camera - The Women's Royal Naval Service in the Second World War
Not only an informative book but a book full of superb photographs. Drawing on the extensive photographic archive of the WRNS Collection of the -Royal Naval Museum and the Lee Miller Photographic Archive, this is a highly evocative pictorial tribute to an often neglected aspect of Second World War history.
Hardback, RRP 19.99



Price: £11.95


Crash Dive - HMS Safari 1942 - 43Crash Dive - HMS Safari 1942 - 43
The full range of the submariner's experiance is here in this gripping eyewitness account. Crash Dive is a unique and important historical record of life on board HMS Safari during WW2, based on the diary of leading telegraphist Arthur Dickison.



Price: £4.95


The Great Escape - The Full Dramatic StoryThe Great Escape - The Full Dramatic Story
The full dramatic story of the escape of 76 RAF officers from STALAG LUFT lll, and the murder of 50 of them. Anton Gill brings together the details of what happened together with photographs and contributions from survivors and their families.

Hardback, 270 pages, RRP 20



Price: £9.95


Eyes of the RAF - A History of Photo ReconnaissanceEyes of the RAF - A History of Photo Reconnaissance
Eyes of the RAF was written at the request of the Association of Royal Air Force Photography Officers and is the only book currently available on this fascinating subject. Using official and personal records, the author traces the development of air photography from the earliest days to the present era. His detailed narrative is supported by more than 400 photographs with exhaustively researched captions, making it the most comprehensive history yet written on the RAF's photo-reconnaissance capability.



Price: £8.95


Nurses at War - Women on the Frontline 1939-45Nurses at War - Women on the Frontline 1939-45
The wealth of original research conducted by Penny Starns provides readers with a graphic insight into the lives of Britain's nurses on the frontline in the Second World War. Believing that their skills would be of most use to the wounded if they were working in operational areas, these 'frontline females' suffered the violent consequences of war in much the same way as their male counterparts. Their vivid oral and written testimonies also reveal how they fought a parallel struggle to achieve recognition for their professionalism in a largely male-dominated medical profession.

Hardback, RRP 19.99



Price: £11.95


Woman in Arms, Armada War Classic - Nancy WakeWoman in Arms, Armada War Classic - Nancy Wake
The remarkable story of Nancy Wake and her organization of the French Resistance specially abridged for younger readers.
Paperback, 223 pages



Price: £1.95


The Battle of Britain - An Oral History of Britains 'Finest Hour'The Battle of Britain - An Oral History of Britains 'Finest Hour'
Concentrating on July to October 1940 this book tells the story of 'The Battle of Britain' through fascinating original interviews with the survivors of the battle on both sides. Including letters, memoirs and photographs, it is a tale of tactics, aircraft, leadership, propaganda, politics and heroism.

Hardback, 342 pages, RRP 20


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Price: £9.95


Finest Hour Tim Clayton & Phil CraigFinest Hour Tim Clayton & Phil Craig
The terror, the tragedy and the triumph of the Battle of Britain told through the voices of the civilian and military men & women who lived, loved and died.
Hardback, 418 pages
RRP 20.00



Price: £9.95


End of the Beginning, Tim Clayton & Phil CraigEnd of the Beginning, Tim Clayton & Phil Craig
Tim Clayton & Phil Craig continue the stories of some of the men and women first encountered in Finest Hour, and introduce a number of new characters, Woven together with the skill that made Finest Hour so evocotive and moving, these first hand accounts of ordinary people in wartime create an unforgetable portrait of the human spirit under duress.

Paperback, 438 pages
RRP 12.99



Price: £7.99


Cockleshell Heroes by C. E. Lucas PhillipsCockleshell Heroes by C. E. Lucas Phillips
In october 1942, chief of combined operations Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten unveiled the outline plan for operation Frankton - destined to become one of the bravest, most courageous and imaginative raids of the entire war.

The factual story of a legendary wartime exploit.
Paperback, 236 pages
RRP 6.99



Price: £3.95


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  The 1950s Look

Mike Brown continues his look at the fashions of the past with an in depth look at post war Britain and the 1950s. A fascinating book and a great gift idea. £16.99


Christmas Greetings
Wartime Christmas Cards
£3.99 per pack of 10

 Wartime Christmas

Discover what Christmas was like throughout the war
Special Price £9.99