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Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War, by Saul David
Saul David has written an excellent account of British Airborne Forces during the Second World War.
With Sky Warriors, Saul David has written an excellent account of British Airborne Forces during the Second World War, from their inception in the dark days of June 1940 through to the successful airborne drop to support the crossing of The Rhine in March 1945. As...
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The Anglo-Zulu War with Saul David | RSS.com
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US Marines in the Pacific & Ukraine with Saul David | RSS.com
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Saul David on the Special Boat Service in WW2 | RSS.com Saul David on The Charge of the Light Brigade, the Zulu War and the Start of WW1 | RSS.com
Black Gold, by Jeremy Paxman
This is a significant contribution to the study of Britain's industrial past.
There are two stories that Jeremy Paxman tells in his new book, Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain. The first is the national story, how coal was the driver behind the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire. The country’s hunger for this black rock...
Operation Pedestal: Max Hastings interview with Saul David
The two acclaimed historians discuss the operation to relieve the key strategic island of Malta in 1942.
In the late summer of 1942, the Royal Navy embarked on an operation to relieve the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. With Axis forces surrounding Malta, the islanders were close to starvation until relief came in the form of Operation Pedestal. But it was an...