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£3,000,000 in pennies: the story of a wartime miracle
Odhams Press Ltd.
1942
The story of a charitable fund established to help British citizens at home and in prisoner of war camps.
Battalion: a British infantry unit's actions from El Alamein to the Elbe, 1942-1945
Bâton Wicks
1994
The story of the 5th Seaforth Highlanders from El Alamein to the liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
Birth of a Spitfire: the story of Beaverbrook's Ministry and its first £10,000,000
Collins
1941
The story of how Lord Beaverbrook started the Spitfire Fund which raised £10,000,000 through donations and was used to build over 1,500 of the iconic aircraft.
Bristol Beaufighter
Airlife
1994
The story of one the most outstanding aircraft of the Second World War.
The dead look on: a novel
William Heinemann Ltd
1943
A novel based on the Nazi massacre at Lidice.
Detour: the story of Oflag IVC
Falcon Press
1946
A collection of reminiscences by former prisoners-of-war at Oflag IVC.
Drill up-to-date: a manual for the Home Guard
Longmans, Green and Co.
1941
A manual of drill exercises including how to address the difficult question of 'the correct foot'.
The Home Guard pocket manual
Ruberoid Company Ltd.
1940
A manual for training members of the Home Guard in weapons and field defences.
Home Guard training: some lessons to teach and learn
Eyre and Spottiswoode
1940
A manual on how to train Home Guard troops, with supporting exercises.
Kept in the dark: the denial to Bomber Command of vital ULTRA and other intelligence information during World War II
Pen & Sword
2010
An assessment of intelligence control and failures and the impact of air missions during the Second World War.
The last enemy
Macmillan & Co. Ltd
1942
Richard Hillary's memoir of life as an RAF pilot before and during the Second World War, prior to his death on a night-training flight on 8th January 1943.
Medical treatment of gas casualties
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1938
Part of a series of handbooks providing measures for safeguarding the civil population against the effects of air attack.
One year of life: the story of H.M.S. Prince of Wales
William Blackwood
1944
The story of the short life of HMS Prince of Wales.
The other side
Macmillan & Co. Ltd
1946
Explores the consequences of a young French girl marrying a German soldier.
The pendulum of battle: Operation Goodwood, July 1944
Leo Cooper
2004
An assessment of the largest British tank battle ever to have taken place. With loosely inserted correspondence between the author and Major Alastair Ritchie.
Pictures from Persia
Robert Hale Limited
1947
Reminiscences of a soldier stationed in Kermanshah and Qum during the Second World War.
The protection of your home against air raids
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1938
Guidance to house-holders issued shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Reflections 1939-1945: a Scots Guards officer in training and war
Pentland Press Limited
2000
The memoirs of a Major commanding a tank squadron in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards.
A regiment at war: the Royal Scots (the Royal Regiment) 1939-45 (including the Canadian Scottish Regiment)
Pentland Press Ltd
1988
A collection of contemporary accounts of the exploits of the Royal Scots and their allied regiment, the Canadian Scots, in the Second World War.
Rifle training for war: a textbook for Local Defence Volunteers
Cassell and Company, Ltd
1940
A manual of rifle training for what become known as the Home Guard.
Signature tune
Hammond, Hammond and Company Ltd.
1943
The impressions of a journalist from a neutral country visiting eight belligerent countries during the Second World War.
The training and work of first aid parties
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1939
Produced in anticipation of the Second World War.
The truth about Pearl Harbor
Strickland Press
1945
An analysis of the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor disaster.
