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Oxfam books & music durham what happened to the allied armies in normandy in the months after d-day, ? why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland from the beaches? why did the british take so long to capture caen? why did the us infantry struggle so much in the bocage south of omaha beach? who was right about the conduct of the land campaign - eisenhower or montgomery? how did the germans, deprived of air support, manage to hold off such a massive allied force for more than two months? and if enigma was allowing the allies to read german battleplans, why did things go wrong as often as they did?the battle of normandy re-examines the demands and difficulties of the campaign and sheds new light on both with the aid of accounts from veterans on both sidessee oxfam website for delivery information read more) it also analyses in detail the plans and performance of the commanders involved: eisenhower, bradley, patton, montgomery, crerar and, of course, rommel(oral history forms a large part of the bookcontroversial and at times catastrophic, the battle of normandy was the last great set-piece battle in history and is long overdue for reassessment
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She travels to england to marry jim, a british intelligence corps soldier in the allied armies that defeated the nazi regime in and occupied the devastated nationhow will a german woman cope in austere post-war britain, where she is still regarded as the enemy? illustrated with almost 100 images and original documents, the bride's trunk describes the adventures of an unremarkable piece of luggage and three generations of its owners, whose journeys across europe are determined by the turbulent events of twentieth century historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop worcester a true story of love and reconciliation in the aftermath of the second world warminny leaves germany on a bitterly cold morning in decemberminny has survived british and american bombs and witnessed the destruction of aachen, her ancient and beautiful city
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He was a very popular artist, and also worked hard on camouflage whilst in the armyoxfam bookshop brigg this is a scrapbook of pictures by edward seago during his time with the armed forces in the second world warthe cover shows some marks, but generally the book is in vgcsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: distant victory: the battle of jutland and the allied triumph in the first world war (praeger security international)title: distant victory: the battle of jutland and the allied triumph in the first world war (praeger security international)
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This fascinating text by mikhail khvostov examines the colourful uniforms and the equipment of the white armies of the russian civil war ()there was, however, no single, united white army to fight the red army and the forces available to the whites represented a spectrum of political factions including monarchist military organisations and social-democratsmany of the cossack hosts also sided with the whites, seeing it as an opportunity to create their own independent states; others remained neutral or hostile to both sidessoon after the february revolution, and the abdication of tsar nicholas ii, the white cause began to emerge and oppose the bolsheviks
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The hobbit: the battle of the five armies 3d - extended edition [blu-ray] [] [region free]release date: 23 november
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Despite this, this book shows the extent to which the allied armies were in fact able repeatedly to break through the german front linesby focusing on the first-hand experiences of both allied and enemy soldiers, the author weaves a remarkable portrait of life at the frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music durham no conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the western front than the battle of the somme inthe tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the centennial year
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Three airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of holland and unleash the allied armies into germanyif the bridges had been captured and held, and the ground forces had been able to relieve the airborne forces, then there would have been a good chance of ending the war before christmasthe battle of arnhem was a turning-point in the war, a gamble by montgomery, using three airborne divisions to capture a series of bridges across the wide rivers that separated a powerful mobile army from the plains of northern germanythe germans were in retreat from normandy and seemed to be beatenmost of the remainder of the airborne force was held up on the outskirts of the town by german units that turned out to be far stronger than expected  a major intelligence failurein the meantime, only a small part of the 1st british airborne division had reached the arnhem bridgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe initial operation was successful, the bridges taken by the americans were relieved by ground troops, but these troops could not reach arnhem quickly enoughafter nine days of fighting, the survivors of the division were withdrawn across the rhine and it was not until many months later that ground forces captured arnhemusing the technique he has perfected over twenty-five years of military study, blending meticulous research based on original documents with the personal experiences of more than 500 participants, martin middlebrook describes the battle of arnhem from start to finish, from one end of that complicated battlefield to the otherarnhem was meant to end the war in europeillustrated with b&w platesit all went wrongoxfam bookshop west bridgford soft card covers with no dust jacket, whole book almost as newthe author offers a masterly summary of what went wrong in the last major defeat in battle suffered by the british army
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Volume 1 focuses on the prelude to and early phases of the german invasion and allied responseit is hoped that niall cherry's new two-volume work covering the allied intervention in norway will fill this significant gapthe author provides a detailed account of the german invasion and the allied reaction, including the land, sea and air battlesindeed, the invasion on april 9th saw the first use of airborne troops in the war and was also one of the very few amphibious operations undertaken by the germans during the second world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place condition as newbooks on the events of the early months of are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken by the british expeditionary force in northern france and belgium following the german invasion of may 10th and it is often overlooked that prior to this another british expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in norwayas in niall's previous books, detailed research has been carried out using official reports, war diaries and veterans' accounts, supported by photographs and colour mapsthis includes such actions as the sinking of hms glowworm and hms glorious, the gladiators on the frozen lakes and maurice force, the sacrifice of the territorial battalions at tretten and the independent companies, to name but a few
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allied military currencyissued by the allied military in italy during ww2a 100 lira banknotebuyer to collecta rare collectible souvenir from world war twovery collectible, i’ve never seen one beforethanks for your interest in this advertin excellent condition, unmarked, has a fold crease
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Bilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)oxfam shop colne road the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogybilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friendsin this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townthe rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher lee
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Bilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)oxfam books & music durham the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogybilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friendsin this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townthe rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher lee
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Bilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainoxfam shop dumfries the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogyset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)bilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friendsin this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townthe rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher lee
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Meanwhile, the allied forces try to prepare themselves for an anticipated german attack, unaware that they have the requisite resources for such an assaultmartin hessler (shaw), plan an attack with their secret panzer division in belgium's ardennes forest, but they are desperately short of fuel and their immediate objective is to capture a big allied fuel deposit, without the allies knowingoxfam shop inverness henry fonda and robert shaw star in this historical account of germany's last major european offensive of the second world war in december see oxfam website for delivery information read morein excellent conditionthe cast also includes robert ryan, charles bronson, james macarthur, dana andrews and george montgomerygermany, under the command of col
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Lots with 30 postal items from the allied occupation from different zonespartially mixed condition, see scans of the front and backincludes registered, cash on delivery, air mail, express courier, censored mail, one first flight letter frankfurt to new york and a registered letter from with rare mixed franking and provisional r label varel to belgradea lot of postal used, also with better frankingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Very nice lot with 50 different covers from the allied occupied territoriesmany with multiple and/or rare postagepair with censuretwo blocks with 4 x black soviet overprintbesatzung zone, with a very high catalogue valuecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevarying quality! please see photos for your own assessment! read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewiederaufbauspende weimar block national theatre 7,50 rm
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The allied precision water wiggler 4ww attracts birds - not mosquitoes! water wiggler's unique agitator action creates continuous ripples in water, preventing mosquitoes from laying eggs in bird baths
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Oxfam shop ulverston • it's star wars as you've never seen it before! set between episodes ii and iii and focusing on the epic struggles between the clone armies and separatist forces, this exciting new chapter in the star wars universe comes to life in star wars: the clone wars top trumps • now you can influence the battles yourself by pitting jedi against droid, sith against trooper, and many more of your favorite characters from the star wars movies! • featuring a host of new characters including the ruthless bounty hunter cad bane, jabba's dastardly uncle ziro, and young jedi ahsoka, star wars: the clone wars top trumps puts you in the thick of the battle! • complete with plastic case for storing top trumps cards • cards featuring statistics and images for each character see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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You must use the force and try to locate obi-wan kenobi before the droid armies discover you and the count escapeson the arid, red rock planet geonosis, the mysterious count dooku and his minions plot to overthrow the galactic republic
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It follows the momentous events of the war from d-day, 6 june , through to the final days when the allied soldiers pushed the german troops out of france, chased them across germany, and, on 7 may , destroyed the nazi regimesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatablethe victors is a compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and couragedrawing from his extensive research for his previous bestselling books on the conflict, ambrose creates one of the most exciting single-volume histories of the second world war ever writtenoxfam books & music durham the victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian stephen e
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In this enthralling sequel, he follows the fortunes of the escape academy right up until the arrival of the allied forces in apriloxfam bookshop newport in the colditz story, pat reid told the story of the escape academy that sprang up inside the most impregnable german pow camp of the second world war, ending appropriately with his own incredible escape from colditzsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the scarce first edition, publishedunclipped d/j clean/intact and protected by transparent wrappervery good condition for agea true classic, latter days at colditz is the bestselling conclusion of the story of the infamous german pow campbut reid's own break-out was by no means the lastthese tales of fantastic bravery and stunning ingenuity are every bit as mesmerising as the originalno highlighting or other notes
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New and sealed box set of the hobbit trilogy of films on blue ray includes the hobbit an unexpected journey/the desolation of smalig/the battle of the five armies read more
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Lego from the hobbit - the battle of the fivr armies - in excellent condition - comes with one minifigure and instructions - no box
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Extended 5 disc editions of all 3 hobbit films - an unexpected journey, the desolation of smaug and the battle of the five armiespayment by paypal or cash on collectionall good as new and £10 each, or £25 for all 3
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Extended 5 disc editions of all 3 hobbit films - an unexpected journey, the desolation of smaug and the battle of the five armiespayment by paypal or cash on collectionall good as new and £8 each, or £20 for all 3
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Oxfam shop new street documentary about the bombers distributed in world war two by the allied and axis forcesthe footage looks at a number of aircraft including the lancaster, wellington, blenheim, liberator, flying fortress, heinkel he 111, stuka, mitchell, superfortress and the heinkel he 177 greifsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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With the men finally in shape, they're sent to libya as part of the force to help in the relief of the allied occupied city of tobruksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter their initial training, privates pospichal (jan meduna) and lieberman (petr vanek) are assigned to an army unit in egypt under the command of sergeant borny (martin nahalka)oxfam shop colne road tense, unsentimental wwii drama in which two czech recruits find themselves in north africa helping out the alliesbut on their arrival, the realities of war soon begin to sink in, and, as the german barrage of the british lines intensifies, the lack of supplies begins to affect the men's strength and morale
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Official movie guide of the third and final hobbit movierecommend for avid fans of the books and moviesvery good condition/ new
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Oxfam shop dorchester operation overlord, the story of the allied invasion of normandy, d-day, june published by the news, portsmouth, uk40 pages of war stories and photos from ww2, some in color!includes a copy of "area "d", overlord general information map, 1 may, published in , portsmouth, england see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Months of careful planning proceeded while the entire uncommitted strength of the american, british, canadians, and other allied armies massed in englandthe allied invasion of normandy was a watershed moment in the warif the german lines broke, the full weight of allied power would be loosed to drive deep into francethe clash came in the early hours of 6 june : d-dayacross the channel the germans strove mightily to create hardened defenses on the beach and back them with a slew of new and veteran divisionsthe d-day quad uses the fire & movement system, designed to highlight the ability of motorized units to mass quickly for breakthrough and exploitationif the allies failed to grab a large enough beachhead the invasion would be contained and eventually crushed
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