The pacific war
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This volume looks at the start of the battle in the pacificoxfam shop ulverston four further episodes from the series with walter cronkite, which examines the second world war and its repercussionssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedthere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersthe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamappendices provide complete lists of us airmen in the battle of britain, medal of honour recipients, us aces in ww2 and korea, plus us losses and victories in the gulf warthe book spans the period from the lend-lease act which made american funds available for allied aircraft contracts during world war ii, right through to the present day and america's contribution to relief work throughout the worldthe author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book details the crucial role played by the us strategic air force in wwii - the 8th and 9th air force in britain, the 12th and 15th in the mediterranean, and the 20th in the far eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air power
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Victory at sea is the game of naval combat during the second world warfrom skirmishes involving single destroyers hunting down merchantmen to the clashing of massive battleships, from invasions of islands across the pacific to mastering waves of dive bombers, victory at sea enables you to fight exciting battles that take place on the oceans of world war iinow you can play out these confrontations on the tabletop with entire fleets drawn from the royal navy, us navy, imperial japanese navy, german kriegsmarine or any of the other nations featured in victory at seathroughout , the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in the face of rapidly developing technologies
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Marines--robert leckie (james badge dale), eugene sledge (joe mazzello) and john basilone (jon seda)--across the vast canvas of the pacific theatre during world war iioxfam books & music romsey from the producers of band of brothers, the pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three uthe extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow marines take them from the first clash with the japanese in the haunted jungles of guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of cape gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of peleliu, up the black sand terraces of iwo jima, through the killing fields of okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after v-j daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Marines--robert leckie (james badge dale), eugene sledge (joe mazzello) and john basilone (jon seda)--across the vast canvas of the pacific theatre during world war iioxfam bookshop swanage from the producers of band of brothers, the pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three uthe extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow marines take them from the first clash with the japanese in the haunted jungles of guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of cape gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of peleliu, up the black sand terraces of iwo jima, through the killing fields of okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after v-j daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Marines--robert leckie (james badge dale), eugene sledge (joe mazzello) and john basilone (jon seda)--across the vast canvas of the pacific theatre during world war iioxfam books & music romsey from the producers of band of brothers, the pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three udiscs are in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow marines take them from the first clash with the japanese in the haunted jungles of guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of cape gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of peleliu, up the black sand terraces of iwo jima, through the killing fields of okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after v-j day
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world warthis a brilliant series and worth watching see oxfam website for delivery information read moreepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'oxfam shop smithdown road all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-series
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world warepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'oxfam shop dalkeith all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world warepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'oxfam shop colne road all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world warepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'oxfam shop hull all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world warepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'oxfam shop magdelen street all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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After handing over the colony he had established in the falkland islands to spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown straits of magellan into the poorly charted south pacificoxfam shop haverfordwest the french entered the pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a spanish preserve until british navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid she made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover tahiti, where samuel wallis had preceded him by less than a yearfrance's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken inthe book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to topsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian oceanhe then sailed to the samoan islands and on to vanuatu, as far as the great barrier reef, and north towards new guinea and the samoan islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of bougainville and the bougainvillea flowerreports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europealthough bougainville published an account of his voyage in , his original journal was published only in ; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in english translation
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A full colour softback book detailing the airlines of the pacific oceanit is in excellent condition and postage is extra to the price required
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economyfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world
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This 112 page book published by airlife publishing depicts airliners from the pacific oceanfull colour photographs in exc cond
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China's involvement in the korean war in late october inevitably drew soviet pilots into the wara total of 52 soviet pilots scored five or more victories in the korean war" this book uncovers soviet combat experiences during the korean war from detailed unit histories and rare first-hand accountswith access to extensive russian archives, the authors offer an enthralling insight into an air war that has been largely covered up and neglected, illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and detailed full-color profilesthe history of these covert actions has been a long-buried secret and this book will be the first english publication to detail the only instance when the cold war between russia and the us became "hotsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro the soviet union began assisting the people's republic of china in its establishment of a modern air force in , when soviet air force regiments were sent to train local pilots
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It will be an essential reference for students of world war 2oxfam bookshop cheltenham the war in italy was characterized by a host of special forces actionson the night of april , the last operational jump of world war 2 took placeae"operation herringthe action did presage the end of the italian campaign and the war in italy, but until now little has been written about this, and other secret operations, on the italian frontthe fact that the italians had formed two governments, one backing the allies and one a puppet german government, meant that the secret war was vital to the allies conventional forces and partisans, the sas, soe, the us oss (precursor to the cia) all played important rolessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoperation herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a success
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Oxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and miserythe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin america grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scalesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home
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Syria: from the great war to civil war by john mchugo (paperback / softback)title: syria: from the great war to civil war format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: saqi uk release date: language: english
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Based on extensive use of newly available chinese sources, however, this study argues that china's entry into the korean war was brought about by concerns much more complex than simply safeguarding the chinese-korean borderthe author places the making of the sino-american collision in korea in the broader context of both the continuous development of the chinese communist revolution after its nationwide victory and the emerging cold waroxfam bookshop knutsford why did china enter the korean war? what made mao zedong, only one year after the establishment of the people's republic of china, decide to assist north korea in fighting a coalition of nearly all of the western industrial powers?;many scholars have traditionally regarded beijing's decision to enter the war as a reaction to washington's mistake in crossing the 38th parallel and marching towards the yaluhe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of chinafirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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History of the world kids book the americas and the pacific, new, very good condition, free postage
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The myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i by john mosiertitle: the myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: profile books uk release date: language: english
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There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the warthe complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodesdisks in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresmall tear on bottom of spine of one of the inner sleevesnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwideoxfam shop kendal sleeve and box in good condition, showing some shelf wear
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The book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archiveoxfam shop dumfries forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warin , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archiveoxfam bookshop victoria forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warin , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Vhs videos - the great war, the world at war and reader's digest world war ii videos 23 vides in all i think i am selling these to raise funds for girlguiding
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Lion's gate, british columbia gateway to the pacific art print artist: robert mcvittie (canadian, ) frame size: w- 97cm(381inch) directly under the image, in pencil: numbered at left; signed by artist right condition very good
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Dispatched with royal mail 2nd classcondition is very goodthe kamikaze hunters: fighting for the pacific, by will iredale (hardback,…
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2 box sets band of brothers and the pacific only played once original tins see pictures
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