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  • German Soldier vs British Soldier

    Spring Offensive and Hundred Days 1918

    Series Book 78 - Combat
    This illustrated study pits the Kaiser's troops against their British opponents during the climactic year of 1918 on the Western Front.Launched on 21 March 1918, the Spring Offensive saw Germany use veteran, highly trained assault troops and innovative assault tactics to encircle and outflank the British and Empire forces manning the front line, hoping to force the French to seek terms and hand ... Read more

    RM 68.29

  • Canadian Corps Soldier vs Royal Bavarian Soldier

    Vimy Ridge to Passchendaele 1917

    Series Book 25 - Combat
    In 1917 the soldiers of the Canadian Corps would prove themselves the equal of any fighting on the Western Front, while on the other side of the wire, the men of the Royal Bavarian Army won a distinguished reputation in combat.Employing the latest weapons and pioneering tactics, these two forces would clash in three notable encounters: the Canadian storming of Vimy Ridge, the back-and-forth ... Read more

    RM 68.29

  • British Infantryman vs German Infantryman

    Somme 1916

    Series Book 5 - Combat
    The mighty struggle for the Somme sector of the Western Front in the second half of 1916 has come to be remembered for the dreadful toll of casualties inflicted on Britain's 'New Armies' by the German defenders on the first day of the offensive, 1 July.The battle continued, however, throughout the autumn and only came to a close in the bitter cold of mid-November. The British plan relied on the ... Read more

    RM 65.99

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    The Battle that Turned the Tide of the Second World War

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  • The Military Life & Times of General Sir Miles Dempsey GBE KCB DSO MC

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    The Fighting 58th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

    One of only fifty infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, the 58th nevertheless had no official history. Second to None tells the story of this important, yet forgotten, battalion. The soldiers who formed the 58th exemplified the ideal citizen soldiers and later evolved into the tough, battle-savvy veterans who destroyed the cream of the German ... Read more

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  • The Day We Won The War

    Turning Point At Amiens, 8 August 1918

    How the British, ANZACs and Canadians finally broke the German army on the most decisive day of the Great War.The British attack at Amiens was the most decisive day of the Great War. In earlier offensives, a gain of a few hundred yards counted as a 'victory', but this time our troops advanced seven miles in a day and broke clean through the German defences. The long agony on the Western Front was ... Read more

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  • Pillars of Fire

    The Battle of Messines Ridge, 1917

    'Gentleman, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography.' So said General Plumer the day before 600 tons of explosives were detonated under the German position on Messines Ridge. The explosion was heard by Lloyd George in Downing Street, and as far away as Dublin.Until 1918, Messines was the only clear cut Allied victory on the Western Front, coming at a time when ... Read more

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