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  • Ministry Of Home Security OBJECTS DROPPED FROM THE AIR 1941
    Ministry of Home Security
    An illustrated official and confidential publication, covering the many and varied types of objects that were falling from principally German aircraft during the second phase of the blitz, including high explosives, incendiary bombs and small arms ammunition.  ...
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    13,25 €

  • Trial and Triumph
    Stephen Leal Jackson
    Ernie Plantz responded to his country’s call, accepted duty in the American Submarine Service, developed a place of worth and comradeship, and found himself a prisoner of the enemy for three and a half grueling years; 1297 days. This is his story. A farm boy from rural West Virginia, Plantz served on the USS Perch during the opening days of World War II and was stationed in the...
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    14,97 €

  • ROMMEL IS DEAD
    Merrill Hardy
    As 1941 comes to a close, Europe is at war. Meet German General Heinz Guderian as he battles a resurgent Soviet Army at the very gates of Moscow during the worst winter in 100 years. Owing to General Erwin Rommel’s providential battlefield death in Africa, Heinz is able to personally avoid dismissal by Hitler and the thrashing the Soviets subsequently dish out to the hated Germ...
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    26,79 €

  • Fortifying Europe’s Soft Underbelly
    Aleksander Jankovič Potočnik / Mateja Perpar / Vladimir Tonić
    The Rupnik Line, the Vallo Alpino and other fortifications of the Ljubljana Gap in the former Yugoslavia before, during and after World War II are covered in detail by a Slovenian author who has visited, researched and recorded the existing remains. Well illustrated with 165 maps, plans, sketches, and wartime as well as present day photos of the remains of the bunkers, turrets ...
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    24,97 €

  • For Maytenance of Archers
    E.T. Fox / E.TFox
    For more than three centuries the longbow was the dominant weapon in English military thinking, and England’s archers were a force to be reckoned with on battlefields across Europe. From the famous battles of Crecy and Agincourt to forgotten skirmishes in Norfolk no serious fight was complete without the hum of the bow string. The study of the history of English archery could n...
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    46,11 €

  • W.E. Fairbairn’s Complete Compendium of Lethal, Unarmed, Hand-to-Hand Combat Methods and Fighting
    W E Fairbairn
    The fully illustrated distilled knowledge of W.E. Fairbairn, legendary SOE instructor in unarmed combat, and co-inventor of the Sykes-Fairbairn knife, who learned his deadly skills in 30 years on the Shanghai waterfront. It has been suggested that Fairbairn was the inspiration for Q Branch, in Ian Fleming’s fictional books about the British Secret Service agent James Bond.Get T...
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    69,95 €

  • W.E. Fairbairn’s Complete Compendium of Lethal, Unarmed, Hand-to-Hand Combat Methods and Fighting
    W E Fairbairn
    The fully illustrated distilled knowledge of W.E. Fairbairn, legendary SOE instructor in unarmed combat, and co-inventor of the Sykes-Fairbairn knife, who learned his deadly skills in 30 years on the Shanghai waterfront. It has been suggested that Fairbairn was the inspiration for Q Branch, in Ian Fleming’s fictional books about the British Secret Service agent James Bond.Get T...
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    52,86 €

  • Deception and Lies
    David Burke
    In May of 1970, two government ministers were dismissed from Cabinet for allegedly purchasing guns for the IRA. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch disavowed any knowledge of the plot. Few believed him. Charles Haughey, Minister for Finance, a captain in Irish military intelligence along with two others were put on trial. All were acquitted. Haughey refused to talk about the crisis for th...
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    25,26 €

  • FLASH SPOTTERS AND SOUND RANGERS
    John R Innes
    The standard text on development of artillery survey and work on the Western Front. How the observation groups & sound ranging sections came to be formed and fulfilled their purpose; survey posts & their equipment; and experiences of participants in France & Italy. A very useful & informative work.  ...
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    53,77 €

  • HISTORY OF THE ARMY ORDNANCE SERVICES Three Volume Compilation
    Major-General A. Forbes
    This is a first class, complete history of the Ordnance Services of the British Army from early times through inception up to the First World War. The Ordnance Services are an essential part of the ability of the army to operate and fight where ever it is sent, supplying weapons, ammunition, explosives and pyrotechnics (amongst a myriad of other items) for use in the field.This...
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    89,35 €

  • Foreign Armour In England
    John Starkie Gardner / Victor Alexander Farquharson
    Foreign Armour In EnglandThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting ...
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    9,33 €

  • the AK47 catalog volume 11 - 13
    Rob Stott
    The AK47 catalog is simply that; Clear color photos of the AK47 and it’s variations. No filler text, or the same regurgitated dimensional information. Full color, all original photography, with most images never published. Many variants have never been published. This book contains volume 11, 12, and 13 in one large bound book. It also contains the index for the entire serie...
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    169,90 €

  • Shield Against the Bomb
    A Vinod Kumar
    For every major military invention in human history, there has quite always been a countervailing technology. Nuclear weapons have, however, remained an exception. Ballistic missile defence (BMD) has, in recent years, emerged as a formidable means to defend against nuclear-armed delivery systems though yet to prove their total reliability. What does the advent of BMD mean for t...
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    27,11 €

  • American Gun
    Chris Kyle / William Doyle
    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPERJoin Chris Kyle on a fascinating journey to discover 'how 10 firearms changed United States history' (New York Times Book Review)Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper Chris Kyle dramatically chronicles the story of America--from the...
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    18,95 €

  • DEFENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST GAS ATTACKS 1917
    War Office
    Gas was a very effective way of attacking the enemy without direct contact, and attacks were the thing soldiers in the trenches feared over anything. This manual originally published by the War Office in February 1917, covers topics including the nature of gas: attacks, types, projectiles, personal anti-gas equipment & general precautions & observations.Chlorine gas was first u...
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    13,77 €

  • Major General A. Forbes’ HISTORY OF THE ARMY ORDNANCE SERVICES
    A Forbes
    This is a first class, complete history of the Ordnance Services of the British Army from early times through inception up to the First World War. The Ordnance Services are an essential part of the ability of the army to operate and fight where ever it is sent, supplying weapons, ammunition, explosives and pyrotechnics (amongst a myriad of other items) for use in the field.This...
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    69,79 €

  • SCOUT-SNIPING
    'Periscope' / Pete Anderson
    Scout-Sniping is a classic 1918 sniping manual written by a Big Game hunter and decorated Great War soldier who is believed to be the only Canadian officer to escape from a German prison camp during the War. A rarity in it’s original 1918 printing, it lays down the principles for the foundation for sniper training.Anderson, went overseas with the first Canadian contingent. The ...
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    17,86 €

  • FIELDCRAFT, SNIPING AND INTELLIGENCE
    Nevill Armstrong
    This is the classic WW2 sniping handbook. The author had much experience in sniping on the western front in the First World War, and he wrote his experiences down for the use of troops and the Home Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. This important manual covers all aspects of sniping and is a first class introduction to the subject both then and now. At the start o...
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    29,12 €

  • The Manhattan Project and the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
    Aaron Barlow
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    141,04 €

  • The British Military Revolution of the 19th Century
    Daniel R. LeClair
     From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War, the British Empire sought to solve the 'Great Gun Question'--to harness improvements to ordnance, small arms, explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public played a surprising but overlooked role, offering myriad suggestions for improvements to the civilian-led War Office. Mea...
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    64,59 €

  • Naval Minewarfare
    Chris O'Flaherty / Chris O’Flaherty
    Naval mines are pernicious weapons of debated legality and fearsome reputation. Since World War II over 18,400 of these ingenious devices have been deployed during 24 naval mining events, seriously damaging or sinking over 100 ships including 44 warships. Despite this sustained drumbeat of use both in attack and in defence, there were no modern books that examine this ‘Weapon T...
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    88,40 €

  • Textbook of Automatic Pistols
    R. K. Wilson / RKWilson
    2019 Reprint of 1944 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  Illustrated with 110 photographic plates.  This is one of the most important books written on the semiautomatic handgun. It covers all the important pistols developed prior to 1935. What makes this book so useful is that is gives a complete description of ex...
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    29,79 €

  • HISTORY OF THE 17th (ARMOURED CAR) TANK BATTALION DURING BATTLE OF 1918
    Anon
    The 17th Battalion arrived in France in April 1918. Its first operations were in support of the French Army in June. It returned to the British Army in August and was very successful at the Battle of Amiens. The Austin Armoured cars were towed in pairs by tanks across the battlefield. Once they reached better ground on the other side of the lines, they ranged freely. A German C...
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    19,20 €

  • Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb
    William S. Loring
    It was not Robert Oppenheimer who built the bomb--it was engineers, chemists and young physicists in their twenties, many not yet having earned a degree. The first atomic bomb was originally conceived as a backup device, a weapon not then currently achievable. The remote Trinity Site--the birthplace of the bomb--was used as a test range for U.S. bombers before the first nucl...
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    73,89 €

  • Confederate Yankee Book III
    Sam Gilbert
    The Confederate States of America continues to grow and expand as it prepares for the inevitable invasion from the north. Major Elder Stuart, Sergeant Major Jesse Thompkins and Big Jim Porchais find themselves becoming the eyes and ears of General Samuel Cooper and his boss, President Jefferson Davis, sometimes in very dangerous circumstances. Witness the rise of the Confederat...
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    17,37 €

  • THE FENCER’S COMPANION
    Leon Bertrand
    Classic fencing guide written by the first President of The British Academy of Fencing, Leon Bertrand, showing the basic fundamentals of fencing in an accurate and modern way. Bertrand intended his work to be a guide for everybody: the uninitiated, amateur, to the experienced and the master alike.Content:Foil-Epee-Sabre. Fundamental Principles. Lines. Foil Fencing. Offensive Ac...
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    15,42 €

  • Guns of the Lincoln County War
    Clifford R. Caldwell
    Beginning with the Horrell War of 1873 and continuing through Billy the Kid’s death at the hands of Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881, the author describes, in detail and with photographs, the actual firearms that were available to the combatants during the era. The typical historians’ shelves are crammed with volumes about and the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, Billy the Kid, Sh...
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    23,13 €

  • Knights Through the Ages
    Laine Cunningham
    When King Charles Albert put together a collection of arms and armor, he did it with style.Ranging back to medieval times, the objects this royal collected represented the best. Highly decorated pieces convey the history of Italy and beyond.The collection includes the sword of San Maurizio, King Henry II’s parade shield, war armor and jousting armor, and a sword used by Napoleo...
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    11,97 €

  • DISCIPLINE
    Stewart Murray
    This interesting treatise was written in light of the European breech-loading rapid fire battles of 1870, when soldiers in the pell-mell of battle became too confused to think. The aim of this publication is to give the Non-commissioned Officer and Privates the habit of instinctive obedience to the word of command in the heat of battle, and as a matter of last resource to “figh...
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    13,68 €

  • The Navaja and Its Use in Spain
    JAMES LORIEGA
    First published in Paris in 1881, this small treatise on the art of Spanish knife fighting has been out of print for almost 150 years. The present edition contains the original text written by Baron Charles Davillier, supplemented with additional historical footnotes by Maestro James Loriega, a world-acknowledged authority on this little-known art. ...
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    15,25 €


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