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Air War Malta

Price: £11.00

This is the story of the historic air defence of Malta by the RAF against the combined attacking forces of the Italian and German air forces. The island was poorly equipped ...
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The Desert Air War 1939 to 1945

Price: £16.00

In the face of the massive publicity accorded to General Montgomery and his adversary, General Erwin Rommel, and bearing in mind the endless controversy that has raged over the dismissal by ...
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Pictorial History of The Mediterranean Air War 3 Volume Set

Price: £65.00

Similar in format to other Ian Allan Pictorial Histories, (Royal Air Force, Luftwaffe etc.) contain several pages of text plus significant number of b&w photos in separate section. Volume 1 covers ...
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Air War East Africa 1940-1941

Price: £10.50

This little known campaign against the Italian invasion of British Somalia was bravely fought by a small force of elderly RAF and Commonwealth aircraft against almost overwhelming odds. This, against a ...
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The War That Never Was

Price: £12.00

Sir Winston Churchill wrote in his history of World War II: 'The spirited defence of Habbaniya by the Training School was a prime factor in our success. What success? Which school? ...
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Operation Mercury

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The fall of Crete was one of the greatest reverses of the Second World War, made all the more bitter for the British because, so it is contended, it was avoidable. ...
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Pfadfinder

Price: £16.00

The primary task of the German Luftwaffe during the winter of 1940-1941 was the destruction of the British war economy. Having failed to gain and hold air superiority over southern England ...
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Aircraft For The Many

Price: £15.00

'Don't worry about the aircraft overhead. They will be ours.' That confident prediction came from Genera Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Forces, on the eve of the D-Day landings ...
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Hurricanes Over Tobruk

Price: £17.00

At the beginning of 1941 the strategically vital port of Tobruk and its allied garrison was under siege from Rommel's troops and the Luftwaffe and Italian Regia Aeronautica. The only air ...
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Malta: The Spitfire Year 1942

Price: £30.00

The second volume of the dramatic story of the air battle for Malta during World War 2, written by the acknowledged experts in the field and long-awaited by enthusiasts and specialist ...
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Twelve Days in May

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On 10 May, 1940, when the might of Germany invaded Northern France and the Low Countries, almost 3500 serviceable aircraft of the Luftwaffe were ready for battle. These comprised in excess ...
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Battle of the Airfields

Price: £25.00

At first light on the morning of 1st January 1945, over 800 Luftwaffe fighters took off from their bases in Germany to attack Allied airfields in Holland, Belgium and France. Some ...
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