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Tim Saunders
During winter 1944/45 few German officers believed that the Allies would attack the wooded Reichswald Plug on the narrow neck of land between the rivers Rhine and Maas. Consequently, relying…
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What to do with a tractor that keeps breaking down? Call in the farm animals: they will sort it!
When Napoleon overreached himself by usurping the Burbon throne of Spain in early 1808, the resulting Spanish resentment and the brutal suppression of the Dos di Mayo Rebellion in Madrid…
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Tim Saunders, Richard Hone
A case study of the introduction of a new weapon system.
The joys and challenges of day-to-day farming in extraordinary circumstances.Tim Saunders writes about his life and work on the farm that’s been in his family for five generations. He encompasses…
Farmer Tim Saunders manages to incorporate some writing into his days, and here he describes his life through the seasons: Summer, shearing, slaughter, crop harvest, conservation; Autumn, floods, trading stock…
‘He who holds Hill 112, holds Normandy’ said a German general, while the British regarded the hill as ‘the Key to Normandy’. During the battle in June and July 1944…
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The joys and challenges of day-to-day farming in extraordinary circumstances.
In the first of three books covering the battles on the road to Arnhem, Tim Saunders describes the US 82nd Airborne Division’s daring seizure of the Grave Bridge and their…
Interest in Operation Market Garden never wanes. Tim Saunders discusses the apparent allied failure to capitalise on their obvious superiority when faced with the II SS Panzer Corps around the…
Operation EPSOM was Montgomerys third attempt to take the city of Caen, which was a key British D-Day objective. This book takes us through the actions in vivid detail. Delayed…
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The book unpicks the orders and analyses how the infantry and the armour failed to marry up to deliver a joint attack around the south of Arras but fought a…
This book goes back to original documents: reports and first-hand accounts to establish the story of the three separate Ranger Forces that made-up Rudder s Rangers who assaulted not just…
This is one of the most visited parts of the Peninsular War but there are no detailed accounts or guidebooks available. This book fills that vacuum.
The story of the Allies’ fight for Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles and Vilers Bocage against the elite German Panzer divisions.
By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler’s vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to…
The 1810 French invasion of Portugal, commanded by the veteran marshal Andre Massena, who was known to Napoleon as the ‘Spoilt Child of Victory’ has been well covered by historians…
The story of a winter battle fought in appalling ground conditions for combat.
Hell’s Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve…
Provides an account of the bitter fighting by the Hampshires and Dorsets in the villages of Eterville and Maltot with Tiger tanks and SS panzergrenadiers.
Demonstrates how the tactical, command and staff errors on the first day of the battle meant the inexperienced Peninsular Army still had much to learn. Describes how, following the lightening…
In this second of Tim Saunders' volumes on the opening stage of the 1945 Rhineland Campaign, the focus is to the north of the Reichswald, on the flood plain of…
The most effective German division fighting in the West Describes how the division continually battled the Allied offensives Uses new materials from archives in the former Eastern Bloc Refuses to…
Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert at your side. Benefit from Tim Saunders’ years of ownership experience, learn how to spot a…
Detailed instructions and maps that guide the visitor around the key points of the battlefields both in and around the villages on the banks of the River Orne and the…
The story of the Allies' fight for Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles and Vilers Bocage against the elite German Panzer divisions.
Tim Saunders,Rob Yuill
Uses memoirs and diaries from across the division and provides a wider understanding of the Peninsular Campaign.
Uses memoirs, documents and diaries from across the division. Provides a greater understanding of the Peninsular Campaigns,
Uses memoirs and diaries from across the division
Saunders, Tim,Yuill, Rob
Provides a greater understanding of the Peninsular Campaigns.
Saunders, Tim
Combines letters, diaries and memoires with modern geographical aids to reconcile the sequence of the battle with exact locations.
Tim Winton
Shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize, this is a fearless and remarkable exploration of how well we can ever really know one another.
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