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Adventurers - The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 by David Howarth
Category: History
The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company--from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch--to laying the groundwork for future British expansion
Dawn of D-Day - These Men Were There, 6 June 1944 by David Howarth; Stephen Howarth
Category: Military
'This is a masterful work. I am so grateful for Howarth's dedication to capturing the experiences of those who were there that fateful, historic, world-changing day.' - _Good Reads_"_That morning, the fleet had sailed. He could not possibly count the ships or even guess the numbers...Wallace stood on th ...Show more
Shetland Bus - A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure by David Howarth (Contribution by)
Category: History | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The occupation of Western Europe and Scandinavia in the spring of 1940 crippled Britain's ability to gather intelligence information. After the Germans invaded Norway, many Norwegians knew that small boats were constantly sailing from the Shetland Islands to land weapons, supplies, and agents, and to re ...Show more
The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure by David Howarth
Category: History
The Shetland Bus recounts the hundreds of crossings of small boats from the Shetland Islands to German-occupied Norway to supply arms to the Resistors and to rescue refugees--all under constant threat by German U-boats and winter storms.
We Die Alone by David Howarth
Category: History
In March 1943 a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from the Shetland Islands - the most northerly part of Britain - for Nazi-occupied Norway.Their mission was to organise and support the Norwegian resistance. They were betrayed and only one man survived the ambush by the Nazis. Crippled by fr ...Show more
We Die Alone -A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth
Category: History
The incredible story of a Norwegian commando saved from the Nazis by residents of a small arctic village--an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Photos throughout.
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