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The Falklands 1982 by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Category: Military | Series: Campaign 244
On 3 April 1982 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that Argentine armed forces had landed on British sovereign territory; had captured the men of Royal Marine detachment NP8901; had run up the Argentine flag; and had declared the islands and their population to be Argentine. An immediate ...Show more
The Jacobite Rebellion 1745-46 by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Category: Non-Fiction
The Jacobite Rebellion was the final attempt of the House of Stuart to re-establish itself on the British throne. No event in British history has been more heavily romanticized, but Gregory Fremont-Barnes succeeds in stripping away the myths to reveal the key events of this crucial period. From question ...Show more
The Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-89 by Gregory Barnes; Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Category: Military | Series: Essential Histories Ser.
The Soviet invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a bloody nine-year conflict with the Mujahideen until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988-89, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat by Afghan popular resistance backed by the USA and other powers. The Soviet invasion ha ...Show more
Waterloo 1815 - The British Army's Day of Destiny by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Category: Military
Waterloo was widely recognised - even in its immediate wake - as one of the most decisive battles in history: after more than twenty years of uninterrupted conflict this single day's encounter finally put paid to French aspirations for European hegemony. The culminating point of the French Revolutionary ...Show more
Who Dares Wins - The SAS and the Iranian Embassy Siege 1980 by Gregory Fremont-Barnes; Howard Gerrard (Illustrator); Mariusz Kozik (Illustrator); Pete Winner
Category: Military | Series: Raid Ser.
For 5 days in May 1980, the world watched as the SAS performed a daring raid on the Iranian Embassy in London. Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as "a brilliant operation'' the raid was a huge success for the SAS, rescuing 19 hostages with near-perfect military execution, although 2 hostages were killed by te ...Show more
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