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Fort William Henry 1755-57 - A Battle, Two Sieges and Bloody Massacre by Ian Castle; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: Campaign Ser.
This book details the French and Indian War massacre by Iroquois of British and colonial troops in the Hudson River Valley that was fictionalized in The Last of the Mohicans. After the British garrison of Fort William Henry in the colony of New York surrendered to the besieging army of the French comman ...Show more
London 1917-18 by Ian Castle
Category: History | Series: Campaign
On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to attack London in this first bomber raid, but heavy cloud forced them to target Folkestone and the Shorncliffe army camp ...Show more
The First Blitz in 100 Objects by Ian Castle
Category: Military | Series: In 100 Objects Ser.
The First World War ushered in many new and increasingly deadly weapons, along with strategies for using them. No more so than Germany's sustained aerial bombing campaign against Britain, which opened an entirely new theatre of war -- the Home Front. It was a shocking awakening to 20th Century warfare f ...Show more
Zeppelin Onslaught - The Forgotten Blitz, 1914-1915 by Ian Castle
Category: Military
At the outbreak of the First World War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defense capability worthy of the name. Britain had just thirty guns to defend the entire country, with all but five of these considered 'of dubious value'. So when raiding German aircraft finally appeared over Britain the response ...Show more
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