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After the Flood : What the Dambusters Did Next by John Nichol
Category: Military
Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood. The role RAF 617 Squadron in the destruction of the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr has been celebrated in book, magazine and film for more tha ...Show more
Arnhem: The Battle for Survival by John Nichol
Category: Military
In September 1944, a mighty shock force of battle hardened Allied troops dropped from the skies into enemy-occupied Holland. This title discusses the triumph of the human spirit, as seen through the dramatic accounts of those who were there, in the cauldron, fighting for their lives, fighting for their ...Show more
Arnhem: The Battle for Survival by John Nichol
Category: Military
For fans of "A Bridge Too Far", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers", and for readers of Antony Beevor's "Stalingrad" and Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's "Dunkirk", "Arnhem" by John Nichol and Tony Rennell is an absolutely gripping narrative packed with action and heroic tales of courage. "Riveting ...r ...Show more
Eject! Eject! by John Nichol
Category: Military
'Eject! Eject!' When the call is made to abandon an aircraft, it's only the beginning of the story... From the Sunday Times bestselling writer John Nichol, author of Spitfire, Lancaster and Tornado, comes a brilliant new book that reveals the astonishing story of an invention that has saved many thousan ...Show more
Eject! Eject! by John Nichol
Category: Military
'Catapults you into the heart of the most epic experiences of ejection, escape and survival'Andy McNab'I thought the ejection seat was a rather dangerous, somewhat curious contraption. But that I would never need it . . .'When Jo Lancaster, the first British pilot to eject in an emergency, triggered his ...Show more
Home Run by John Nichol
Category: History
Throughout the Second World War, thousands found themselves cut off behind the lines in Nazi-occupied Europe - soldiers were left stranded on beaches after the chaotic evacuation of Dunkirk, airmen flying operations against the Germans were blasted out of the sky by flak and fighters. They were alone an ...Show more
Home Run - Escape from Nazi Europe by John Nichol
Category: Popular History
Throughout the Second World War, thousands found themselves cut off behind the lines in Nazi occupied Europe - soldiers were left stranded on beaches after the chaotic evacuation of Dunkirk, airmen flying operations against the Germans were blasted out of the sky by flak and fighters. They were alone an ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
Category: History
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of S ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
Category: History
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spi ...Show more
Medic by John Nichol
Category: Biography Memoir
Their job is to put themselves in the heart of danger - to run into battle to rescue the wounded and to risk their own lives to try and save the dying. Doctors, nurses, medics and stretcher bearers go where the bullets are thickest, through bomb alleys and mine fields, ducking mortars and rockets, where ...Show more
Medic: Saving lives by John Nichol
Category: Military
Their job is to put themselves in the heart of danger - to run into battle to rescue the wounded and to risk their own lives to try and save the dying. Doctors, nurses, medics and stretcher bearers go where the bullets are thickest, through bomb alleys and mine fields, ducking mortars and rockets, where ...Show more