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      Polaris: Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy

      Polaris: Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy

      $41.00
      Home Front: Alfred T. Palmer’s WWII Photography

      Home Front: Alfred T. Palmer’s WWII Photography

      $41.00
      We’ve All Life Before Us: A Love Story of the Second World War

      We’ve All Life Before Us: A Love Story of the Second World War

      $41.00
      The 28th Infantry Division and the Battle of the Bulge

      The 28th Infantry Division and the Battle of the Bulge

      $34.00
      The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

      The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

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      Jack Hawkins: A Biography

      Jack Hawkins: A Biography

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      Kevin Shannon

      Kevin Shannon’s father, Bill, took part in Operation Tonga. Shannon joined the British Army straight from school; his varied career included service in armoured reconnaissance, intelligence, and infantry. After leaving the army, he studied for a degree in Liverpool and then taught history in a secondary school. He took early retirement in 2010 to work as a full-time writer and historian. His other books include The Lion and the Rose (2017, 3 vols) The Liverpool Rifles (2019), Death or Glory (2021), all published by Fonthill. 

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      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993 Quick View

      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      For the first time in print, the complete history of the elite British cavalry regiment: the 17th/21st Lancers.
      $55.00
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      Shield and Protect: An Illustrated History of the Essex Yeomanry

      Primus in Armis: An Illustrated History of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      The Norfolk Regiment on the Western Front 1914-1918

      1939-1945 As I Remember: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      Monty's Northern Legions: 50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939–1945

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The 110th Holds in the Ardennes: The Blunting of Hitler’s Last Gamble and the Invasion of the Reich

      Arnhem Umbrella: Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO

      Soldiers to the Last Day: The Rhineland-Westphalian 6th Infantry Division, 1935-1945

      Todger: Thomas Jones VC, DCM, 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

      Monty's Rhine Adventure: War and Peace September 1944 NW Europe

      The Fighting Wessex Wyverns: From Normandy to Bremerhaven with the 43rd Wessex Division

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War Quick View

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      The story of an infantry battalion’s struggle in the pitiless arena of modern warfare.
      $48.00
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      Shield and Protect: An Illustrated History of the Essex Yeomanry

      Primus in Armis: An Illustrated History of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      The Norfolk Regiment on the Western Front 1914-1918

      1939-1945 As I Remember: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      Monty's Northern Legions: 50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939–1945

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The 110th Holds in the Ardennes: The Blunting of Hitler’s Last Gamble and the Invasion of the Reich

      Arnhem Umbrella: Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO

      Soldiers to the Last Day: The Rhineland-Westphalian 6th Infantry Division, 1935-1945

      Todger: Thomas Jones VC, DCM, 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

      Monty's Rhine Adventure: War and Peace September 1944 NW Europe

      The Fighting Wessex Wyverns: From Normandy to Bremerhaven with the 43rd Wessex Division

      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (paperback edition) Quick View

      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (paperback edition)

      A lively and comprehensive account of the Glider Pilot Regiment’s role in the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944.
      $34.00
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      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (paperback edition)

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (hardback edition)

      The Lion and the Rose - available now from Fonthill Media Quick View

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The story of an infantry battalion’s struggle in the pitiless arena of modern warfare.
      $34.00
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      Shield and Protect: An Illustrated History of the Essex Yeomanry

      Primus in Armis: An Illustrated History of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      The Norfolk Regiment on the Western Front 1914-1918

      1939-1945 As I Remember: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      Monty's Northern Legions: 50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939–1945

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The 110th Holds in the Ardennes: The Blunting of Hitler’s Last Gamble and the Invasion of the Reich

      Arnhem Umbrella: Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO

      Soldiers to the Last Day: The Rhineland-Westphalian 6th Infantry Division, 1935-1945

      Todger: Thomas Jones VC, DCM, 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

      Monty's Rhine Adventure: War and Peace September 1944 NW Europe

      The Fighting Wessex Wyverns: From Normandy to Bremerhaven with the 43rd Wessex Division

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own Quick View

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The most complete biography of an infantry battalion of the Great War ever published.
      $34.00
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      Shield and Protect: An Illustrated History of the Essex Yeomanry

      Primus in Armis: An Illustrated History of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      The Norfolk Regiment on the Western Front 1914-1918

      1939-1945 As I Remember: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      Monty's Northern Legions: 50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939–1945

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The 110th Holds in the Ardennes: The Blunting of Hitler’s Last Gamble and the Invasion of the Reich

      Arnhem Umbrella: Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO

      Soldiers to the Last Day: The Rhineland-Westphalian 6th Infantry Division, 1935-1945

      Todger: Thomas Jones VC, DCM, 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

      Monty's Rhine Adventure: War and Peace September 1944 NW Europe

      The Fighting Wessex Wyverns: From Normandy to Bremerhaven with the 43rd Wessex Division

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919 Quick View

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Great War told through the combat exploits of a single battalion.
      $34.00
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      Shield and Protect: An Illustrated History of the Essex Yeomanry

      Primus in Armis: An Illustrated History of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      The Norfolk Regiment on the Western Front 1914-1918

      1939-1945 As I Remember: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      Monty's Northern Legions: 50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939–1945

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The 110th Holds in the Ardennes: The Blunting of Hitler’s Last Gamble and the Invasion of the Reich

      Arnhem Umbrella: Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO

      Soldiers to the Last Day: The Rhineland-Westphalian 6th Infantry Division, 1935-1945

      Todger: Thomas Jones VC, DCM, 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

      Monty's Rhine Adventure: War and Peace September 1944 NW Europe

      The Fighting Wessex Wyverns: From Normandy to Bremerhaven with the 43rd Wessex Division

      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (hardback edition)
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      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (hardback edition)

      The Glider Pilot Regiment's role in the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings in June 1944.
      $28.00

      Death or Glory: The 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993

      The Liverpool Rifles: A Biography of the 1/6th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment in the First World War

      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (paperback edition)

      The Lion and the Rose: The 2/5th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      The Lion and the Rose: A Biography of a Great War Battalion – The 1/5th King’s Own

      The Lion and the Rose: The 4th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

      Operation Tonga: The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 (hardback edition)

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