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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

        $30.00
        Jack Hawkins: A Biography

        Jack Hawkins: A Biography

        $41.00
        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

        $30.00
        Jack Hawkins: A Biography

        Jack Hawkins: A Biography

        $41.00

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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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