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Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945
Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. If you …
Women at War 1939-1945
Long before the outbreak of the Second World War, official calculations showed Britain would be short of the manpower needed to fight the enemy and keep up production of weapons, …
British Forces Motorcycles 1925-1945
Perhaps the most far-reaching of the many changes wrought on the military by the First World War was the mechanisation of the armed services. After many centuries of use by the …
The Men Who Made Blackburn Rovers since 1945
Since the end of the Second World War, Blackburn Rovers have fielded many former, future and current greats in their famous blue-and-white-halved shirts. Down the decades, the …
Thames Pleasure Steamers from 1945
Thames Pleasure Steamers from 1945
The Battle of Berlin 1945
The Battle of Berlin was a conflict of unprecedented scale. The Soviets massed 1,600,000 troops for Operation Berlin, and but Marshal Zhukov's his initial attack floundered and was …
Bristol Football Club (RFU) 1888-1945: Images of Sport
A history of Bristol Rugby Football Club
Birmingham 1900-1945
This fascinating collection of over 200 picture postcards provides a nostalgic insight into the changing history of Birmingham during the period 1900-1945. For over a quarter of …
Japanese Army Handbook 1939-1945
This is an insight into the most feared army of World War II. The Japanese Imperial Army grew from 1.5 million men in 1939 to 5.5 million men by the end of the war. Their highly …
Swansea Rugby Football Club 1873-1945: Images of Sport
A history of Swansea Rugby Football Club 1873-1945
Royal Navy Handbook 1939-1945
Overstretched from the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy acquired First World War surplus destroyers from the United States Navy and embarked on a massive …
The March East 1945
During the final days of the Second World War, for 900 Allied officers, held by the Germans in Oflag IX A/H and Oflag IX A/Z, freedom was still a world away. Marched east by their …