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SOE in The Netherlands
Until 1943 there was little effective resistance to the German occupation of The Netherlands. Though numerous small opposition groups had formed immediately after the German …
Septimius Severus and the Roman Army
A new survey of Severus reign with particular emphasis on the military aspects.
The Decipherment of Linear A
Linear A is a Middle and Late Bronze Age script principally used on Crete. Dated to 1800 - 1450 BC, it was discovered by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900 and for over 120 …
The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa
Formed in July 1940 for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group was the first British special force unit. In no time the LRDG …
The Path to Peace at Westphalia
All know about the 'defenestration of Prague', the coup d'etat staged by Bohemian nobles against the ruling officials of the Hapsburg empire, which triggered the Thirty Years War - …
Tacfarinas: An African Rebel Against Rome
Tacfarinas, was a North African Numidian auxiliary soldier who deserted from the Roman army and led an insurrection against Rome from AD 17 to 24. He built a small band of fellow …
Man Behind the Tudors
"e;Shed[s] some light on a rather remarkable man who was really behind the curtain during the reigns of quite a few English kings."e; -Adventures of a Tudor NerdThomas …
Reported Missing
Roy Nesbit brings to bear all the insight gained from his flying experience and his skill as a aviation historian as he investigates the wartime disappearances he describes in this …
The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain
There have been many books on Britain's Roman roads, but none have considered in any depth their long-term strategic impact. Mike Bishop shows how the road network was vital not …
Not So Virtuous Victorians
What springs to mind when you think of British Victorian men and women? - manners, manners and more manners. Behavior that was as rigid and constricted as the corsets women wore. …
The Knights Hospitaller
The Knights of St John evolved during the Crusades from a monastic order providing hostels for Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. The need to provide armed escorts to the …
SOE in Denmark
From a small number of clandestine activities against the German occupation of Denmark in 1940, a sophisticated resistance movement developed which by 1944, with the support of …