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The incredible account of the nine days, which decided the Second World War.26 May, 1940: The allies, faced with a shameful defeat, are trapped between the onslaught of the mighty German army and the tumult of the ocean's waves. Those that do not die face capture and surrender to the Nazis.
Nine days later more than a quarter of a million men have been rescued, returned safely to the shores of England, and saved by an assorted flotilla of barges,...
2) Cotton's War
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One man stands in the way of an army in this relentless wartime thriller from "a master of the gripping adventure yarn" (The Daily Telegraph).
Storming their way through Europe, the Nazis forces have made their way east to the Mediterranean, and are almost sure to conquer Greece.
But they didn't bargain on coming up against Michael Anthony Cotton, a heroic marine who smuggles weapons and money to the Greek Resistance.
As the conflict...
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The crescendo of war; a crushing blow; a path to redemption...
Peacetime political maneuverings are threatening Kelly Maguire's ambitions for captain's rank. But the outbreak of war, and the need for those who are willing to risk everything, changes all that.
As World War 2 explodes around him, and after a devastating loss in the Battle of Narvik, Maguire finds himself washed up at Dunkirk during the perilous evacuation of 1940; once more he must...
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A young recruit; a legendary battle; a cataclysmic war; a baptism by fire... Confident and strong willed, Kelly Maguire knew from a young age that he could accomplish great things. A constant and abiding love of the ocean would prove to be the making of him.
When the call of war is heard in the early 1910s, Kelly knows that he must answer it. Enlisting in the Royal Navy, he hopes to win both the war and personal glory.
But from the barbarous battles...
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The gripping tale of one boy's journey into manhood... and towards war.
Jess Ferigo, a young man with few prospects other than growing old in the same town he has always known, dreams of a life at sea, much to the ire of his family.
Making the tough decision to leave his old life behind, he takes up a position in charge of poaching on a battered trawler, accompanied by Pat Fee and Old Boxer, a wreck of an educated man who redeems Jess.
As he leaves...
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