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1914 the First World War in Old Photographs by John Christopher
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1914: the first year of the 'war to end all wars', documented through old photographs. In 1914, after more than a decade of sabre-rattling, arms races and localised wars, mainland Europe erupted into the greatest war man had ever seen. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand saw the beginning of a ...Show more
1915 the First World War in Photographs by Christopher John
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1915, the second year of the Great War, was to see the failure of the Dardanelles landings and the sinking of the Lusitania, shown below, with the loss of 1,198 people, as well as the first bombing of mainland Britain by Zeppelin and the entry of Italy into the war. Huge battles would be fought at sea a ...Show more
1939 the Second World War in Photographs by John Christopher
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Seventy-five years ago, on 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. With political agreements in place to come to Poland's aid, Britain and France both declared war on Germany within two days. It was the start of a conflict that would erupt over every continent, see the deaths of tens of millions of pe ...Show more
1940 the Second World War in Photographs Britain Stands Alone by Christopher John
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1940 As the period of the 'Phoney War' came to an end, the Nazis unleashed their Blitzkrieg tactics, which saw the rapid mobility of the ground forces closely supported by superior air power. The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Norway fell in the spring, and the British Expeditionary Force made a hast ...Show more
1942: on the Offensive by John Christopher
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1942 was the turning point of the war. In the words of Winston Churchill, it was 'not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.' In the Pacific the Japanese had been soundly defeated at the Battle of Midway, with the loss of four valuable and irrepl ...Show more
1943: the Turning Point by Christopher John
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1943 saw the Allies on the offensive, with victories in North Africa followed by the invasion of Sicily and landings in Italy establishing a foothold on mainland Europe, while on the Eastern Front the Red Army was making gains, and in the Pacific the Japanese-held islands were falling. The change in the ...Show more
1944: the Second World War in Photographs by Christopher John
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1944 saw the largest seaborne invasion ever staged in Operation Overlord. The Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, opened the way for the thrust into the occupied countries of northern Europe, in particular France, with the Allies liberating Paris in August. This was the fir ...Show more
Bradshaw's Guide Brunel's Railways by Christopher John
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Brunel and Bradshaw were close contemporaries. One became Britain's most celebrated engineer, driving his iron rails across the country from London to the tip of Cornwall, while the other brought the experience of rail travel to the masses through his timetables and guide books. Although the GWR had ope ...Show more
British Posters of the First World War by Christopher John
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During the First World War the authorities emulated the simple slogans and strong graphic imagery of advertising posters to create a form of mass communication that was easily and instantly understood by the British public. They were aimed at the mostly illiterate working class who did more than their s ...Show more
Brunel in Bristol by Christopher John
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Bristol and Brunel, the two are inseparable. What would the Avon Gorge be without the slender lines of the suspension bridge? The Floating Harbour without the iron-hulled Great Britain back in the dry dock where she was built, or the magnificent Great Western Railway without its Temple Meads station? Qu ...Show more
German Infantry Weapons of the Second World War: the War Machines: Volume 2 by Christopher John
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This fascinating in-depth dossier is based on classified wartime reports issued by the US Military Intelligence Services, and examines the main weapon types - pistols, rifles, grenades, machine guns and mortars as well as anti-tank guns and infantry howitzers. The equipment of the German Army in 1939 r ...Show more
How to Negotiate by John Gordon (Editor); Christopher Copper-Ind
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Negotiation is such a familiar part of our everyday lives that we often fail to recognize it's even happening, let alone identify the power battles and psychological warfare it entails. In our busy everyday lives, we seldom pause to reflect that negotiating is, in fact, a complex and strategic mind game ...Show more