A Young Woman Who Fought the Nazis. As the title suggests, this is a gripping story of French resistance to the Nazis in the Second World War. It begins with the German conquest o ...

At first sight, The Carhullan Army might seem a departure, being a prophetic, futuristic novel in the tradition of H G Wells, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Will Self's recent The Book ...

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This week, we had the rare chance to hear from one of the few remaining World War II veterans—102-year-old John Smith, a ...

The last resident of Dorset's World War II ghost village has died aged 100 ... evacuated just before Christmas in 1943 to allow the army to extend its ranges. About 250 residents of Tyneham ...

The last resident of Dorset's World War II ... ghost village has died aged 100. Peter Wellman, who was born in Tyneham in 1924, passed away from pneumonia on Tuesday, April 29 in Swanage. The village ...

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Colin Turbett's 'Witness to War' tells the story of Arran and the Firth of Clyde during the Second World War. The book's first edition was published in 2023 and had sold out by the end of the ...

Though he is killed in the first showdown, this code informs the entirety of the book. The plot is gripping ... at the call of an army man, must vacate their own homes. Collateral damage ...

A collection of scary stories from Hamilton has been named the one book all Haldimand County residents should read this year. “Haunted Hamilton: The Ghosts of Dundurn Castle and Other Steeltown ...

This book was penned by the Army Chief officer who led the war during the Kargil war. And it tells the courage of Indian soldiers during the difficult times in Indian History. If you are inspired by ...

These 8 powerful non-fiction books, written by officers of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force, go beyond medals and battles to reveal the emotional, physical, and psychological cost of serving the ...