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Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Simon Webb
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-21 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Military

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This book relates a chapter of American military history which many people would rather forget. When the United States came to the aid of Britain in 1942, the a
The Fifth Field
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: French L. MacLean
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Schiffer Military History

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"The Fifth Field reveals one of the final secrets of the war: how 96 American soldiers in Europe and North Africa were tried by American General Courts-Martial,
A Keen Soldier
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Andrew Clark
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-13 - Publisher: Vintage Canada

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When award-winning journalist Andrew Clark found the file on Harold Joseph Pringle, he uncovered a Canadian tragedy that had lain buried for fifty years. This e
Blindfold and Alone
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-29 - Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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Three hundred and fifty-one men were executed by British Army firing squads between September 1914 and November 1920. By far the greatest number, 266 were shot
Death or Deliverance
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Authors: Teresa Iacobelli
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Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series often depict