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Gateway to the West: The History of Jefferson Barracks From 1826-1894
Official Army Register for 1856 U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal & State Sources
From Yorktown to Santiago with the Sixth U.S. Cavalry
A Guide to the Military Posts of the United States 1789-1895
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Dang, our allies are top-notch, aren't they? :-)
The Boer War 1899-1900 - Illustrated London News (on CD)
Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellelebad [bound with] The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans in the Years 1814-1815The Royal Australian Navy: An Illustrated History
Historic Naval Events of Australia Day-By-Day-Ships, Men, Battles and Great Moments
Statesmen & Sailors: Australian Maritime Defence 1870-1920
Spin Me a Dit! Tales of the Royal Australian Navy
For Your Tomorrow We Gave Our Today
Commemorating the men of the Penrith District who gave their lives in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.How to Trace Your Military Ancestors in Australia and New Zealand
The Anglo-Scots Wars, 1513-1550: A Military History
UK: Naval Records for Genealogists (Public Record Office Handbook Ser. No. 22)
Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863
Detached Flight. No. 1 Volume 2. British Flying Training School Terrell Texas USA
The Genealogy of the Regiments of the British Army
The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment)
The Men of the 24th: the Zulu War of 1879
Birmingham Pals: 14th, 15th & 16th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Sherwood Foresters: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, 1937 Regimental Annual
Craven Muster Roll, 1803
YorkshireHistory of the S. Wales Borderers/Monmouthshire Reg.
Historical Records of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry
War History of 6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion the Cameronians (S. R. ) World War II
Radnorshire Volunteers: a Regimental History of Radnorshire, 1539-1968
Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757-1908 (Two Volumes)
Muster Books for North & East Hertfordshire 1580-1605
History of the 45th Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters).
(1902)Some Historical Records of the West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry 1794-1909
Search for an Original Issue of Guinea Gold,
Official newspaper of the Australia Military Forces.Tasmanians in the Transvaal War
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A History of 1st Middlesex Volunteer Engineers
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The Die-Hards in the Great War-Middlesex Reg. -Voli.The History of the Seventh (Service) Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919
(1934, 1st ed.)Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Part 73 (Royal Dublin Fusiliers)
The Worcestershire Regiment 1922-1950
The Queen's Rangers in the Revolutionary War
Mess Rules and Customs of the Royal Irish Fusiliers
The Defence of Lucknow: A Diary Recording the Daily Events During the Siege of the European Residency from 31st May to 25th September, 1857
Recollections of a Lucknow Veteran, 1845-1876
A Season in Hell: the Defence of the Lucknow Residency.
British Colours & Standards 1747-1881...
Rome's Enemies: Gallic and British Celts
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India
"In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan when they finally withdrew in 1947. Both nations would owe much to the British Raj: under its rule, Indians learned to see themselves as Indians; its benefits included railways, roads, canals, schools, universities, hospitals, universal language and common law."None of this, however, was planned. After a series of emergencies in the eighteenth century transformed a business partnership-the East India Company-into the most formidable war machine in Asia, conquest gathered its own momentum. Fortunes grew, but, alongside them, Britons grew troubled by the despotism that had been created in their name. The result was the formation of a government that balanced firmness with benevolence, and had as its goal the advancement of India.
"But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, always rested precariously on the goodwill of Indians. In this remarkable exploration of British rule in India, Lawrence James chronicles the astonishing heroism that created it, the mixture of compromise and firmness that characterized it, and the twists and turns of the independence struggle that ended it."
Those Damned Rebels: The American Revolution as Seen Through British Eyes
Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader, Legless Ace of the Battle of Britain
"Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime. After losing both legs in an air crash in 1931 and being dismissed as a cripple by the Royal Air Force, he fought his way back into the cockpit of a Spitfire to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. This inspiring biography of the famous World War II fighter pilot, first published in 1954, has a following of faithful readers who come back to the book time and again to re-read, share with their children and pass along to friends. Not many books have made such an impact on people's lives. Bader's story is so extraordinary that no one would dare invent it, and Brickhill succeeds in matching the excitement of Bader's war deeds with the triumph of his greater battle over a severe handicap. Told he would never walk without a cane, Bader learned to dance, swim, golf, and play tennis. Told he would never fly again, he became not only one of the RAF's top combat pilots but a squadron leader and innovator of fighter tactics that helped win the Battle of Britain. Among the thrilling incidents chronicled in the book are Bader's first successful encounter with an enemy plane, his own shoot down, and his succession of escapes from German prisons."Wing Leader: Top-Scoring Allied Fighter Pilot of World War Two
"Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finished the war as the top-scoring Allied fighter pilot with 38 confirmed victories."WING LEADER is his account of the Battle of Britain, of the bitter fighting over Dieppe, and of the final battle across the skies of France and over the Rhine when, as a group captain, he commanded a British wing of the latest and most powerful Spitfires."
A History of Britain, Volume II: The Wars of the British 1603-1776
Pungoteague to Petersburg Vol. I Eastern Shore Militiamen Before the Civil War 1776-1858
Roster of the War of 1812 - Southside Virginia
Guns Off Cape Ann: The Story of the Immortal Battle Between the Shannon and the ChesapeakeVergennes, Vermont and the War of 1812
History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-Marque During Our War with England in the Years 1812, '13 and '14: Interspersed with Several Naval Battles Between American and British Ships of War
(1881)Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812
War of 1812 Bounty Lands in IllinoisSink Or Be Sunk: The Naval Battle In The Mississippi Sound That Preceded The Battle Of New Orleans
Narrative of the Life of General Leslie COMBS, Embracing Incidents in the History of the War of 1812
The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History
From A&E: First Invasion: The War of 1812 (DVD or VHS)
Original Historic War of 1812 Document at Alibris! Partially Printed Document Signed, a "List of Persons Composing the Crew of the Schooner Dart of Philadelphia, Henry RIHL, Master
From the seller: "WAR OF 1812. Partially printed Document signed, a "List of Persons Composing the Crew of the Schooner Dart of Philadelphia, whereof is Master Henry RIHL, bound for Cape Henry (Virginia). " Listed are 2 mates and 12 seamen. Name, place of birth, place of residence, nationality, age, height, complexion, and hair color are listed for each; 2 seamen are designated as "black, " 1 as "mulatto, " and 1 as "swarthy. " The document's validity is certified on verso. 1 1/2 pages, large folio (holes, edges torn, dampstaining). Philadelphia, March 8, 1813."
Amongst My Best Men: African Americans and the War of 1812
Chalmette: The Battle for New Orleans and How the British Nearly Stole the Louisiana Territory
The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory
Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie
A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812 - 1813
The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's Most Decisive Battle
Amateurs, to Arms! A Military History of the War of 1812 (Major Battles and Campaigns)
Eyewitness to War: Prints and Daguerreotypes of the Mexican War, 1846-1848
South Carolina in the Mexican War: A History of the Palmetto Regiment of Volunteers, 1846-1917
A Complete History of the Mexican War: Its Causes, Conduct and Consequences
Surfboats and Horse Marines; U.S. Naval Operations in the Mexican War, 1846-48
Jefferson Davis's Mexican War RegimentA Naval Campaign in the Californias: 1846-1849
Zachary TAYLOR: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest
Pennsylvania in the War with Mexico
Sketches of the Campaign in Northern Mexico
(1853)California Expedition: Stevenson's Regiment of First New York Volunteers
The Journal of Lieutenant John McHenry HOLLINGSWORTH of the First New York Volunteers
The Mexican Spy Company: United States Covert Operations in Mexico, 1845-1848
"Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds:" The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore LAIDLEY
Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails: Edward J GLASGOW and William H GLASGOW 1846-1848
Doniphan's Epic March: The 1st Missouri Volunteers in the Mexican War
Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War
So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846-1848
To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination
Romantic Passages in Southwestern History; Including Orations, Sketches, and Essays
(1857)With Beauregard in Mexico; the Mexican War Reminiscences of P. G. T Beauregard
The Mexican War: a Compact History 1846-1848
Company 'A' Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., 1846-1848, in the Mexican War
Texas Volunteers In The Mexican War
The Early Indian Wars of Oregon Compiled from the Oregon Archives and Other Original Sources with Muster RollsBattles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View
Mackenzie's Last Fight With the Cheyennes, a Winter Campaign in Wyoming and Montana
Three Years Among the Indians in Dakota
With General Crook in the Indian Wars
Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek: The Last Fight of the Red River War
Lt. Charles GATEWOOD and His Apache Wars Memoir
Trailing Geronimo: Or, Campaigning with Crook
Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1890
Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867-1898Trailing Geronimo: The Outbreak of the White Mountain Apaches, 1881-1886
Apache Days and After
Victorio CampaignLetters From the Frontiers Written During a Period of Thirty Years' Service in the Army of the United States [1822-53].
by McCALL, George A.The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West
Vermont in the Spanish-American War
The Arizona Rough Riders
Lewis County in the Spanish-American War
A History of the 2nd Regiment, 2nd N. J. Volunteers, 5th New Jersey
Our Naval Heroes: in Words of Easy Syllables
(1896)Rough Rider: Buckey O'NEILL of Arizona
The Boys of '98
(1898) From the Seller: "The Boys of '98 is the complete, colorful story of this memorable regiment: the recruitment of its members--a peculiar mixture of western frontiersmen and idealistic young easterners; their slapdash training in Texas and Florida; and their battles at Las Guasimas, Kettle Hill, and San Juan Hill."Heroes of our War with Spain
(1898) 1st.The Official Records of the Oregon Volunteers in the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection
Exciting Experiences in Our Wars With Spain and the Filipinos
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(1900)History of the Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry From Organization to Muster-Out
A. O. Under Fire With the Tenth U. S. Cavalry
Let the Drum Beat: A History of the Detroit Light GuardThe Detroit Light Guard: A Complete history of the Organization...
(1900)Engraving: 'Rally Round the Flag, Boys'.... From Leslie's Weekly, May 26, 1898
Original Leslie's Weekly, Sept. 22, 1898: Spanish-American War
Our Conquests in the Pacific
(1898)Record of Indiana Volunteer in the Spanish-American War 1898-1899
Cannon and Camera: Sea and Land Battles of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Camp Life, and the Return of the Soldiers
(1900)The War with Spain
(1899)Fighting in the Philippines, Authentic Original Photographs
Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War: A Historical Dictionary
Redlegs: The U.S. Artillery from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War, 1861-1898
"8 pages of color 110 b/w photos 7 x 10. Over one hundred rare and unpublished images Detailed captions by an expert on American uniform history Images from every American campaign between 1861 and 1898 This volume in the popular G. I. series graphically illustrates a much neglected element in American military history: the U.S. Army artillerymen, called Redlegs after the red stripes on their trousers. The photographs: most of them never before published; range from the Civil War, to the campaigns against the American Indians, to the Spanish-American War. Artillery was a vital arm and proved its worth in all of these diverse theaters of war; artillerymen served as part of mobile columns, in sieges and blockades, and as garrisons in remote frontier forts. This volume includes superb images and descriptive captions detailing the appearance of the men, their uniforms and equipment, and the ordnance used over the years. John P. Langellier is a fellow of the Company of Military Historians and the author of many books and articles on military history."
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Their Record: A Memorial of the Services and Sacrifices of the 8,346 Reno County Men and Women in the Armed Forces in World War IIJungleers: A History of the U.S. 41st Infantry Division in World War II
Military Records: WWII and Korean Conflict Overseas Interments CD
National Guard Division from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and WyomingHistorical and Pictorial Review Fifth Regiment Field Artillery
Among the Valiant-Mexican Americans in World War II and Korea
UK Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now
The Fifth Infantry Division in the ETO
Riding Point for Patton: The Fifth Infantry Regiment in World War II
Dear Boys: World War II Letters From a Woman Back Home
Cleveland County [North Carolina] in World War II
Detached Flight. No. 1 Volume 2. British Flying Training School Terrell Texas USA
World War II Personal Accounts Pearl Harbor to V-J Day
Thirty Days to Dunkirk, the Royal Irish Fusiliers, May 1940
The Story of the Famous 34th Infantry Division
The Men and Women in World War II From Milam County, Texas
Service Newspapers of the Second World War
Maury County Remembers World War II
Presenting the 35th Infantry Division in World War 2
Gold Star Honor Role of Virginians in the Second World War
Search for an Original Issue of Guinea Gold,
Official newspaper of the Australia Military Forces.
"The poignant story of twenty-one boys who died on the beaches of Normandy and the small town they called home."On June 6, 1944, nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population 3,000--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day when their landing craft dropped them in shallow water off Omaha Beach. They were part of the first wave of American soldiers to hit the sands of Normandy. Later that day, two more soldiers from the same small town died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-one sons of Bedford killed--no other town in America suffered a greater one-day loss. It is a story that one cannot easily forget--and one that the families of Bedford will never forget. It was, and still is, Bedford's longest day.
"The Bedford Boys is the intimate true story of these young men and their friends and families in Bedford. It portrays a neighborhood of soldiers before and during the war--from the girlfriends they left behind to the buddies they made in basic training, from anxious barracks in England to the bloody beaches of Normandy. Based on extensive interviews with survivors and relatives as well as on diaries and letters, Alex Kershaw's book focuses on several remarkable individuals and families to tell one of the most poignant stories of World War II--the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach. "
Arizona's Hispanic Flyboys 1941-1945
"World War II remains probably the most significant historical event of the 20th Century. It has been well documented in print and film over the last sixty years. Not much, however, has been written about Hispanics who served in uniform from 1941 through 1945. This is especially true of those who served in the so-called "glamorous" air corps of the US Army and Navy. This is a documentary of Hispanic young men from Arizona who served as pilots, navigators, bombardiers, flight engineers, gunners, and radio operators. Hispanics make up the largest ethnic minority in Arizona. Many of Arizona's Hispanics served valiantly in ground and sea forces during WWII, and today, in the Hispanic community as elsewhere, their service is remembered proudly. Less well known, however, is the contribution made by those young men in the elite volunteer services that fought the war from above."Sold!
A History of 1st Middlesex Volunteer Engineers
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The Menace From Moresby: a Pictorial History of the 5th Air Force in World War IISold!
The History of the 341st Engineer Regiment, July 29, 1943-March 22, 1946History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War
Complete WWII 3 CD-Rom Set (Jewel Case)
"The Complete WWII Collection, Express Edition contains three individual titles that were selected for their high-quality content and ease of use. The first title, Warbirds, is a complete drawing program that includes drawing and editing tools, scalable typefaces, a special collection of famous aircraft, and more than 1,000 general-purpose clip-art images and special effects. A drag-and-drop clip-art viewer allows you to select images from dozens of libraries and drop them in the drawing area. The sound effects database includes clips of flybys, special effects, air raid sirens, machine guns, explosions, and antiaircraft fire."If it's facts you're after, delve into the History of World War II. This title includes a narrated chronology that covers the major battles of the war. Each entry includes a dramatic photograph of the events, and many have original film footage and related items. Also featured in this program is a section on the causes of the war chronicling the major events in Europe and Asia that led to global conflict. Finally, test your knowledge with WWII Shootout, an interactive trivia game on the greatest conflict in history. More than 500 questions on WWII are contained on this CD-ROM, and cover everything from the war in Europe to the great battles in the Pacific."
Military Records: WWII and Korean Conflict Overseas Interments CDThe Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany
"Brought to life by best-selling historian Ambrose (author of more than 20 books), here is one of America's forgotten workhorse weapons of WWII the B-24 bomber. Carrying a heavier payload than the glamorous B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24, nicknamed the Liberator, also filled the skies over Germany, bombing troops, oil refineries, factories and other strategic targets. South Dakota-born George S. McGovern was 22 when he became a B-24 pilot in the 741st Bomb Squadron, based in Cerignola, Italy. Though basing the book largely on McGovern's 35 missions, for which he won the Distinguished Flying Cross, Ambrose includes many other stories about the men who flew over Germany and eastern Europe. As Ambrose makes abundantly clear, the planes were not fun to fly. The crew faced inside temperatures of 50 below zero, sat in cramped seats and suffered high casualty rates. Ambrose follows pilots and crews from start to finish where they were from, their backgrounds, training, bravery and heroism as they did their part to help win the war. Today there are only four B-24s left of the 18,300 that once made up the force. "Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission The Bataan Death March was just the beginning of the woes American soldiers captured by the Japanese army in the Philippines had to endure. The survivors of the march faced not only their captors' regular brutality (having surrendered, they were considered to be less than honorable foes), but also a host of illnesses such as dysentery and malaria. For three years these "ghost soldiers" lived in misery, suffering terrible losses.
When Army Rangers among Douglas MacArthur's forces arrived in the Philippines, they hatched a daring plan to liberate their captured comrades, a mission that, if successful, would prove to be a tremendous morale booster at the front and at home. Led by a young officer named Henry Mucci (called "Little MacArthur" for his constant pipe as well as his brilliance as a strategist), a combined Ranger and Filipino guerrilla force penetrated far behind enemy lines, attacked Japanese forces guarding Allied prisoners at a jungle outpost called Cabanatuan, and shepherded hundreds of prisoners to safety, with an angry Japanese army in hot pursuit. Amazingly, they suffered only light casualties.
In Ghost Soldiers, journalist Hampton Sides recounts that daring rescue, once known to every American schoolchild but now long forgotten. A gifted storyteller, Sides packs his narrative with detailed descriptions of the principal actors on both sides of the struggle and with moments of danger and exhilaration. Thrilling from start to finish, his book celebrates the heroism of hundreds of warriors and brings renewed attention to one of the Rangers' finest hours
Letters Home This World War II memoir recounts the life of Floyd Hughes Davis as he trains as a member of a B-17 aircraft, his bombing missions over Germany, and explores the mysterious circumstances around the loss of his entire crew.
Beyond Courage: One Regiment Against Japan, 1941-1945
"A vivid narrative of the men of New Mexico's 200th and 515th Coast Artillery (AA) units. Cave skillfully tells a story of hardship, bravery, unspeakable treatment, and a never-dying belief that their country would liberate them. They were the first unit to fire on the enemy in the Philippines and the last organized unit to lay down their arms when surrender came. "My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half years in Japanese prison camps. On the march, Tenney witnessed fellow POWs die by the hundreds from thirst, wounds, disease, or savage mistreatment at the hands of brutal Japanese guards. With a keen understanding of human nature, a sense of humor, the ability to think on his feet, and most of all a fierce determination to see his family again, Tenney endured the rest of the war as a slave laborer in miserable Japanese prison camps. My Hitch in Hell is an inspiring survivor's epic about the triumph of human will despite unimaginable suffering.
Surviving Bataan and Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey As a Japanese Prisoner of War
The Road to Arnhem: A Screaming Eagle in Holland A former soldier recalls his participation in the epic battle for a "bridge too far"--Field Marshal Montgomery's daring plan to drop the 101st Airborne behind German lines and secure a bridge across the Rhine River.
101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy
The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe As Told by the Men Who Fought It
Unsung Valor: A GI's Story of World War II
Military Records: WWII and Korean Conflict Overseas Interments CDAmong the Valiant-Mexican Americans in World War II and Korea
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Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina Although the size of a coffee-table book, Requiem is far more disturbing than most books in this classification; it is packed with images of the Vietnam and Indochina wars, and each picture is the work of a photographer who died in the line of duty, providing for the rather macabre pleasure of viewing undeniably stunning images that, in many cases, were snapped just moments before the photographer was killed. What makes the book truly remarkable, however, is its inclusion of many pictures taken by North Vietnamese photographers--pictures that present the war in a light not often seen by westerners.
Touched by the Dragon: Experiences of Vietnam Veterans from Newport County, Rhode Island
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