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Falklands War: Battles
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A legendary World War Two fighter ace who broke the world air speed record is being forced to sell off his medals after 65 years of flying. Hero pilot Neville Duke, D.S.O, O.B.E., D.F.C. (and Two Bars), A.F.C, has one of the longest and most distinguished records in British aviation history. Duke was credited with 28 air combat victories during his 485 operational sorties after joining the RAF in the summer of 1940 at the height of the Battle Of Britain.
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Goose Green was the critical land engagement in the Falklands War. This detailed account is based on interviews with the men who fought in the battle on both sides, and their commanders. It takes the reader in detail through the battle, a vicious, 14-hour infantry struggle
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Dr Anderson is head of the Department of War Studies at Sandhurst. His main interests are military and diplomatic history, from the mid eighteenth century to the present. His books include ‘Modern Military Elites’ (1993), ‘D Day’ (1994), ‘The Battle for Manila’ (with John Pimlott and Richard Connaughton, 1995), ‘The World at War’ (1999) and the ‘Fall of the Reich’ (2000). His battlefield tours conducted for both the British and American armies include Salamanca, Waterloo, the Somme, El Alamein, Normandy and the Falklands.
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The Italian campaign, which lasted from July 10, 1943 to June 9, 1944, is a forgotten battle in the Second World War. “It seems that after D-Day people forget all about the Italian campaign.” 92,000 Canadians served in Italy. 20,000 Canadians were wounded and 6,000 were killed in Italy. the invasion of Italy accomplished several goals: It defeated the enemy Italian army, turned that army over to the Allies, made the Mediterranean Sea safe, and caused the Nazis to pull troops away from the Eastern Front.
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