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SAS Brothers in Arms Churchill’s Desperadoes: Blood-And-Guts Defiance at Britain’s Darkest Hour — Damien Lewis

SAS Brothers in Arms Churchill’s Desperadoes: Blood-And-Guts Defiance at Britain’s Darkest Hour

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The Next Moon — Andre Hue

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The White Sniper Simo Häyhä

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The Complete History of the SAS The World’s Most Feared Elite Fighting Force

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Tales from the Special Forces Club The Untold Stories of Britain’s Elite WWII Warriors — Sean Rayment

Tales from the Special Forces Club The Untold Stories of Britain’s Elite WWII Warriors

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Lady Death The Memoirs of Stalin’s Sniper

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Saving Bravo The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History

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SAS The Authorized Illustrated History of the SAS

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SAS The Illustrated History of the SAS

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The Dutch Resistance 1940–45 World War II Resistance and Collaboration in the Netherlands — Klaas Castelein

The Dutch Resistance 1940–45 World War II Resistance and Collaboration in the Netherlands

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Themes: Special Forces • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

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The Fall of Eben Emael Belgium 1940

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Ghost Patrol A History of the Long Range Desert Group, 1940-1945

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Themes: Special Forces • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

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