Ben Bennions DFC - Battle of Britain Fighter Ace,. "...difficult to put down as the combat reports and descriptions of fighter pilot activities are very interesting ... useful for those studying the Battle of Britain." (UK review). https://t.co/KUH8wF7AOe #wwii#raf#history
'The War of the Gun Boats'. The fast, highly manoeuverable motor torpedo boats and gunboats which fought in coastal waters in WWII developed a special kind of naval warfare and acquired the buccaneering spirit of an earlier age. #wwii#royalnavy#history
'The German officer told us with a swagger: "You are going to Berlin, but not in the way you had thought. Tommy, for you the war is over.β But I silently vowed to carry on the fight against the Nazis.' #wwii#history#remembrance Buy now only Β£1.99: https://t.co/NdhIdcftYK
'Dog Boats at War'. Built of plywood and measuring 115 feet long, D-Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) were better known as Dog Boats and played havoc with enemy shipping in WWII. https://t.co/3EUKHGWUSB #wwii#royalnavy#history
'Alone I Fly'. Bill Bailey arrived in Cairo in 1942 as a new recruit to the RAF, hoping to fulfill his ambition to fly bombers. Within hours he was sent on his first mission as in a Wellington. https://t.co/1Ar64dHYDP #wwii#raf#history
'The noise of the heavy gunfire gave way to the staccato sound of machine-gun and rifle fire. When this sound was much closer, two German soldiers almost fell down the stairs into the cellar.' #wwii#remembrance Buy this memoir on Kindle for only Β£1.99: https://t.co/uwErTSlDsh
Life In Two Centuries: "Fascinating, open, at times revealing and sometimes funny." #soldier#biography Buy on Kindle for only Β£0.99. https://t.co/qBzW5U6QNg
"This extraordinary true story of what happened to a British soldier captured by the German forces in WW2 makes great reading, all the more so because it is told in a straightforward way by the man himself." #wwii#remembrance Buy now only Β£1.99: https://t.co/NdhIdcftYK
'We were made to stand with our backs to the wall, and we could hardly fail to notice that it was already pockmarked with bullet-holes; so it looked as if we were going to be shot there and then.' #wwii#remembrance Buy now only Β£1.99: https://t.co/NdhIdcftYK