Clive Holden

A meticulously detailed account of the thousands of landing ships and landing craft of various types, and their brave crews, that made such an enormous contribution to the success of the D-Day landings.

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The crew of HM Submarine ‘Unruly’ at Sheerness Dockyard in August 1943

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A fascinating account of the post-WW2 British occupation of Germany and the challenges, successes and failings that were involved in the enormous task of building democracy from the ruins of Hitler’s Reich.

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A parade at RAF Detling in Kent - September 1942
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A masterful account of the brutal and bloody battles for the Anzio beachhead and assaults on Monte Cassino that led to the eventual liberation of Rome

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The remains of the Tudor-era Cockham Wood Fort, alongside the River Medway near Upnor in Kent c.1920

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The Short Brothers Seaplane Works alongside the River Medway at Rochester c.1935

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This was a superb read. Dan Jones really brings the Middle Ages to life in this powerful and fascinating story of the life and times of England’s greatest warrior monarch

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Today’s job at Wanstone Battery near Dover was to prepare the broken brickwork on the magazines ready for the brickie to repair

A fascinating book about those friends who stayed loyal to Churchill throughout his ‘Wilderness Years’ and went on to serve in his wartime government as some of his closest but sometimes very dubious advisors.

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No.1 Gun being installed at Capel (3 x 8-inch) Battery in 1942

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Sound mirror at Hythe, Kent c.1926

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This was an exceptional read. The incredible story of four extraordinary and very brave men who fought together in various theatres in WW2 and went on to serve their country officially and unofficially in some very dangerous situations for most of the Cold War War

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RAF Manston 1930

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The Royal Gun Factory at Woolwich Arsenal c.1900

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General Montgomery visiting RAF West Malling in 1944

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A misleading main title as the book is actually about both the 1944 ‘Market Garden’ and the 1945 ‘ Varsity Plunder’ Allied operations to cross the Rhine. The former a famous failure, the latter a great success. An insightful and detailed account of both operations

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85 Sqn Gloster Meteor NF11 night fighters at RAF West Malling in 1952

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A fascinating, hereto untold story of the railway workers & engineers that paid such a huge part in ensuring the Allied forces could maintain their drive through France and on into the heart of the Nazi Reich after the Normandy landings in 1944.
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Anti-invasion beach obstacles at Pegwell Bay, near Ramsgate in WW2

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Parade at Chatham RN Barracks c.1910

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Anti-tank obstacles on Maidstone Bridge in WW2

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A fascinating & well researched account of the brutal & bloody Russian Civil War and the well intentioned but misguided interventions by the Allied powers that ended in such abject failure.

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The Great Quadrangle Store- Sheerness Dockyard c.1950

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The nuclear submarine Refit & Refuelling Complex at Chatham Dockyard c.1980
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The magnificent Grand Store at Chatham Gun Wharf. Demolished c.1958

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Enjoy 😊

Royal Engineers Bridging Party at Chatham Dockyard 1916

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Yes definitely