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Once Upon A Wartime Series
 

This series was started in 1995, the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with Once Upon A Wartime about Arnhem and has now reached No 18 with the publication of Children of the War. The series covers memories of people in the second World War but also incorporates the Zeppelins of the First World War and Worst Fears Confirmed - the history of the Intelligence Corps

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Listed below are books that are still available:

You Shook My Hand by Bill Rose

This has just been reprinted and is Number 12 of the Once Upon a Wartime series: Bill Rose was taken prisoner in Java in 1942. He worked in 2 camps; Mitsuhima, in the central highlands of Japan and Kanose in the carbide furnaces. He managed to keep a diary of his day to day experiences.
After burying the memories of his experiences for fifty years, the arrival of a Japanese daughter-in-law encouraged him to make a journey of reconciliation. This is his story.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.31.5 Price: £9.99 + £2.00 p&p
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Bamboo Years by John G Pike

No 19 of the Once Upon a Wartime series
Based on fact and personal experience, this book tells of the glorious days on board ship and of the deprivation of a Japanese Prisoner of War camp including the notorious Horuko Island. The author tells the story without rancour or complaint but reflects on the whole experience with a deep understanding of the time and the people involved.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.13.9 Price: £9.99 + £2.00 p&p
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Children of the War by Molly Burkett

No 18 of the Once Upon a Wartime series
Personal stories of childrens experiences in the second world war

ISBN: 978.1.903172.66.7 Price: £7.99 + £2.00 p&p
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Zeppelins over the Eastern Counties by Cliff Clover

No 17 of the Once Upon a Wartime series
A history of the Zeppelin airships and the bombing through the Great War

ISBN: 978.1.903172.65.0 Price: £7.99 + £1.50 p&p
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Worst Fears Confirmed by Graeme Deeley

The role of Intelligence Sections is to confirm or deny information in order to process it into intelligence.
This book aims to record the history of British Airborne Forces Intelligence units and personnel from the Second World War until the present day.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.54.4 Price: £15.99 + £4.00 p&p
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NO LONGER AVAILABLE - ALL SOLD OUT

Wully - Sir William Robertson Bart. by
Molly Burkett

The only man to attain the rank of Field Marshall from serving in the ranks. This book details his life

ISBN: 0.948204.21.1 Price: £3.00 + £1.00 p&p
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Once Upon a Wartime X by
Molly Burkett & Robert Street

This is the 10th book in the Once Upon a Wartime series which tells men's and women's experiences during wartime.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.14.8 Price: £5.99 + £1.75 p&p
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Once Upon a Wartime VI by Molly Burkett

This is the sixth edition of the Once Upon a Wartime series reporting on experiences which affected individual lives during the war years.

ISBN: 0.948204.69.9 Price: £4.50 + £1.50 p&p
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The Siege of Kohima the Battle for Burma by Robert Street

This book details the experiences of the Fourth Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment during the Seige and the defence of the Garrison of Kohima.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.35.7 Price: £9.99 + £2.00 p&p Available from Robert Street, contact
www.war-books.co.uk

Not Just Another Milk Run The Mailly-Le-Camp Bomber Raid by Molly Burkett & Geoff Gilbert

The Raid made into France prior to the landings on D Day to bomb the Panzer Division at Mailly le Camp

ISBN: 978.1.903172.51.3 Price: £9.99 + £2.00 p&p
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A Flight Through Time by The Children of Cranwell Primary School with Molly Burkett

This book has been researched and written with the author by pupils aged 10 and 11 from Cranwell Primary School.
The publication of this book coincides with the 100th anniversary of the first airship and represents the first stage in the development of the Royal Air Force base in Cranwell.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.56.8 Price: £3.99 + £1.50 p&p
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Another Brummie in Burma by Robert Street

The story of Len Thornton from the inner city of Birmingham called up to serve in the Second World War and sent to the exotic climate of the Far East going through the horror and pressures of war.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.04.9 Price: £5.99 + £2.00 p&p
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D Day the Battle for Europe by Molly Burkett and Dick Bowen

Fourteenth in the Once Upon a Wartime series, this book recounts the story of the men who made the landing possible on June 6th, 1944.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.42.1 Price: £9.99 + £2.00 p&p
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Tugs of War by Betty Donaldson

Tugs of War is the eighth book in the Once Upon a Wartime series.
Betty Donaldson recounts her move to India and of falling in love, then the estrangement of being separated with the approaching invasion of Europe.

ISBN: 0.948204.99.0 Price: £5.75 + £2.00 p&p
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Field Marshals of the Queen Royal Lancers by Molly Burkett

Field Marshal's from 1821 - 1965

ISBN: 0.948204.37.0 Price: £3.00 + £1.00 p&p
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