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As soon as I became old enough to make my dreams my reality, I became a firm believer that the subconscious and the world outside of our flesh and blood is essentially the truth.
Stephen Haddelsey with Alan Carroll Foreword by HRH Princess Anne The Princess Royal
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The History Press, UK, Date: 2014. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. 1st Edition: 256 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Appears unread. In 1943, with the German Sixth Army annihilated at Stalingrad and Rommels' Afrika Korps in full retreat after defeat at El Alamein, Winston Churchill s War Cabinet met to discuss the opening of a new front. Its battles would be fought not on the beaches of Normandy or in the jungles of Burma but amid the blizzards and glaciers of the Antarctic. Originally conceived as a means by which to safeguard the Falkland Islands from Japanese invasion and to deny harbours in the sub-Antarctic territories to German surface raiders and U-boats, the expedition also sought to re-assert British sovereignty in the face of incursions by neutral Argentina. As well as setting in train a sequence of events that would eventually culminate in the Falklands War, the British bases secretly established in 1944 would go on to play a vital part in the Cold War and lay the foundations for one of the most important and enduring government-sponsored programmes of scientific research in the polar regions: The British Antarctic Survey. Based upon contemporary sources, including official reports and the diaries and letters of the participants, Operation Tabarin tells for the first time the story of this, the only Antarctic expedition to be launched by any of the combatant nations during the Second ...
Stephen Haddelsey with Alan Carroll, Foreword by HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal.
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ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: The History Press, UK] Hardcover First Edition 1st Edition: 256 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Appears unread. In 1943, with the German Sixth Army annihilated at Stalingrad and Rommels' Afrika Korps in full retreat after defeat at El Alamein, Winston Churchill s War Cabinet met to discuss the opening of a new front. Its battles would be fought not on the beaches of Normandy or in the jungles of Burma but amid the blizzards and glaciers of the Antarctic. Originally conceived as a means by which to safeguard the Falkland Islands from Japanese invasion and to deny harbours in the sub-Antarctic territories to German surface raiders and U-boats, the expedition also sought to re-assert British sovereignty in the face of incursions by neutral Argentina. As well as setting in train a sequence of events that would eventually culminate in the Falklands War, the British bases secretly established in 1944 would go on to play a vital part in the Cold War and lay the foundations for one of the most important and enduring government-sponsored programmes of scientific research in the polar regions: The British Antarctic Survey. Based upon contemporary sources, including official reports and the diaries and letters of the participants, Operation Tabarin tells for the first time the story of this, the only Antarctic expedition to be launched by any of the combatant nations durin ...
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: The History Press] Hardcover Hardcover, 252 pp, very good condition, looks to be unread, tight binding, clean inside with no notes or inscriptions. "A truly remarkable story" Sir Ranulph Fiennes. [Church Stretton, SHROP, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]
The History Press Ltd, Date: 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Perfect copy. Clean, tight and minty fresh. Top notch. 2014. The History Press Ltd ISBN 0752493566 9780752493565 [GB]
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: The History Press Ltd] Hardcover First Edition Perfect copy. Clean, tight and minty fresh. Top notch. [Whitstable, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: Spellmount] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: Spellmount] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: The History Press, UK] Softcover Excellent study of this storied project; amazing that it has taken so long to be described. pp256, illus. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: Spellmount] Hardcover First Edition Fine book and unclipped D.J. in clear plastic cover. Absolutely no previous owners marks found in the white cloth and gold title on the as new spine and strong inner hinges. A large block of black and white photographs are part of the text. This operation originally conceived to safeguard the folk land islands from the Japanese and German raiders U-boats and invasion from neutral "Argentina"! [Elkhart, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: Spellmount Publishers, Stroud] Hardcover Hardcover. In 1943, with the German Sixth Army annihilated at Stalingrad and Rommel's Afrika Korps in full retreat after defeat at El Alamein, Winston Churchill's War Cabinet met to discuss the opening of a new front. Its battles would be fought not on the beaches of Normandy or in the jungles of Burma but amid the blizzards and glaciers of the Antarctic. Originally conceived as a means by which to safeguard the Falkland Islands from Japanese invasion and to deny harbours in the sub-Antarctic territories to German surface raiders and U-boats, the expedition also sought to re-assert British sovereignty in the face of incursions by neutral Argentina. As well as setting in train a sequence of events that would eventually culminate in the Falklands War, the British bases secretly established in 1944 would go on to play a vital part in the Cold War and lay the foundations for one of the most important and enduring government-sponsored programmes of scientific research in the polar regions: the British Antarctic Survey. Based upon contemporary sources, including official reports and the diaries and letters of the participants, Operation Tabarin tells for the first time the story of this, the only Antarctic expedition to be launched by any of the combatant nations during the Second World War and one of the most curious episodes in what Ernest Shackleton called 'the ...
ISBN10: 0752493566, ISBN13: 9780752493565, [publisher: Spellmount Publishers, Stroud] Hardcover Hardcover. In 1943, with the German Sixth Army annihilated at Stalingrad and Rommel's Afrika Korps in full retreat after defeat at El Alamein, Winston Churchill's War Cabinet met to discuss the opening of a new front. Its battles would be fought not on the beaches of Normandy or in the jungles of Burma but amid the blizzards and glaciers of the Antarctic. Originally conceived as a means by which to safeguard the Falkland Islands from Japanese invasion and to deny harbours in the sub-Antarctic territories to German surface raiders and U-boats, the expedition also sought to re-assert British sovereignty in the face of incursions by neutral Argentina. As well as setting in train a sequence of events that would eventually culminate in the Falklands War, the British bases secretly established in 1944 would go on to play a vital part in the Cold War and lay the foundations for one of the most important and enduring government-sponsored programmes of scientific research in the polar regions: the British Antarctic Survey. Based upon contemporary sources, including official reports and the diaries and letters of the participants, Operation Tabarin tells for the first time the story of this, the only Antarctic expedition to be launched by any of the combatant nations during the Second World War and one of the most curious episodes in what Ernest Shackleton called 'the ...
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