Alan Jeffreys is a curator at the Imperial War Museum, London. He has previously written Warrior 66: British Infantryman in the Far East 1941-45 for Osprey. Alan has a special interest in the tactics of and training for jungle warfare, and the development of these in the British Army in the Far East: his MPhil dissertation from Kings College, London, provided a detailed examination of these themes. He lives in Surrey with his wife and son.
10 Ebooks by Jeffreys Alan Jeffreys
Alan Jeffreys: British Army in the Far East 1941 45
Between December 1941 and May 1942, the British Empire suffered a series of humiliating defeats in the Far East. Three years later the Japanese were defeated by British and Commonwealth forces at Koh …
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€17.28
Alan Jeffreys: British Army in the Far East 1941 45
Between December 1941 and May 1942, the British Empire suffered a series of humiliating defeats in the Far East. Three years later the Japanese were defeated by British and Commonwealth forces at Koh …
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€17.48
Baron Alexander Baron: From the City, From the Plough
January 1944, the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear, comedy and pathos as the men – all draw …
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€16.24
Piper David Piper: Trial by Battle
October 1941. Twenty-one-year-old Alan Mart is posted to India and taken under the wing of the dogmatic, overbearing Acting-Captain Sam Holl. Following the Japanese advance on Singapore, the men are …
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€16.02
Hewitt Kathleen Hewitt: Plenty Under the Counter
London, 1942. Flight-lieutenant David Heron, home on convalecent leave, awakes to the news that a murder victim has been discovered in the garden of his boarding house. With a week until his service …
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€16.09
Quayle Anthony Quayle: Eight Hours from England
Autumn 1943. Realising his feelings for his sweetheart are not reciprocated, Major John Overton accepts a posting behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Albania. Arriving to find the situation in disarr …
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€16.08
Majdalany Fred Majdalany: Patrol
1943, the North African desert. Major Tim Sheldon, exhausted and battle weary, is asked to carry out a futile and unexpected patrol mission. Fred Majdalany’s intimate, tense novel puts this so- …
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€8.96
Elstob Peter Elstob: Warriors for the Working Day
Based on Peter Elstob’s own wartime experiences, Warriors for the Working Day follows one tank crew as they proceed from the beaches of Normandy into newly liberated Western Europe, brilliantly …
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€9.03
Jeffreys Alan Jeffreys: Indian Army in the First World War
The book addresses the important global role of the Indian Army during the First World War. It is an academic reassessment of the army by both established and early career scholars of the Indian Army …
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€42.41
Jeffreys Alan Jeffreys: Approach to Battle
The Indian Army was the largest volunteer army during the Second World War. Indian Army divisions fought in the Middle East, North Africa and Italy – and went to make up the overwhelming majority of …
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€42.22
