Nick van der Bijl BEM spent 25 years, most in the Intelligence Corps between 1970 and 1989. Since retiring from the Army, he has pursued a career in security management in the defence industry, courier sector and the NHS. He is a Trustee of the Military Intelligence Museum. He has numerous published works in print with Pen & Sword Books including Nine Battles to Stanley, Victory in the Falklands, Confrontation, Operation BANNER and Sharing the Secret, A History of the Intelligence Corps.He lives in Somerset.
19 Ebooks por Nicholas van der Bijl
Nicholas van der Bijl: Mau Mau Rebellion
In The Mau Mau Rebellion, the author describes the background to and the course of a short but brutal late colonial campaign in Kenya. The Mau Mau, a violent and secretive Kikuyu society, aimed to re …
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€5.14
Nicholas van der Bijl: Brunei Revolt, 1962-1963
In December 1962, nationalists in Brunei, the hugely wealthy small kingdom on the North Coast of Borneo, formed the Army of North Kalimantan (TNKU) and, demanding greater democracy, engineered a rebe …
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€5.15
Nicholas van der Bijl: Commandos in Exile
Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2. All members had to pass the Green Beret commando course …
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€6.42
Nicholas van der Bijl: Victory in the Falklands
The Hundred Days that saw the British response to General Galtiere of Argentinas invasion of the Falklands are for many British people the most remarkable of their lives. It describes the dark days o …
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€6.42
Nicholas van der Bijl: Cyprus Emergency
An in-depth look at the conflicts in Cyprus during the mid-twentieth century.The UK has been involved in Cyprus for over 125 years. Strategically placed in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was initially …
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€9.00
David Aldea & Nicholas van der Bijl: 5th Infantry Brigade in the Falklands
For many people it was 3 Commando Brigade, commanded by Major General Julian Thompson, and made up of Royal Marines and Para’s that recaptured the Falklands. Yet 5th Infantry Brigade played a key and …
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Nicholas van der Bijl: Victory in the Falklands
The Hundred Days that saw the British response to General Galtiere of Argentinas invasion of the Falklands are for many British people the most remarkable of their lives. It describes the dark days o …
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€6.43
Nicholas van der Bijl: Nine Battles to Stanley
Nicholas van der Bijl’s Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldier’s account of the 1982 Falkland Islands campaign.Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson CB, OBECovering the ground fighting on South Geo …
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€6.39
Nicholas van der Bijl: Sharing the Secret
While written under the auspices of the Trustees of the Military Intelligence Museum, Sharing the Secret is not an academic regimental history. Rather it gives a privileged glimpse into a necessarily …
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€6.44
Nicholas van der Bijl: Sharing the Secret
While written under the auspices of the Trustees of the Military Intelligence Museum, Sharing the Secret is not an academic regimental history. Rather it gives a privileged glimpse into a necessarily …
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€6.42
Nicholas van der Bijl: British Military Operations in Aden and Radfan
The book examines the military history of Aden Colony from 1839 including the fractious turn of the century Border Commissions with Turkey and the defeat of British forces near Aden by the Turks in 1 …
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€6.41
Nicholas van der Bijl: Nine Battles to Stanley
Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldiers account of the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands.What makes this book unique is the fascinating and objective way the author describes the exper …
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€6.43
Nicholas van der Bijl: Operation Banner
A comprehensive chronicle of the British Army’s decades-long campaign in Northern Ireland by a military historian and veteran of the conflict. In the summer of 1969, annual Loyalist parades known as …
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€8.99
Nicholas van der Bijl: Confrontation
For over four years in the Swinging Sixties the armed forces of the UK were engaged in a little publicized but crucial jungle war against communist aggressive on the vast island of Borneo.At any one …
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€6.43
Nicholas van der Bijl: Operation Banner
A comprehensive chronicle of the British Army’s decades-long campaign in Northern Ireland by a military historian and veteran of the conflict. In the summer of 1969, annual Loyalist parades known as …
EPUB
Inglês
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€9.00
Nicholas van der Bijl: Cyprus Emergency
The British faced two serious problems the first, the Greek Cypriots desire for Enosis and second, the intense rivalry and antipathy between the Greek and Turkish communities.In 1955 the former resul …
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€5.11
Nicholas van der Bijl: Commandos in Exile
Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2. All members had to pass the Green Beret commando course …
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€6.43
Nicholas van der Bijl: British Military Operations in Aden and Radfan
The book examines the military history of Aden Colony from 1839 including the fractious turn of the century Border Commissions with Turkey and the defeat of British forces near Aden by the Turks in 1 …
EPUB
Inglês
DRM
€6.44
Nicholas van der Bijl: Confrontation
For over four years in the Swinging Sixties the armed forces of the UK were engaged in a little publicized but crucial jungle war against communist aggressive on the vast island of Borneo.At any one …
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Inglês
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€6.39