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Green Beach    by James Leasor
Price: $4.49 USD. 91620 words. Published on August 8, 2011. .

In 1942 radar expert Jack Nissenthall volunteered for a suicidal mission to join a combat team who were making a surprise landing at Dieppe in occupied France. His assignment was to penetrate a German radar station. Because he knew the secrets of the Allies radar technology, he had a personal bodyguard. Their orders were to protect him, but in the event of possible capture to kill him.
The Unknown Warrior    by James Leasor
Price: $4.49 USD. 101380 words. Published on August 11, 2011. .

The Unknown Warrior is the true story of one man and his amazing part in the deception plans to persuade the Germans that the invasion would happen near Calais and not in Normandy and thus ensure that they did not commit their reserves until too late. Born to a humble German background, with a Jewish father and Catholic mother, he volunteers for an unknown secret mission that saved many lives.
Rudolf Hess: The Uninvited Envoy    by James Leasor
Price: $4.99 USD. 92340 words. Published on August 11, 2011. .

Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s Deputy Führer, Leader of the Nazi Party, flew alone in an unarmed aeroplane, through a night of fire and ruin, on the most dangerous flight of his life. This is an amazing true story of his secret peace mission in 1941, with plans to end the war but on Germany’s terms.
Singapore - The Battle That Changed The World    by James Leasor
Price: $4.99 USD. 112930 words. Published on August 13, 2011. .

When Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, it was a devastating blow to the Allies, the British Empire and signalled a turning point in history. James Leasor’s story begins as far back as the early nineteenth century. He charts the years leading up to Singapore’s defeat and the realisation that the West was not invincible.
WAR: The Collection    by Kenneth Guthrie
Price: $2.99 USD. 11790 words. Published by Lunatic Ink Publishing  on August 15, 2011. .

This book contains two short stories from my Hired series and two from my Honor series. Hired 1: Frank is the laziest soldier in the US Army and he knows it. He’s so lazy in fact that they have him counting bodies. One day he meets some terrorists who want to kill him. The lazy soldier must now fight for his life. + Honor 1 & 2 sniper action at its best. (+ Bonus: STEEL!)
HONOR II: Assault    by Kenneth Guthrie
Price: $0.99 USD. 2180 words. Published by Lunatic Ink Publishing  on August 15, 2011. .

Jack and Sam are in for the fight of their lives. They have been sent to delay the Germans in their assault of a small town that the allies dearly want. Jack and Sam quickly find themselves on the run. This leads to back alley combat like you have never seen before as our heroes find themselves getting up close and personal with the German elite. It’s two men versus more than 100 soldiers!
La Immigrata- Book Two    by Anna Florin
Price: $3.99 USD. 189420 words. Published on September 2, 2011. .

This book continues where La Immigrata- Book One leaves off. Continue your journey with Annie and Joe as they return to America, only to find many things have changed. How did Prohibition and the Great Depression affect our immigrant family? What tactics did they use to ensure their survival? This history is well researched and easy to read.
The Marine from Mandalay    by James Leasor
Price: $4.99 USD. 64230 words. Published on September 4, 2011. .

This is the true story of a Royal Marine wounded by shrapnel in Mandalay in WW2 who undergoes a long solitary march to the Japanese through the whole of Burma and then finds his way back through India and back to Britain to report for duty in Plymouth. On his way he has many encounters and adventures and helps British and Indian refugees.
Forgotten Heroes - Canadian espionage in WW2    by Frank Josey
Price: $3.99 USD. 10860 words. Published on September 4, 2011. .

An adventure spy story based on true events but with fictional Canadian characters to protect the operatives’ identity. Read how two Canadian agents, Natalie and Ray, representing the activities of all agents in WW2, fall in love but do not let their passion for each other interfere with their dedication to the anonymous espionage work that helped the Allies beat Germany and Italy in WW2.
The Silence of a Soldier: The Memoirs of a Bataan Death March Survivor    by William J. Duggan
Price: $2.99 USD. 19130 words. Published by Elderberry Press, Inc.  on September 17, 2011. .

It was 1942. The fight for the Philippines was over. Japan was the victor. American POW's sat beneath the burning April sun in the fields of Mariveles. At the point of a bayonet, 75,000 U.S. and Filipino POW's carried sacks of rice, dried fish and ammunition for the Japanese move across the Philippines. Thousands died. Bub survived. This is his story.