<div><B>The story of one momentous year in World War II.</B><BR />  <BR /> The epic story of 1940 is not confined to the great air battle over England that summer, the Battle of Britain. While that battle was indeed a major turning point in the course of the Second World War, it was only fought because of the ultimate outcome of the battle that preceded it.<BR />  <BR /> When Hitler&rsquo;s forces swiftly overran the Low Countries and then France, the remnants of the French and British armies were trapped in a pocketed position around the channel port of Dunquerque. Militarily, that should have been the end of it. Trapped with their backs to the sea, the tired soldiers surely faced annihilation or capture. Hitler&rsquo;s generals certainly thought so.<BR />  <BR /> But then Hitler made his first and biggest mistake. He listened to his old friend and commander of the German Air Force, Herman Goering. Instead of allowing his armies to finish the job, he ordered them to halt. Goering had persuaded his Fuhrer to allow his Air Force to finish it instead. Goering failed, giving the British time to evacuate the stranded armies from Dunqerque. The Battle of France was over, but there would have to be a Battle of Britain, as Britain would now have to be eliminated as well, either by diplomacy, which wasn&rsquo;t likely, or by invasion. This was the prospect facing those in England at that time&mdash;and this is the story of that momentous year.</div>

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1940

<div>This is the moving story of a young man who found himself along with thousands of his comrades in the nightmare of Japanese captivity. Unlike so many (it is said that one Commonwealth POW died for every sleeper laid) Bill lived to tell the tale. Indeed it is remarkable that this story has not been told before, so graphic are Bill's memories of the hardships and horrors. The book goes on to describe how the experiences of those years have affected his life since.</div>

Lost Souls of the River Kwai

<div><B>The history of the magnificent British ship—and an investigation into the mysteries behind her catastrophic sinking by a German submarine.</B><br/><br/>This is the complete story of the ocean liner remembered today for her dramatic end—torpedoed on May 19, 1915, off the coast of Ireland, during the First World War. But the ship’s story dates back to 1902, and her sea journeys began in 1906, when Cunard launched her as the world’s largest passenger ship. <br/><br/>This volume not only covers the U-boat attack that killed 1,197 of those aboard, but reveals the history prior to that cataclysmic event. It recounts the ship’s design and building, telling of the groundbreaking advances in maritime engineering that she represented as well as a hitherto unheard-of degree of opulence. It also takes a closer look at the disaster that befell her and, with the help of leading experts, examines the circumstances of her destruction and tries to determine why this magnificent vessel was lost in a mere eighteen minutes.</div>

Mitch Peeke
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Books By Mitch Peeke (3 Books)

1940

Lost Souls of the River Kwai

The Lusitania Story

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