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Publisher
Ebury Press
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Lucca K458 is a decorated and highly skilled military working dog who belonged to an elite group trained to work off-leash to sniff out deadly explosives. Her extraordinary skill and bond with dog handlers Chris Willingham and Juan Rodriguez resulted in a legendary 400-mission career. During this time, she served alongside both Special Forces and regular infantry, and became so sought-after that platoons frequently requested her by name. This is the...
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Publisher
Virgin Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
This title tells the story of Buster and Will, told by Will himself, describing how each came to save the other's life. This is a relationship that produced some heroic feats in the dust and desert heat of Afghanistan - and the most decorated dog in military history.
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Publisher
William Collins
Pub. Date
2018
Description
'Secret Pigeon Service' is an original piece of investigation, bringing a brand new meaning to 'air force'. Corera uses declassified files with original reporting from across Europe and pays homage to the families of those who risked their lives to send back messages, melding the human stories with the wider story of the war.
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Publisher
Corsair
Description
In 'Bonzo's War', Clare and Christy Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets when the world was at war. This time, they follow the incredible journey of the dogs who were conscripted to fight for their country, with some even returning with medals for their bravery.
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A & C Black
Pub. Date
2013
Description
This title features stories of the First World War from Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful 'Horrible Histories'. Flanders 1918. The extraordinary true story of a pigeon who saved nearly 200 lives. A troop of Americans are trapped behind enemy lines. Not only are their German enemies firing at them but so are their own side. Somehow they have to get a message to their comrades. The only way is by pigeon. But every time a pigeon rises in the...
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Publisher
Harper Element
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young 'dog soldiers' (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers. Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe and Lance Corporal Liam Tasker were both dog lovers from boyhood and went on to do the job they had always wanted to do. Through the soldiers' mothers - Lyn Rowe and Jane Duffy - the book will take the reader on a journey...
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Series
Publisher
Wayland
Pub. Date
2014
Description
As part of the series 'Beyond the Call of Duty', this book gives accounts of the many animals that, during wars, put their own lives at risk to save those of others - through their service on the front and their individual acts of bravery and heroism. These real-life stories are accompanied by images from the National Archives, offering a unique insight into the courage and valour of animals in combat - from World War I to the present day.
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Judy, a beautiful English pointer, was cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought alongside her. Half beaten to death by Japanese soldiers, almost drowned in the treacherous waters of the Yangtze River whilst serving as ship's dog on British Gunboat the Gnat, bombed by Japanese warplanes in HMS Grasshopper, shipwrecked on a desert island, torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the SS Van Waerwijck...
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Smoky the Brave is the extraordinary, touching and true story of a heroic dog and her adoptive masters in the jungles of the Pacific War. In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to engulf Australasia, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshire terrier was discovered hiding in a Japanese shell scrape amidst the thick jungles of Papua New Guinea. The GIs who discovered her presumed she had been some kind of Japanese army mascot, but it soon turned...