Ordinary heroes

The Glory Boys

Set against the work of a small group of MTBs and motor gunboats (nickname: The Glory Boys) in the supply and defence of Malta, this book focuses on the worst time in 1943, when Malta was almost overwhelmed by German and Italian forces. Suffering a terrible battering, the awarding of the George Cross to the Maltese barely compensates for ...

I'm Not Going Back - Wartime Memoir of a Child Evacuee

Saving private Ryan

Level 6. Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the ...

The last enemy

The Royal British Air Force in the Second World War.