JOHN GREHAN has written, edited or contributed to more than 300 books and magazine articles covering a wide span of military history from the Iron Age to the recent conflict in Afghanistan. John has also appeared on local and national radio and television to advise on military history topics. He was employed as the Assistant Editor of Britain at War Magazine from its inception until 2014. John now devotes his time to writing and editing books.
75 Ebooks by John Grehan
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Zulu War
The events at Rorke's Drift, the iconic defence of a mission station by a small force of British and colonial troops, were immortalised in the 1964 film Zulu. In January 1879, a small garrison of …
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John Grehan: Churchill’s Secret Invasion
In the spring of 1942 Britain’s far-flung empire was in the greatest peril. North Africa was being overrun by the German Afrika Korps and in south-east Asia the forces of Imperial Japan had captured …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Zulu War
The events at Rorkes Drift, the iconic defence of a mission station by a small force of British and colonial troops, were immortalised in the 1964 film Zulu. In January 1879, a small garrison of just …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1806
The Napoleonic Wars was truly a world-wide conflict and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe. Following every battle the commanding officer …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, 1807-1815
The Napoleonic Wars was truly a world-wide conflict and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe. Following every battle the commanding officer …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, 1807-1815
The Napoleonic Wars was truly a world-wide conflict and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe. Following every battle the commanding officer …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Bomber Harris
The bombing campaign conducted against Germany and German-occupied Europe in the Second World War was, and remains, one of the most controversial operations of the entire war. Much of Bomber Commands …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Bomber Harris
The bombing campaign conducted against Germany and German-occupied Europe in the Second World War was, and remains, one of the most controversial operations of the entire war. Much of Bomber Commands …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Capital Ships at War, 1939-1945
Dispatches in this volume include those relating to the sinking of the German battleship Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939, the loss of the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: War at Sea in the Mediterranean, 1940-1944
Despatches in this volume include those covering the Battle of Matapan in 1941, Fleet Air Arm operations in 1940, the Battle of Sirte in 1942, the action with the Italian Fleet off Calabria (Central …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Capital Ships at War, 1939-1945
Dispatches in this volume include those relating to the sinking of the German battleship Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939, the loss of the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS …
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€6.23
John Grehan & Martin Mace: War at Sea in the Mediterranean, 1940-1944
Despatches in this volume include those covering the Battle of Matapan in 1941, Fleet Air Arm operations in 1940, the Battle of Sirte in 1942, the action with the Italian Fleet off Calabria (Central …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Boer War, 1899-1902
Fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, the First Boer War (18801881) was a rebellion by the Boers (farmers) …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, 1915-1916
The fighting in the Gallipoli or Dardanelles campaign began in 1915 as a purely naval affair undertaken partly at the instigation of Winston Churchill, who, as First Lord of the Admiralty, had …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Liberating Europe: D-Day to Victory in Europe, 1944-1945
Despatches in this volume include the Despatch on air operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in North West Europe between November 1943 and September 1944, the despatch on the assault phase …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: BEF in France, 1939-1940
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British force in Europe from 19391940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Defending Britain’s Skies, 1940-1945
Despatches in this volume include that on the Battle of Britain, and air fighting 1940-1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C.T. Dowding, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command, Air …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Boer War, 1899-1902
Fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, the First Boer War (18801881) was a rebellion by the Boers (farmers) …
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€6.25
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, 1915-1916
The fighting in the Gallipoli or Dardanelles campaign began in 1915 as a purely naval affair undertaken partly at the instigation of Winston Churchill, who, as First Lord of the Admiralty, had …
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€6.20
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Liberating Europe: D-Day to Victory in Europe, 1944-1945
Despatches in this volume include the Despatch on air operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in North West Europe between November 1943 and September 1944, the despatch on the assault phase …
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€6.24
John Grehan & Martin Mace: BEF in France, 1939-1940
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British force in Europe from 19391940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied …
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€6.22
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Western Front, 1917-1918
From the moment the German army moved quietly into Luxemburg on 2 August 1914, to the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the fighting on the Western Front in France and Flanders never stopped. There were …
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€6.25
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Defending Britain’s Skies, 1940-1945
Despatches in this volume include that on the Battle of Britain, and air fighting 1940-1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C.T. Dowding, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command, Air …
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€6.20
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Far East Air Operations, 1942-1945
Despatches in this volume include Air Operations in Burma and Bay of Bengal 1 January to 22 May 1942 by General Wavell, the despatch on air operations in South-East Asia November 1943 to May 1944, by …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Far East Air Operations, 1942-1945
Despatches in this volume include Air Operations in Burma and Bay of Bengal 1 January to 22 May 1942 by General Wavell, the despatch on air operations in South-East Asia November 1943 to May 1944, by …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: War in Italy, 1943-1944
Despatches in this volume include that on the Conquest of Sicily from 10 July 1942 to 17 August 1943 by Field-Marshall Viscount Alexander of Tunis; the despatch on the invasion of Sicily in July …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: War in Italy, 1943-1944
Despatches in this volume include that on the Conquest of Sicily from 10 July 1942 to 17 August 1943 by Field-Marshall Viscount Alexander of Tunis; the despatch on the invasion of Sicily in July …
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John Grehan: First VCs
Officers led and men followed; all were expected to do their duty without thought of reward. Enlisted men rarely penetrated the officer ranks and promotion owed more to money than merit. Then came …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Operations in North Africa and the Middle East, 1939-1942
The Middle East Command in the Second World War covered a vast region, stretchingacross Egypt, Libya, Malta, Palestine and Transjordan, Cyprus, Sudan, Eritrea, most of Syria and a small part of Iraq, …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Operations in North Africa and the Middle East, 1939-1942
The Middle East Command in the Second World War covered a vast region, stretchingacross Egypt, Libya, Malta, Palestine and Transjordan, Cyprus, Sudan, Eritrea, most of Syria and a small part of Iraq, …
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John Grehan: Lines of Torres Vedras
“This is a well-researched, well-written, closely argued and fascinating contribution to the historiography of the Peninsular War.”—The Spectator In 1809 French armies …
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John Grehan: Lines of Torres Vedras
‘;This is a well-researched, well-written, closely argued and fascinating contribution to the historiography of the Peninsular War.’The Spectator In 1809 French armies controlled almost every …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Operations in North Africa and the Middle East, 1942-1944
Despatches in this volume include the despatch fo the campaign from Alamein to Tunis, by Field Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces North Africa; despatch …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Battle for Norway, 1940-1942
Despatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the despatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Fall of Burma, 1941-1943
Despatches in this volume include that on operations in Burma between 15 December 1941 and 20 May 1942 by General Wavell; Operations in Eastern Theatre, based on India, March 1942 to 31 December 1942 …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Battle for Burma, 1943-1945
Despatches in this volume include that on operations in Burma and North-East India between November 1943 and June 1944, by General Sir George J. Giffard; the despatch on operations in Assam and Burma …
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John Grehan: Dunkirk: Nine Days That Saved An Army
The epic of Dunkirk has been told many times, but the numerous accounts from surviving soldiers and sailors were often a blur of fear and fighting with the days mingling into each other, leaving what …
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John Grehan: Dunkirk: Nine Days That Saved An Army
The epic of Dunkirk has been told many times, but the numerous accounts from surviving soldiers and sailors were often a blur of fear and fighting with the days mingling into each other, leaving what …
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John Grehan: Waterloo 1815
For more than twenty years Europe had been torn apart by war. Dynasties had crumbled, new states had been created and a generation had lost its young men. When it seemed that peace might at last …
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John Grehan: Waterloo 1815
For more than twenty years Europe had been torn apart by war. Dynasties had crumbled, new states had been created and a generation had lost its young men. When it seemed that peace might at last …
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John Grehan: Charge of the Light Brigade
The most notorious, and most contentious, cavalry charge in history still remains an enigma. Though numerous books have been written about the charge, all claiming to reveal the truth or to …
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John Grehan: Charge of the Light Brigade
The most notorious, and most contentious, cavalry charge in history still remains an enigma. Though numerous books have been written about the charge, all claiming to reveal the truth or to …
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€4.98
John Grehan: Berlin Airlift
“Stuffed with great images . . . and perfectly detailed information, superbly illustrating one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.” —Vintage Airfix …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Battle of Hastings 1066: The Uncomfortable Truth
This historical study upends the traditional narratives surrounding the Norman Conquest by revealing the true location of its most important battle. The Duke of Normandy’s victory at the Battle of …
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Martin Mace: Unearthing Churchill’s Secret Army
The Special Operations Executive was one of the most secretive organizations of the Second World War, its activities cloaked in mystery and intrigue. The fate, therefore, of many of its agents was …
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John Grehan: Battleground Sussex
From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the countys coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britains southern frontier. …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Royal Navy and the War at Sea, 1914-1919
Germany’s attempts to build a battleship fleet to match that of the United Kingdom, the dominant naval power on the 19th-century and an island country that depended on seaborne trade for survival, is …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Western Front, 1914-1916
From the moment the German army moved quietly into Luxemburg on 2 August 1914, to the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the fighting on the Western Front in France and Flanders never stopped. There were …
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€6.22
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Western Front, 1914-1916
From the moment the German army moved quietly into Luxemburg on 2 August 1914, to the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the fighting on the Western Front in France and Flanders never stopped. There were …
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€6.24
John Grehan & Martin Mace: Royal Navy and the War at Sea, 1914-1919
Germany’s attempts to build a battleship fleet to match that of the United Kingdom, the dominant naval power on the 19th-century and an island country that depended on seaborne trade for survival, is …
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€6.26
John Grehan: RAF and the SOE
The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents across Occupied Europe which played a vital role in developing and sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to …
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Adrian Gilbert & Dan Mills: Assassinations Anthology
A fascinating look at what might have happened had historical assassination attempts succeeded. If Hitler had died at any stage in the Second World War, would Germany have immediately sued for …
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H.R. Williams: Anzac on the Western Front
“A remarkably candid and graphic account” of the World War I service of a member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Britain at War Magazine). Having enlisted in 1915 and …
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John Grehan: Battleground Sussex
From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the countys coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britains southern frontier. …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Battle of Barrosa, 1811
By the winter of 1810-11, the armies of Napoleon had overrun most of Spain and Joseph Bonaparte sat on the throne in Madrid. But the Spanish Government had found refuge in the fortress-port of Cadiz …
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John Grehan & Martin Mace: Slaughter on the Somme 1 July 1916
At 07.30 hours on 1 July 1916, the devastating cacophony of the Allied artillery fell silent along the front on the Somme. The ear-splitting explosions were replaced by the shrill sound of hundreds …
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James Luto: Fighting with the Fourteenth Army in Burma
The Fourteenth Army was one of the most successful British and Commonwealth forces of the Second World War. It was not only the largest of the Commonwealth armies but was also the largest single army …
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James Luto: Fighting with the Fourteenth Army in Burma
The Fourteenth Army was one of the most successful British and Commonwealth forces of the Second World War. It was not only the largest of the Commonwealth armies but was also the largest single army …
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John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Doolittle Raid
A pictorial history of America’s response to Pearl Harbor, with "hundreds of photos of the various stages of the raid" (Modeling Madness).On April 1, 1942, less than four months after the …
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John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Doolittle Raid
A pictorial history of America’s response to Pearl Harbor, with "hundreds of photos of the various stages of the raid" (Modeling Madness).On April 1, 1942, less than four months after the …
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€6.23
First Burma Campaign
The British Army’s report on the Japanese invasion of Burma during WWII-based on firsthand accounts by the officers who survived it.In 1942, the Japanese military drove British and Indian forces out …
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€18.60
John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Battle of Leyte Gulf
A photographic history of World War II’s largest naval battle, in which the Japanese and Americans squared off in the Philippines.On October 20, 1944, the U.S. Sixth Army began landing on Leyte’s …
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John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Battle of Leyte Gulf
A photographic history of World War II’s largest naval battle, in which the Japanese and Americans squared off in the Philippines. On October 20, 1944, the U.S. Sixth Army began landing on Leyte’s …
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€18.73
Adrian Gilbert & Dan Mills: Assassinations Anthology
A fascinating look at what might have happened had historical assassination attempts succeeded. If Hitler had died at any stage in the Second World War, would Germany have immediately sued for peace, …
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€18.60
John Grehan & Angel Rodil Perez: Hunt for Moore’s Gold
The author of The Charge of the Light Brigadeexamines the history behind a treasure of military gold that disappeared during the Peninsula War. History abounds with unresolved puzzles and unanswered …
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John Grehan: Berlin Airlift
‘;Stuffed with great images … and perfectly detailed information, superbly illustrating one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.’ Vintage Airfix During the multinational …
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€6.23
John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Dunkirk Evacuation, Operation Dynamo
“Takes you right to the scene of the action in late May and early June 1940, when more than 300, 000 soldiers were saved from capture or death.” —Rambles The “miracle” …
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John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Dunkirk Evacuation, Operation Dynamo
‘;Takes you right to the scene of the action in late May and early June 1940, when more than 300, 000 soldiers were saved from capture or death.’ Rambles The ‘;miracle’ of Dunkirk is one of the most …
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First Burma Campaign
The British Army’s report on the Japanese invasion of Burma during WWII-based on firsthand accounts by the officers who survived it.In 1942, the Japanese military drove British and Indian forces out …
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€18.71
John Grehan: Hitler Assassination Attempts
Throughout his political life, Adolf Hitler was the subject of numerous assassination plots, some of which were attempted, all of which failed. While a few of these have become well known, …
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John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Corregidor
Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had been invaded and islands across the Pacific captured. But one place, one tiny island fortress garrisoned by …
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Great Naval Battles of the Pacific War
This volume of U.S. Navy reports offers an authoritatively detailed, refreshingly immediate perspective on the major battles of WWII in the Pacific. Scores of historians have chronicled the naval …
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€26.28
John Grehan: Hitler Assassination Attempts
Throughout his political life, Adolf Hitler was the subject of numerous assassination plots, some of which were attempted, all of which failed. While a few of these have become well known, …
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€8.73
John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll: Doolittle Raid
A pictorial history of America’s response to Pearl Harbor, with "hundreds of photos of the various stages of the raid" (Modeling Madness).On April 1, 1942, less than four months after the …
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€6.24
John Grehan: Charge of the Light Brigade
The most notorious, and most contentious, cavalry charge in history still remains an enigma. Though numerous books have been written about the charge, all claiming to reveal the truth or to …
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€4.99
