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It is a soldier's tale cut in stone to melt all hearts" Thus Winston Churchill in his introduction to A.P. Herbert's novel The Secret Battle, a book inspired by and quite clearly based upon the execution of Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Dyett of the Nelson Battalion, 63rd (Royal Navy) Division on 5 January, 1917, for desertion in the face of the enemy. This moving and thought-provoking book cuts a path through the cloud of secrecy which for years has e...

Includes many first-hand accounts from the heroes themselves. The Hood Battalion saw some of the fiercest fighting of the First World War. It's 'father' was Winston Churchill and it was christened 'Winston's Little Army'.

The intriguing stories of 11 spies who were shot in the Tower of London during World War I.