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Vera Atkins is one of the many unsung heroes and heroines of World War II. She carried out her life with great care and due diligence, quietly becoming the perfect spy when no one was watching. Beneath her polished exterior was a mind built for strategy, secrecy, and survival. But Vera wasn’t just a spy—she was a Spymistress. That’s what her operatives in Britain’s military intelligence unit, the Special Operations Executive, called her.

When the fog of war lifts, something else remains. In the trenches, in the jungles, beneath the roar of artillery and the screams of battle, soldiers across history have reported chilling encounters that defy explanation. War Stories: Supernatural explores the strange, the spectral, and the terrifying accounts of paranormal phenomena experienced during 20th-century warfare. From ghostly battalions and haunted bunkers to phantom lights in the skies and cursed artifacts buried beneath battlefields, this book compiles the eerie testimonies of those who faced not only human enemies—but ...

SAS Great Escapes Four recounts how soldiers of the world's most famous fighting force, the SAS, carried out some of the most daring escapes of World War Two. Ranging from the infamous desert campaign of 1944 to the unforgiving terrain of the Vosges Mountains, these inspirational narratives include the tale of three Captains escaping an Italian Prisoner of War Camp in 1943; a perilous escape across Europe aided by the Resistance networks of Holland, Belgium; and a death-defying return to Britain via boat, tunnel and train.