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The first authorised biography of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen. Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss raced professionally over 500 times until his near fatal crash in 1962. At the end of his racing career, he was the most famous Briton - no footballer, jockey, boxer or pop star has approached the national adulation Moss received. In this book Robert Edwards recounts the life of this extraordinary man, whose tally of wins was proportionately higher than that of any other driver, ever, by a wide margin. During his colourful racing career, Stirling Moss was incredibly gifted and competitive, and he has talked in detail to Robert Edwards about his eventful life, from the bullying at school which helped forge his competitive spirit to the crash that almost ended his life.

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Features many rare and previously unpublished photographs of the German Invasion of the Soviet Union Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941. Across the a stretch of land over 1,800 miles long over 4,5 million troops from the Axis powers marched to deliver what they thought would be a resounding blow to Soviet power. Here, Stackpole present an extensive photograph collection, many rare and previously unpublished, of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Hundreds of photographs are presented featuring men, tanks and other weapons, uniforms and battlegrounds. This is an ideal reference for World War II enthusiasts, scholars and modellers.

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