{"product_id":"madcap-military-mayhem-benedict-le-vay-9781537784472","title":"Madcap Military Mayhem: 200 years of the unbelievably bizarre, barmy, bungled, brave and bloody brilliant","description":"FOURTH EDITION - WITH FAR MORE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES TO TELL \u0026gt; The war of Elephants and Chandeliers, the Pig War, the Football War, the War of the Stray Dog, the 38-minute War, The Pastry War. \u0026gt; The atom bomb cake, the bazooka Vespa scooter, the flying tank, the armoured quadricycle, the bat bombs. \u0026gt; The battleships that took on a hut, the house where history changed, the civilian aircraft that downed a warplane, the WWII planes that fought for the wrong side. \u0026gt; The day the Yanks bombed and sunk British ships (and got away with it - twice), the day the U.S. dropped four H-bombs on an ally. \u0026gt; The world's worst warship, the admirals who sunk their own ships, the ghost ships of the Arctic. The Russian battlefleet that shelled our trawlers, and our trawler that outwitted a German war battlefleet. \u0026gt; The heroic dogs, cats, bear, pigeons, crocodiles, penguins, reindeer and goats that joined our forces. \u0026gt; Submarines that attacked camels, cavalry and railways, and a railwayman who defeated a German sub. \u0026gt; The greatest hoax of all time, the biggest British war you've never heard of. \u0026gt; Crackpot colonels, insane inventors, the woman who built her own tank and drove it into battle, the mad Brit who fought the Nazis with a sword and longbow ... it's almost unbelievable. But it's all true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benedict Le Vay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1537784471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781537784472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d","brand":"Benedict Le Vay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938130198783,"sku":"9781537784472","price":12.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8dbfd1e3-6ecf-41c1-a46a-3fc9652aa3a5.jpg?v=1681433909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madcap-military-mayhem-benedict-le-vay-9781537784472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}