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The Armchair General

by 2 books in this series
#1 - The Armchair General
#1 - The Armchair General
TAKE THE HOTSEAT
Assume the role of real Generals, Leaders, Soldiers and Intelligence Officers in the Allied Forces during WWII, including Winston Churchill and President Eisenhower.

EXAMINE THE INTELLIGENCE
Explore eight key moments of the war with real contemporaneous intelligence: Britain's Darkest Hour, 1940; The War in North Africa; Stalin's War on the Eastern Front; The Pacific Battle of Midway; The Dresden Bomber Offensive; Casablanca; Arnhem and Operation Market Garden; The Bomb and Hiroshima.

CONSIDER THE SCENARIO & MAKE YOUR DECISION

From battlefields to war cabinets, each tactical and strategic decision you make leads to a different outcome.

Will you follow the path of the past - or shape a new history?
#2 - The Armchair General World War One
#2 - The Armchair General World War One
‘The Armchair General team has done it again. An absorbing read for Christmas.’
Peter Caddick-Adams

‘Brilliant and immersive.’
Harry Sidebottom

The second book in the Armchair General series, where YOU choose the fate of the First World War

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HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS. WILL IT BE YOU?


TAKE THE HOTSEAT
Assume the role of real historic decision-makers: general, leaders, soldiers and intelligence officers of the Allied Forces during World War I.

EXAMINE THE INTELLIGENCE
Explore eight key moments from the First World War, using real contemporaneous intelligence: including the July Crisis, the Battle of the Somme, and the Russian Revolution.

CONSIDER THE SCENARIO & MAKE YOUR DECISION
From battlefields to the Royal Courts, each tactical and strategic decision you make leads to a different outcome.

Will you follow the path of the past - or shape a new history...?
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PRAISE FOR THE ARMCHAIR GENERAL SERIES

'An original and exciting approach...The Armchair General adds enormously to our understanding of the conflicts' JAMES HOLLAND

'A reminder that history is a never ending now, a relentless and endless present that comes without the luxury of hindsight' AL MURRAY

'Wonderfully original...putting readers at the heart of the decision-making process and allowing them, literally, to change the course of history. This is counterfactual history at its very best' SAUL DAVID

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