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BALCHEN, BERNT, COREY FORD, OLIVER LA FARGE - War Below Zero the Battle for Greenland

Title: War Below Zero the Battle for Greenland
Description: Boston: Houghton and Mifflin, 1944. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows soiling and edge wear with small tears and chipping, small stains on back. 1/2" piece missing from top spine of DJ. ; A tight solid book, blue cloth covered boards. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Map endpapers. ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 127 pages; Written during the last years of World War II, this book is the story of the strategic implications of Greenland during the second world war, as a weather station to predict weather conditions during planned bombing runs over Europe. The book also recounts the crash of a B-17 bomber on the ice-cap during the war, and the subsequent rescue of the crew.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Greenland WWII Militaria

Price: US$ 22.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 20953

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