Author: VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Title: The Illustrated London News, 26 August 1944 - Superb Cover Photo of Major-General George Patton
Description: London, England: 30 January 1943, 1944. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Cover: Major-General Patton, Commanding the American Third Army in Northern France. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "English Social History" by G.M. Trevelyan; The Great World War: Offensive Campaigns in France (inc map); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: A Secret Weapon in the Insect War. Pictorial Journals include: "The Army of France is in Being Again, Fighting on Its Own Soil for the Liberation of Its Country"; A Massed Daylight Attack by R.A.F. Heavy Bombers on German Positions Near Falaise: Aircraft Flying In and Bombs Bursting on the Target Area; Shattered Falaise: The Birthplace of William the Conqueror To-Day; With the British and Canadian Forces in Normandy: Action Photographs as Our Men Sweep Forward; The Citadel - Last Enemy-Held Strong-Point in St. Malo - Captured; Sidelights on the Fighting in Northern France: The Capture of Orleans and Dreux and Other Points in the General Advance; Destruction of the Retreating Enemy Army - As Seen From the Air; The Allied Invasion of Southern France; The Scene of Successful Allied Landings in Southern France: A Pictorial Map From Coasts to Mountains (Illus. by G.H. Davis); First Allied Landings in Southern France: Mr. Churchill in Italy; The Allied Entry into Florence; Sidelights on the War: News From Various Battlefronts; and One of the Greatest Donations of Eighteenth Century French Painting Ever Received by a Museum - The Kress Collection. Binding Sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Major-General George S. Patton, Commanding the American Third Army in Northern France. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "English Social History" by G.M. Trevelyan; The Great World War: Offensive Campaigns in France (inc map); Books of the. Good .

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