Mason, David,

RAID ON ST. NAZAIRE.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous in text maps, half tone photo and line ills., photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book 14', graphic account of Operation Chariot, the attack involving the ramming of the Normandie dock at St. Nazaire by the destroyer laden with explosives HMS Campbeltown to deny the facilities to the Tirpitz, by a combined force which won 5 VC's, a little rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, edges tanned, multi currency price label upper wrapper, areas of surface loss to both upper and lower wrappers, fair,

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Book number: 43817

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 history navy vc operation chariot nazaire tirpitz normandie dock campbeltown rncf mtb mgb ml coastal forces

Mason, David,

SALERNO : FOOTHOLD IN EUROPE.

Ballantine, New York, 1972, 1st edn. US, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous in text maps, half tone photo and line ills., photo pictorial wrappers, in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, Battle book No.24, identical content to the same title in the Pan / Ballantine 'History of World War II' series, an account of the invasion of mainland Italy in September 1943 by a combined Allied force comprising the US 5th Army and the British 8th Army, lightly rubbed at tips, slight sunning to spine, very good plus,

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Book number: 43820

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy army salerno italy

Mason, David,

SALERNO : FOOTHOLD IN EUROPE.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous in text maps, half tone photo and line ills., photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', an account of the invasion of mainland Italy in September 1943 by a combined Allied force comprising the US 5th Army and the British 8th Army, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunning to spine, faint mark upper wrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 43821

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy army salerno italy

Mason, David,

SALERNO : FOOTHOLD IN EUROPE.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous in text maps, half tone photo and line ills., photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', an account of the invasion of mainland Italy in September 1943 by a combined Allied force comprising the US 5th Army and the British 8th Army, light sunning to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 43822

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy army salerno italy

Mellor, John,

THE DIEPPE RAID (originally published as Forgotten Heroes).

Coronet Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 204pp, [iv] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers, account of the raid on Dieppe in August 1942. The originally planned Operation Rutter, a reconnaissance in force landing to outflank Dieppe, was changed by Montgomery to the far more costly direct frontal assualt on the fortified positions of Dieppe, Operation Jubilee, although valuable experience was gained for the later Normandy invasion. Also of the experiences of the POW's for the remainder of the war, edges tanned, light surface rubbing to wrappers, spine sl. sunned, very good plus,

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Book number: 44239

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 dieppe france jubilee canada assault landing commando

Miller, Russell,

NOTHING LESS THAN VICTORY.

Penguin Books, London, 1994, first in imprint, large format paperback, xvi, 496pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 4pp maps in text, illustrated paper wrappers, from letters, diaries, memos and interviews, an account of the preparation for and the first 24 hours of landings in Normandy on 6th June, 1944, D-Day, lightly rubbed at tips, edgesd tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41818

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 d-day overlord normandy omaha utah juno sword gold amphibious airborne assault landing

Mordal, Jacques,

DIEPPE - THE DAWN OF DECISION.

Panther, London, 1969, paperback, 288pp, 16pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Gino D'Achille, an account of the Allied assault on the beaches of Dieppe in August, 1942, based on much previously unpublished material of the controversial 'reconaissance in force', Operation Jubilee, light creasing and slight roll to spine, a liuttle rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41828

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 operation jubilee dieppe commando france canada

Neillands, Robin,

BY SEA AND LAND - The Story of the Royal Marines Commandos.

Fontana, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 429pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the Royal Marines Commandos from '..the bloody baptism of 40 Commando on the beaches of Dieppe in 1942, when they saw their Colonel die in his blazing landing craft..' through forty years of service around the world ', to the day when 45 Commando yomped into Stanley at the end of the Falklands War in May 1982, told in the words of the commandos themselves, vertical crease in spine with sl. surface loss at tail, a little rubbed at extrems., creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41835

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 commandos suez aden cyprus malaya borneo korea northern ireland falklands

Neillands, Robin,

BY SEA AND LAND - The Story of the Royal Marines Commandos.

Fontana, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 429pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the Royal Marines Commandos from '..the bloody baptism of 40 Commando on the beaches of Dieppe in 1942, when they saw their Colonel die in his blazing landing craft..' through forty years of service around the world ', to the day when 45 Commando yomped into Stanley at the end of the Falklands War in May 1982, told in the words of the commandos themselves, sl. roll and slant to spine with several vertical creases, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41836

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 commandos suez aden cyprus malaya borneo korea northern ireland falklands

Norton, G. G. (edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks),

THE RED DEVILS - The Story of the British Airborne Forces.

Lee Cooper, London, 1971, 1st edn., [x], 260pp, half tone photo frontis, in text maps, diagrams and numerous half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated dustwrapper, formed in 1940 and quickly expanded, an account of the airborne units of the British Army incl. Parachute Regiments and SAS, with details of early raids during WW2, Norway, Tragino (Italy), Bruneval (France), North Africa, Normandy, Arnhem, etc. and later campaigns around the world until Aden, 1967, in the Famous Regiments series, lightly bumped at spine ends, edges tanned, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., several tears and adjacent creasing along upper edge internally repaired, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35253

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war army airborne sas parachute paras ww2 tragino colossus aqueduct italy bruneval france north africa sicily normandy market garden arnhem suez cyprus palestine aden malaya edward seago

Norton, G. G. (edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks),

THE RED DEVILS - From Bruneval to the Falklands.

Lee Cooper, London, 1984, 2nd edn., [x], 310pp, half tone photo frontis, in text maps, diagrams and numerous half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, formed in 1940 and quickly expanded, an account of the airborne units of the British Army incl. Parachute Regiments and SAS, with details of early raids during WW2, Norway, Tragino (Italy), Bruneval (France), North Africa, Normandy, Arnhem, etc. and later campaigns around the world until Aden, 1967, in the Famous Regiments series, very lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, light soiling wrapper, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35639

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 army

Ogden, Alan,

A SPUR CALLED COURAGE - SOE Heroes in Italy.

Bene Factum, London, 2011 1st edn., x, 299pp, half tone pictorial title, half tone ills., line drawings, maps and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of the exploits of seventeen SOE officers who, during WW2 from 1943 onwards, were able to arm and inspire thousands of members of the Italian Resistance in their battle against the Germans, in support of the advancing Allied armies, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41504

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 italy soe resistance munthe croft dallimore mallaby macintosh lees barto holland stevens ballard mcmullen paterson lett oldham czernin fielding tilman macpherson

Perrault, Gilles,

THE SECRETS OF D-DAY.

Corgi, London, 1974, reissued edn., paperback, [vi] in. map, 216pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an examination of the German and Allied intelligence gathering communities in the mionths up to D-Day in June 1944, of the information both genuine and planted that they were handling and the result that the Germans were convinced that then invasion of France would come at the Pas de Calais and not in Normandy, giving the Normandy invasion the chance to consolidate their position before defending forces were sent against them, slight roll and slant to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44524

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 normandy army sword juno gold omaha utah

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, RM, foreword Admiral The Earl Mountbatten, KG, PC, GCB, GCS, GCIE, GCVO, DSO),

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Pan Books, London, 1970, 3rd imp., paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942, Operation Frankton, by a team of Royal Marines using 'cockles' (kayak-type canoes) to gain access and then attaching limpet mines - only 2 of the team of 10 survived but six ships were put out of action, very lightly rubbed at tips, small scrape lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 33857

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 rm royal marine bordeaux gironde garonne cockle limpet mine operation frankton

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten, KG),

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Pan Books, London, ND (circa 2002), 2nd imp. of new edn., trade paperback, [xvi], 236pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942, Operation Frankton, by a team of Royal Marines using 'cockles' (kayak-type canoes) to gain access and then attaching limpet mines - only 2 of the team of 10 survived but six ships were put out of action, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 35507

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 rm royal marine bordeaux gironde garonne cockle limpet mine operation frankton