FLOWER, STEPHEN

No Phoney War

Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1848689608. Slight creasing top edge of dust jacket ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.6 X 6.6 X 1.0 inches; 192 pages; "It was 11.15 a.m. on 3 September 1939 as the Prime Minister stated that 'this country is at war with Germany'. The next eight months would become known as the 'Phoney War', supposedly because little happened. Britain moved troops into France, while German, British and French troops faced each other over the Maginot Line. But fighting did not immediately break out on the Franco-German frontier. However, this part of the war was not without incident. On the day war was declared, the first merchant navy loss was the SS Athenia, an unarmed liner carrying 1,418 passengers and crew, sunk by the U-boat U-30. While anchored at Scapa Flow HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed by U-47 with a great loss of life. In December 1939, the German battleship Graf Spee led the Royal Navy on a merry dance across the South Atlantic before being cornered in Montevideo and scuttled. The war in the air had also developed from the first air raids of October 1939, against the Forth Bridge, with further attacks on Shetland in November. Mines were dropped or laid along the coasts of Britain by the Germans. Stephen Flower tells the story of this dramatic period, revealing how much went on before the Phoney War came to an end with the invasion of Norway and Denmark. He explores the diverse experiences of both military and civilians and the events, emotions and accounts recorded here will vividly demonstrate why the Phoney War was anything but.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19201

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::UK

Keywords: 1848689608 phoney war Great Britain Germany WWII Militaria

GILLIES , MIDGE

Waiting for Hitler ; Voices from Britain on the Brink of Invasion

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340837985. Illustrated by B&W Plates. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.29 X 5.91 X 1.57 inches; 368 pages; "In late summer 1940, Hitler told his army to prepare to invade England. The nation waited, breathless with tension, for the Nazi threat to become real.Acclaimed author Midge Gillies gathers together the personal accounts of those who still remember this time, with written sources from contemporary press reports, to diaries and letters, to illustrate and recreate the fear, suspense and even excitement of living in England in the shadow of the Nazis. A pair of sisters, determined that life should go on as normally as possible, carry on swimming and playing tennis - only to find themselves under suspicion of being sympathisers because of their seemingly carefree attitude. A group of former poachers and gamekeepers huddle in a woodland hideout, newly trained and prepared to blow up bridges and slit German throats. Citizens hide their most treasured possessions from the Nazis in biscuit tins, or bury them in graveyards.Over the weekend of September 7th, the code word for high alert flashed round the country, and with tensions at their height many assumed it to mean that the Nazis had already landed.Sunday September 8th was declared a National Day of Prayer - and seemed to many to be the beginning of the end.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16398

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::UK

Keywords: 0340837985 WWII London Hitler Germany Great Britain Militaria

MANN, JESSICA

Out of Harm's Way the Wartime Evacuation of Children from Britain

London: Headline Book Publishing, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0755311388. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 9.21 X 6.14 X 1.50 inches; 342 pages; "In June 1940, Britain expected enemy invasion. Despite Churchill's determination to fight on the beaches, many parents made desperate efforts to send their children abroad to safety. Thousands left for America, Canada, Australia, and other distant countries. In this revealing new book, Jessica Mann, herself a wartime evacuee, looks at the experiences of those who were sent away to a foreign land, including their dangerous journeys across U-boat-ridden oceans, and asks how they coped with being away, and how they found life back in the UK on their return. Drawing on extensive original research and memories of many former evacuees, including Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Williams, Jessica Mann builds up a moving portrait of a lost generation.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18109

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::UK

Keywords: 0755311388 evacuation Children WWII Militaria

MOSLEY, NICHOLAS

Time at War a Memoir

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 029785240X. Only light wear to book & dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 7.80 X 5.28 X 1.10 inches; 180 pages; "Nicholas Mosley, son of Oswald Mosley and his first wife, is an admired novelist, most famous for ACCIDENT, filmed by Joseph Losey from a Harold Pinter screenplay and starring Dirk Bogarde. Although he has previously published an autobiography, Nicholas Mosley has hitherto avoided writing about his WWII experience, in which his tangled relationship with his father, Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British fascist movement, plays a major part. TIME AT WAR shows Mosley coming of age as a young officer in the forcing house of war and being despatched as part of the Rifle Brigade to join the allies as they fight their way up Italy. At one point he ignominiously loses most of his platoon. Eventually he leads his men to capture a strategic farmhouse not far from Monte Cassino and wins the MC. Mosley gives his account against the backdrop of being the son of Britain's fascist leader who was imprisoned with his second wife (Diana, one of the Mitford sisters) in Brixton jail not long after the outbreak of war. What would have happened if Nicholas had been captured by the Germans and then identified? In fact at one point in the Italian campaign this happens. How he survives demonstrates that fact can sometimes be more bizarre than fiction. TIME AT WAR is both an absorbing war memoir and intriguing account of a relationship unlike any other in WWII. How do you live your life when Britain is fighting the axis powers when your father is the self-proclaimed British fascist leader?". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17015

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::UK

Keywords: 029785240X fascism, WWII mitford Biographies & Memoirs Militaria

TRUKHANOVSKY, V.

British Foreign Policy During World War II

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Water damage to bottom of DJ & book (no mustiness), corners a little bumped, some scuffing of DJ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 12061

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::UK

Keywords: Great Britain Military WWII Militaria

VARIOUS

North Irish Horse: Battle Report North Africa and Italy 1943

Sussex, UK: Naval & Military Press, 2006. Facsimile. Hardcover. ISBN: 1847342647. Only slight wear; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.66 X 5.59 X 0.71 inches; 112 pages; A reprint of accounts of the actions of the North Irish Horse in North Africa and Italy in WWII. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18293

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::UK::Regimental History

Keywords: 1847342647 North Irish Horse North Africa WWII Militaria