Crocker, Stuart,

FOREIGN SHORES - A True Story.

Matador, Leicester, ND (copyright 2010), trade paperback, [vi], 361pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of a young German, brought up in Germany during the unstable economic times that brought the Nazis to power he joined the Hitler Youth and in 1943 at the age of seventeen was called up to the armed forces, underwent training as a member of the parachute regiment and was posted to northern France, was wounded during the Allied invasion and received medical treatment on Guernsey before being taken prisoner and shipped to England as a POW when the island was liberated. After working in England for a while he visited his parents and family in Germany but was disappointed with his reception and returned to live in England, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 41571

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 german army parachute regiment

Crookenden, Napier,

BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1944.

Ian Allan, London, 1980, 1st edn., 160pp, half tone photo ills. and maps / diagrams in text, maps at endpapers, oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of Adolf Hitler's intuitive plan for counter-offensive to split the Allied armies, presented to his staff in September 1944 and put into effect on 16th December, the breakout through the Ardennes towards Antwerp that very nearly succeeded, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: spine sunned, a little rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41291

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army belgium ardennes patton montgomery battle bulge bastogne vith ambleve malmedy

Davies, W. J. K.,

GERMAN ARMY HANDBOOK 1939-45.

Military Book Society, London ND (copyright 1973), , 176pp, 4pp col'd ills., frontis and numerous in text half tones, line drawings and diagrams., red cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an overall picture of the German army during WW2 with basic information on all aspects of an army's activities, covering the history, organisation, fighting units, basic tactics, equipment, uniforms and personal arms for different units, tactical signs and signals, appendices covering important dates, the Afrika Korps and the Waffen SS, with bibliography giving lines for more detailed study, lightly bumped at lower cnrs., edges tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32751

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 german army tank armour weapon uniform

Davies, Barry BEM,

SAS - The Illustrated History.

Virgin, London, 1996, 1st edn., 224pp, coloured and half tone photo ills. throughout, oversize (11.5 x 9.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated dustwrapper, a pictorial account of the work of the Special Air Sevice, from their birth in North Africa in the days of David Stirling and Paddy Mayne and the LRDG through the remainder of WW2 and the many other theatres incuding Malaya, Oman, Northern Ireland, The Falklands and The Gulf, with accounts of their selection, training, combat and survial techniques, their counter-terrorism and counter revolution role, with a Roll of Honour and an operational history, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38507

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war army ww2 falklands gulf irelance terrorism

Davis, Brian L.,

WAFFEN - SS.

Blandford, Poole, 1985, paperback, unpaginated [128pp], half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Blandford War Photo-Files series, in the format of over 200 captioned photographs, a pictorial account of the elite combat force of the Third Reich, covering early history and training, campaigns in Poland, France, Greece, Eastern Front, Normandy and Falaise, Ardennes, Hungary, with sections on the non-German volunteer units and Knights Cross holders, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

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Book number: 39500

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 german army waffen ss

Deighton, Len,

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Book Club Associates, London, 1979, club edn., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, daiagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated and lettered dustwrapper, a history of Hitler and the Nazi party, together with an account of the development of weapons, strategy and the use of air supported tank formations that came to be called 'blitzkrieg', very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32754

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army armour armor afv tank panzer blitzkrieg poland norway holland belgium france meuse dunkirk

Deighton, Len,

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1979, 2nd imp., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, diagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, decorative headband, decorated and lettered dustwrapper, a history of Hitler and the Nazi party, together with an account of the development of weapons, strategy and the use of air supported tank formations that came to be called 'blitzkrieg', lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32755

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army armour armor afv tank panzer blitzkrieg poland norway holland belgium france meuse dunkirk

Deighton, Len,

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1979, 1st edn., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, diagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge col'd, decorative headband, col'd decorative lettered dustwrapper, a history of Hitler and the Nazi party, together with an account of the development of weapons, strategy and the use of air supported tank formations that came to be called 'blitzkrieg', lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips,spine sunned, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32756

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army armour armor afv tank panzer blitzkrieg poland norway holland belgium france meuse dunkirk

Deighton, Len,

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Book Club Associates, London, 1979, club edn., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, daiagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated and lettered dustwrapper, a history of Hitler and the Nazi party, together with an account of the development of weapons, strategy and the use of air supported tank formations that came to be called 'blitzkrieg', lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, dustwrapper: spine sunned, unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36790

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army armour armor afv tank panzer blitzkrieg poland norway holland belgium france meuse dunkirk

Deighton, Len,

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Triad / Granada, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 382pp, 32pp, half tone photo ills., numerous in text maps, diagrams and drawings, [i] ads., decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), a history of Hitler and the Nazi party, together with an account of the development of weapons, strategy and the use of air supported tank formations that came to be called 'blitzkrieg', light vertical creasing to sunned, spine, a little rubbed at extrems., wrappers lightly creased, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41957

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army armour armor afv tank panzer blitzkrieg poland norway holland belgium france meuse dunkirk

Delaforce, Patrick,

THE BLACK BULL.

Chancellor Press, London, 2000, 1st in imprint, [iv], 252pp, decorated title, half tone photo ills. and maps in text, photo pictorial montage laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, an historical narrative expanded with quoted personal experiences, and with many in text ills., of 11th Armoured Division, after nearly four years training in Yorkshire, the South Downs and East Anglia the advance party landed in Normandy on D+3 and the remainder, part of VIII Corps, was operational in time for Operations Epsom, Goodwood and Bluecoat, taking Antwerp, the right flank for Market Garden, back-up for the Ardennes and the liberation of Belsen, Lübeck and trhe Danish frontier, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41097

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army 11th armoured armour armor afv

Delaforce, Patrick,

CHURCHILL'S DESERT RATS - From Normandy to Berlin with the 7th Armoured Division.

Chancellor Press, London, 2001, 2nd imp., viii, 2000pp, half tone photo ills. and maps in text, half tone photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, first published 1994 by Alan Sutton, the 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats were Churchill's favourite Division and veterans of North Africa and Italy. This account is of their landing in Normandy shortly after D-Day and fighting their way across Europe, compiled from the recollections of those who served in the Division, from the severe struggle in Normandy, Operations Goodwood and Bluecoat, to crossing the Rhine into Germany and the capture of Hamburg, and the final victory parade in Berlin, small mark lower edge, dustwrapper: a little sun darkened along inner top edge, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41096

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army normandy goodwood bluecoat blackcock netherland france belgium ghent rhine germany armour armor afv

Delaforce, Patrick,

MONTY'S HIGHLANDERS - 51st (Highland) Division at War 1939-1945.

Tom Donovan, Brighton, 1997, 1st edn., 240pp, many in text half tone photo ills and maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an historical narrative expanded with quoted personal experiences, and with many in text photo ills., of the 51st Highland Division during WW2, from the disaster at St. Valery in 1940, the re-formed Division in North Africa from August 1942, then on to Sicily and Italy, returning to UK in advance of the Normandy invasion, the break-out to the Seine, taking Le Havre, the Reichswald and across the Rhine to Bremen and Bremerhaven, dustwrapper: unpriced, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35566

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army gordons black watch seaforth camerons lothian borders argyll sutherland st valery north africa sicily italy normandy seine reichswald bremen bremerhaven

Delaforce, Patrick,

MONTY'S MARAUDERS - Black Rat and Red Fox : 4th and 8th Independent Armoured Brigades in WW2.

Tom Donovan, Brighton, 1997, 1st edn., 224pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and maps, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an historical narrative expanded with quoted personal experiences, and with many in text photo ills., of the 4th (Black Rat) and the 8th (Red Fox) Independent Armoured Brigades, 4th fighting in North Africa , on up through Sicily and Italy, Normandy from D+1, engaged on Hill 112 then Belgium, Holland and the Reichswald into Germany, the 8th in Palestine, Syria, then Alamein and on to Tunis, on D-Day landing at Arromanches, the bocage battles, crossing the Seine to Lille, Operation Market Garden, Geilenkirchen, Operation Veritable across the Rhine and on to Bremen, faint mark upper board, dustwrapper: unpriced, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35568

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army 4th black rat 8th red fox independent armoured brigades north africa palestine syria tunis sicily italy normandy market garden veritable reichswald arromanches

Delaforce, Patrick,

MONTY'S IRON SIDES - From the Normandy Beaches to Bremen with the 3rd (British) Diviision.

Alan Sutton, Stroud, 2002, trade paperback, viii, 216pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an historical narrative expanded with quoted personal experiences, of the 3rd (British) Infantry Division (8, 9 and 185 Infantry Brigades), commanded by Montgomery in 1939/40 on French/Belgian border until evacuated at Dunkirk, back to France on 6th June 1944 for the Normandy invasion at 'Sword' beach, through Caen, Opeation Goodwood at Troam, Operation Bluecoat to take Vire, Operation Aintree to free the Dutch towns of Overloon and Venraij, Operation Heather at the Siegfried Line and Operation Plunder to Bremen, lightly rubbed at tips, slight roll and slant to spine, faint creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, small tippex mark cnr. of title, very good,

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Book number: 42664

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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