Adair, Paul,

HITLER'S GREATEST DEFEAT - The Collapse of Army Group Centre, June 1944.

Brockhampton Press, London, 1996, reprint, 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., several maps in text, col'd laminated boards, matching col'd dustwrapper, an account and analysis of the German and Russian armed forces as they faced each other on the Eastern Front in 1944, the withdrawal of 30 German Divisions to the Western Front and the resultant acceleration of the collapse of the German defensive position, with appendices of the German and Russian Orders of Battle in June 1944 and copies of some of the important Operational Orders, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28791

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: ww2 army russia germany eastern front

Adair, Paul,

HITLER'S GREATEST DEFEAT - The Collapse of Army Group Centre, June 1944.

Rigel, London, 2004, 1st in imprint, 192pp, 16pp matt half tone photo ills., in text maps, coloured pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, in the World of War series, an account and analysis of the German and Russian armed forces as they faced each other on the Eastern Front in 1944, the withdrawal of 30 German Divisions to the Western Front and the resultant acceleration of the collapse of the German defensive position, with appendices of the German and Russian Orders of Battle in June 1944 and copies of some of the important Operational Orders, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35500

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army russia germany eastern front

Ailsby, Christopher,

HELL ON THE EASTERN FRONT - The Waffen-SS War in Russia 1941-1945.

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1998, 1st edn., 192pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of every aspect of the Waffen-SS Divisions of the 3rd Reich on the Eastern Front and a narrative of the progression of the war from early success to eventual defeat, of their organisation, equipment, tactics and battles, with details of their recruitment of foreigners, the consequences of idealogical indoctrination, illustarted with over 100 contemporary photographs, with appendices of the orders of battle, ranks and award tables, personal bookplate on half title otherwise fine, dustwrapper: tanning along edges and folds, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41112

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 germany russia army waffen-ss eastern front waffen ss red army soviet

Ailsby, Christopher,

WAFFEN-SS - Hitler's Black Guard at War.

Siena / Parragon, Bristil, 1998, 1st edn., 176pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps/diagrams, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, oversize (12 x 9 inches approx.), coloured laminated decorated boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, a description of one of the most brutal, fanatical and feared military organisations in military history, the Waffen-SS began as a small, elite persional bodyguard for Adolf Hitlet and expanded to over one million men by the end of WW2, featuring all their battles and campaigns and containing many previously unpublished photographs, lightly rubbed at tips, small ink mark upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., relined at spine ends, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41286

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 germany army waffen ss atrocities war crimes

Ambrose, Stephen E.,

CITIZEN SOLDIERS - The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Surrender of Germany.

Pocket Books, London, 2002, trade paperback, 528pp, 48pp half tone photo ills., 9 in text maps, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, drawn from hundreds of interviews with members of the US Army, from the high command to the ordinary soldier, the author recreates the war from the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany from the perspective of the American men and women who fought it, lightly rubbed at extrems., light vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 40035

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 us army vf45

Ambrose, Stephen E.,

CITIZEN SOLDIERS - The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Surrender of Germany.

Pocket Books, London, ND (circa 2003), 3rd imp., trade paperback, 528pp, 48pp half tone photo ills., 9 in text maps, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, drawn from hundreds of interviews with members of the US Army, from the high command to the ordinary soldier, the author recreates the war from the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany from the perspective of the American men and women who fought it, lightly rubbed at extrems., light vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43466

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 us army

Ambrose, Stephen E.,

PEGASUS BRIDGE - D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid.

Pocket Books, London, 2003, reprint, paperback, xvi, 233pp, [i] note, [v] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, the account of the taking of the bridges over the Orne river and adjacent Caen canal, by the glider forces of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and 5th Parachute Brigade, one of the first tasks of Allied forces on D-Day, fine,

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Book number: 41555

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Keywords: war ww2 army paras glider france caen pegasus orne normandy d-day

Ambrose, Stephen E.,

PEGASUS BRIDGE - D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid.

Pocket Books, London, 2003 reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 233pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] note, [v] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, the account of the taking of the bridges over the Orne river and adjacent Caen canal, by the glider forces of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and 5th Parachute Brigade, one of the first tasks of Allied forces on D-Day, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 44294

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army paras glider france caen pegasus orne normandy d-day

Ambrose, Stephen E.,

PEGASUS BRIDGE - D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid.

Pocket Books, London, 2003 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xvi, 233pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] note, [v] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, the account of the taking of the bridges over the Orne river and adjacent Caen canal, by the glider forces of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and 5th Parachute Brigade, one of the first tasks of Allied forces on D-Day, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 44295

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army paras glider france caen pegasus orne normandy d-day

Anon.,

WAR : issue 9 : January 10th, 1942 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1942, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of East Africa in text, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number nine, featuring The War in East Africa (June 1940 to final Italian surrender November 1941), a little rubbed at extrems., staple upper wrapper, faint creasing and light overall soiling, cnrs. inclined to curl, very good,

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Book number: 39803

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs sudan kenya abyssinia

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WAR : issue 10 : January 24th, 1942 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1942, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of Libya in text, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number ten, featuring Benghazi and Beyond (part two on the Libyan campaign), A German on Crete (attributed to a German Staff Officer), A Visit to Russia (a British Staff Officer's assessment of the Red Army), with a postscript on the Arctic Convoys, a little rubbed at extrems., staple upper wrapper, faint creasing and light overall soiling, cnrs. inclined to curl, very good,

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Book number: 39805

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs libya benghazi cyrenaica crete russia red army arctic convoy

Anon.,

WAR : issue 10 : January 24th, 1942 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1942, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of Libya in text, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number ten, featuring Benghazi and Beyond (part two on the Libyan campaign), A German on Crete (attributed to a German Staff Officer), A Visit to Russia (a British Staff Officer's assessment of the Red Army), with a postscript on the Arctic Convoys, a little rubbed at extrems., ink name across upper wrapper, light overall soiling, cnrs. inclined to curl, very good plus,

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Book number: 39806

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs libya benghazi cyrenaica crete russia red army arctic convoy a/s

Anon.,

WAR : issue 21 : June 27th, 1942 : [News Facts for Fighting Men].

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1942, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of Libya in text, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number twenty-one, featuring 'Libya, Summer, 1942' (a chronological account of the mechanised desert warfare up to the withdrawal from Gazala, with a new map), The Work of the Pioneers (account of the varied work of the Pioneers), a little rubbed at extrems., faint vertical crease and light overall tanning, cnrs. inclined to curl, very good plus,

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Book number: 39814

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs north africa libya tobruk pioneer corps

Anon.,

WAR : issue 2 : October 4th, 1941 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1941, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of Libya inside lower wrapper, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number two, featuring War in the Desert II (second of 4 articles on the Western Desert campaign), What the Prisoners say (the work of interrogation officers), Escape out of Holland (how a Dutch officer evaded the Germans), The Sergeant saw it through (the background to his DCM in Africa), lightly rubbed at extrems., light soiling and staples a little rusty, very good,

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Book number: 40238

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news bulletin army current affairs libya desert prisoners holland escape

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WAR : issue 5 : November 15th, 1941 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1941, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of the Balkans in text, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number five, featuring Break-away from Greece (the Greek campaign part 2), We Bag our First (an anti-aircraft gunner in London), Diary of a Parachutist (Russian naval parachutists behind Rumanian lines), Bombed at Sea (an account of an incident during East coast convoy protection), lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing, staples a little rusty, very good,

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Book number: 40240

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news bulletin army current affairs italy balkans greece albania bulgaria russian navy parachutist rumania odessa navy east coast convoy rnps a/s