Merriam, Robert E.,

BATTLE OF THE BULGE (previously published as The Battle of the Ardennes).

Panther, London, 1966, paperback, 192pp, maps in text, film tie-in, wrappers with ills. from Warner Bros feature of the same title, by a member of the historical section of the US War Department who was with the Intelligence section of the 7th Armoured Division at the time, and who examined the records and interviewed the personnel involved, the account of the final German bid for victory in December, 1944 very sl. roll to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41817

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

Merriam, Robert E.,

BATTLE OF THE BULGE (previously published as The Battle of the Ardennes).

Panther, London, 1965, reprint, paperback, 192pp, maps in text, film tie-in, wrappers with wraparound images from Warner Bros feature of the same title, written by a member of the historical section of the US War Department who was with the Intelligence section of the 7th Armoured Division at the time, and who examined the records and interviewed the personnel involved, the account of the final German bid for victory in December, 1944 slight slant to spine, a liite rubbed at extrems. esp. edges of spine, upper cnr. bumped, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44582

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

Mitcham, Samuel W. Jnr.,

ROMMEL'S LAST BATTLE - The Desert Fox and the Normandy Campaign.

Jove Books, New York, 1991, 1st in imprint, paperback, [x], 246pp, 16pp half tone photo ills, maps in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of how Rommel had to convince the German High Command that the Normandy landings were really the start of the invasion and fight not only his final battle with Montgomery, but also with Hitler, small punched hole top cnr. upper wrapper, sl. colour loss tail of spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41819

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Keywords: war ww2 army normandy

Montgomery, Field -Marshal the Viscount, of Alamein,

EL ALAMEIN TO THE RIVER SANGRO.

Arrow, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, frontis map and 16 maps in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the campaign in North Africa, and the invasion of Sicily and Italy, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good reading copy,

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Book number: 43484

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army north africa sicily italy

Montgomery of Alamein, Field Marshal The Viscount,

NORMANDY TO THE BALTIC.

Arrow, London, 1961, 1st in imprint, paperback, xiii inc. double page map, 226pp, 2 maps in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the final thrust of the war in north-west Europe by the commander in the Field, a little rubbed at extrems., slight roll and slant to spisne, light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good reading copy,

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Book number: 43485

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Montgomery, Field -Marshal the Viscount, of Alamein,

Volume 1 EL ALAMEIN TO THE RIVER SANGRO (originally published as El Alamein to the River Sangro).

Corgi, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, x, 8pp half tone photo ills., 16 maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial montage uopper wrappers a more detailed account of the campaign in North Africa and the invasion of Sicily and Italy than that contained in the author's memoirs, rubbed and a little creased at extems., edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44526

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Moorehead, Alan,

ECLIPSE.

Sphere, London, 1989, paperback, 285pp, [i] ads., abridged by Lucy Moorehead, wraparound photo pictorial wrappers, the title was the Allies codename for the final occupation of Germany and this account by a war correspondent with the Allied fighting troops covers the collapse of German power in WW2 in four phases, in Italy, France, the Rhine and Germany itself, the military actions as well as the reaction of the populations, and of the victorious and defeated armies involved, faint vertical creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41826

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Morris, John, et. al.,

CURRENT AFFAIRS : issue 67 : April 22nd, 1944 : How About Japan?.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1944, paperback 16pp (including wrappers), stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in dark blue, a fortnightly bulletin of the background to current affairs issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Restricted', issue number sixty-seven, featuring How About Japan? (an account of Japan and the Japanese, their country, upbringing, beliefs, army and their military aims), lightly rubbed at tips, a little shaken and misfolded, lightly creased and soiled, good,

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Book number: 39878

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs japan

Moulton, Major General J. L.,

BATTLE FOR ANTWERP : The Liberation of the City and the Opening of the Scheldt 1944.

Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 208pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 17 in text maps, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, account of the hard-fought campaign to take Antwerp in the Autumn of 1944, a bitter encounter for the Canadian Infantry amongst the flooded polders around the Scheldt and the final assault on Walcheren Island by 4th Commando Brigade, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spinbe sl. sunned, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35711

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army belgium

Orgill, Douglas,

T-34 RUSSIAN ARMOUR.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War', Weapons Book No. 21, the story of the Russian T-34 tank from its earliest stages, learning from the 60 British tanks that they purchased in 1930 they incorporated the qualities of the chassis of the fast 10 ton 40mph tank developed by the American J. Walter Christie. Wityh a powerful high velocity gun, sloped armour, speed and stability the T-24 appeared as a great surprise to the Germnans in 1941 who had previously encountered nothing to beat their own tanks. Described by Guderian of the 2nd Panzer Army as 'very worrying' and by von Kleist of the 1st Panzer Army as 'the finest tank in the world', rubbed at extrems., multi-currency price pabel upper wrapper, edges and pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44095

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Orgill, Douglas,

T-34 RUSSIAN ARMOUR.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War', Weapons Book No. 21, the story of the Russian T-34 tank from its earliest stages, learning from the 60 British tanks that they purchased in 1930 they incorporated the qualities of the chassis of the fast 10 ton 40mph tank developed by the American J. Walter Christie. Wityh a powerful high velocity gun, sloped armour, speed and stability the T-24 appeared as a great surprise to the Germnans in 1941 who had previously encountered nothing to beat their own tanks. Described by Guderian of the 2nd Panzer Army as 'very worrying' and by von Kleist of the 1st Panzer Army as 'the finest tank in the world', a little rubbed at extrems., creasing lower wrapper, price label upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44942

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 russia purnells tank armour

Parkinson, Roger,

THE WAR IN THE DESERT.

Hart-Davis MacGibbon, London, 1976, 1st edn., 200pp, double illustrated title, 8pp col'd ills. and numerous half tone and line ills. and maps in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, an illustrated account of the fluctuating fortunes of the campaign in the North Africa, from June 1940 to May 1943 on a moving front of nearly 4000 miles, very lightly bumped lower cnrs., dustwrapper: a little rubbed at tips, spine sl. sunned, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28051

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 north africa western desert 8th army rommel afrika korps alexander montgomery egypt libya tunisia

Payne, Robert,

GENERAL MARSHALL - A Study in Loyalties.

William Heinemann, London, 1952, 1st edn., xii, 335pp, half tone frontis portrait, 4pp half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine and upper board, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a full length portrait of the American soldier from his days as a military cadet through his experiences in France 1916-18, and time in planning and training in and at the Staff College, as Chief of Staff in 1939 when his widsom and tact played no small part in eventual Allied victory in WW2, his failed mission to China and his time as Secretary of State with one of his greatest contributions, his adminstration of funds to support post-war Europe which became known as the 'Marshall Plan', lightly rubbed at extrems., edges well tanned, light tanning to endpapers, dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems., loss at spine ends and cnrs., many nicks and creases, overall soiling, repaired to reverse, very good in a fair dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42538

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Keywords: war ww1 ww2 army marshall aid

Phillips, C. E. Lucas,

ALAMEIN.

Heinemann, London, 1962, 1st edn., xii, 414pp, half tone photo frontis, 32pp half tone photo ills., 19 in text maps and diagrams drawn by Miss Audrey Frew, ARCA, black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, wraparound photo pictorial dustwrapper, the background of events and conditions prior to the battle and an account of the battle of El Alamein itself in October/November 1942, fully documented from personal and official sources, a little rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned and faintly foxed, 6 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, faint foxing to title, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35646

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Keywords: war ww2 army alamein western desert libya egypt north africa

Pitt, Barrie,

CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS - Their Finest Hour.

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1988, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 223pp, numerous maps and line drawings in text, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the Battle Standards series, an account of the events upon which the BBC-Le Vien TV play, by Ian Curteis, titled 'Churchill and the Generals' was conceived. On 10th May 1940 when Churchill became Prime Minister he retained the role of MInister of Defence for himself which gave him personal control of the appointment of the Army's generals, which he exercised depending on his perception of their performance. Churchill had inherited some army commanders untried in battle and it took some time to select what would become a winning team, sl. slant to spine, light vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, sunned at upper edges, a little rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 42016

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Keywords: war ww2 army churchill alexander brooke wavell montgomery