Pitt, Barrie (Editorial Consultant: Jack Le Vien),

CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1981, 1st edn., 196pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, 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, slightly cocked, foxing to upper edge and light foxing to fore and lower edges, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., repaired three corner tear at tail of spine, small abrasion to centre of upper panel, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45533

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army churchill alexander brooke wavell montgomery

Pitt, Barrie,

THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR - Western Desert 1941.

Book Club Associated, London, 1980, club edn., xx, 506pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, coloured maps at endpapers, brown cloth with red title panel lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated dustwrapper, an introductory background history of the presence of British forces in the Western Desert at the outbreak of WW2, details of the units deployed and their commanders, and an account of the conflict from the first tentative skirmishes with the Italians from June 1940 through to the end of 1941, by which time Rommel's Afrika Corps joined the battle and had been found to be a different proposition, heavy, a little rubbed at extrems., tanning to edges, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., with some creasing at edges, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40966

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army

Polyakov, A.,

WESTBOUND TANKS.

Hutchinson, London, ND [1943], 100pp, frontis and 6pp half tone photo ills., beige cloth lettered in black at spine, an account of a Soviet tank unit of 5 KV1 tanks, from their building at the havy tank plant in the Urals, transfer to the command of Lt. Astakhov and put through their paces at the Tank Instruction Centre, to operational use on the front line across the frozen Lake Ilmen against the 16th German Army blockading Leningrad, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., cloth lightly soiled, edges tanned, ink mark top cnr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 36845

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army russia soviet tank armour armor afv leningrad kv-1

Pond, Hugh,

SALERNO.

William Kimber, London, 1961, 1st edn., 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, an account of the Battle of Salerno, the first opposed large-scale landing of WW2, designed to relieve the stagnated advance of the Allies in central Italy but which became one of the fiercest and bloodiest actions of the war so far, a day by day account of the battle from invasion to D+11 in September, 1943, sl. cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned and foxed, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 35648

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army italy clark armistice invasion

Quarrie, Bruce,

HITLER'S SAMURAI - The Waffen-SS in action.

Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986, revised edn., paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and double title, line drawings, facsimiles and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 8 inches approx.), pictorial wrappers, revised third edition, an account of the birth, recuitment, training and growth of the Waffen-SS, their uniforms and equipment and the Waffeb-SS at war, appendices include details of the Britische Freikorps and the foreign divisions, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 35982

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 germany army waffen ss

Quarrie, Bruce,

WEAPONS OF THE WAFFEN-SS : From Small Arms to Tanks.

Guild Publishing, London, 1988, club edn., 168pp, decorated half title, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills. throughout, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, large format (9.5 x 8 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured decorated dustwrapper, described as a comprehensive, fully illustrated study of the range of weaponry employed by the waffen-SS, from their early days when they made-do with weapons not wanted by the army to the later stages of WW2 when they were the first to receive the best weapons available, covering edged wepaons, small arms, arrtuillery, armoured cars and armoured fighting vehicles, slight rub to front free endpaper, dustwrapper: faint crease in laminate at tail of spine, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39608

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 german army waffen-ss weapons edges smallarms artillery tank armour armor afv

Ripley, Tim,

STEEL STORM - Waffen-SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front 1943-1945.

Sutton, Stroud, 2000, 1st edn., 224pp, half tone photo ills. maps and line drawings in text, large format (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, an account of the battles of the Waffen-SS panzer divisions in the East, when just seven divisions had an influence out of all proportion to their strength, from the recapture of Kharkov in early 1943 to the last desperate attempts to hold the Red Army in front of Berlin in 1945, heavy, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41123

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army panzer germany russia eastern front waffen-ss kharkov berlin

Rogers, Colonel H. C. B. OBE,

TANKS IN BATTLE.

Seeley Service, London, 1965, 1st edn., 240pp, coloured photo frontis, 48 half tone plates, 8 in text maps, red cloth with black title panel lettered and bordered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, photo pictorial dustwrapper, Volume Vlll in the Imperial Services Library series, a study of the development of the tank in warfare, covering the original role of 'heavy cavalry', which it replaced, history of other war vehicles from the chariot to the early armoured car, the first tanks of 1914 and and account of the military and politcial decisions behind their development through two world wars, details of specifications, armaments., different marques, etc., and accounts of some of the major tank battles, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. bumped upper cnrs., pale foxing at edges and endpapers, bookseller label front pastedown, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at extrems., pale foxing to flaps and to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35651

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 army history tank tanks armour armor afv motorised warfare armament engines principles

Rogers, Colonel H. C. B. OBE,

TANKS IN BATTLE.

Seeley Service, London, 1965, 1st edn., 240pp, coloured photo frontis, 48 half tone plates, 8 in text maps, red cloth with black title panel lettered and bordered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, photo pictorial dustwrapper, Volume Vlll in the Imperial Services Library series, a study of the development of the tank in warfare, covering the original role of 'heavy cavalry', which it replaced, history of other war vehicles from the chariot to the early armoured car, the first tanks of 1914 and and account of the military and politcial decisions behind their development through two world wars, details of specifications, armaments., different marques, etc., and accounts of some of the major tank battles, lightly rubbed at extrems., fore-and lower edges tanned, faint foxing to free endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped rubbed at extrems., very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36377

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 army history tank tanks armour armor afv motorised warfare armament engines principles

Rosado, Jorge and Bishop, Chris,

GERMAN WEHRMACHT PANZER DIVISIONS 1939-45.

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2005, 1st edn., 192pp, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, a definitive study of the Wehrmacht's 28 full-strength armoured divisions from the 1st Panzer Division of 1935 to the 130th Panzer (Lehr) Division of early 1944, includuing a complete organisational breakdown with orders of battle, formation badges and unit commanders campaign by campaign, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41513

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 german wehrmacht panzer armour armoured divisions army tanks

Rottman, Gordon L.,

FUBAR - Soldier Slang of World War II.

Osprey, Botley, Oxford, 2007, 1st edn., 296pp, cartoons in text, coloured endpapers, coloured decorated cloth, decorative head and tail bands, a glossary of US, US marine, British, Commonwealrth and German army slang from WW2, ex British Army library at Wattisham, several cancelled ownership stamps, label tail of spine, no dustwrapper, very good reading copy,

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Book number: 41514

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army slang us marine british commonwealth german

Rutherford, Ward,

KASSERINE : BAPTISM OF FIRE.

Macdonald, London, 1971 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 17, Rommell's counter-offensive at Kasserine Pass in North Africa which very nearly succeeded, rubbed at extrems. with nicks to head of spine, ripple to wrappers and damp marks to edges, remains of multi-price label upper wrapper, pages tanned, reading copy only,

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Book number: 43844

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Rutherford, Ward,

KASSERINE : BAPTISM OF FIRE.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, maps, numerous half tone photo and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 17, Rommell's counter-offensive at Kasserine Pass in North Africa which very nearly succeeded, lightly rubbed at extrems., light creasing to lower wrapper, multi currency price label upper wrapper, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43846

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Rutherford, Ward,

KASSERINE : BAPTISM OF FIRE.

Macdonald, London, 1971 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 17, Rommell's counter-offensive at Kasserine Pass in North Africa which very nearly succeeded, a little rubbed at extrems., faint creasing upper wrapper, multi-price label upper wrapper, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43847

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Rutherford, Ward,

KASSERINE : BAPTISM OF FIRE.

Macdonald, London, 1971 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 17, Rommell's counter-offensive at Kasserine Pass in North Africa which very nearly succeeded, spine sunned, a little rubbed at extrems., price label upper wrapper, light creasing to wrappers, pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44943

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 purnells history north africa tunisia tunis thala