Lucas, James,

KOMMANDO - German Special Forces of World War Two.

Cassell, London, 2003, reprint, trade paperback, 245pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., diagrams and line drawings in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Paperback series, an account of the achievements won in secret operations by German agent provacateurs who worked in secret for the German invasions of Czechoslovakia and Poland, of the true nature of German special forces in WW2 in naval, military and aerial operations and of the last-ditch German Werewolf partisans trained in sabotage, fine,

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Book number: 40561

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 german special forces werewolf

Lucas, James,

KOMMANDO - German Special Forces of World War Two.

Guild Publishing / Book Club Associates, London, 1985, club edn., 245pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 7 in text digrams, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of the achievements won in secret operations by German agent provacateurs who worked in secret for the German invasions of Czechoslovakia and Poland, of the true nature of German special forces in WW2 in naval, military and aerial operations and of the last-ditch German Werewolf partisans trained in sabotage, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunned at spine, a few fox marks to flaps, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41060

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 german special forces werewolf

Lucas, James,

STORMING EAGLES - German Airborne Forces In World War Two.

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1988, 1st edn., 191pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in half tone and line, large format (10 x 7.5 inches), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, an account of the Fallschirmjaeger units, the elite German airborne forces, who seized the fortress of Eben Emael in May 1940, and were used on the first full scale airborne invasion at Crete in 1941 when they suffered such heavy losses that their role was limited for the remainder of the war, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunned at spine, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32828

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 germany paratroops crete russia north africa italy

Lucas, James,

STORMING EAGLES - German Airborne Forces In World War Two.

Grafton, London, 1990, 1st in imprint, paperback, 400pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Fallschirmjaeger units, the elite German airborne forces, who seized the fortress of Eben Emael in May, 1940 and were used on the first airborne invasion at Crete when they suffered such heavy losses that their role was limited for the remainder of the war, light vertical creases and sunning to slightly slanted spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus

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Book number: 41604

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 germany paratroops crete russia north africa italy

Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry,

THE WAR OF THE LANDING CRAFT.

W. Foulsham, London, ND (copyright 1976), 1st edn., 256pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, at the outbreak of WW2 in 1939 Britain had only 40 small assault craft designed to be slung in the derricks of converted merchant vessels. As the war progressed the need for landing craft of many types became obvious if Fortress Europe was ever to be invaded from the sea. By 1944 over 100,000 officers and men had been recruited and trained to operate a vast fleet of flat bottomed craft to carry infantry and tanks as well as specialist vessels for making smoke, launching rockets, anti-aircraft vessels, repair craft, etc., and this is their story from the early days of development to Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio to Normandy, Walcheren, the Yugioslav islands, Greece and the Far East, edges tanned and a little dusty, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., , very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44152

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 sea comb navy dieppe sicily salerno normandy vis landing lct lci lst alc mlc lca rnps

Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry,

THE WAR OF THE LANDING CRAFT.

W. Foulsham, London, ND (copyright 1976), 1st edn., 256pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, at the outbreak of WW2 in 1939 Britain had only 40 small assault craft designed to be slung in the derricks of converted merchant vessels. As the war progressed the need for landing craft of many types became obvious if Fortress Europe was ever to be invaded from the sea. By 1944 over 100,000 officers and men had been recruited and trained to operate a vast fleet of flat bottomed craft to carry infantry and tanks as well as specialist vessels for making smoke, launching rockets, anti-aircraft vessels, repair craft, etc., and this is their story from the early days of development to Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio to Normandy, Walcheren, the Yugioslav islands, Greece and the Far East, cnrs. a little bumped, edges tanned, dustwrapper, price clipped, spine a little sunned, lightly rubbed at tips. very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45374

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 sea comb navy dieppe sicily salerno normandy vis landing lct lci lst alc mlc lca rnps

Macdonald, Charles,

BY AIR TO BATTLE.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps, line ills. and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book No. 12', a history of the use of airborne assault troops with detail of the German operations against Denmark and Norway, The Hague, Rotterdam, the Maginot Line and Crete; and the Allied operations on Sicily, D-Day, Arnhem and crossing the Rhine, lightly rubbed at extrems., pages lightly tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43647

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 history airborne parachute glider sicily d-day arnhem rhine purnells

Macdonald, Charles,

BY AIR TO BATTLE.

Macdonald, London, 1970 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book No. 12', a history of the use of airborne assault troops with detail of the German operations against Denmark and Norway, The Hague, Rotterdam, the Maginot Line and Crete; and the birth and development of Allied airborne capability, the early operations, some of which were successful including Bruneval, and the subsequent major operations at Sicily, Normandy, Arnhem and crossing the Rhine, rubbed at extrems., light soiling to wrappers, pages tanned, fair,

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Book number: 43790

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 purnells history airborne parachute glider bruneval sicily d-day normandy arnhem rhine

Macdonald, Charles,

BY AIR TO BATTLE.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book No. 12', a history of the use of airborne assault troops with detail of the German operations against Denmark and Norway, The Hague, Rotterdam, the Maginot Line and Crete; and the birth and development of Allied airborne capability, the early operations, some of which were successful including Bruneval, and the subsequent major operations at Sicily, Normandy, Arnhem and crossing the Rhine, lightly rubbed at tips, multi currency price label upper wrapper, pages tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 43792

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 purnells history airborne parachute glider bruneval sicily d-day normandy arnhem rhine

Macdonald, Charles,

BY AIR TO BATTLE.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book No. 12', a history of the use of airborne assault troops with detail of the German operations against Denmark and Norway, The Hague, Rotterdam, the Maginot Line and Crete; and the birth and development of Allied airborne capability, the early operations, some of which were successful including Bruneval, and the subsequent major operations at Sicily, Normandy, Arnhem and crossing the Rhine, a little rubbed at extrems., pages lightly tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44927

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 purnells history airborne parachute glider bruneval sicily d-day normandy arnhem rhine

Macintyre, Donald,

NARVIK.

Evans Bros, London, 1959, 1st edn., 224pp, frontis and 12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at eps., dark blue cloth gilt, an account of the principal British naval achievements of the ill-fated Norwegian Campaign 1940, where three VC's and a battle against German destroyers were won but where the landed troops eventually had to withdraw, the destroyer HMS Glowworm made a valiant but doomed attack on the German heavy cruiser Hipper and the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and numerous smaller vessels were lost, ills. include HMS Glowworm, Eskimo, Bittern, Punjabi, a littlwe rubbed and bumped at extrems., gilding dull, ink stamp fpd., cnr. torn from 1 leaf (p 217/8, not affecting text), edges rather browned, ink stamp lower edge, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 24370

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy norway narvik trondheim namsos glowworm hipper eskimo bittern punjabi glorious

Macksey, Kenneth,

COMMANDO - Hit-and-Run Combat in World War II.

Jove Books, New York, 1991, 1st in imprint, paperback, xvi, [vii] maps, 250pp, 10pp half tone photo ills., 2pp cartoon, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Special Service Commandos '..the linchpin of Allied strategy in dozens of ...conflicts on every front throughout WW2 - from Dunkirk to Guadalcanal..', small hole punched top cnr. upper wrapper, very faint single crease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41791

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 commando amphibious airborne

Maguire, Eric,

DIEPPE AUGUST 19.

Corgi, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 185pp, 4pp half tone ills., maps in text, [vi] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), account of the attack on Dieppe in August, 1942, Operation Jubliee, from which only one third of those taking part returned, with details of Order of Battle, Objectives, and losses of both materials and men, slight sunning to spine, light creasing at hinges, a little rubbed at extrems., paper tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41795

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 comb navy france commando jubilee canada landing craft dieppe raid

Maguire, Eric,

DIEPPE AUGUST 19TH 1942.

Corgi, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 185pp, 4pp half tone ills., maps in text, [vi] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, account of the attack on Dieppe in August, 1942, Operation Jubliee, from which only one third of those taking part returned, with details of Order of Battle, Objectives, and losses of both materials and men, a little rubbed and creased at exxtreems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44977

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 comb navy france commando canada landing craft dieppe raid

Masefield, John,

THE NINE DAYS WONDER (The Operation Dynamo).

William Heinemann, London, 1941, reprint, xvi, folding chart, 57pp, [iii] poetry, 6pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered and bordered in blind at upper board, a account by the Poet Laureate of the last nine days of the BEF's campaign in Belgium, culminating in the evacuation at Dunkirk, based on numerous personal records and official accounts, four poems, a chart of the evacuation routes across the Channel and 12 half tone photo ills., slightly cocked, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned, ink inscr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 36839

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy army bef belgium france dunkirk operation dynamo