Kershaw, Alex,

THE BEDFORD BOYS - One Small Town's D-Day Sacrifice.

Simon and Schuster, London, ND (circa 2004), reprint, xiv, 274pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 3 in text maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the boy soldiers of Company A, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, many from the small town of Bedford in Virginia, who after intensive training in Britain were in the first wave to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day during the Normandy invasion, a narrative telling of military blunders, of incredible bravery that led to the survivors taking the beach and the impact on the rural community of Bedford, edges tanned,, small ownership label front pastedown, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38787

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Kurowski, Franz (trans. by David Johnston),

PANZER ACES ll - Battle Stories of German Tank Commanders of WWll.

Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, ND (circa 2004), paperback, [iv], 492pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, in the Stackpole Military History series, after the first volume a further account of the experiences of six more German tank officers, in North Africa, the Eastern front and the defence of Normandy, lightly rubbbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 38276

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Keywords: war ww2 german army panzer tank commanders armour armor afv

de Lee, Nigel,

VOICES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2004, 1st edn. UK, 288pp, half tone photo frontis, double page map, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the biggest land battle faced by the US Army in WW2, Hitler's Ardennes offensive of 1944/5, told in the words of those involved, the personal experiences of the planners, soldiers, generals and civilians, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38139

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Lewin, Ronald,

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AFRIKA KORPS.

Corgi Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 268pp, [iv] ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the professionalism of the German fighting force in the North Africa Desert during 1940-43 and the fluctuating fortunes of the Afrika Korps and the Desert rats, sl. spine slant, some vertical creasing to spine and at upper hinge, diagonal creasing to lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41774

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Lewin, Ronald,

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AFRIKA KORPS.

Corgi Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 268pp, [iv] ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the professionalism of the German fighting force in the North Africa Desert during 1940-43 and the fluctuating fortunes of the Afrika Korps and the Desert rats, some surface loss where label removed across spine and upper wrapper, rubbed at extrems., lightly creased, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41775

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Lewin, Ronald,

MAN OF ARMOUR - A study of Lieut.-General Vyvyan Pope and the development of armoured warfare.

Lee Cooper, London, 1976, 1st edn., 152pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the military career of Vyvyan Pope who joined the 1st Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment and served in Ireland, at the outbreak of WW1 his batallion was sent to the Western Front, he took part in the Christmas Truce of 1914 and won an MC at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915 and a DSO for his actions at Wulverghem during gas attacks, in March 1918 near Saint Quentin he received a bullet wound in his right elbow which developed gas gangrene and his right arm had to be amputated. By the time he was released from hospital the armistice had been declared. After a short spell with the 2nd batallion he transferred in 1920 to the Royal Tank Corps. He served in an armoured car company in Ireland and briefly commanded one in Egypt in 1922, attending the Staff College Camberley in 1924/5, after spells as brigade major of the Royal Tank Corps Centre at Bovington, on the General Staff and at the War Office he attended the Imperial Defence College in 1934. In 1935 he was posted to command the Royal Tank Corps in Egypt where he learned a lot about operating mechanised armour in the desert. At the outbreak of WW2 he became Chief of Staff II Corps which went to France with BEF. He returned to England December 1939 to command 3rd Armoured Brigade. In April 1940 he was appointed Inspector of Royal Armoured Corps and posted as advisor on AFVs to Lord Gort and shortly aafterwards was evacuated at Dunkirk. He returned to the War Office and was appointed Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles and initiated production of the Churchill tank. In August 1941 he was appointed GOC XXX Corps. In September he flew to Egypt and assembled a staff but en route to Cunningham's first conference his Hudson ran into trouble taking off from Heliopolis. The hudson crashed killing all on board.lightly tanned at edges, dustwrapper: lightlyu rubbed at tips, sl. sunning at spine,small label glue stain to sront flap, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45545

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Keywords: war ww2 army armour pope christmas truce MC DSO rtc royal tank corps xxx corps rac royal armoured corps staffordshire regiment

Linklater, Eric,

THE DEFENCE OF CALAIS.

HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 36pp incl. double page map in line, printed by Whitefriars Press, London and Tonbridge, covers by Fosh & Cross ltd., stapled wrappers approx. 7 x 4.5", in 'The Army at War' series, an official interim account of the experiences of the British Expeditionary Force in the defence of Calais, France in May 1940, admitted by the author to be incomplete as most of those who had taken part were either killed or were POW's at the time of writing but still a valuable record of the perceived situation at the time, lightly rubbed at tips, wrappers a little dusty, faint foxing lower wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 44799

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Linklater, Eric,

THE DEFENCE OF CALAIS.

HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 36pp incl. double page map in line, stapled wrappers approx. 7 x 4.5", in 'The Army at War' series, an official interim account of the experiences of the British Expeditionary Force in the defence of Calais, France in May 1940, admitted by the author to be incomplete as most of those who had taken part were either killed or were POW's at the time of writing but still a valuable record of the perceived situation at the time, wrappers lightly tanned and soiled, very light rusting to staples, very good,

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Book number: 45441

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Keywords: war ww2 hmso army france calais dunkirk dynamo bef

Linklater, Eric,

THE HIGHLAND DIVISION.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 96pp incl 4 double page maps, oversize paper wrappers (7 x 4.5 inches approx.) with yapp edges, in 'The Army at War' series, sewn binding, an account of the 51st (Highland) Division during May and June 1940, in France, including their Order of Battle, well rubbed at extrems., numerous tiny nicks to edges of wrappers, light foxing to lower wrapper fair,

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Book number: 44672

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Linklater, Major Eric, et al.,

WAR : issue 4 : November 1st, 1941 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1941, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of the Campaign in Greece 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 four, featuring Invasion of the Balkans (the Greek campaign part 1), Army of the Arctic (the life of the Iceland garrison), Fighting for their Lives (Russian guerillas at war), a little rubbed at extrems., ink name across upper wrapper, faint horizontal crease and light overall soiling, cnrs. inclined to curl, very good,

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Book number: 39796

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Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs italy balkans greece albania bulgaria iceland arctic russia

Lubbeck, William (with David B. Hurt),

AT LENINGRAD'S GATES - The Story of a Soldier with Army Group North.

Casemate, Newbury and Havertown, 2010, paperback, xiv, 258pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, drawing on his wartime notes, letters, regimental history and personal memories the author recounts his four years of frontline experiences, a firsthand account of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II. Rising from conscript private to captain of a heavy weapons company on the Eastern Front he was originally drafted at 19 years into the Wehrmacht in August 1939 as a member of the 58th Infantry Division he received his baptism of fire during the 1940 invasion of France. The following spring he served on the left flank of Army Group North in the invasion of Russia and after gruelling marches entered the outskirts of Leningrad, suffering severe hardships the following winter as they fought both Russian counterattacks and the brutal cold. By 1943 he entered officer training when he returned to his company the gradual retreat began, eventually being evacuated across the Baltic to Copenhagen to become a POW and was eventually returned to Germany, fine,

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Book number: 41605

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Lucas, James,

HITLER'S MOUNTAIN TROOPS.

Arms and Armour Press, London, ND (copyright 1992), 1st edn., 224pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., appendix of 10 maps in line, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Gebirgsjaeger, the elite specially trained mountain troops, often used as shock troops in non-alpine situations where others would have given way, with details of their engagements and maps of battle situations, faintly bumped at upper tips, upper edge tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32827

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Lucas, James,

WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1941-1945 - The German Soldier in Russia.

Book Club Associated, London, 1980, club edn., x, 214pp, 40pp half tone photo ills., 4 in text maps, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, a selection of experiences and events as seen by the Germans and their allies, which serve to illustrate the peculiarities of life on the Russian front , lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 39212

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Lucas, James,

WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1941-1945 - The German Soldier in Russia.

Jane's Publishing, London, ND (copyright 1979), 1st edn., x, 214pp, 40pp half tone photo ills., 4 in text maps, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, as well as a history of the Russo-German war of 1941-45 this is a record of the experiences of the German soldiers involved, of early triumphs and later disasters, fighting in totally alien conditions with little preparation or planning for warfare over unimaginable distances with unsuitable clothing and equipment, against an enemy of seemingly limitless numbers, edges stanned, dustwrapper: a little sunned and creased at edges, near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40986

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Lucas, James,

WAR IN THE DESERT - The Eighth Army at El Alamein.

Arms and Armour, London, 1982, 1st edn., 284pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial montage laminated boards, the western desert is between the River Nile in Egypt and the city of Tripoli in Lbya, nearly one thousand miles along the north coast of Africa and the scene of a fluctating campaign between the Axis foerces and British and Commonwealth forces during WW2. El Alamein, fought during the last weeks of October/November 1942, was the first important victory by mainly British forces of the war, won at a time when Geerman forces were also struggling at Stalingrad, and set in train the series of British and later Allied victories that eventually won them the war, probably a library binding laminating the dustwrapper to the boards, personal bookplate on title appears to cover library stamps, dewey code at tail of spine but otherwise a very good copy, no separate dustwrapper, very good reading copy,

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Book number: 41232

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