Scheiderbauer, Armin (trans. C. F. Colton),

ADVENTURES IN MY YOUTH - A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45.

Helion / Book Club Associates, London, 2003, club edn., xiv, 208pp, [i] ads., photo pictorial paper covered laminated boards, decorative head and tail bands, the author's experiences in the German army in ww2, called up in August 1941 and after training posted in July 1942 as an Officer-Cadet to 6th Company, Infantry Regiment 7, 252nd Infantry Division on the Eastern Front 150km from Moscow, after further training in the winter 1942/3 serving as platoon commander and later company commander in Silesia, an officer's course in 1944 and back to the bitter defensive battles of the Russian summer offensive, The Narev bridgehead and the Vistula offensive before final capture in April 1945, becoming a prisoner of the Russians and his further experiences until final release in September, 1947, lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 41515

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Keywords: war ww2 army germany russia infantry eatern front officer narev vistula silesia

Schmidt, Heinz Werner,

WITH ROMMEL IN THE DESERT.

Panther, London, 1968, reprint, paperback, 192pp, maps in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, the author a young Lieutenant, joined Lieutenant General Rommel's staff in March 1941 from Eritrea and remained in North Africa until shortly after the promoted Field-Marshal Rommel left Africa for the last time in March 1943, returning to Berlin on marriage leave just before Tunis fell, a little rubbed at extrems., slight roll to spine, wrappers creased, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44497

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Schmidt, Heinz Werner,

WITH ROMMEL IN THE DESERT.

Panther, London, 1965, reprint, paperback, 192pp, maps in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, the author a young Lieutenant, joined Lieutenant General Rommel's staff in March 1941 from Eritrea and remained in North Africa until shortly after the promoted Field-Marshal Rommel left Africa for the last time in March 1943, returning to Berlin on marriage leave just before Tunis fell, slight roll to spine, a little rubbed at exgrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45674

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Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh,

DUNKIRK - Fight to the Last Man.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND [2007], reprint, trade paperback, xviii, 701pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., 21 maps, [i] ad., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the British Expeditionary Force in France, of the German attack in May 1940, of the defensive actions and retereat to the coast, the rearguard actions and massacres, the evacuation from Dunkirk and the further defensive actions in Northern France, faint vertical creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

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Book number: 38467

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Keywords: war ww2 army france dunkirk bef

Stewart, Adrian,

THE EARLY BATTLES OF THE EIGHTH ARMY - 'Crusader' to the Alamein Line 1941-1942.

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 2002, 1st edn., [x], 182pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., in text maps/diagrams, light brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a new appraisal of the early days of the 8th Army in the Western Desert in WW2, a time of set-backs and reverses for the Desert Rats but, it is argued, the cause was not the lack of equipment or training but a lack of leadership at the highest level, particularly that of General Auchinleck, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35182

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Strawson, John,

EL ALAMEIN - Desert Victory.

Sphere Books, London, 1984, paperback, 216pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, analysis of the battle at political and strategic levels down to the personal diaries of private soldiers, a complete account of the decisive British victory, lightly rubbed at tips, creases to lower cnr. upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 24137

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: ww2 war middle east north africa western desert alamein rommel montgomery

Strawson, John,

EL ALAMEIN - Desert Victory.

Dent, London, 1981, 1st edn., 191pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and line maps/diagrams, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the background to the first major Allied victory of WW2 and an examination of the military and political benefits, with reminiscences from those British, German and Italian soldiers who took part in the Battle of El Alamein, not decisive in relation to the war itself but a turning point after months of German dominence and the recent losses in the Far East, ex public library, cocked, rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges grubby, front free endpaper removed, stamps on half title and title, etc, in a rubbed and labelled dustwrapper:, reading copy only,

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Book number: 28034

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

Strawson, John,

EL ALAMEIN - Desert Victory.

J. M.Dent, London, 1981, 1st edn., 191pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and line maps/diagrams, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the background to the first major Allied victory of WW2 and an examination of the military and political benefits, with reminiscences from those British, German and Italian soldiers who took part in the Battle of El Alamein, not decisive in relation to the war itself but a turning point after months of German dominence and the recent losses in the Far East, tanning to edges, very slight bow to boards, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips with tiny nick upper edge, repaired to reverse, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41520

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

Sydnor, Charles W., JR.,,

SOLDIERS OF DESTRUCTION - The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945.

Princeton University Press, Princeton, ND (copyright 1977), 1st edn. US, xvi, 372pp, 4 maps and 15 in text half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in metallic red and gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the SS Totenkopf Division (Death's Head), formed in October 1939 from SS elements guarding the concentration camps and from shadowy SS execution units working in Poland, both of which brought with them the brutal ethos to what became one of the most powerful and destructive SS Divisions, responsible for the massacre of 97 Norfolk Regiment prisoners at Paradis in 1940 France, resting and refitting in western France until the invasion of USSR in 1941, pulling out with 80% losses in October 1942 to France, reforming as Panzergrenadiers and helping to occupy Vichy France before returning to the Eastern front in February 1943 for the Kharkov-Kursk campaign, withdrawing via Warsaw and involved in Hitler's last-dtrch efforts to retake Budapest in 1945 before surrendering, edges tanned with a few fox marks to upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., 'V' shaped chip to head of spine cutting into author name, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39573

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Sydnor, Charles W., JR.,,

SOLDIERS OF DESTRUCTION - The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945.

Princeton University Press, Princeton, ND (copyright 1977), 1st edn. US, xvi, 372pp, 4 maps and 15 in text half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in metallic red and gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the SS Totenkopf Division (Death's Head), formed in October 1939 from SS elements guarding the concentration camps and from shadowy SS execution units working in Poland, both of which brought with them the brutal ethos to what became one of the most powerful and destructive SS Divisions, responsible for the massacre of 97 Norfolk Regiment prisoners at Paradis in 1940 France, resting and refitting in western France until the invasion of USSR in 1941, pulling out with 80% losses in October 1942 to France, reforming as Panzergrenadiers and helping to occupy Vichy France before returning to the Eastern front in February 1943 for the Kharkov-Kursk campaign, withdrawing via Warsaw and involved in Hitler's last-dtrch efforts to retake Budapest in 1945 before surrendering, edges tanned and faintly foxed, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40937

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Thompson, R. W.,

D-DAY : SPEARHEAD OF INVASION.

Macdonald, London, 1968 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, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 1', an account of the first day of the greatest sea-borne invasion of WW2, relating the preparations, the special measures employed, the defences and the invasion itself, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers and sunning to spine, small area tippex upper wrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 43858

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Keywords: war ww2 army normandy d-day invasion gold juno sword utah omaha caen liseux purnells vf44

Thompson, R. W.,

D-DAY : SPEARHEAD OF INVASION.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972 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, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', an account of the first day of the greatest sea-borne invasion of WW2, relating the preparations, the special measures employed, the defences and the invasion itself, rubbed at extrems. with some surface abrasions and flaking at spine edges, sunning to spine, good plus,

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Book number: 43859

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Thompson, R. W.,

D-DAY : SPEARHEAD OF INVASION.

Macdonald, London, 1968, 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, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No.1,' an account of the first day of the greatest sea-borne invasion of WW2, relating the preparations, the special measures employed, the defences and the invasion itself, spine sunned, near fine,

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Book number: 44949

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Keywords: war ww2 normandy d-day invasion gold juno sword utah omaha caen liseux purnells

Tute, Warren; Costello, John and Hughes, Terry (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma),

D-DAY.

Pan Books in assoc. with Sidgewick and Jackson, London, 1975, revised edition reprint, large format paperback, 256pp incl 32pp in colour, over 200 in text half tone photo ills., maps, cartoons, drawings and diagrams in text, wraparound photo pictorial wrappers, 9.5 x 7 inches, a profusely illustrated account of the major steps that led to the invasion of Normandy in WW2, the preparations and specialist equipment that was employed, with a beach by beach account of D-Day itself, lightly rubbed at tips, ownership stamp inside upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 29248

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Tute, Warren; Costello, John and Hughes, Terry (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma),

D-DAY.

Pan Books in assoc. with Sidgewick and Jackson, London, ND (circa 1979), revised edition reprint, paperback, 256pp incl 32pp in colour, over 200 half tone photo ills., maps, cartoons, drawings and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7" approx.), wraparound coloured photo pictorial wrappers, a profusely illustrated account of the major steps that led to the invasion of Normandy in WW2, the preparations and specialist equipment that was employed, with a beach by beach account of D-Day itself, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 40574

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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