HMSO,

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an independent force in the Western Desert, from it's formation in September 1941 until January 1943 when it became part of the 18th Army. Comprised of units from all over the British Empire it was directly opposed by Rommell's Afrika Korps but also involved in securing Syria and Iraq against Axis control. After early success with the relief of the siege of Tobruk, Tobruk fell with the next German advance which at one stage seemed unstoppable, until Alamein and the tide turned, a little rubbed at extrems., staples replaced and binding reinforced, very good,

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Book number: 38032

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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HMSO,

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by LTA Robinson Ltd., London, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an independent force in the Western Desert, from it's formation in September 1941 until January 1943 when it became part of the 18th Army. Comprised of units from all over the British Empire it was directly opposed by Rommell's Afrika Korps but also involved in securing Syria and Iraq against Axis control. After early success with the relief of the siege of Tobruk, Tobruk fell with the next German advance which at one stage seemed unstoppable, until Alamein and the tide turned, lightly rubbed at tips, diag.crease lower wrapper, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44800

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 hmso army north africa western desert tank panzer armour tobruk sidi rezegh gazala knightsbridge sidi barrani el alamein auchinlech alexander montgomery rommel

HMSO,

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by LTA Robinson Ltd., London, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an independent force in the Western Desert, from it's formation in September 1941 until January 1943 when it became part of the 18th Army. Comprised of units from all over the British Empire it was directly opposed by Rommell's Afrika Korps but also involved in securing Syria and Iraq against Axis control. After early success with the relief of the siege of Tobruk, Tobruk fell with the next German advance which at one stage seemed unstoppable, until Alamein and the tide turned, a liitle rubbed at extrems., light surface loss at spine, pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44801

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 hmso army north africa western desert tank panzer armour tobruk sidi rezegh gazala knightsbridge sidi barrani el alamein auchinlech alexander montgomery rommel

HMSO,

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an independent force in the Western Desert, from it's formation in September 1941 until January 1943 when it became part of the 18th Army. Comprised of units from all over the British Empire it was directly opposed by Rommell's Afrika Korps but also involved in securing Syria and Iraq against Axis control. After early success with the relief of the siege of Tobruk, Tobruk fell with the next German advance which at one stage seemed unstoppable, until Alamein and the tide turned, slight roll and rubbing to spine, staples lightly rusted, light tanning to pages, very good,

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Book number: 45442

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 hmso army north africa western desert tank panzer armour tobruk sidi rezegh gazala knightsbridge sidi barrani el alamein auchinlech alexander montgomery rommell

HMSO,

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by LTA Robinson Ltd., London, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an independent force in the Western Desert, from it's formation in September 1941 until January 1943 when it became part of the 18th Army. Comprised of units from all over the British Empire it was directly opposed by Rommell's Afrika Korps but also involved in securing Syria and Iraq against Axis control. After early success with the relief of the siege of Tobruk, Tobruk fell with the next German advance which at one stage seemed unstoppable, until Alamein and the tide turned, a little rubbed at extrems.m edges rtanned, staples rusty but holsding, very good,

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Book number: 45762

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Hogg, Ian V.,

ALLIED ARMOUR OF WORLD WAR TWO.

Crowood Press, Marlboroug, 2000, 1st edn., 192pp, diagram and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a brief section on the growth of mechanization between WW1 and WW2 followed by the WW2 development of armoured weapons including tanks, self-propelled guns, armoured cars abd specialised armour of th forces of Britain, France, America and Russia, with numerous photographs and many specifications, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44142

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army tanks guns armoured cars

Hogg, Ian V.,

BARRAGE: THE GUNS IN ACTION.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, diagrams, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers in Purnell's series 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book No. 19', the author describes the use of the guns previously described in Weapons Book 11, 'The Guns 1939-45', from the birth of the modern barrage during WW1 to the administration and disposition of a British Field Regiment of WW2, with description of the campaigns in the Western Desert, the Eastern Front, Sicily and Italy, the jungle against Japan and final phases of WW2 in the cossing of the Rhine, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, price label upper wrapper, good,

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Book number: 44921

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army guns artillery creeping field regiment

Holt, Tonie and Valmai,

THE VISITOR'S GUIDE TO NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES - Memorials and Museums.

Moorland Publishing, Ashbourne, 1990, reprint, paperback, 256pp, coloured and half tone ills, maps and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a comprehensive guide to the Normandy D-Day landing beaches of 1944 with eye-witness accounts, places of interest, the museums and memorials with easy-to-follow routes and battlefield tours, with many illustrations, maps and diagrams, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 40555

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 d-day army overlord normandy sword juno gold maha utah

Horne, Alastair with Montgomery, David,

THE LONELY LEADER - MONTY 1944-1945.

Macmillan, London, 1994, 1st edn., xxvii, 381pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in white at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a re-assessment of Field Marshal Mongomery as a leader as well as a narrrative of the campaign 'froim Normandy to the Baltic', in sections based on the location of his TAC HQ as it moved across northern Europe, slightly cocked, light foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45530

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 army montgomery

Horrocks, Sir Brian with Belfield, Eversley and Essame, Major-General H. Essame,

CORPS COMMANDER.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1977, 1st edn., xvi, 256pp, half tone photo frontis portrait, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and maps, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, sign of XXX Corps in gilt upper board, pictorial montage dustwrapper, after spending 14 months recovering from being wounded in North Africa the author took command of XXX Corps in August 1944. As well as an account of the Corps through the Falaise Pocket, crossing the Seine, Arnhem (much expanded from his autobiography A Full Life), Antwerp, Geilenkirchen, Ardennes, Rhine crossing and the liberation of the Netherlands, he relates the day-to-day trials and tribulations of command, light tanning to edges and faint foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: loightly creased at extrems.sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45544

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army xxx corps market garden falaise antwerp ardennes rhine crossing

Hughes, Dr. Matthew, and Mann, Dr. Chris,

THE T-34 TANK.

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1999, 1st edn., 96pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, line drawing, coloured and half tone photo ills. in text, large format (11.5 x 8.5 inches approxz.), laminated photo pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, in the Weapons of War Series, an in-depth examination of the innovative yet simple T-34 which repesented a revolutionary leap forward in tank design and which served as the Red Army's best medium tank from 1940 throughout WW2, with details of the history and development, the variants and later specifications, with many contemporary half tone photographs and one in colour, coloured and line drawings and a list of technical specificatiobs, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41108

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army russia red soviet t-34 tank armour armor afv

Humble, Richard,

HITLER'S GENERALS.

Panther, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 173pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a study of Hitler and his generals in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of the Nazi system of command and the effect on the conduct of WW2, faint vertical crease in lightly suned spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41976

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army germany rommel kesselring guderian von rundstedt

Icks, Colonel Robert J. USAR Retired,

AFV / WEAPONS PROFILE No. 40 U.S. ARMORED CARS.

Profile Publications, Windsor, ND, paperback, 20 pages paginated 169 to 188 inc., half tone photo ills. in text, double page col'd artwork by T. Hadler, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial stapled wrappers, in the partwork Armoured Fighting Vehicles, a history and account of the development of US armoured cars and their variants, lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing to lower wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 42599

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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The Ministry of Information,

THE ARMY AT WAR ; TUNIISIA.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 60pp, maps and numerous half tone photo ills in text, oversize stapled pictorial wrappers (14 x 9.5" approx.), unattributed jornalism in tabloid format, an account of the November 1942 landings in Vichy-French occupied north-west Africa of a combined force of British and American forces under the command of General Eisenhower, and of their subsequient progress until the collapse of the Axis armies. Profusely illustrated with half tone photographs and in unusally sound condition, lightly rubbed at extrems., a few short nicks to edges, lightly tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45453

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army tunisia algieria morocco algiers mehdia fedala safi oran ain taya maison blanche caape matifou castiglione blida bir touta

Jackson, Robert,

DUNKIRK - The British Evacuation, 1940.

Cassell Military, London, 2002, reprint, trade paperback, [viii], 206pp, 8 maps, photo pictorial wrappers, a detailed account of the confusion and incompetence which lost the battle for France and the defence and holding action which permitted Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the majority of the BEF from Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, lightly rubbed at tips, several impressed marks upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 36231

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army france bef dunkirk dynamo