Macdonald, Callum,

THE KILLING OF SS OBERGRUPPENFUHRER REINHARD HEYDRICH.

The Free Press, New York, 1989, paperback, viii, 239pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [i], large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, an advance reading copy of an account of the German leader Richard Heydrich, whose brutality and commitment to Nazi principles had been rewarded with his appointment by Hitler as Reichprotektor of Czechoslovakia, of the fear and loathing with which he was regarded and the successful ex-patriot Czech mission from England to assassinate him, lightly rubbed at tips, crease in centre of spine, some faint marks in text, ills. only to photocopy standard, very good reading copy,

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Book number: 39588

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 nazi ss gestapo police czechoslavakia third reich

Macdonald, Callum,

THE LOST BATTLE : CRETE 1941.

Papermac, London, ND (circa 1996), reprint, trade paperback, xii, 350pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., in text maps, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the taking of Crete by Germany in 1941, what should have been a swift and decisive blitzkrieg resulting in large and bloody losses, especially to the German parachute troops in their first major employment, although the invasion was eventually successful despite it being the first occasion in which ULTRA played a major role in British decisions, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

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Book number: 35956

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 crete greece ultra german parachute airborne invasion

MacDonogh, Giles,

1938 - HITLER'S GAMBLE.

Constable, London, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxii inc. map, 407pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, as at 1st January 1938 Germany was led by a Nazi dominated right wing coalition with Hitler as Chancellor, army commanders were still independent, apart from the re-occupation of the Rhineland Germany's borders were those defined in the Treaty of Versailles and the Jews still held their own property. By 1st January 1939 non-Nazis had been purged from power, Hitler had assumed total control of the armed forces, Germany had occupied Austria and the German speaking areas of Czechoslovakia and the Jews had been dispossessed, beaten and many had been killed. The author descibes the full realisation of Nazi ideology and the true horror of the regime, slight roll and slant to spine with numerous light vertical creased, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges a little tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44517

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 nazi third reich anssssssschluss kristallnacht,

Macksey, Kenneth (edited by),

THE HITLER OPTIONS - Alternate Decisions of World War II.

Stoddart Publishing, Toronto, 1995, 1st edn. Canada, 224pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 12 in text maps, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, speculation by ten leading military historians, on the outcome had ten key decisions taken by Hitler been different, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35959

Catalogue: WW2 - General

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Macksey, Kenneth (edited by),

THE HITLER OPTIONS - Alternate Decisions of World War II.

Greenhill Books, London, 1995, 1st edn. UK, 224pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 12 in text maps, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, speculation by ten leading military historians, on the outcome had ten key decisions taken by Hitler been different, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, small bookseller label lower panel, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35960

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2

Macksey, Kenneth,

INVASION - The German Invasion of England July 1940.

Arms and Armour Press, London, ND (copyright 1980), 1st edn., 224pp, decorated title page, 24pp half tone photos and 8pp maps, 12 other full page maps in text, several diagrams and line ills. in text, dark blue coloured endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, publisher's price label front flap, written in the form of a campaign history, an account of what might have happened if Field Marshal Kesselring's wish that the invasion should take place soon after Dunkirk had actually taken place, slightly cocked, faintly rubbed and bumped at tips, light tanning with a few fox marks at edges, faint fox marks to final pages, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, Arms & Armour Press price label front flap, spine sl. sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32833

Catalogue: WW2 - General

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Macksey, Kenneth,

INVASION - The German Invasion of England July 1940.

Arms and Armour Press, London, ND (copyright 1980), 1st edn., 224pp, decorated title page, 24pp half tone photos and 8pp maps, 12 other full page maps in text, several diagrams and line ills. in text, dark blue coloured endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, written in the form of a campaign history, an account of what might have happened if Field Marshal Kesselring's wish that the invasion should take place soon after Dunkirk had actually taken place, slightly cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, boards slightly inclined to bow, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, spine slightly sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39214

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 german invasion

Macksey, Kenneth,

INVASION - The German Invasion of England July 1940.

Corgi Books, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 8pp half tone photo ills. and 8pp maps, facsimile of leaflet 'If the Invader Comes', numerous other maps, line ills and diagrams in text, decorated lettered upper wrapper, written in the form of a campaign history, an account of what might have happened if Field Marshal Kesselring's wish that the invasion should take place soon after Dunkirk had actually taken place, sl. roll and slant to spine with numerous light vertical creases, a little rubbed at extrems. and nick fore-edge lower wrapper, spine sunned, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 41992

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 german invasion

Maclean, Fitzroy,

EASTERN APPROACHES.

Pan, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 413pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 3 double page maps in text, [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, covering the experiences of an extraordinary man in three parts; (Part one) opening during his time in the Diplomatic Service with his journey from Paris on transfer to the British Embassy, Moscow in 1937, his travels through Central Asia, returning to London (Part two) he resigned the Foreign Office and joined the Cameron Highlanders 1939 as a Private, became Member of Parliament for Lancaster 1941, commissioned and posted Cairo, joined 1st SAS Regt. 1942 working closely with the Long Range Desert Group, promoted Captain 1942, Lt-Col 1943, (Part three) appointed by Churchill to command British Military Mission to Jugoslav partisans in the rank of Brigadier 1943-45, a little rubbed at exterms., spine sl. rolled, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44576

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: ww2 cameron highlanders egypt david stirling sas lrdg jugoslavia balkans tito partisans

Manuel, Frank E.,

SCENES FROM THE END - The Last Days of World War II in Europe.

Profile, London, 2000, 1st edn., x, 130pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, [i] half tone photo ill., maps at endpapers, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the last months of the WW2 in Europe, from the personal experiences of an American intelligence officer, from the Battle of the Bulge to the end of the war, not a first hand account of battle but a picture of the morale and behaviour of the defeated Geerman military, lightly bumped at upper tips, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43525

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 army intelligence

Manvell, Roger and Fraenkel, Heinrich,

THE JULY PLOT.

Pan Books, London, 1966, 1st in imprint, paperback, 251pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., diagram in text, [v] ads., #M145, pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the plot to kill Hitler in the map-room of the Wolf's Lair, the German Fuhrer's headquarters in Rastenburg, on 20th July, 1944, when Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb that exploded under the conference table, and of the subsequent actions of the conspirators and of the eventual arrest and execution of most of them, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44578

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 hitler plot wolf's lair july 20 stauffenberg rastenberg

Mather, Carol,

AFTERMATH OF WAR - Everyone Must Go Home.

Brassey's (UK) London, 1992, 1st edn. UK, xxviii, 278pp, in line frontis, 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, maps at endpapers, large format (9 x 6" approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured dustwrapper, an examination of the aftermath of the German surrender in wwhich the Allies had the responsibility for hundreds of thousands of refugees, prisoners of war and displaced person s, attempting to survive under conditions in a Europe occupied by US, British and Soviet forces, where the entire infrastructure had been shattered, and especially of those forced into serving in the German Armed Forces and, under the Yalta agreement, the consequences of being returned to their native homeland, often to execution, repair to short tear in one leaf (pp 191/192), dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at spine ends, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44820

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 europe waffenss cossacks yugoslavia tito soviet stalin yalta

Mayer, S. L. (ed.),

THE RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE 1917-1945.

Bison Books, London, 1989, reprint, 257pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills., drawings maps and tables in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd eps., pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (12 x 8.5 inches), the work of several authors, an account the the Russian armed forces from the birth of the Red Army in 1917 to 1945, surviving Stalin's purge of the officers in the 1930's and appalling losses against the German invader in 1941 to produce one of the most formidable war machines of WW2, with details of the Winter War against Finland and plans and accounts of the major land battles of WW2, faint foxing upper edge, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32840

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 russia red army manchuria germany barbarossa japan

Mayhew, Patrick (ed.),

ONE FAMILY'S WAR.

Hutchinson, London, 1985, 1st edn., [xii], 237pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, devising a new form of correspondence, in 1939 the Mayhew family (of Felthorpe Hall, Near Norwich) and their cousins, the Howarths (of Down House, Bromley), shared their news and received back copies of each others' letters, a system they christened 'the Budget'. Involved with all the fighting services and many of the civilian ones, this edited collection provides a unique record of their experiences and views throughout WW2, edges tanned, small ownership label front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36363

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 felthorpe norfolk bromley kent

Micallef, Joseph,

WHEN MALTA STOOD ALONE (1940-1943).

privately published, Malta, 1981, 1st edn., paperback original, [viii inc. map], 190pp, 6pp half tone photo ills., large format (8 x 5.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of the island of Malta during WW2 based on archive material recovered from the island's government sources, on contemporary Maltese newspapers and on other Maltese language sources, avoiding repeating or quoting, as far as possible, from previously published accounts, a little rubbed at extrems., light vertical crease in spine, edges tanned, ink inscr. verso half title, very good,

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Book number: 41033

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 mediterranean malta