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THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Guernsey Press, Channel Islands, 1981, trade paperback format, 370pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, other maps/plans in text, decorated wrappers, the Official History of the occupation years 1940-45, from the demilitarization by the British and invasion by the Germans, the landings by British agents, the coinditions under the Islanders and the Wehrmacht lived, the deportation of UK born Islanders, the fortification and eventual delayed relief when the war in Europe finally ended, lightly rubbed at extrems., some very faint ring impressions to wrappers, spine sl. sunned, very good,
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GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 9.42 | JP¥ 1389]
Keywords: war ww2 occupation channel islands home front
RISING '44 - The Battle for Warsaw.
Macmillan, London, ND (circa 2004), 2nd imp., xxvi, 752pp, 64pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tails bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a detailed narrative of the circumstances of the Warsaw uprising of August 1944, when the people of Warsaw, believing that liberation was imminent, rose against the occupying Germans only for Stalin to pause the Sovet advance, allowing the Polish resistance to be crushed, a blatantly cynical action that removed likely troublemakers from a country he never intended to liberate but was to occupy himself, and of the Allies inability to prevent it, lightly bumped lower tip lower board, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly creased at spine ends, very good plus in a near fine dustwrapper,
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GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 16.83 | JP¥ 2480]
Keywords: war ww2 poland warsaw uprising occupation resistance
SABOTAGE AND SUBVERSION - The SOE and OSS at War.
The History Press, Stroud, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 252pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of specific operations relating the work of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WW2 in their clandestine war of sabotage and mayhem in Europe, Burma and the Far East, fine,
A Book for all ReasonsProfessional sellerBook number: 41573
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 9.42 | JP¥ 1389]
Keywords: war ww2 soe oss sabotage subversion
WARSAW RISING.
Pan / Ballantine, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone ills., maps and line drawings in text, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the 'Pan / Ballantine Illustrated History of World War ll' series, an account of the August 1944 Warsaw uprising, when on the approach of the Russian liberators a popular uprising against the occupying Germans took place, only for the Russian army to stand off while the Germans crushed the revolt, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunning to spine, labels lower wrapper, near fine,
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GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 US$ 12.12 | JP¥ 1785]
Keywords: war ww2 poland warsaw ghetto occupation russia russian army liberation revolt uprising resistance vf44
BROTHERS IN ARMS.
Book Club Associates, London, 2003, club edn., paperback, xviii, 302pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, 16pp half tone photo ills., double page map in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, the story of the partisan brigade formed by three Jewish brothers in the Belorussian forest that helped more then 1200 Jews survive the Nazi persecution, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical crease in spine, small ownership label inside upper wrapper, very good plus,
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Keywords: war ww2 russia belarus partisans nazis holocaust
THE CHILDREN WHO FOUGHT HITLER - A British Outpost in Europe.
John Murray, London, 2010, trade paperback, x, 309pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, after WW1 the interest in visiting the battlefields and the necessity of maintaining the cemetaries led to a sizeable resident British community in Ypres mainly catering to the needs of the visitors. This is an account iof many of the children of these residents who attended the British Memorial School who, when they came under threat from Germany in 1940, were in a unique position to fight the invader in occupied territory, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,
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GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 13.46 | JP¥ 1984]
Keywords: war ww1 ypres ww2 belgium leper british memorial school resistance
THE SILENT WAR.
Burbridge, St. Martin's, Guernsey, 1991, reprint, paperback, 172pp, 4pp half tone ills., [iv] ads., coloured decorated upper wrapper, an account of the occupation of the Channel islands by a Guernsey journalist, a contributor also to the underground newsheet, leading to his betrayal to the Germans in 1944 and imprisonment in Germany at Frankfurt and Naumburg before liberation by the Americans, fine,
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Keywords: war ww2 guernsey channel islands occupation underground newspaper resistance frankfurt naumburg vf44
THE SILENT WAR.
New English Library, London, 1968, 1st in imprint, paperback, 172pp, 8pp mainly half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the occupation of the Channel islands by a Guernsey journalist, a contributor also to the underground newsheet, leading to his betrayal to the Germans in 1944 and imprisonment in Germany at Frankfurt and Naumburg before liberation by the Americans, slight roll to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,
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GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 7.41 | JP¥ 1091]
Keywords: war ww2 guernsey channel islands occupation underground newspaper resistance frankfurt naumburg
RESISTANCE.
Paladin / Granada, London, 1979, trade paperback, xix, 346pp, [i] ads., double page map in text, decorated wrappers, an examination of resistance to the Nazis, 1939-45, covering who the resisters were, the forms it took, the politics and technicalities, what happened country by country and the results, contains corrections to the first edition, roll and light vertical creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, spine and upper edges wrappers sunned, fox marks upper wrapper, upper edge foxed, ink line thro' price lower wrapper, edges and pages tanned, very good,
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GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 9.42 | JP¥ 1389]
Keywords: ww2 war resistance occupation sabotage mi5 mi6 intelligence
SOE - An outline history of the Special Operations Executive 1940-46.
British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1984, 1st edn., 280pp incl. 24pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, tie-in with major BBC television series on the SOE, an account of the section of the British Secret Service responsible for supporting resistance movements in occupied countries during WW2, how it was created and run, it's successes and failures, a little bumped at upper corners, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, light creasing upper corners, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 soe sabotage resistance agent espionage tv tie-in
SOE - An outline history of the Special Operations Executive 1940-46.
Mandarin, London, 1993 1st in imprint, paperback, xiv, 402pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., double page map, coloured decorated upper wrapper, tie-in with major BBC television series on the SOE, an account of the section of the British Secret Service responsible for supporting resistance movements in occupied countries during WW2, how it was created and run, it's successes and failures, faint vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,
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Keywords: war ww2 soe sabotage resistance agent espionage tv tie-in
THE SECRET WAR IN ITALY - Operation Herring and No. 1 Italian SAS.
Ian Allan, London, 2010 1st edn., trade paperback original, 288pp, 16pp coloured and half tone photo 4 in text maps, ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, secret operations on the Italian front during WW2, an account of how, backed by the Allies, the parrtisans, SAS, SOE and the American OSS were able to support the conventional forces on the ground and bring the Italian Campaign to a conclusion, including details of Operation Herring, edges tanned, near fine,
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GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 16.16 | JP¥ 2381]
Keywords: war ww2 army italy sas herring
THE NIGHT WILL END.
Coronet, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 430pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the memoirs of the French army captain who surrendered to the Germans as part of the 43rd Army Group in June, 1940, was taken prisoner but when about to be marched to Strasburg and POW camp he escaped and made his way to what became the Vichy zone, at first supporting Marshal Petain and the Vichy regime but eventually becoming disillusioned, he was one of the founding members of the major Resistance movements in France, 'Combat', as well as producing the underground newspaper 'Vérités', a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,
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GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 10.77 | JP¥ 1587]
Keywords: war ww2 france resistance occupation memoirs
MY LIFE IN GUERNSEY.
Privately published, Guernsey, ND (copyright 1999), paperback, [xii], 289pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), decorated upper wrapper, born in 1914 the author relates his life in Guernsey which includes service with the St. John Ambulance Brigade throughout the German occupation, light vertical crease to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint creasing to wrappers and cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, very good,
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Keywords: autobiography guernsey war ww2 occupation st. john ambulance brigade
MARIANNE IN CHAINS - In Search of the German Occupation 1940-45.
Macmillan, London, 2002, 1st edn., xx, 5 maps in text, 524pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, blue cloth lettered in red at spine, decorative head and tailbands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, winner of the Wolfson History Prize for 2002, based on recently released wartime archives and extensive interviews with the men and women who lived through it, an account of the German occupation of France during WW2, very slightly cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, indented scratch lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5 US$ 37.7 | JP¥ 5555]
Keywords: war ww2 france occupation
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