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 Gallienne, Osmond,, MY LIFE IN GUERNSEY.
Gallienne, Osmond,
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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Book number: 38488
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Keywords: autobiography guernsey war ww2 occupation st. john ambulance brigade

 Gildea, Robert,, MARIANNE IN CHAINS - In Search of the German Occupation 1940-45.
Gildea, Robert,
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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Book number: 39202
GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 36.31 | JP¥ 5548]
Keywords: war ww2 france occupation

 Gimpel, Erich (in collaboration with Will Berthold),, SPY FOR GERMANY.
Gimpel, Erich (in collaboration with Will Berthold),
SPY FOR GERMANY.
Panther, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, #921, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, working as a radio engineer in South America was excellent grounding for the author who was later repatriated to Germany. After formal training for Military intelligence he undertook various missions before being sent to USA to obtain information about the Manhattan Project, the development of the first atom bomb. He was betrayed, arrested and sentenced to death but was reprieved and after the end of WW2 eventually returned to Germany, slight roll and slant to spine, well rubbed at extrems., wrappers creased, edges tanned, fair,
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Book number: 42669
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Keywords: war ww2 espionage germany usa spy atomic bomb manhatten project

 Gleeson, J.,, THEY FEARED NO EVIL - The Women Agents of Britain's Secret Armies 1939-1945.
Gleeson, J.,
THEY FEARED NO EVIL - The Women Agents of Britain's Secret Armies 1939-1945.
Corgi, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 174pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the stories of thirty nine women who, between May 1941 and July 1944, were infiltrated into France by boat, parachute and airplane as members of Special Operations Executive. They came from all classes, shopgirls, nurses, housewives, etc. and acted as couriers, wireless operators and organizers, some leading resistance groups in sabotaging and other clandestine activiities, edges tanned, near fine,
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Book number: 45564
GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 38.75 US$ 41.5 | JP¥ 6340]
Keywords: war ww2 espionager esistance soe

 Griffiths, Jim (foreword by ),, A WORKER'S DAY UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION.
Griffiths, Jim (foreword by ),
A WORKER'S DAY UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION.
Liberty, London, 1942, 4th printing, paperback, 15pp, 5 in text half tone photo ills., pictorial stapled wrappers, based on official and unofficial sources an account of life under German occupation for a typical Polish family in Warsaw, lightly rubbed and soiled, tiny chip and diag. creasing lower cnr. upper wrapper, very good,
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Book number: 39985
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 12.97 | JP¥ 1981]
Keywords: war ww2 occupation poland warsaw germany vf45

 Hansson, Per (trans.from Norwegian by Maurice Michael),, THE GREATEST GAMBLE.
Hansson, Per (trans.from Norwegian by Maurice Michael),
THE GREATEST GAMBLE.
Fontana, London, 1974, revised edn., paperback, 158pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the true story of Gunvald Tomstad, a Norwegian farmer, patriot and owner of a two way radio who, with a group of friends, planned the downfall of the German invader. To this end he donned the uniform of the National Socialist party, to all outward appearances a opportunist Quisling who was then shunned by his other friends and despised by his fellow countrymen but in fact he was playing a double game, protecting his radio base so that contact could be maintained with the Allies, being above suspicion as a Nazui sympathiser, edges tanned, near fine,
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Book number: 44227
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Keywords: war ww2 norway flekkefjord

 Hansson, Per (trans.from Norwegian by Maurice Michael),, THE GREATEST GAMBLE.
Hansson, Per (trans.from Norwegian by Maurice Michael),
THE GREATEST GAMBLE.
George Allen and Unwin, Lonndon, 1967 1st edn., 180pp, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, upper edge coloured, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the true story of Gunvald Tomstad, a Norwegian farmer, patriot and owner of a two way radio who, with a group of friends, planned the downfall of the German invader. To this end he donned the uniform of the National Socialist party, to all outward appearances a opportunist Quisling who was then shunned by his other friends and despised by his fellow countrymen but in fact he was playing a double game, protecting his radio base so that contact could be maintained with the Allies, being above suspicion as a Nazi sympathiser, a little bumped at cnrs., edges a little tanned and foxed, ex-RAF Church Fenton library with stamps and label residue on front endpapers (only), dustwrapper: rubbed with slight flaking at extrems. repaired to reverse, spine sunned, very good reading copy in a good plus dustwrapper
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Book number: 44839
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Keywords: war ww2 norway flekkefjord

 Harris, Larry and Taylor, Brian,, ESCAPE TO HONOUR.
Harris, Larry and Taylor, Brian,
ESCAPE TO HONOUR.
Grafton Books, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., decorated wrappers, the story of a young German anti-Nazi, his escape from a concentration camp in 1943, his work with the French resistance and after the liberation of France, his time working for Briitish Intelligence, sl. creasing and roll to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned, edges tanned, very good,
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Book number: 41738
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Keywords: war ww2 concentration camp german resistance

 Healey, Tim,, SECRET ARMIES - Resistance Fighters in World War Two.
Healey, Tim,
SECRET ARMIES - Resistance Fighters in World War Two.
Purnell / Macdonald, 1989, paperback, 48pp, numerous col'd and half tone phot ills., maps drawings and diagrams in text, photo pictorial wrappers, large format about 12 x 8.5 inches, an account of the undercover groups who fought against the Nazis in WW2, their weapons, methods of communication, their sabotage work, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
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Book number: 41742
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 11.67 | JP¥ 1783]
Keywords: war ww2 resistance blitzkrieg occupation nazi intelligence coeds ciphers escape pows

 Hillsdon, Sonia (compiled by),, JERSEY - OCCUPATION REMEMBERED.
Hillsdon, Sonia (compiled by),
JERSEY - OCCUPATION REMEMBERED.
Jarrold, Norwich, ND (copyright 1986, paperback, 143pp, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, compiled from the personal experiences of ordinary people, an account of the daily routine of occupation of the Channel Islands during WW2, from the arrival of the Germans, the immediate restrictions, rationing, transport, the deportation of Jews and anyone British-born, the informers, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, ink name lower wrapper, very good plus,
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Book number: 42671
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Keywords: war ww2 channel islands jersey occupation

 HMSO,, ARCTIC WAR - Norway's Role on the Northern Front.
HMSO,
ARCTIC WAR - Norway's Role on the Northern Front.
HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 64pp, half tone photo ills. in text, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", account of the free Norwegians battle against the Germans in WW2, starting with the Norwegian Company in Iceland training British and American troops in Arctic warfare, the re-inforcement of Jan Mayen island to protect the weather station reporting to the British, operating their own float planes on Arctic patrol, the evacuation and then re-occupation of Spitzbergen, etc., a little rubbed at extrems., cnrs. inclined to curl, staples rusty, good plus,
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Book number: 45749
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 12.97 | JP¥ 1981]
Keywords: war ww2 norway occupation invasion resistance hmso iceland jan mayen spitzbergen weather arctic

 HMSO,, BEFORE WE GO BACK.
HMSO,
BEFORE WE GO BACK.
HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback, 64pp, half tone photo ills throughout, pictorial endpapers, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", published on behalf of the Royal Norwegian Government in exile, a pictorial record of Norway's fight against Nazism, both inside and outside the country, since April 1940lightly rubbed at spine ends, edges slightly tanned, light rusting to staples, very good,
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Book number: 45415
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 12.97 | JP¥ 1981]
Keywords: war ww2 norway occupation invasion resistance hmso

 Howarth, David,, ESCAPE ALONE (first published as We Die Alone).
Howarth, David,
ESCAPE ALONE (first published as We Die Alone).
Armada, London, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, one of a series of WW2 stories published by Armada especially abridged for younger readers, the story of Jan Baalsrud, the sole survivor of a Norwegian sabotage expedition from Shetland to Norway, who after discovery by the Germans for two months fought a desparate struggle over eighty miles of unmapped mountain peaks to reach Sweden and safety, by the author of The Shetland Bus, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good plus,
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Book number: 45569
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Keywords: war ww2 sabotage baalsrud shetland norway sweden

 Hue, André and Southby-Tailyour, Ewen,, THE NEXT MOON - The remarkable story of a British agent behind the lines in wartime France.
Hue, André and Southby-Tailyour, Ewen,
THE NEXT MOON - The remarkable story of a British agent behind the lines in wartime France.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 2006), reprint, trade paperback, xxxii, 320pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 3 in text maps, photo pictorial upper wrapper, compared by historian MRD Foot to George Millar's 'Maquis', this account is of the experiences of a young Frenchman of mixed Welsh/French parentage who was involved in minor sabotage in occupied France until old enough to be recruited for SOE, his training in England and his return to France just before the Normandy invasion to co-ordinate Resistance groups, lightly rubbed at tips, slight creasing at edges of wrappers, edges tanned, very good,
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Book number: 42672
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Keywords: war ww2 resistance france soe

 Humbert, Agnès (trans. and notes by Barbara Mellor),, RÉSISTANCE - Memoirs of Occupied France (Notre Guerre).
Humbert, Agnès (trans. and notes by Barbara Mellor),
RÉSISTANCE - Memoirs of Occupied France (Notre Guerre).
Bloomsbury, London, ND (circa 2010), reprint, xii, 372pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., cream cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, first published in French in 1946 and not in English until 2008, the author was a respected art historian at the National Museum of the Arts in Paris in 1940 and, with colleagues from the Museum of Man, helped to form one of the first organised resistance groups against the German occupation until in 1941 she and others were betrayed to the Gestapo by a Vichy infiltrator, seven of the men being subsequently shot and the women deported to Germany as slave workers, her journal of events record their indomitable spirit and sacrifice, fine in a fine dustwrapper,
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Book number: 41485
GBP 13.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 17.51 | JP¥ 2675]
Keywords: war ww2 france paris musée de l'homme national des arts occupation resistance pow

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