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8th May, 2020


 

DANGER FORWARD: THE STORY OF
                                                     THE FIRST DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II

by H. R. Knickerbocker et al. Introduction by Hanson Baldwin 
 






Re-published by the Battery Press from the original 1947 Society of the First Division edition, this is a collection of accounts of ten campaigns of the US Army First Division written by distinguished writers. The book, attempts primarily to recount the story of where the First Division went and what it did. It is a story written by recognized masters of the art of military story telling, comprising ten long chapters titled "As I saw It" which cover the following: 1 Algeria. 2 Tunisia. 3 Sicily. 4 Normandy. 5 St. Lo and Mortain. 6 Mons and Aachen. 7 Hurtgen Forest. 8 The Ardennes. 9 Bonn and Remagen. 10 The last Kilometer. There is also a photographic section at the back of the book featuring 114 black and white images.

Very good in beige boards with green & red cover & spine titling - large format, 477pp, 114 b/w photos, numerous maps

Battery Press, 1980
ISBN 0898390338

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Web No.
11383-01

£40.00

 


 

39-45: HISTOIRE D'UN MONDE EN GUERRE

by Claude Quetel
 

A History of a World at War. A living encyclopedia on The Second World War, through 40 milestones, from its origins in 1933, to the beginning of the Cold War in 1949. The book focuses on the main actors and witnesses the daily life of civilians and soldiers through 1,000 colour and black and white photographs, maps, artwork and illustrations. Although the book is new, several pages suffer from a printing register fault, though they are perfectly readable.

French text.


New in illustrated boards - Large Format, 528pp, c1000 colour & b/w illustrations

Larouse, France, 2015
ISBN 9782035923523

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Web No.
37374-01

£20.00

 


 

TRUE MEN AND TRAITORS: FROM THE OSS TO THE CIA

by David Doyle

Born in the UK the author did not set foot in America until he was 21. He served in both the British and US armies before being recruited into the OSS to see action in France, Belgium and Germany during World War II. When the CIA was created in 1947 he joined what was to be the Clandestine service undertaking operations in post colonial Africa and the Far East. These memoirs not only recount his wartime services but also his unique experiences running CIA stations in Congo, Senegal and Burundi in the 1960s. U.S. edition published in the UK as 'Inside Espionage'.


Fine in d/w -  280pp, 11 b/w photos


John Wiley, 2001

ISBN 0471416088 

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Web No.
34575-03

£8.00

 


THE ROYAL SCOTS 1914 - 1919

by Michael C. Bishop

A History of thirty four battalions of the Regiment, essentially the fifteen front line battalions. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1st Foot, is a Lowland regiment, the oldest regiment of the line in the British Army, and as if to emphasize that fact its nickname is "Pontius Pilate’s Bodyguard". In 1914 it consisted of two regular, one reserve and seven territorial battalions. The book is arranged on a chronological basis with each chapter covering a specific period of time, whether on the Western Front any other front where the Regiment fought.

Facsimile reprint of 1925 edition.
Two volume set



New in card cover - Vol I xxxii +434pp.
Vol II xii + 391p

Naval & Military Press, 2002
 ISBN 9781843423584
 
 

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Web No.
17913-03

£30.00


 

OPERATION BAGRATION

by Ian Baxter 



A comprehensive photo-history of the destruction of Army Group Centre, June - July, 1944. The German defeat set the scene for the Red Army's determined drive into Poland to the Vistula River barrier. The annihilation of Army Group Centre was, without doubt, the greatest defeat inflicted on the German Army during World War II.

As new in plastic sleeved boards -
Large format, 126pp, c300 b/w photos

Helion, 2007
ISBN 9781906033095 

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Web No.
35906-01

£16.00

  



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 The Editor's Choice:


THE END OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARMY: VOLUME II

by Alan K. Wildman


Web No.
18344-01

£60.00


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