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Fuchser, Larry W
Neville Chamberlain & Appeasement : A Study in the Politics of History
New York NY U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company Incorporated 1982. 241 pages. Study of Chamberlain's appeasement policies prior to WWII. . 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001764 ISBN : 0393016072 9780393016079
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Lewis, Adrian R.
Omaha Beach : A Flawed Victory
Chapel Hill NC U.S.A.: University of North Carolina Press 2001 2001. 381 pages including index. Illustrated by 16 Photos & Maps. "The Allied victory at Omaha Beach was a costly one. A direct infantry assault against a defense that was years in the making undertaken in daylight following a mere thirty-minute bombardment the attack had neither the advantage of tactical surprise nor that of overwhelming firepower. The American forces that landed on the beach were forced to improvise under enemy fire and although they were ultimately victorious they suffered terrible casualties. Why did the Allies embark on an attack with so many disadvantages Making extensive use of primary sources Adrian Lewis traces the development of the doctrine behind the plan for the Invasion of Normandy. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of North Carolina Press, 2001 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002883 ISBN : 080782609X 9780807826096
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Caine, Philip D
Aircraft Down! : Evading Capture in WWII Europe
Dulles VA U.S.A.: Brassey's US 1997. Book has 284 pages with some illustrations. Nice clean and tight copy! This book recounts six extraordinary evasion adventures that took place in Holland Belgium France Spain Italy Albania and Greece duri8ng World War II. In 1944 alone nearly 30000 American airmen survived bailing out of or crash landing their aircraft in Europe. First Edition. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brassey\'s (US) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000897 ISBN : 1574880861 9781574880861
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Glantz, David M
Siege of Leningrad 1941-44 The: 900 Days of Terror
London England: Brown 2001. 224 pages 120 ills 15 colour maps Hbk English text Incl. Soviet eyewitness accounts and photographs. Describes the Seige of Leningrad during World War II. The author explains how Hitler commanded his troops to seal off Leningrad then to weaken it by terror and starvation and of the Soviet's frantic efforts to keep Leningrad supplied in the face of the increasing privations. . First Edition. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002473 ISBN : 1862271240 9781862271241
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Messimer, Dwight R
In the Hands of Fate : The Story of Patrol Wing Ten
Annapolis MD U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press 1985. Book contains 350 pages with a few b&w photographic images. DJ has a 2" tear on top front which has been repaired with tape and a chip along the top front side. The story of Patrol Wing Ten the only U.S. Navy aviation unit to fight the Japanese in the early weeks of World War II is a dramatic tale of heroism duty controvery - and humor. It is filled with the daring exploits of the PBY scout-plane pilots who took on an enemy that outnumbered them nearly 1000 to one. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Naval Institute Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002175 ISBN : 0870212931 9780870212932
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Charmley, John
Chamberlain and the Lost Peace
London: Hodder & Stoughton 1989. 257pp. 15 b/w line drawings from "punch" & 3 b/w maps. Details events leading up to beginning of WWII. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002197 ISBN : 0340508531 9780340508534
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Manvell, Roger / Fraenkel, Heinrich
Dr. Goebbels. His Life and Death
New York: Simon & Schuster 1960. 306 pages/illus. Hitler's propaganda minister is revealed here as "devoted and grotesque". He helped create the Hitler persona for Germany and when the end came committed suicide with his wife after killing six of his children. The cover shows Goebbels sitting with Hitler. General wear some cover creasing. Price clipped/dj shows wear. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Simon & Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002026
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Macksey, Kenneth
Guderian - Der Panzergeneral
Dusseldorf GE: Kaiser 1976. 317pp/illus/maps. Biography of General Guderian. German text. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kaiser hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003005 ISBN : 3704230375 9783704230379
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Mollo, Andrew (Hugh Trevor-Roper, Intro)
A Pictorial History of the SS 1923-1945
New York: Stein & Day 1977. It has 192 pages with b/w photos comparative rank table personal index picture credits and bibliographical references. Chipping to DJ. 1st American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall - Folio. Stein & Day hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002715 ISBN : 0812821742 9780812821741
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Zhang, Xiaoming
Red Wings over the Yalu : China the Soviet Union and the Air War in Korea Military History Ser. 80
College Station TX U.S.A.: Texas A & M University Press 2004. 320 pp. 26 b&w photos. 4 maps. 4 appendices.Bib. Index. Developments in China's own air power were critical during thisera. Zhang offers considerable materials on the training of Chineseaviators and the Soviet role in that training on Soviet and Chineseair operations in Korea and on diplomatic exchanges over Sovietmilitary assistance to China. He probes the impact of the war onChina's conception of the role of air power arguing that it was not until the Gulf War of the early 1990s that Chinese leaders engaged in a broad reassessment of the strategy they adopted during the Korean War. Military historians and scholars interested in aviation and foreign affairs will find this volume of special interest. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Texas A & M University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 003164 ISBN : 1585443409 9781585443406
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Roskill, Stephen
Churchill and the Admirals
New York: William Morrow 1977. 351pp/illus. Contains appendix notes & sources index and illustrations. Includes sections on "First Contacts: 1911-1914"; "Return To Power And The Norwegian Campaign: 1939-1940" and "Home Waters And the Atlantic Battle: 1943-1944". . 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Morrow hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003239 ISBN : 0688033644 9780688033644
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Stanton, Shelby L
America's Tenth Legion: X Corps in Korea 1950
Novato California U.S.A.: Presidio Press 1989. 342pp/illus. The US Army's X Corps in Korea in 1950. An independent command under General Almond the controversial US General. Responsible for the victory at Inchon & nearly destroyed by the Chinese. Small crease at top of dj. Text clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presidio Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003977 ISBN : 0891412581 9780891412588
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Von Hassell, Ulrich
Vom Andern Deutschland: Aus den Nachgelassenen Tagebuchern 1938-1944
Vienna Austria: Humbolt Verlag 1948. 336pp. Ulrich von Hassell was one of the foremost leaders of the movement inside Germany to overthrow Hitler. After he was removed from his post as ambassador to Rome in 1937 for opposition to the German policy of conquest he continued to work for Hitler's overthrow in all parts of Europe concealing his activities under the guise of travelingas a lecturer on economic subjects. German text. Small piece of cover illus missing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Humbolt Verlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004233 ISBN : 3886800172 9783886800179
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Hackett, David A
The Buchenwald Report
Boulder CO: Westview Press 1997. 397pp glossary notes bibliography index rear DJ somewhat scuffed and soiled A special team of German-speaking intelligence officers from the U.S. Army was dispatched to Buchenwald the first camp to be liberated in western Germany to prepare a report to be used against the Nazis in future war crimes trials. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003494 ISBN : 0813333636 9780813333632
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Neillands, Robin
Eighth Army: the Triumphant Desert Army That Held the Axis at Bay from North Africa to the Alps 1939-45
Bergenfield New Jersey U.S.A.: Overlook Pr 2004. 388 pgs. 30 photos 4 maps 3 diagrams. History of the British 8th Army during WWII. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Overlook Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003746 ISBN : 1585675377 9781585675371
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Megargee, Geoffrey P
Inside Hitler's High Command
Lawrence Kansas U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas 2000. 327pp/illus. This book challenges the myth that German generals would have prevailed in WWII if only Hitler had not meddled in their decisions. It reveals that whilst Hitler was central to many military decisions his generals were partners in Germany's catastrophic defeat & how Germany's presumed battlefield superiority was undermined by poor strategic & operational planning at the highest levels. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ Pr of Kansas hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004306 ISBN : 0700610154 9780700610150
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Winslow, W. G
The Fleet the Gods Forgot : The U. S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II
Annapolis MD U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press 1989. 327 pages/photos and end-paper maps. The author has provided the first complete account of the brave actions of the men and ships of America's forgotten Asiatic fleet. A proud little fleet that met the Japanese head on at the outbreak of the war its officers and men knew full well they were engaged in a war they could not win. . . Captain Walter Winslow a naval aviator aboard the USS Houston is in a unique position to tell the riveting story. As an active particpant in all the major battles the fleet encountered he has an intimate understanding fo the calamities that befell it. . 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Naval Institute Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001591 ISBN : 0870211889 9780870211881
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Clark, General Mark
From the Danube to the Yalu
New York: Harper & Brothers 1954. 369 pages with several photos. General Clark's memoirs of service during the occupation of the Korean War. Light chipping to dj. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001581
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King, Ernest J. (Fleet Admiral U. S. Navy)
U. S. Navy at War 1941-1945 Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy
Washington D.C.: United States Navy Department 1946. 305 pgs. illus fold-out map Hardcover: Blue cloth binding with title in gold on frontboard and on spine. Clean endpapers. Text printed on extra-heavy stock. This is a progress report on the state of the war during the past two years. Maps. Nice tight binding. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. United States Navy Department hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003495
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Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III
Symbol Sword and Shield : Defending Washington During the Civil War
Shippensburg PA U.S.A.: White Mane Publishing Company Incorporated 1991. 305 pages/photos. Study looking at the Union defenses in Washington DC during the Civil War. Includes Appendixes listing the Forts of Washington and the 1864 Regulations Governing the Defense of Washington. Second Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White Mane Publishing Company, Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001703 ISBN : 0942597249 9780942597240
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Vat, Dan Van Der
Grand Scuttle The: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919
Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 1986. 240pp with 1 map on double page plus 8 pages with b/w photos. The German High Seas Fleet sunk on 21 June 1919 by its own hands 7 months after the armistice and the end of World War I. Clean. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Naval Institute Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004054 ISBN : 0870212257 9780870212253
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Thornton, Richard C
Odd Man Out : Truman Stalin Mao and the Origin of the Korean War
Dulles VA U.S.A.: Brassey's Incorporated 2000. 448pp. Notes Index. A political history of the contentious American-Soviet-Chinese interaction during 1949 and 1950 that precipitated the Korean War and altered the shape of global politics from then to now. Based on recently declassified and previously unavailable documents from Soviet Chinese and U.S. archives. Illustrated by Maps. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brassey\'s, Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003106 ISBN : 1574882406 9781574882407
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Stephen, Martin
Sea Battles in Close-Up World War II
Annapolis Maryland U.S.A.: Naval Inst Pr 1988. 224pp. Many ill. and battle diagrams. Battle of the River Plate Attack on Taranto Battle of Matapan Sinking of the Hood & Bismarck Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse Escpae of the Scharnhorst & Gneisenau Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway Battle of the Barents Sea Sinking of the Scharnhorst. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Naval Inst Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003795 ISBN : 0870215566 9780870215568
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Colvin, John
Giap: Volcano Under Snow
New York New York U.S.A.: Soho Pr Inc 1996. 336pp/maps. Vo Nguyen Giap is one of the great military commanders of the Twentieth Century. Victorious in battles against successively the Japanese the French and the Americans Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defence and Commander in Chief. He worked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies and the support for these under equipped forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West. Japanese occupation lasted from 1941-45 during which time Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary League for Independent Vietnam became the most powerful force in the country. Despite pressure for independence the victorious Allies of World War II restored French control thus beginning 30 years of war in Vietnam. John Colvin's biography describes the extraordinary single-mindedness with which Giap pursued victory. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soho Pr Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003514 ISBN : 1569470537 9781569470534
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Reynolds, Michael
Steel Inferno : The 1st S.S. Panzer Corps in Normandy
New York: Sarpedon 1997. 314pp/illus/maps. This superbly written new work presents a detailed study of the operations of the lst SS Panzer Corps from the Allied invasion in Normandy June 6th 1944 thru August and the end of the Falaise Gap battles. The corps consisted of the lst SS Panzer division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and the 12th SS Panzer division Hitler Jugend. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sarpedon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002471 ISBN : 1885119445 9781885119445
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Roth, John (editor); Aretha, David (editor)
The Holocaust Chronicle : A History in Words and Pictures
Lincolnwood IL U.S.A.: Publications International Limited 2001. Book has 765 pages with illustrations. Huge Heavy Book! Book has light wear to edge of DJ and bottom front corner is bumped. This chronicle written and fact-checked by top scholars recounts the long complex anguishing story of the Holocasut. The book has a 3000-item timeline which pinoints the specific deportations atrocities and important developments. Clean. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publications International, Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001240 ISBN : 0785329633 9780785329633
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Parton, James
Air Force Spoken Here: General Ira Eaker and the Command of the Air
Fairport New York U.S.A.: Adler Pub Co 1986. 557pp/illus. Biography of one of the most important figures in air warfare. Eaker built the famous Eighth Air Force from scratch and proved the effectiveness of daylight bombing in World War II. Eaker's career spanned both World Wars and the Cold War and his story sheds light on many pivotal events in U.S. air force history. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Adler Pub Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003965 ISBN : 0917561155 9780917561153
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Lucas, James
Das Reich : The Military Role of the 2nd SS Division
London: Arm and Armour Press 1991. 222pp. Photographs maps appendices bibliography index. Book about 2nd SS Panzer Division. Locale: Eastern Front; Germany; Poland; Yugoslavia World War 2 Nazis Panzer Division Third Reich Waffen SS . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arm and Armour Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002548 ISBN : 1854090674 9781854090676
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Edwards, Roger
German Airborne Troops
New York NY U.S.A.: Doubleday 1974. 160 pages with photos and maps. The Fallschirmjagers of the Third Reich were an elite whether fighting in their intended role as parachute and glider borne troops of as more usually as infantry. This book reviews their uniforms tactics organization and operations throughout the Second World War. Includes brief unit histories and biographies of key airborne leaders. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001574 ISBN : 0385042469 9780385042468
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Robuck, J. E
My Own Experience and Observation as a Soldier in the Confederate Army During the Civil War 1861-1865
Memphis TN: Burke's Book Store. 136pp. Includes an History of the Origin Rise Career and Disbanding of the Famous Klu Klux Klan or Invidsible Empire. Clean. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burke's Book Store hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003966
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Hall, Tony
March to Victory : The Final Months of WWII : From D-Day June 6 1944 to the Fall of Japan August 14 1945
New York: Crescent Books 1994. Book has 256 heavily illustrated pages. Light bit of shelfwear to edge of cover. DJ has some wear along the edge with a few small chips. This book tells the story of the last dramatic months of World War II in their entirety. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Crescent Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000303 ISBN : 0517103117 9780517103111
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Duncan, Richard R
Lee's Endangered Left: The Civil War in Western Virginia Spring of 1864
Baton Rouge Louisiana U.S.A.: Louisiana State Univ Pr 1999. 346pp/illus/maps. An absorbing chronicle of Grant's western Virginia campaign. In the spring of 1864 Ulysses S. Grant as general-in-chief of the Union armies devised a plan to bring down the Confederacy. Grant aimed to destroy Lee's supply source for his Army of Northern Virginia in western Virginia and to use military activity there as an extended turning movement to threaten Lee from the west. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Louisiana State Univ Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003399 ISBN : 0807122912 9780807122914
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Rohmer, Richard
Patton's Gap: Mustangs over Normandy
Niagara Falls New York U.S.A.: Stoddart Pub 1998. 240pp/illus/map. Drawing on his own experiences as a reconnaissance pilot over Normandy as well as his years as a military commander and analyst Rohner follows many of the events leading up to the creation and resolution of the critical Falaise Gap. Alternately detailed analytic and damning candid humorous and always meticulously researched Patton's Gap presents a controversial conclusion to the Battle of Normandy by one who saw the Falaise Gap at first hand. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stoddart Pub hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003279 ISBN : 0773731180 9780773731189
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Harris, Brayton
Black & Gray in Black & White: Newspapers of the American Civil War
Dulles VA U.S.A.: Brassey's Incorporated 1999. 365 pages with several illustrations. Account of the techniques tactics and personalities of newspaper reporting during the Civil War. Tear on back of dj taped. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brassey\'s, Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001411 ISBN : 1574881655 9781574881653
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Cozzens, Peter
The Shipwreck of Their Hopes : The Battles for Chattanooga Civil War Trilogy Ser.
Champaign IL U.S.A.: University of Illinois Press 1994. 515 pages with several maps and illustrations. History of the Battles around Cattanooga Tn during the fall of 1863. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Rocco Keith illustrator. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of Illinois Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001520 ISBN : 0252019229 9780252019227
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Heinrich, Graf Von Einsiedel and Pomerans, Arnold J. (trans)
The Onslaught : The German Drive to Stalingrad
New York NY U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company Incorporated 1985. 192pp. Illustrated with 167 photographs mainly in colour and 3 maps. Colour photographs of the Eastern Front during the Second World War are rare and those that have escaped censorship much rarer. The uncensored photographs in this book are culled from the private collections of three German soldiers of the 6th Army taken as a personal record of this grim and extrordinary campaign thorugh southern Russia. Here is the face of was never seen before a reality more haunting and convincing than that depicted in countless official black and white photographs. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002515 ISBN : 039301939X 9780393019391
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Murray, Williamson
Strategy for Defeat : The Luftwaffe 1933-1945
Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books 1986. Book has 256 heavily illustrated pages. Light wear/wrinkling to edge of dj. An authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the defeat of the Luftwaffe in World War II. The author examines key decisions made during the war in the light of attitudes prevailing before the outbreak of hostilities and identifies the failure of senior Luftwaffe commanders to define adequately their long term strategy and poor planning as tow of the main reasons for defeat. Profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs and new artwork. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Chartwell Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002620 ISBN : 1555210872 9781555210878
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Goldstein, Donald M.; Prange, Gordon W.; Dillon, Katherine V
The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans
McLean Virginia U.S.A.: Brassey's 1993. 384pp. maps index Original Japanese documents relating to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Inc. battle group histories private diaries & letters & a full-colour reproduction of the map drawn by the attacks lead pilot. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brassey's hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003679 ISBN : 0028810015 9780028810010
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Sydnor, Jr, Charles W
Soldiers of Destruction: the SS Death's Head Division 1933-1945
Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1990. 375pp bibliography index 15 illustrations and 4 maps. Includes sections on "The Prewar System: The Development Of The Concentration Camp System And The SS Totenkopfverbnde"; "Growing Pains: December 1939-May 1940"; and "The Soviet Counteroffensive: Encirclement In The Demyansk Pocket Jan uary-October 1942". . 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003114 ISBN : 1568658346 9781568658346
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Seymour, Charles
The Intimate Papers of Colonel House - Volume I Arranged as a Narrative
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1926. Book has 471 pages with a few illustrations. "Letters from Wilson to House." A tear on the tissue covering the frontis photograph. Book store stamp inside front cover. Light wear to edge of cover. Vol 1 only. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001262
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British Air Ministry Staff
The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force
New York NY U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press 1983. Xxi 425 pp. numerous photo-ills. diagrams portraits & maps. D.j. 25 x 15.5cm. FINE. Originally published in 1948 this was the first attempt by the Air Ministry to relate the operational history of the German Air Force during World War II. 1st American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. St. Martin\'s Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002657 ISBN : 0312683693 9780312683696
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McKee, Alexander
Dresden Nineteen Forty-Five : The Devil's Tinderbox
New York NY U.S.A.: Penguin Group USA Incorporated 1984. 334pp. b/w pls. ep maps bibliog. index Story of the Great Firestorm raids by the allied Bomber forces in 1945. Author is generous in his praise of David Irving's earlier work on the same subject but feels that if anything Irving had failed to bring out the full horror of the Raids. . 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003217 ISBN : 0525242627 9780525242628
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Higgins, Trumbell
Winston Churchill and the Dardanelles: A Dialogue in Ends and Means
New York: MacMillan 1963. 308 pages/photos end-paper maps. full-length study of the disastrous British-led World War I campaign against the Turks at the Dardanelles in 1915. Primarily utilizing troops from Australia and New Zealand the amphibious assault was conceived and championed by Winston Churchill who was then First Lord of the Admiralty; however after months of bitter and inconclusive fighting with many casualties the allied forces ignominiously withdrew from the peninsula. Citing a rich variety of well-placed first-hand sources DJ has light chipping. Book has pencil underlining throughout. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001629
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Hermes, Walter G
Truce Tent and Fighting Front: United States Army in the Korean War
Washington DC: Office of the Chief of Military History 1977. 571 pages with 10 fold-out maps in the rear. Official History of the US Army operations in Korea covering the stalemate from late 1951 to July 1953. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Office of the Chief of Military History hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000425
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Piekalkiewicz, Janusz; Nierhaus, Michaela (translator)
Operation Citadel : Kursk and Orel the Greatest Tank Battle of the Second World War
Novato CA: Presidio 1987. 288 pages with 100s of photos about this series of battles on the eastern front in world war 2 the greatest tank battles of all time. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presidio hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003461 ISBN : 0891412549 9780891412540
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Rees, Lawrence
War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin
New York New York U.S.A.: New Pr 2000. 255 pages illustrated with contempory black & white photographs. Several color maps. Explores in detail the reasons why Hitler invaded Russia and its consequences. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003772 ISBN : 1565845994 9781565845992
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Weitz, John
Hitler's Diplomat : The Life & Times of Joachim von Ribbentrop
New York NY U.S.A.: Ticknor & Fields 1992. Book has 376 pages with a few illustrations. DJ has light wear to edge. The first full length English language biography of Joachim von Ribbentrop Adolf Hitler's notorious foreign minister is also an authoritative account of the social and political workings of Nazi Germany. . Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ticknor & Fields hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000294 ISBN : 0395621526 9780395621523
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Krick, Robert E. L
Staff Officers in Gray: A Biographical Register of the Staff Officers in the Army of Northern Virginia
Chapel Hill North Carolina U.S.A.: Univ of North Carolina Pr 2003. 360 pages 50 illustrations 7 tables This Civil War reference profiles 2300 staff officers in Robert E. Lee's famous Army of Northern Virginia. These men - ordnance officers engineers aides-de-camp and quartermasters - worked at the side of many great Confederate figures. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of North Carolina Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003713 ISBN : 0807827886 9780807827888
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Deutsch, Harold and Dennis Showalter
What If: Strategic Alternatives of WWII
Havertown Pennsylvania U.S.A.: The Emperor's Press 1997. 272pp/maps. This book has contributions from 19 of today's top military historians which include D'Este Glantz Dunn Clayton James Nalty Newman Overy Showalter Weinberg and many more. Experts suggest what might have happened if various events in World War II had gone differently from the Munich crisis to the atomic bomb including Hitler's declaration of war on the United States and the D-Day landings. Each contribute several articles of 50-60 pages of What If's of WW II discussing what might have happened if certain decisions had been different. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Emperor\'s Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003281 ISBN : 1883476070 9781883476076
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Middlebrook, Martin
The Battle of Hamburg: Allied Bomber Forces Against a German City in 1943
London: Allen Lane Penguin Books 1969. 424 pages with several photos and maps. Story of the virtual destruction of Hamburg in 1943 by Allied bombings. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Allen Lane Penguin Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001417 ISBN : 0713910747 9780713910742
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