Militaire

Jackets of Green. A Study of the History, Philosophy, and Character of the Rifle Brigade. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with 4 double-page coloured plates, 13 monochrome plates on 12, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original regimental green cloth with crest blocked in silver on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Turn of the Tide [with] Triumph in the West. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. SPLENDID SET IN FULL MOROCCO

2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, 9 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps in the second volume; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (red/blue respectively), sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. A SPLENDID SET. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. Enser, pp.199, 474 respectively.

The Turn of the Tide [with] Triumph in the West. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, 9 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps in the second volume, tops lightly dust-soiled; cloth (black/red respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprises: The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1957); Triumph in the West 1943-1946. Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1959). By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. Enser, pp.199, 474 respectively.

The Turn of the Tide [with] Triumph in the West. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. SIGNED PRESENTATION SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, 9 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps in the second volume; cloth (black/red respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly chafed and soiled at backstrips. A PRESENTATION SET SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE OF FIRST VOLUME. Comprises: The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1957); Triumph in the West 1943-1946. Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1959). By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, pp.199, 474 respectively.

The Illustrated London News (ILN), January (Jan.) 27, 1945 - The Great Russian Offensive / Massacred U.S. Prisoners Found Near Malmedy

Pages 85-110. Features : Cover portrait of Stalin; One-page map of the main combat areas of the great Russian Offensive on their way to the Reich; Two-page photo spread of photos of Polish and other milestone cities, mixed with photos of Russian leaders General Petrov, Marshal Rokossovsky, Marshal Koniev, Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Tolbukhin, and Marshal Malinovsky; Book review of "Things Past" by Michael Sadleir, including photo of author; Three pictures of the Russian offensive, including Marshal Rokossovsky with Marshal Zhukov, a super-heavy Josef Stalin tank fording a river, and self-propelled guns in action; Article entitled "The Winter Campaign of the Red Army"; Three photos from Belguim where Germans captured a short Allied convoy at Five Corners near Baugnez, took 150 U.S. prisoners, including Red Cross men, and machine-gunned them in a field; Two pages of great photos of the British Second Army advancing north of Sittard into the Roer Salient; Five photos of the U.S. 7th Army on the Alsace Front - Battle Scenes; Five photos from Houffalize - where two U.S. armies blunted the German salient; Excellent centerfold illustration of the making of a "Mulberry", a concrete caisson of the prefabricated harbour towed to Normandy; The Ware in Burma - six photos with General Festing's gallant 36th Division; Five photos in Burma - scenes at the capture of the Port of Akyab; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Buckston Browne, Sir Harold Burrough, FDR being sworn in, Maj.-Gen. R.N. Gale, The Earl of Gowrie, V.C., Dr. James Hall, Sir Henry Gauvain, V.A.C. Crutchley, V.C., The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their sons; Photo of the coronation of the Maharajah of Manipur; Aerial photos of bomb craters near the Mittelland Canal; Photo of mourning Belgians at Bande saying farewell to 34 young men shot in cold blood by the Germans; Photo of Captain Muller negotiating with American and French officers at St. Nazaire; Last scenes of fighting from Greece - where Archbishop is proclaimed; Two pages of illustrations of the Fleet Air Arm Squadron's Heraldic Badges; Eight photos of Australia's horrific "Dust-Bowl"; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book

The Illustrated London News (ILN), July 15, 1944 - The Liberation of Caen / Iceland Independence

Pages 57-84. Features: Cover portrait of Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky; Informative diagrams of Germany's E-Boat - a naval mosquito with torpedoes and guns; Photos of the four Cherbourg forts, situated on the outer breakwater, which were the last to surrender; Review of "Behind the Steel Wall" by Arvid Fredborg; The campaign in Italy - seven recent photos; Montgomery's Great Success - the liberation of Caen by British and Canadian Troops - four photos; Article entitled "Offensives on All Fronts"; Five aerial photos of bomb damage to Peenemunde, home of the flying bomb, attacked by the R.A.F.; Photos of German flying bombs in flight, and damage they have done; One-page illustration of R.A.F. control centre battling flying bombs; Fascinating two-page centrefold illustration shows flying bomb installations in Northern France; Three photos inside London's massive bomb shelters; Photo of Copenhagen department store ablaze, with fire-fighters held back by people who accuse the owner of collaborating with the nazis; Poland's underground army shows well-organised resistance - seven photos; Eleven photos in the wake of the Red Army's great advance - Minsk and other bastions of the shattered German lines; U.S. Troops capture Saipan Island - ten photos of the most ambitious amphibious operation yet attempted in the Pacific; Photos of personalities of the week include Major W.H. Smith, The Rev. Dr. J. Moore Ferguson, Fd.-Marshal Von Kluge, Sir Bernard Montgomery visiting the "Rodney", The Duchess of Kent with her children, Roosevelt welcoming De Gaulle to the White House, Captured German nurses in Cherbourg, Wing Commander J. Johnson, General Ivan Chernyakhovsky, and Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt; One-page illustration of airborne tug aircraft hooking to glider on the ground; Photos of underground hot water tapped by the people of Reykjavik; Iceland declares her independence - six photos; Nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book

The Illustrated London News (ILN), May 19, 1945: VE-Day Celebrations!

Pages 521-548. Features: Great cover photo of Churchill celebrating with the masses in Whitehall; Photo of Churchill celebrating with Royal Family at Buckingham Palace; Five photos of celabratory night lights on London; Photos of vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace; Two pages of photos of the King and Queen with celebrating crowds, visiting bombed sites, at Thanksgiving services and among their subjects in South London; Photos of the Royals taking carriage to St. Paul's; Page of photos of the Royal Family and other distinguished personages at the national thanksgiving in St. Paul's Cathedral; Article "Field-Marshal Montgomery as a Soldier'; Three photos of captive German cruisers at Copenhagen and two photos of the first U-Boat, U-249, arriving at Portland; Six photos of unconditional German surrender signing at Rheims; Eight photos of the last act of German surrender ratified in Berlin; Twelve joyous centrefold photos of celebrations in Holland, Denmark, Belgium, and Norway; Twelve amazing post-war photos include Soviet troops planting their flag atop the Brandenburg Gate, Former French men and women political prisoners in striped garb walking home from Berlin, Field-Marshal Montgomery being saluted by cheering Copenhagen crowds, American soldier standing beside partially completed V-2 rocket underground at Nordhausen, German prisoners (opponents of the Nazi regime) in striped garb walking to freedom, Glum crowd of German civilians in Luneburg listening to reading of terms of surrender, and an amazing photo of an American soldier of the Seventh Army walking uphill toward a burning Berchtesgaden, Hitler's Bavarian home; Photo of captured Field-Marshal Von Rundstedt and his son after their capture by the Seventh Army; Photo of the notorious Seyss-Inquart - Reichskommissar of the Netherlands during the German occupation - who was captured in Hamburg by the Royal Welch Fusiliers; Pages of photos documenting the liberation of the Channel Islands - scenes of surrender and rejoicing; Photos of personalities of the week include Princess Elizabeth talking to R.S.M. J. Baker, Charles Sweeny, A.E. Saunders, Sir Basil Brooke, Jemadar Parkash Singh, V.C., Ingleby Oddie, Count Schwerin Von Krosigk, James Doolittle, and Field-Marshal shaking hands with "Johnny" Johnson; Page of photos of prominent captured Nazis and anti-Nazis including Kurt Von Schuschnigg, M. Leon Blum and his wife, Pastor Niemoller, Field-Marshal Kesselring, and five photos of Goering, without his medals, after his personal surrender to the U.S. Seventh Army; Photo of Hamburg radio station, made famous by Lord Haw-Haw, now operated by the British - showing desk and microphone; Amazing photo of gaping hole in 15' of reinforced concrete atop submarine pen caused by 22,000lb bomb; Page of six photos of vast celebrating crowds in Paris; Page of scenes of celebration in Denmark; Page of photos of distinguished prisoners released by the U.S. Seventh Army includes M. Reynaud, Mme. Weygand, General Gamelin, M. Daladier, and General Weygand, General Bor-Komorowski and his chief of staff, General Pelczynski, The Master of Elphinstone and Lord Lascelles, Colonel De La Rocque of the Croix de Feu, M. Jean Borotra, and M. Michel Clemenceau; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book

The Illustrated London News (ILN), September (Sept.) 25, 1943 - Mediterranean Naval Heroes / The Battle of Salerno

Pages 337-364 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of Italy's Naval chief, Admiral Dzara, surrendering the Taranto fleet at Malta; Page of illustrations of Britain's powerful new 5.5 Gun-Howitzer; Full-page photo portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham; Nice photos of Mediterranean naval heroes Sir A.U. Willis, Sir Neville Syfret, Sir James Somerville, Sir Philip Vian, Sir H. Burrough and Sir Arthur L. St. G. Lyster; Great photo of the H.M.S. "Warspite's" big guns in action; Two-page illustration of Allied landings on Salerno beaches; Two pages of great photos document the Battle of Salerno - the Allies first brushes with the enemy after landing on the beaches; Two-page illustration of naval bombardment at Salerno and Eboli; Fantastic centrefold illustrations of Germany's new Tiger tank super-weapon; Photos of Important German bases seriously threatened by the Red Army - Kiev, Smolensk, and Poltava; Photos of personalities of the week include Colonel Knox and Admiral Stark, Sir Kingsley Wood, Metropolitan Sergius, Sir V.M. Grayburn, Lord Kenmare, Dame Enid Lyons, Mrs. Bernard Shaw, and Mr. Churchill with his wife and daughter Mary; Photo of signing of the Italian armistice; Photos of Mussolini after his release from his mountain hotel prison at Gran Sasso; Photos of the surrender of Italy's navy; Photo of Maltese residents surrounding the fuselage of "Faith", one of the island's three original defenders; Six photos illustrate Nazi demolition at the Hague as they fear invasion; One of the first photos of the R.A.F.'s 8000 lb bomb which is delivered by Lancaster; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWII issue. Book

The Illustrated London News (ILN), November (Nov.) 21, 1942 - Cover Photo Portrait of Lieutenant-General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Pages 561-588. Features: Three photos of the new Sherman tank which helped to smash Rommel; Two pages of photos of 'The Great Battle of Egypt" which generated 75,000 Axis casualties; Two-pages of illustrations of the work of the men of the R.A.S.C., without whom the Egyptian advance would not have been possible; Twelve photos illustrate "The Mightiest Naval Operation in History - The Allied Occupation of North Africa, Without Losing a Ship; Re-Opening the Mediterranean (article); Miscellaneous photos from the desert pursuit of Rommel; Photos of ten personalities of the week include Captain E. Rickenbacker, Rear-Admiral Daniel Callaghan, Miss Violet Vanbrugh, Henry Fox, G.C., G.M., and Charles de Gaulle addressing Free French at Albert Hall; Dramatic photos of naval action; Amazing centerfold explanatory illustration of "A Major Landing Operation as Accomplished in North Africa; Incredible photos of how Stalingrad's population lives under continues bombardment; Aerial photo of U-boat base at Lorient being bombed; Dramatic one-page aerial photos shows bombs falling toward the Lorient U-boat base; Two-page photo feature of work of the the Army Film and Photographic Service in action. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

The Illustrated London News (ILN), June 9, 1951 - Cover Photo of His Majesty King Haakon II of Norway

Pages 925 - 964. Features: Political protests in Cape Town; Photos of commemoration of "The Epic of Calais" - unveiling of the Green Jacket's War Memorial; Photos of her majesty the Queen and Princess Margaret in Northern Ireland; Neasham Belle winning photo; G. Farina wins the Ulster Trophy Race; Field Marshall Montgomery addresses units of the 16th independent Parachute Brigade Group at Aldershot; Royal visit to celebrate the centenary of Manchester University; Photos of the Festival Gardens at Battersea; General Mark Clark's Story - photo-illustrated article; Photos of the anti-communist force in Indo-China - the army and religion of "Cao Dai"; Photo of Arctic Prince winning the 1951 Derby with royalty in attendance; Centerfold illustrations deal with England's weather and the wettest February for 110 years; Soberinig photos of the National Coal Board's (NCB's) greatest mine disaster at Easington Colliery where 81 died; Samples of Victoria photos at the V.and A. Museum; Photos of Atlantic seal calves; Scenes from the Korean War including communist POWs; Photos of personalities of the week, including Presiident Truman's daughter Margaret and Captain Charles Blair after he set a new record for a flight over the North Pole; Aerial photo of the H.M.S. Theseus at sea with crew spelling out her name on the flight deck; Two Swedish warships, the cruiser Gota Lejon and the destroyer Uppland; Photos from Rome; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine

The Illustrated London News (ILN), June 7, 1952 - Cover Photo of the Queen Flyfishing in Scotland

Pages 949-992. Features: Nice colour ad for Goodyear Eagle tires inside front cover shows eagle in flight holding fish; The Australian Prime Minister in London; Full page photo of the Queen's first official birthday photo; Excellent two-page photo of the finish of the 1952 Derby, won by Tulyar; One-page photo of the first Eucharistic Congress for fourteen years as seminarists enter the Montjuich Stadium in Barcelona; General Sir John Harding; Marie Noele Kelly and her travels in the Soviet Union; Photos of impressive Moscow buildings; Two pages of photos which penetrate the darkness behind the Iron Curtain - unofficial views of Moscow and scenes in the USSR 1949-1951 taken by the wife of the then British Ambassador; Two pages of illustrations of life on the new Amsterdam-Rhine Canal; Article on the intentions of the Soviet Union; Photos of the Signing of the European Defence Community (EDC) Treaty - towards a common European Army - with photos of M. Schuman, Mr. Eden and Dr. Adenauer signing; Centerfold illustration of the Old Court of Corpus Christi College, which celebrates the sixth century of its unique foundation on 12 June; Riots in Johannesburg; Photos of the discovery of a new step pyramid at Sakkara; Photos of personalities of the week, including General Sir Ouvry L. Roberts; Photos of foundation preservation work in the canals of Venice; Nice colour ad inside back cover for Ilford Colour Film 'D" features photos from the 1951 Everest expedition led by Eric Shipton; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine

Deutsches Soldatentum in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Bearbeitet von General Vogt. Texte von: E. M. Arndt, R.A. Schröder, Th. Fontane, H. v. Kleist, Bismarck u.v.a.

Das tönende Erz : deutsche Propaganda gegen die Rote Armee im 2. Weltkrieg. Schriftenreihe der Studiengesellschaft für Zeitprobleme e.V / Militärpolitik ; Bd. 13.

Gutes Exemplar; geringe Gebrauchsspuren; Arbeitsexemplar Dr. Hansdieter Heilmann mit minimalsten Bleistift-Anstreichungen u. Beilagen. - Psychologische Kriegführung im II. Weltkrieg: ein zunehmend interessantes zeitgeschichtliches Thema. Deutschlands Propagandakrieg gegen die Rote Armee: die Tragödie der positiven und humanen deutschen Propagandapraxis im Konflikt mit den Methoden der Hitlerschen Ostpolitik. Diese erste umfassende Dokumentation ist für die Deutschen von heute nicht weniger auf-regend als für die Russen. Der programmatische Titel verdeutlicht in Anlehnung an das bekannte Pauluswort (1. Kor. 13) den Konflikt zwischen Schein und Wirklichkeit als Leitmotiv dieser hochaktuellen Untersuchung. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Einführung ----- Erster Teil ----- Aufbau und Gliederung der Wehrmachtpropaganda ----- Das "Reichsverteidigungsreferat" im Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda ----- Die "Propaganda-Einsatzstelle" ----- Die "Grundsätze für die Propaganda ----- im Kriege" ----- Grundlagen des Propagandakrieges ----- Verhältnis von Wehrmacht und Propaganda ----- Grundlagen der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Propagandaministerium und Wehrmacht im Kriege ----- Die Propagandaorganisation im Operationsgebiet des Heeres ----- Die militärische Zensur ----- Aufgaben und Stellung des Kriegsberichters ----- Die Mob-Aufstellung ----- der Propaganda-Kompanien ----- Die Eingliederung der Propaganda in die Führungsstäbe des Heeres ----- Die Abteilung für Wehrmacht-propaganda (WPr) im Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ----- Aufgaben ----- Der Führerbefehl vom 10. Februar 1941 ----- Das Ersatz- und Ausbildungswesen der Propagandatruppen ----- Zweiter Teil ----- Der Einsatz der deutschen Propaganda gegen die Sowjetunion ----- Die Vorbereitung auf das Unternehmen "Barbarossa" durch OKW/WPr ----- Täuschungsunternehmen "Seelöwe" Die OKW/WPr-Studie "Sowjetunion" Staatsgebiet und Bevölkerung ----- Die Abteilung Ost des Reichsministeriums für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda ----- Die Organisation der Abteilung Ost ----- Die Dienststelle Vineta: Propagandadienst Ostraum e. V. ----- Die Antikomintern ----- Das Deutsche Propaganda-Atelier (DPA) ----- Die Produktion von Propagandaerzeugnissen durch die Abteilung Ost ----- Leistungsergebnisse der Abteilung Ost ----- Die Propaganda-Abteilungen in den besetzten Gebieten der Sowjetunion ----- Gliederung und Aufgaben ----- Die "Weisungen für die Handhabung der Propaganda im Falle >Barbarossa<" ----- Die Propaganda-Truppen in der Bereitstellung "Barbarossa" ----- Dritter Teil ----- Die Dynamik des Erfolges: Das Jahr 1941 ----- Die ersten Flugblatteinsätze gegen die ----- Rote Armee ----- Das Flugblatt 000 111 RA ----- Themen der Flugblattpropaganda: Der "teuflische Plan" ----- "Bilder lügen nicht: Die "Anti-Greuelpropaganda" ----- Der "Wanderer zwischen zwei Welten": Die Überläufer-Propaganda ----- Die ersten Passierscheine ----- Der "Schatten Tuchat-schewskis": Die Gründe für die Niederlage der Roten Armee ----- Der "Blick über die Grenze" ----- Das "Morgenrot eines neuen Lebens": Die Stunde der Befreiung ----- Die "Ergänzenden Weisungen für die Handhabung der Propaganda gegen die Sowjetunion ----- Propaganda auf dem Prüfstand ----- Die erste "Propaganda-Großaktion" ----- Engpässe im Propaganda-Nachschub ----- (u.v.v.a.) ISBN 9783512004735

Soldados de España. El uniforme militar español desde los Reyes Católicos hasta Juan Carlos I.

Málaga (pero impreso en Oviedo, Gráficas Summa), 1978, 32 x 22,5 cm., cartoné original, decorado con dibujos en colores, 360 págs. incluso XXVI láminas a todo color con reproducciones de cientos de uniformes desde el Siglo XV hasta nuestros días. (Primera edición. Tirada limitada de ejemplares numerados).

Uniformes Militares en color de la Guerra Civil Española. Texto e ilustraciones por?

Madrid, Editorial San Martín, 1971, 19,5 x 13 cm., tela original dedicatoria manuscrita del autor, 192 págs., incluso 104 láminas en colores de uniformes y divisas militares + 1 lámina con banderas de los ejércitos.

Vor Leningrad. Kriegstagebuch Ost, 29. September 1941 - 1. September 1942.

Mit Abbildungen.

Breves nociones de geografía militar de la Península Ibérica e islas adyacentes. Por el teniente coronel de Infantería?

Barcelona, Imprenta de Gómez e Inglada, 1869, 17 x 11,5 cm., bonita encuadernación en piel chagrín con adorno geométrico en seco y ornamentación central con florón en oro, cortes dorados, 213 págs. + 1 hoja. (Encuadernación algo rozada. Ni el Catálogo Colectivo de Bibliotecas españolas ni Palau citan esta obra).

Leica Fotografie - International Magazine for 35mm Photography: 8 / 1987 - World Press Photo / John Robert Young / Erwin Lihotzky

40 pages. Text in English. Features: World Press Photo - coverage of 30 years of photojournalism; Harald Toksdorf and Friedrich Reichardt; His photojournalism on the way out?; Dr. Peter Nahke and Dr. Jochen Laum; Workshops in the USA; Sulzberger impressions - Gerhard Fellermeier; Still life experiments - tabletop; The Dragon's teeth -John Robert Young -first Western reporter to visit China's red Army; Looking around the corner with the right-angle angle finder; Erwin Lehotzky - 100th birthday Memorial; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine

Commando Tactics. The Second World War.

8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed history of British WWII commandos, both in raids and combined operations. Includes France and Norway

Alamein. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with 39 plates on 16, 3 full-page maps and a full-page table in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Published in the sixtieth anniversary year of the battle, this is the most comprehensive and detailed single-volume history to date, with a very good selection of photographs (a number of which were censored at the time). Includes details of the war correspondents (six of whom died during the campaign) who did so much to publicise 'the end of the beginning'. A valuable complement to Pitt.

The First Special Service Force (aka The Devil's Brigade): A War History of the North Americans, 1942-1944

xv, 376 pages. Color map endpapers. Generously illustrated with black and white photos. Includes eleven maps, a fifty-five page roster of former members and their hometowns, and a twelve-page list of members who lost their lives in service. Documents the history of this elite American-Canadian WWII commando unit which was famously dramatized in the 1968 motion picture "The Devil's Brigade". Somewhat above-average wear to navy blue boards. Beige evidence of moisture exposure to bottom edge of entire textblock. Binding intact. Minimal markings. A sound copy of this important history. Enser p.440, Cooke (2) p.156, Dornbusch 505. Book

Schluss mit dem Wettrüsten - Aufgabe des Wissenschaftlers.

( Exemplar Heilmann) Zerstört, besiegt, befreit : der Kampf um Berlin bis zur Kapitulation 1945. Reihe Deutsche Vergangenheit ; Bd. 7.

Exemplar aus dem Vorbesitz des libertären Dokumentaristen H.D. Heilmann mit einer Fülle an Beilagen, gelegentl. aber nur wenige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift. . - INHALT : VORWORT ---- I. BERLIN VOR DER OFFENSIVE ---- Februar: "Das wird ein Frühling ohne Ende..." ---- II. BERLIN WIRD FESTUNG ---- März: "...bis zum letzten Mann und bis zur letzten Patrone." ---- IM. BERLIN WIRD EROBERT ---- April: "Wir saßen in einem großen Massengrab." ---- IV. HOFFNUNG AUF BEFREIUNG ---- April: "Der Kanonendonner der Befreiungsarmee kam immer näher." ---- V. ENDE DER KÄMPFE ---- Mai: "...und die Hauptstadt Deutschlands erobert." ---- VI. DIE SIEGER IN DER STADT ---- Mai: "...Ich befehle." ---- VII. DAS ERGEBNIS ---- Mai: "Bleich und hungrig, krank und vom Elend gezeichnet." ---- ANHANG ---- Ortsregister ---- Sachregister ---- Personenregister ---- Literaturnachweis ---- Literaturverzeichnis. ISBN 9783887251826

A Short History of 3rd The King's Own Hussars 1685-1945.

Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 5 coloured plates, 7 sepia-tinted plates and a full-page chart in the text, small book-label on front wrapper verso; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Useful and well-illustrated account of 'The Galloping Third'. White, p.17.