Militaire

Tug of War: The Allied Victory That Opened Antwerp

470 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Author interviewed 150 men who fought alongside him on the Dutch polders. Their revelations are frank and disturbing... This important true story of nineteen- and twenty-year-old soldiers, many of whom died misereably on the sodden polders of Zeeland, deserves to be read again and again." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality. Book

Tug of War - The Canadian Victory That Opened Antwerp

461 pages. Footnotes. Index. Map endpapers. "Meticulously researched in Europe, Great Britain and Canada, and presenting unpublished papers, some of which have come to light for the first time, this work does not tread lightly on accepted notions of military historians. For the youths of nineteen and twenty who died miserably on the sodden polders of Zeeland, this is their story, and that of the larger events surrounding them." - from dust jacket. Engineer's stamp upon verso of front free endpaper and inside front board. Spine leaning. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Average wear to book. A worthy copy of this informative work. Book

Dieppe. Tragedy to Triumph. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with 41 plates on 16 and 5 maps (several full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With two relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The landings at Dieppe (Operation JUBILEE) remain one of the most controversial operations of WWII and a landmark both in Canadian military history and in the development of amphibious warfare. This important modern reassessment incorporates much first-hand material and some recently declassified official records. Whitaker was awarded the DSO as an infantry captain during the action.

The Nemesis of Power. The German Army in Politics 1918-1945. BRIGHT WORKING COPY

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, upper hinge cracked (but binding still sound), a good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper only. Enser, p.186.

The German Army In the West

x, 222 pages. Index. Black and white maps and photographic plates. First published in German in 1950 as 'Heer in Fesseln'. Author was sometime Chief of Staff to Rommel in North Africa, Kesselring in Italy, and Rundstedt in France. "Shows the English reader the western campaigns of WWII through German eyes - eyes that were as well placed to observe the manoeuvring behind the scenes as to watch the deployment of troops in the field. The author's qualifications for such a task cannot be challenged, and are unmatched by any contemporary German military writer." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date inside front board. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Moisture exposure to lower corner of back board and dust jacket. Not pretty but a sound reading copy of this informative work. Book

Redan Ridge: the Last Stand. The Account of Men formerly of the Herefordshire Regiment and their Part in the Battle of the Somme.

8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; riginal pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. In September 1916 over 200 men of the Herefordshrie Regiment were transferred to 11 Border Regiment to make up for losses on the Somme. Fify-four died at Redan Ridge. Sutcliffe, p. 214.

Surgeon with the Kaiser's Army. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

8vo., First Edition; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.156.

British Battalions on the Western Front, January-June 1915. Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Aubers Ridge and Festubert. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with 31 portraits on 8 plates and 18 maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fourth of the author's invaluable histories of British battalion deployment in WWI.

British Regiments at Gallipoli. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. This valuable reference details every British infantry and yeomanry unit engaged at Gallipoli.

English and Welsh Infantry Regiments. An Illustrated Record of Service. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

The Territorial Battalions. A Pictorial History 1859-1985. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Territorials 1908-1914. A Guide for Military and Family Historians. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Briefe eines deutschen Kampffliegers an ein junges Mädchen.

THE ROMAN MILITARY DEFENCE OF THE BRITISH PROVINCE IN ITS LATER PHASES

Creasing to bottom portion of spine. Minor shelfwear. Light creasing to wraps. ; B. A. R. - British Archaeological Reports. British Series 101; 311 pages; Contents: Roman Frontier Development; Third Century; Archaeological Evidence for the History of Forts in the Later Third Century; Forts without Angle-Towers, Artillery and the Provision of Projecting towers; Britain under Constantius Chlorus, AD 296-306; AD 367, The 'Barbarica Conspiratio' and Count Theodosius; Last Four Decades of Military occupation; notitia Dignitatum; Function of Towns in the Military Defence of the British Diocese; Evidence for the Presence of Laeti and Foederati in Later Roman Britain; Appendixes: Chronology of the Stone Forts and Vici at Chesterholm; A note on Pottery Supplies to Northern Military Sites in the Fourth Century.

THE ROMAN MILITARY DEFENCE OF THE BRITISH PROVINCE IN ITS LATER PHASES

Creasing to bottom portion of spine. Light creasing to wraps. Top corner bumped. Small stains to front wrap. Former owner's initials on ffep. Spine slightly browned. ; B. A. R. - British Archaeological Reports. British Series 101; 311 pages; Contents: Roman Frontier Development; Third Century; Archaeological Evidence for the History of Forts in the Later Third Century; Forts without Angle-Towers, Artillery and the Provision of Projecting towers; Britain under Constantius Chlorus, AD 296-306; AD 367, The 'Barbarica Conspiratio' and Count Theodosius; Last Four Decades of Military occupation; notitia Dignitatum; Function of Towns in the Military Defence of the British Diocese; Evidence for the Presence of Laeti and Foederati in Later Roman Britain; Appendixes: Chronology of the Stone Forts and Vici at Chesterholm; A note on Pottery Supplies to Northern Military Sites in the Fourth Century.

THE ROMAN MILITARY DEFENCE OF THE BRITISH PROVINCE IN ITS LATER PHASES

Bump to spine ends and top corner of book. Light creasing to wraps. Spine slightly browned. Small tear to base of spine cloth (3 cm) . ; B. A. R. - British Archaeological Reports. British Series 101; 311 pages; Contents: Roman Frontier Development; Third Century; Archaeological Evidence for the History of Forts in the Later Third Century; Forts without Angle-Towers, Artillery and the Provision of Projecting towers; Britain under Constantius Chlorus, AD 296-306; AD 367, The 'Barbarica Conspiratio' and Count Theodosius; Last Four Decades of Military occupation; notitia Dignitatum; Function of Towns in the Military Defence of the British Diocese; Evidence for the Presence of Laeti and Foederati in Later Roman Britain; Appendixes: Chronology of the Stone Forts and Vici at Chesterholm; A note on Pottery Supplies to Northern Military Sites in the Fourth Century.

Einführung in die Militärstrafgerichtsordnung vom 1. Dezember 1898 - Systematische Darstellung der Militärgerichtsverfassung des Militärstrafverfahrens unter Berücksichtigung der Ausführungsbestimmungen.

The Arrow: Series 77, Model 2

Features: photos of the PAS mid-winter Board of Directors; Great photo inside front cover shows many Pierce-Arrow army trucks in Buffalo prior to shipment to World War I; One of a Kind - photos of a regal town car prior to and after restoration; The Big Car, by John M. Powers - fond memories of a giant Pierce-Arrow touring car written by a PAS member in 1934; reproduction of the entire August 1958 12-page "The Arrow", the first issue of this publication - very informative - includes a textual/chronological description of the evolution of the Pierce-Arrow Car; Selling the '66' - reproduction of article from the Feb. 1916 issue of 'The Pierce-Arrow Salesman', plus other articles from other issues of that publication; Great reproduction of a four-page folder which describes the 1923-1924 Model RE (of which 270 were built) Pierce-Arrow Truck and the Model RF (of which 405 were produced); Back cover features reproduction of a Pierce-Arrow ad which features dancing nymphs in countryside. Average wear and soiling. Bit of writing in upper corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book

Eine Welt in Waffen. Die globale Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs. [Aus dem Amerikanischen übertragen von Helmut Dierlamm, Karlheinz Dürr und Klaus Fritz].

Der Rächer. Kampfblatt einer Armee im Osten. 256 Nn. / Freitag, den 27. April 1945. Frontnachrichten der Propaganda-Kompanie "Eichkater". Tod dem Bolschewismus! Alles für Deutschland!

(ca. 31,5 x 23 cm). 2 S. (Fraktur). Original-Zeitung im kleinen Format, beidseitig bedruckt, mit Titel im oberen Bereich. Papier gebräunt und gefaltet, sonst wohlerhalten. Altersentsprechend guter Zustand. Sehr interessante Zeitung aus den letzten Tagen des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Aus dem Inhalt: Sowjets bei Fehrbellin geworfen / Die Schicksalsfrage / Eine Stunde mit kampfbewährten Hitlerjungen / Dem "Stalin"-Panzer überlegen / Das Bollwerk der Sechzehnjährigen / Triumph der Beharrlichkeit. Die Zeitung für die Soldaten der Wehrmacht und weitere versuchte auch in der aussichtslosesten Situation - wenige Tage vor dem Suizid Hitlers und der folgenden Kapitulation - noch zu mobilisieren. Die Rede ist hier überall von Entschlossenheit zum Kampf und von vorgeblich neuen Erfolgen in der Abwehr des Feindes. Über solche tendenziösen Meldungen geht der Text "Die Schicksalsfrage" noch hinaus. Dieser berührt sehr gut den gesteigerten Fatalismus bei Teilen der hitlertreuen deutschen Bevölkerung in den letzten Kriegsmonaten. Es heißt hier: 'Die Sirenenklänge des Agitationsjuden, wie: "es würde schon nicht so schlimm werden", wenn Deutschland die Waffen niederlegte, oder: es handele sich ja nur um einen "Krieg gegen die Nazis", verfangen schon längst nicht mehr bei dem deutschen Volk Adolf Hitlers. Auf der anderen Seite ist man ja im Gegnerlager unvorsichtig genug gewesen, besonders im letzten Jahr, die Katze vorzeitig aus dem Sack zu lassen. Sie haben ja oft und zynisch offen genug in die Welt hinausposaunt, was sie mit uns, dem deutschen Volk, im Falle eines Sieges der Alliierten - lies Weltjuden - vorhaben. Angefangen mit den hysterischen Entmannungs- und Sterilisationsplänen des Juden Kaufmann aus Neuyork, über die bolschewistischen Sibiriendeportationspläne, bis zu den Absichten, aus Deutschland eine ewige Wüste zu machen [...]." Auch ein Zeugnis des propagandistischen Eifers bis zum letzten Moment ist der kleinere Schlusstext "Triumph der Beharrlichkeit". Hier wird eingangs auf ein Zitat Friedrichs den Großen im Siebenjährigen Krieg referiert: '"Deutschland befindet sich zur Stunde in einer furchtbaren Krisis. Mir ward die Aufgabe zuteil, ganz allein für seine Freiheiten, seine Rechte und seine Religion einzustehen [...]"'. Später heißt es dann: "Was für die preußische Geschichte gegolten hat, gilt heute für die des Großdeutschen Reiches. Auch damals stand der Feind tief im Land und verwüstete Städte und Dörfer, auch jener Krieg kostete Blut und Opfer, brachte Tränen und Verzweiflung. Ueber allem aber triumphierte schließlich eine durch nichts zu erschütternde Beharrlichkeit. So und nich' anders ist es auch heute! / Daran wollen wir denken / Danach wollen wir handeln!". Auf die Propaganda-Kompanie "Eichkater" geht die Zeitung "Frontnachrichten" der Kriegsjahre zuvor zurück. Hier handelt es sich um eine Zeitung der Kompanie aus den letzten Kriegstagen. Ob diese Zeitung in weiteren Ausgaben bis Kriegsende erschien scheint fraglich. Es handelt sich nach unseren Recherchen um eine mehr als seltene Publikation der letzten Kriegstage, welche auch in Archiven so gut wie unauffindbar scheint. Äußerst seltene Archivalie und historisches Dokument aus letzten Tagen des NS-Staats!

Men Against Tanks: History of Anti-tank Warfare

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to top of spine and very slight sunning to upper edge. 192pp. Anti-tank warfare only began in 1917 and this study follows the events and techniques from there up to the war in Vietnam.

Der 30jährige Krieg. Aus dem Englischen von A.G. Girschick.

ROME AGAINST CARATACUS The Roman Campaigns in Britain, AD 48-58

Pages beginning to brown. 1 corner bumped. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 181pp, illustrated. ; 181 pages

The Roman army : an illustrated study

1st edition. VG pbk. 16992. eng