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8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps in the text, and endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo. First Edition thus with illustrated title-spread very numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
318 pages. Maps. Black and white photographic plates. First English edition of the German version first printed in 1998. "A detailed and brutal account of fighting in Stalingrad and the frozen retreat of the German army. A true 'warts and all' account of life for this machine-gunner within a unit under constant attack and without adequate equipment or leadership." - from dust jacket. Trifle of writing atop front free endpaper. Couple of coffe drops to bottom edge. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded at head and tail else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.134.
2 vols., First Editions, with 32 plates on 16, and 52 double- and full-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol. I: The Long Drive East, 22 June 1941 to 18 November 1942; Vol. II: The Defeat of Germany, 19 November 1942 to 15 May 1945. The war on the Eastern European Front was the largest conflict the world has ever seen. Taylor provides a detailed narrative chronology, detailing the development of the numerous campaigns on an almost day-by-day basis. A valuable addition to the literature of 'Barbarossa', with bibliography, and indexes of places and people.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 38 plates on 24, full-page maps in the text and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, very lightly age-marked dustwrapper. Generally recognised as the best single-volume account of the siege and liberation. THE UK EDITION IS FAR SCARCER THAN ITS US COUNTERPART. Enser, p.411.
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs and 5 maps; pictorial boards, black buckram back blocked and lettered in red, red endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Critically acclaimed study, with much vernacular material, of one of the most strategically important battles in history. THE FIRST EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
28 pages. Features: Front cover photos of Churchill dropping in on the Eighth Army; Photos of British troops practising street-fighting tactics; Last Days at Stalingrad - the most catastrophic deteat inflicted on the German Army since 1918 - dramatic photos of Field-Marshal Paulus and more; Russian Pressure Maintained - article by Cyril Falls; The End of Italy's Empire - Closing Scenes in the Desert War; Employing Repaired Enemy Planes - the "Union Jack" in Tripoli; From Turkey to Downing Street - photos of Mr. Churchill's homeward journey; Photos of Churchill reviewing the victorious Eighth Army in Tripoli; Tunisia - photos presenting the German point of view; Pull-page photo portrait of Joseph Stalin - Commander-In-Chief of the Red Army - "A Great Warrior, a name which will live long and will be the most loved in the history of the Russian people"; Centerfold illustration of the magnificent painted hall of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, drawn by Sir Muirhead Bone; The Gobi Desert - article by Mildred Cable and Francesca French; News photos from around the world, including one of Bonnier de la Chapelle who killed Admiral Darlan at Algiers; Illustrations describing the deadly menace of the U-Boat - the power and possibilities of Germany's Underwater Wolves; Illustrations showing the first use of aircraft in war - bombs and leaflets; The new Whipple Comet; Funeral of Flight-Sergeant Middleton V.C.; Before and after photos of the destroyed German city of Mainz; Banana gifts for children in hospital; Photos of personalities in the news, including Queen Farida of Egypt with her daughter, Hitler receiving Marshal Antonescu, and Hitler examing a wall-mounted map of the eastern front with a magnifying glass; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Roosevelt and Churchill seated together at Casablanca attending what was later described by the President the "Unconditional Surrender" meeting; Chiefs of Staff at Casablanca Conference discuss problems while the President and Prime Minister decide 1943 Strategy - 12 photos with captions; Amazing aerial photo of an airfield literally plowed up by the enemy in the Middle East; Two Great Soviet Deeds - Leningrad Relieved and Stalingrad Cleared - five photos; Personalities and Recent Events; Closing Up in Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; Six-photo feature on "A Weapon Which Has Come to the Fore in This War - The Land Mine"; The Ears of the Army - Seven Photos of "Signals" Laying Cables in Forward Areas; Photos of General Alexander, Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Forces; Photos of - "the Regent of Iraq and the little boy-King Feisal II inspecting a guard of honour at Baghdad Airport, Commander F.A. Worsley, His Highness the Maharajah of Kikanir, Viscount Maitland - son of the Earl of Lauderdale - K.I.A., Haile Selassie; Photo of Roosevelt in Jeep with President Vargas of Brazil; Large photo of Churchill and President Inonu of Turkey conferring during their rail-coach discussions; Centerfold map of Northern Tunisia - the Terrain and Communications where the Axis is faced by three Allied Armies and Montgomery's Advance from the South; Two-pages of illustrations related to "The Problem of the U-Boat Menace - the Case for and Against building Faster Cargo-ships capable of 15 knots as against the present average of about 11 knots; A page of great miscellaneous war photos; Stone Column unveiled in Belfast to Commenorate First Landing of U.S. Forces; The Massacre of the Innocents - the Burial of Lewisham's Child Victims; The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria - article by S.F. Nadel; Full-page photo of a ghostlike member of the Archconfraternity of Mercy collecting money in the street prior to an execution in Malta; Malta's Ordeal - a fine tribute paid by the screen to the men and women of the George Cross Island - twelve photos; The Troglodyte Dwellings of Southern Tunisia - Matmata - Underground town near the Mareth Line - ten photos; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of the ice-covered deck of the H.M.S. "Vansittart"; Great full-age photo of Brigadier K. Pierce Smith taking the salute as a long line of British troops start their maneuvres in Malta; Striking with Success at Enemy Shipping in the Mediterranean - The Fleet Air Arm in Malta - 12 photos; The German Attack in Central Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; Two large photos of the new German Mark VI Tank - the Tiger in Tunisia; Stalingrad Aftermath - Victory Scenes from a Gallant City - five photos including Field Marshal Paulus and General Von Daniels; Illustrations and texts describing a German Night-Fighter Control Room, as described by the Enemy; Facsimiles of Churchill's directive to General Alexander re: destroying Rommel's army, and Alexander's message advising Churchill of the completion of said mission; Photo of Sir Stafford Cripps visiting Miss Joan Hughes, an A.T.A. instructor; General interest news photos including the King visiting his army in Scotland, a demonstration of a new military raft in Northern Ireland, two sons of the Sultan of Morocco aboard a U.S. Army tank; Air Vice-Marshal Broadhurst, Captain R.St. Vincent Sherbrooke, the Arctic V.C., Air Chief-Marshal Sir Charles Portal in Malta; Centerfold illustration of "Tarzan" Troops - Commandos in training crossing a river by rope; 10,000 Tons of Bombs Dropped on Axis Europe in February - with five aerial photos; Photos of personalities in the news; Identifying Real German Planes; Photos of tank crews training indoors; Food Yeast - its discovery may revolutionize the health of nations - with eight photos; From Dockside to Battlefront - how tanks and trucks are unshipped, built up, and dispatched to the front lines in North Africa - with eleven great photos; Photos of Falcons (birds) in flight; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Pages 393-4404 and 406-420. Please Note: Centrefold missing. Features: Cover photo of shattered Stalingrad beneath a pall of smoke; Two fascinating illustrations of Stalingrad's brutal urban warfare techniques; Two pages of illustrations illustrate the technique of Stalingrad's defenders - organised house-to-house fighting defeats mass assaults; Two pages of illustrations explaing what British convoys endure in taking aid to Russia - unceasing forms of enemy attack and our defenses; Winter Prospects (article); Three photos of biggest allied convoy fighting its dangerous way to Russia; Photos from the Desert War; Air photo of bombed dockside in Cologne; Two photos illustrate the death of 29 schoolboys in Southern England after attack by German pilot; Photo of amazingly camouflaged Dutch warship; Photos of fifteen personalities of the week include Mrs. Nancy H. Love, Wing-Commander G. Stainforth, Russian sniper Lindmila Pavlichenko, Leiut.-Col C.C. Merritt, V.C., Major P. Porteous, V.C., Brig.-General B. Davis, Prof. G.G. Henderson, and Sir Ben Turner; Action photos from the Solomon Islands; Photo of U.S. Marine with large group of Japanes POWs on Guadalcanal Island; Photo of 'dog-sleigh' stretcher in Russia; Action photos from Russia and the Baltic; Photos of 10,500 ton ship being built in ten days; Five dramatic photos of when Canadian destroyer "Assiniboine" rammed and sunk a U-Boat in the North Atlantic. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Aside from its missing centrefold, a worthy vintage copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: Dramatic color ad inside front cover for Nash Kelvinator shows Allied bombers flying over flaming enemy factories; B.F. Goodrich ad shows New Guinea scene where ammunition is being transported by Jeep; Red Skelton divorce; Brief obituaries for Walter Kidde, Mrs. Bernice Houdini, Daniel M. Casey, John W. Considine, Marjorie, Countess of Warwick, and James T. Powers; Hotel Pennsylvania ad illustration shows businessmen being hauled in the backpacks of unhappy Indian women; Setting up Axis for knockout blow next year; Lots of war coverage; Hitler knows what's coming; U.S. Day Raids and RAF Night Bombings are best use of each force; Why Tunisia must be cleaned out; Stalingrad's Story; Photo of hundreds of German POWs at Stalingrad; Japs Island Network; US Politics; Nice one-page color ad for Good Year shows blimp as watchdog over convoy; Texaco one-page color ad features girl asking her mommy "Who was Hitler?"; Great color one-page ad for United States Steel features large image of soldier pointing rifle at reader; Plane maker Eero Koskinen; "Quit India" Fast by Mahatma Gandhi finds Britain's Foes at Odds - article with photo of Gandhi; Nice centerfold ad for Willys-Overland features great battle image of Jeep; Dr. Robert Ley - photo and brief article; Photo of Danes cheering King Christian X; Specter of Inflation Looms behind 48-hour Week Order; Amazing photos of Liberator bombers being built at Ford's mammoth Willow Run factory; Super one-page color-illustrated Studebaker ad shows Flying Fortress in flight and war truck being unloaded from ship; Women wearing sweaters are sent home from work at the Vought-Sikorsky Co. due to safety concerns - photo shows plastic safety 'bra' being modelled; Iron Fireman ad shows Marshall C. Stone of Pacolet Manufacturing in New Holland, GA; Photo and article on the Archbishop of Canterbury; Nice color ad for the Lockheed P-38 Lightning; Photos and article about Emily Post; Photo of Coast Guard basketball player Dorn; Release of film "The Outlaw" with photo of Jane Russell and Jack Beutel; Nice color ad inside back cover for Bell Aircraft's Airacobra. Covers pulling from staples. Somewhat above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Promo for Movie of the Month, "Du Barry Was a Lady" with photo of Red Skelton, Lucille Ball and Gene Kelly; Fantastic one-page photo ad for the Carbine Rifle made by the Underwood Elliott Fisher Company; Lana Turner's marriage annuled; Brief obituaries for Getulio Vargas, Jr., Frank Burke, Frank Calder, Gen. Senjuro Hayashi, and Woodbridge S. Van Dyke II; Nostalgic one-page photo ad for Bell Telephone shows Operator with clunky voicepiece hung around her neck; Axis armies take it in Europe; Japs punch back in Pacific - with photo of dead Japanese soldiers in New Guinea; Considerable war coverage, including Tunisia; Photo of Paulus surrendering to Rokossovsky and Voronoff; US manpower crisis looms; Outstanding one-page color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features Curtiss dive-bomber test pilot "Red" Hulse; War Dog Fund; Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa and their five sons (the fighting Sullivans) who were all lost after the sinking of the cruiser Juneau at Guadalcanal; Nice one-page color-photo ad for the Union Pacific Railroad showssome of their workers preparing bandages for the Red Cross; Errol Flynn is found not guilty of raping Betty Hansen, 17 and Peggy Satterrlee, 16 - article with photos; Finland puts out feelers for Red Peace; Depressing Michigan Smelting ad shows horse-drawn wagon collecting scrap; Germany defeated at Stalingrad; Nice one-page color Ballantine's Ale ad shows young couple inspecting house plans; Photos of glass fishing floats made in Seattle; Interesting two-page ad for Pan American Clippers shows young boy and girl and talks of curing disease; The Fight Against Runaway Inflation; Article about working the the mammoth Pentagon; Nice one-page color ad for Kimberly-Clark shows Pacific soldiers waiting in line for a meaty meal; Mrs. Beatrice Houdini quits trying to contact her husband's (Harry) spirit (article with photo); Boxing photo of Jacob La Motta snapping Ray (Sugar) Robinson's victory string; Artist Maxim Kopf - article with photos; Elmer Davis back on the air; and much more. Middle six pages loose but present. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impessions, with numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. 1: The Road to Stalingrad (second impression, 1977); Vol. 2: The Road to Berlin (first impression, 1983). The most complete account of this mammoth campaign to date. COMPLETE SETS OF THE UK EDITIONS ARE EXTEMELY SCARCE. Enser 199, 24 respectively.
Pages 421-448. Features: Cover photos of flyers using aerial photography equipment; Two pages of fascinating photos and text explain aerial photography methods of the U.S. Army Air Forces; Photos of elaborate sword presented to the residents of Stalingrad by the kings; Photos of Italy's Marshal Badoglio with Sir Noel Mason MacFarlane; Five photos of Terrible destruction and carnage at Naples; Article entitled "The Allies in the Mediterranean"; Six photos of the Fifth Army entering Naples, including a shot of General Mark Clark and a man who appears to be George Patton; Twenty-two excellent photos show the action as British and American troops in action with the Fifth Army drive from Salerno to Naples; Centrefold illustration of Liberator bomber taking off in Britain; Three fascinating aerial photos document before and after the attack on the "Tirpitz" in Alten Fiord - crippled by H.M. midget submarines; Two pages of miscellaneous war-related photos include political prisoners being freed from a large fascist concentration camp near St. Di Barraccano; One-page photo portrait of China's new President, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek; Photos of personalities of the week include Feodor Gusev, The Queen of Tonga, Lord Meston, Ira C. Eaker, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Dr. Garbett, Archbishop of York - with the Patriarch Sergei, Count Calvi Di Bergolo, Trebitsch Lincoln, Count Carlo Sforza, General Mario Roatta, Field-Marshal Smuts with son Jacob Daniel, Sir H.M. Burrough, L.H.K. Hamilton, and H.B. Klopper; Archival photos document the forerunner of the modern destroyer - the first torpedo-boats; Two pages of illustrations of the birth and evolution of the design of the Destroyer over fifty years; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows farmers threshing grain; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 477-504 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of Mosquito light bomber in flight; Two battle photos from Egypt; Eleven photos illustrating General Montgomery's powerful offensive to drive Rommel from Africa; Photos of personalities of the week include some members of bomber crews who bombed Milan in daylight recently, General Alexander, Polish dog mascot "Sandy" (KIA), F./O. L. Mancer, V.C., King Christian of Denmark, Vice-Admiral W. Halsey, Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario, M.C. Simopoulos, P.E.G. Sayer, Mrs. Bancroft Clark and family in London, Mrs. Bingham - president of Bundles for Britain in the U.S.; Two pages of action photos illustrate "Flyweight Terrors of the British Navy - Fighting Midgets which keep open Britain's gateway to the sea; Six photos of German tactics in and outside Stalingrad; Aerial photos of Stalingrad beneath a pall of smoke; Five photos of Stalingrad fighting and prisoners of each side; Two photos of Britain's major warships in Indian waters; Two pages of centerfold illustrations show "The Crack Highland Division being Piped Into Battle - the 51st, decimated in France, in vanguard of latest offensive; One-page photo of the royal family with Mrs. Roosevelt in Buckingham Palace; Photos of General Smuts addressing both houses of Parliament; Three aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb damage in Genoa, Milan and Mandalay; Six photos of the Americans on Guadalcanal Island; Eight photos of a London exhibition promoting fuel economy; nostalgic ads; and more. Spine taped. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 533-560. Features: Cover photo portrait of Sir Harold Alexander; The Strategic Brains Behind the Air Battles Over the Desert - brief write-up with photos of Sir Arthur Tedder and his staff, Lieut.-General Montgomery and Sir Arthur Coningham; Photos of remnants of Rommel's war machine littering the road to Libya; General Montgomery Meets captured German General Ritter Von Thoma; Sherman tanks provide unwelcome surprise for Germans; Two pages with eleven great photos of the British and U.S. aircraft commanding the skies over Rommel's broken army; The Victory of El Alamein (article); Photos of fifteen personalities of the week include Mrs. Roosevelt with Queen Mary, Red Army sniper Lieut. Lyndmilla Pavlichenko in London, Vice-Admiral Chanchak, Captain Frances Riley of Winnipeg, and Mr. George M. Cohan; Numerous photos of Axis POWs on the road to Alexandria; Very dramatic centrefold photo of Australian Eighth Army soldiers advancing into smoke screen with revolvers and bayonets; Eleven photos of Vichy's Crucial African Sea Ports - Scenes of Anglo-American Pressure; One-page contour map of the Algerian and Tunisian coasts, with distances from Algiers to important sites; Photos of Allied Commanders in North Africa - including General Giraud; An American Tribute to British Achievement (article); Six photos from Madagascar where hostilities have ceased; Two pages of photos of destruction in Stalingrad; Four aerial photos of severe bomb damage at Genoa; Back page colour ad for Daimler, B.S.A. and Lanchester includes illustration of the first Royal car and a modern Daimler 4-Litre Cabriolet. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 421-448 pages. Features: Cover photo of huge pile of German fighters and bombers - reduced to a large mound of scrap metal in Britain; Nice one-page colour Guinness ad features red wagon wheel, smiley face, belt, tacks, rock, sock, ace of hearts... and glass of Guinness; Photos of "Liberators" and "Fortresses" in flight; Six photos of how H.M. destroyer "Ithuriel" rammed and sunk Italian submarine "Cobalto" in the Mediterranean; Photos of glider troops in training; German invasion tide laps the Caucasus Barrier - one-page model of the main features as seen from the line of enemy approach; Fourteen pictures illustrate the metamorphosis of the "Footslogger" - the infantryman today is a jack-of-all-trades - and master of most!; The Metamorphosis of Infantry (article); Photos of typical duties of a battalion; Six photos of ground action in Stalingrad; Four aerial photos of an enemy bomber's views of the Battle of Stalingrad; Centrefold illustration "Epic of Stalingrad" depicts vicious street fighting; Five illustrations of what a post-war London may look like; Two large photos contrast the amount of human labour required to build aerodromes in China and Great Britain; Photos of three American cruisers sunk - "Vincennes", "Quincy", and "Astoria"; Two photos of Churchill aboard warship in Scotland; Page of illustrations explain new german explosive incendiary bomb; Reatreat in the East - article; Two-pages of great illustrations exlain the "Potentialities of Mass-Production of Flying-Boats as Troop-Carriers and Heavy Freighter Air-Planes - including the "Mars", Curtiss "Commando" and "Stirling"; Photo of Corporal Franklin M. Koons of the Rangers - first American to with the M.M. in this war; Fascimiles of German notices deporting British subjects in the Channel Islands to Germany; How to make an Epidiascope for Picture Projection; Photo of vast locust swarm in Kenya; Nice colour back cover ad for Johnnie Walker shows metal fence being installed in front of stately home. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 365-392. Features: Nice colour B.S.A. one-page ad shows 'dicycle' being driven down boardroom table(!); Cover photo of 6-inch gun captured intact after Rommel's retreat; One page with six photos closely displaying the captured 6-inch gun; Photos of new German gun's muzzle break; Photos of signs in the North African desert; Three photos of General De Gaulle with fighting French forces in the Middle East; The Desert's Dusty Face (article with three dust storm photos); One-page aerial photo of Gialo Oasis - Italian Desert base raided by British Mobile Force; Russia Fighting On (article); Three interesting pages of graphics present household energy-consuming devices and their rates of fuel consumption, how households typically consume energy, and how to keep weekly track of fuel consumption - including instructions to read electricity and gas meters; Two pages with twelve dramatic photos of action in Stalingrad and on the Caucasus Front; Amazing centrefold aerial photo of Stalingrad under siege, showing fires raging in famous factories used as fortresses; Three photos from the New Guinea Front; Three photos of U-boat - going, going, gone; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kaiser at launching of one of his "Liberty" ships - build in 10 days; Photo of crowd of Japanese waiting on the Quayside at Lourenco Marques to board a repatriation ship; Air photo of bombs exploding on deck of whale-oil ship in dock at Cherbourg during "Boston" bomber attack; Two photos of attacks on German positions in Norway; Fascinating page of drawings of shoe styles illustrate "A new phase in modern warfare - both in England and France wood is now being used instead of leather for the soles of shoes; Six nice photos of women's fashions, 1942-1943; Thirteen photos of personalities of the week include Sq. Ldr. D.A.G. Parry, Wendell Willkie in Moscow with Stalin, Lieut.-Colonel Beckles Wilson, and Prebendary Carlile; Nice back cover colour ad for Dewar's White Label Scotch Whisky shows chess game in progress. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 449-476. Features: Cover photo-portrait of General Smuts of South Africa; Seven photos of devastation in Stalingrad; Large illustration and two dramatic photos illustrate "Battered Stalingrad - A Broken City Held Together By the Spirit of Its Defenders"; Two-page Admiralty Chart of Guadalcanal Island, pivot of violent fighting and scene of heavy Japanese losses, in enemy attempts to recover the Solomon Islands and gain command of the Australian Seas; Russia and the Middle East (article); One-page photo of the launching of a Kaiser 10,500-ton cargo-ship in 10 days, observed by FDR and Mr. Kaiser; Aftermath of bombing in Nuremburg, Benghazi Harbour, and the Focke-Wulf Works at Neuenland, near Bremen; Photos of "Boston" bombers taking off in the dusty desert; Photo of funeral service for Leiut.-General "Strafer" Gott and others, killded when their plane crashed in the Western Desert; Photos of eleven personalities in the news include Dame Marie Tempest, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Mr. Cecil Whiteley, Mr. Edwin Barclay, Hitler meeting Rommel in Berlin, and Mr. Cosmo Hamilton; Two large photos of H.M.S. "Howe"; Wonderful action photo centrefold of H.M. Battleship "Anson" steaming full out; Five photos of Sir John Tovey, Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet, in his quarters aboard the flagship; Three photos of the Schneider Works, the "Krupps of France" in Le Creusot, which was attacked by Lancasters; Twelve photos from Madagascar illustrate key points seized and cleaning up; Page of photos of Alaska Highway construction with map; One-page illustration of ancient London bastion uncovered by enemy action; One-page article with three illustrations entitled "How the Germans Treat Their Political Prisoners - Nazi Atrocities" - the prison camp at Jernvann, where 600 Serbs were interned. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Contents: Cover illustration of a Long Tom (155 mm) gun firing in Italy; Oldsmobile/GM color ad inside front cover features insigne of the 339th fighter squadron Army Air Forces; GM Diesel Power color ad showing excavating equipment in action; First Act of Invasion Drama - attack on Nazi's Gustav Line - Allies strike hard in Italy following regrouping of Forces - Japs follow suit in China; Air cooperation with ground forces still a problem for invasion command; Sevastopol Rises - smashing 3-day assault brings proudest victory since Stalingrad; Interesting list of fines posted near the front line in Italy (place name deleted by censor); Report on Italy - Our First Continental Invasion - Seven Bloody Months of Fighting; Priest Orlemanski's mission to Moscow ends in suspension from Holy duties - his "treating" with Stalin brings disciplinary action amid Polish-Russian Quarrel; Dramatic photos of Herman Wallenda and a stunt gone wrong at Madison Square Garden - with no net below him!; De Soto Transportation ad - shows cars and planes; Poll-Tax Filibuster; Cold-blooded Ethyl ad shows a sneering airman painting another Jap kill onto his aircraft; PCA Airline ad; Bonds to Battleships - James V. Forrestal; Allies touch up last plans for rule of liberated Europe - but Russia does not yet see eye to eye with U.S. and Britain on Handling of Nazis and Poles; Firestone color centerfold ad; Drama in Stokholm - Allied agents Force SKF to decide on ball bearings vital to the Nazis; Photos of Doukhobors partially disrobed in a Vancouver, B.C. courtroom; El Salvador rebels flock back home as Menendez takes over Presidency; Montgomery-Ward employees celebrate their CIO union's election victory; Rocket to the moon - Willie Ley says it is possible; Budd Manufacturing color ad; Old Overholt whiskey color ad. Moderate wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book