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Incidents with the Seventh Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry in France & Germany from June 1944 to June 1945.
1st Ed., 74pp. No imprint/date [Germany, c.1946].
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Anonymous account (by "B" Coy. commander) which conveys well the confusion in Normandy & the bleak outlook. With the arrival of an effective CO the bn's. confidence returned but days later he was killed. A third CO was killed within a few more days then the author was wounded at Mont Pincon & evacuated to the UK. Rejoined in 1945 in time for the Rhine crossing & final operations. Contemp. red cloth, blind, no publication details but evidently manufactured in Germany c.1945-46. Stain to front o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£125
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Royal Engineers Battlefield Tour: The Seine to the Rhine. Volume I: An Account of the Operations Included in the Tour. Volume II: A Guide to the Conduct of the Tour.
1st Ed., 2 Vols., foolscap, xviii+217pp., 49 photos., 37 maps on 14 fldg. leaves; x+83pp., 31 maps. Chief Engineer British Army of the Rhine. Feb.
1947
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RESTRICTED. "Prepared by HQ 8 AGRE... to enable present & future REs to study certain operations of particular engineer interest in the 1940 Flanders Campaign & in the 1944/45 Campaign in NW Europe..." Fabulous detail on RE aspects of ops. inc. Arnhem, battle of the Rhineland, Rhine Crossing &c. Numerous accounts by participating officers & NCOs. Excellent photos. & exceptional, detailed col. printed maps of operations. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front & spines, some chipping, rubbing & wear to edges, generally VG with ownership inscrip. & later bookplate of Major J.S. Bartholomew, GM, in Vol. I.. Rare. See illustration on our website.
£250
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BLAKE (George)
Mountain & Flood: The History of the 52nd (Lowland) Division 1939-1946.
1st Ed., xx+265pp., 50 photos. + 4 fldg. panoramas, 19 maps. Glasgow: Jackson.
1950
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NW Europe 1944-45, from the Scheldt to the capture of Bremen. Detailed & well-illus. Order of Battle, complete roll of honours & awards earned by members of the division. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. tanned, somewhat smoky, VG thus together with loosely inserted attractive, coloured & fldg. illustrated map of the division's progress though Europe in 1944-45. See illustration on our website.
£50
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FRENCH (David)
Raising Churchill's Army: The British Army & the War Against Germany 1919-1945.
1st Ed., pbk., xii+319pp. Oxford Univ. Press.
2000
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Scholarly analysis of the combat capability of the British Army in WW2, its doctrine & morale, battlefield performance, & comparison of the methods of Montgomery with those of Haig in 1918. Invaluable study & scarce original hardback edition. VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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KEMSLEY (Capt. W.) & RIESCO (Capt. M.R.)
The Scottish Lion on Patrol: Being the Story of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment 1943-1946.
1st Ed., 232pp., 12 plates, 20 maps, ep maps. Bristol: White Swan Press.
1950
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Recce Bn., 15th (Scottish) Division, Normandy to the Baltic inc. Rhine Crossing &c. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£125
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MONTGOMERY (FM Sir Bernard L.)
21st (British) Army Group in the Campaign in North-West Europe 1944-1945. Lecture to the Royal United Service Institution, London, October 1945.
1st Ed., 34pp., 2 lge. fldg. col. maps (Battle of Normandy & Seine to Baltic), orig. dec. wraps. Printed for distribution within 21 Army Group by P&SS, BAOR.
1945
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Army Commander's succinct account of all main events, from training to operations & the role of various arms inc. Armoured Corps, Artillery, Engineers, Airborne Forces &c. 3000 copies printed & a very nice example. See illustration on our website.
£15
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SETH (Ronald)
Lion With Blue Wings: The Story of the Glider Pilot Regiment 1942-1945.
1st Ed., 245pp., 16 illus. VG in dw. Gollancz.
1955
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Mainly NW Europe campaign inc. Normandy, Arnhem, Rhine Crossing & other ops. Roll of Hon. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£30
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TAGGART (Capt. A.F.)
Needs Must... The History of the Inns of Court Regiment 1940-1945.
1st Ed., 102pp., 12 plates. Printed by F. Mildner & Sons.
1949
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Armoured cars in NW Europe with 11th Armd. Div. 1944-45. Roll of Hon., awards. VG but please note lacking the separate map wallet containing 11 fldg. maps issued with the book, & obviously. Rare. See illustration on our website.
£90
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