The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy.
1st Ed., [viii]+212pp., 53 photos., 6 maps & diagrams. HMSO for Govt. of India.
1946
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The 4th, 8th & 10th Indian Divisions in the hard-fought Italian campaign. Orig. wraps. (as issued), VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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7th Somerset Battn. Home Guard.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., 71pp., ep maps, several sketches. Printed for Private Circulation Only by Bennett Bros., Bristol. nd [1945].
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Raising, organisation & training of the unit, which operated between Bristol & Wells, inc. Portishead, Clevedon, Keynsham, Farrington Gurney & Temple Cloud. Rolls of officers. Orig. green dec. card wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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The Rise & Fall of the German Air Force (1933 to 1945).
RESTRICTED Air Ministry Pamphlet No. 248. 1st Ed., xix+422pp., 100+ photos., 26 maps (some fldg.) & 5 tables. Air Ministry.
1948
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Detailed operational history compiled for use in staff college &c., with excellent photos., maps &c. Orig. blue cloth, somewhat serviceworn, generally VG with several ink stamps of No. 34 Maintenance Unit Technical Lib. See illustrations on our website.
£45
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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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Arnhem Lift: Diary of a Glider Pilot.
3rd imp., 96pp., map. VG in sl. chipped dw. Pilot Press.
1945
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Eyewitness account of 1st Airborne Div. at Arnhem. Nice copy in sl. chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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Dagger Division: Story of the 19th Indian Division.
Orig. dec. wraps., 44pp., photos. throughout, fldg. map. Bombay: DPR, WD. nd (c.1945)
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The only history of the division's exploits in Burma 1944-45 inc. Irrawaddy Crossing, capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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The Iron Duke: The Regimental Magazine of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Vols. XV-XXIII, 1939-1947.
Run of 27 issues covering WW2, Vol. XV, No. 42, Feb. 1939-Vol. XXIII, No. 68, Oct. 1947, each annual Volume c.200pp., so some 1800+pp in all, with photos., sketches, &c. For the Regiment. Contemp.
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Containing the customary regimental news, historical articles (inc. extracts from diaries &c. of participants in earlier campaigns), Army Lists extracts, various named group photos., obituaries, &c. These wartime issues also containing news & reports from battalions on various Fronts overseas inc. Middle East, NW Europe & Burma, plus citations for awards & articles by officers on various operations & events. An excellent source on the regiment during the Second World War. VG throughout. All issues in orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£275
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Engineers in the Italian Campaign 1943-1945.
1st Ed., xiii+101pp., 79 plates & diagrams, 7 fldg. maps. AP&SS, Central Med. Force.
1945
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Every aspect of British, Canadian, South African, NZ, Indian & Polish Engineer unit ops. throughout the campaign. Many excellent photos. & maps. Order of Battle. 2000 copies printed. Orig. blue printed paper wraps. with cloth backstrip, VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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Arctic War: Norway's Role on the Northern Front.
Issued for the Royal Norwegian Govt. Information Office. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 64pp., photos. throughout, several maps. HMSO.
1945
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Work of Norwegians in exile in Iceland, Spitzbergen &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£12
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603 City of Edinburgh Fighter Squadron: A Record of Some of its Achievements.
Published in Aid of 603 Squadron Benevolent Fund. 1st Ed., 66pp. (inc. adverts.), num. photographs. Printed by Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. nd (1943)
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A detailed record of No. 603 City of Edinburgh (Fighter) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1943, well illustrated & containing much interesting matter, with complete nominal roll of all ranks as of 3rd Sept. 1939. The officers roll includes rank in 1939 & in Dec. 1942 (apart from those already killed, which are so noted). Issued in dec. card covs., this example bound in red cloth with gilt title to front, retaining the orig. & appealing wraps. VG thus & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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