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Normandy 1944   59 Books
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49 (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps: Summary of Operations June 1944 to May 1945. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 24pp., 2 fldg. maps. Printed by Sauerlandische Druckerhai: Neuenkirchen. May 1945  #69618
[HLMainPic] Concise yet informative & very rare history from Normandy to Germany with the 49th Division. Orig. grey card wraps., VG.   £165
Airborne Forces. RESTRICTED Air Publication 3231. 1st Ed., ix+295pp., 8 photos., 14 maps & diagrams (some fldg.). Issued by the Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch. 1951  #68611
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Detailed history of development of Airborne Forces & in-depth studies of Airborne ops. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce, 1700 copies printed & remarkably scarce for that. See illustration on our website.   £225
British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour. Operation Bluecoat. 8 Corps Operations South of Caumont 30-31 July 1944. Spectator's Ed., xi+49pp., foolscap, 12 photos., 6 maps (5 bound-in, 1 in endpocket), 2 fldg. aerial photos. Prepared under the Direction of G (Trg) HQ BAOR. 1947  #59133
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Detailed account of the planning & execution of this phase of the Normandy Breakout, with various original Operation Orders &c. reproduced. Excellent coloured fldg. maps. Preface states that this tour is "especially concerned with the part played by 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division in those operations. It forms the necessary background to a detailed study of the battle carried out on the ground." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front. VG & rare (600 copies printed of this edition, which supersedes the June 1947 Edition: the principal difference being the addition of photos.). See illustration on our website.   £250
British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour. Operation Totalize: 2 Canadian Corps Operations Astride the Road Caen-Falaise 7-8 August 1944. 1st Ed., x+65pp., foolscap, 10 photos., 9 of 10 maps (end-pocket map lacking). Prepared under the Direction of G (Trg) HQ BAOR & with the assistance of The Canadian Amy Historical Section. Sept. 1947  #63545
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Detailed account of the planning & execution of this phase of the Normandy Breakout, with various original Operation Orders &c. reproduced, also a short account by Kurt Meyer, commander of 12 SS Panzer Div. Excellent coloured fldg. maps. Preface states that this tour is "especially concerned with the air plan & the part played by 51 (H) Div with particular reference to:- (a) The use of armoured personnel carriers; (b) Maintenance of direction during a night advance. It forms the necessary background to a detailed study of the battle carried out on the ground." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front. VG & rare. This edition supersedes that of June 1947 & contains 10 photo. plates not present in the previous version. This copy, however, lacks the end-pocket map, o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £225
British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour. Third Day: 8 Corps Operations South of Caumont 30-31 July 1944 (Operation Bluecoat). 1st Ed., [vii]+49pp., foolscap, 7 maps (6 bound-in, 1 in endpocket). Prepared under the Direction of G (Trg) HQ BAOR. 1947  #50638
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Detailed account of the planning & execution of this phase of the Normandy Breakout, with various original Operation Orders &c. reproduced. Excellent coloured fldg. maps. Preface states that this tour is "especially concerned with the part played by 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division in those operations. It forms the necessary background to a detailed study of the battle carried out on the ground." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front. VG & rare (just 150 copies printed of this edition), with ownership inscrip. of the writer Alan Sillitoe & several ts. foolscap sheets loosely inserted re contemp. training exercise, outlining a situation where, as GOC 15th Div., you have to decide how to alter your plan during the battle to benefit from air support. With list of officers in syndicates during this exercise. See illustration on our website.   £225
Chronology of the Second World War. 1st Ed., orig. wraps., 374pp. Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1947  #69382
[HLMainPic] Excellent daily record of events in all theatres of war, plus summaries of operations &c. & an index of principal events. Little rubbed & worn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
From Normandy to Hanover, June 1944-June 1945. 84 Group 2nd T.A.F. Royal Air Force. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 48pp., 4to (246x185mm), map. No imprint/date [Germany, 1946]  #69813
[HLMainPic] This Tactical Air Force Group flew thousands of missions (1016 on D Day alone) & destroyed huge amounts of EA on the ground, AFVs & other vehicles, knocked-out ammo dumps & railway stations. locomotives &c. in support of ground troops from pre-D Day onwards. Orig. dec. wraps. VG.   £75
Our Share. No. 1 Company, 15 Air Formation Signals. 1st Ed., 69pp., 7 photos. Brussels: Printed by 'Imifi.' nd (c.1945).  #69767
[HLMainPic] Royal Signals unit formed in 1943; to Northern Ireland for training; landed in Normandy in Aug. 1944 til end of war in Brussels. Various rolls of officers & men of the various Sections, & much interesting detail on the nature of work of the unit. Bound in later IWM red cloth, orig. wraps. bound in, stamps &c. of IWM, VG thus & scarce.   £75
Report by the Supreme Commander To the Combined Chief of Staff On The Operations In Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., x+123pp., 4to, 11 maps. Washington: US Govt. Printing Office. 1946  #66673
[HLMainPic] Eisenhower's official despatch re planning & preparation of Operation Overlord, the assault in Normandy & subsequent breakout battles & onwards through the Low Countries, The Ardennes &c. to the Rhineland. Some wear & use, generally VG. See illustrations on our website.   £20
Rifle Brigade Chronicle 1944. 1st Ed., vi+240pp., num. portraits. RB Club. 1946  #69853
[HLMainPic] Annual records of the RB including batalions in Italy & NW Europe, obits. of fallen officers, with portraits; also reminiscences of the Boer War & Burma 1886 expeditions by old officers. VG.   £15

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