Search Results: Military from Michael Diesman

Washington D. C.: Center of Military History, 1988. This is the third of three historical works that tell the story of the U.S. Army's advisory program in Vietnam. In this volume, the author describes the U.S. Army advisory effort to the Sough Vietnamese armed forces during the period when the U.S. Commitment in Southeast Asia was at its peak. The account encompasses a broad spectrum of activities from the physically demanding work of the battalion advisers to more sophisticated undertakings of senior military officers at the higest echelons of the American military assistance command in Saigon. Many actual black and white photos throughout. Map listing corps units locations. Footnotes throughout.. First Edition.. Soft Cover. Near Fine +. Illus. by Some B/W Photos.

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1984. Not Indicated. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: David & Charles Uk, 1990. This is the story of the battle for the Geilenkirchen Salient in 1944 told through the eyes of those who were there, and the Germans fighting desperately for their homeland. The battle was the first on German soil since 1759 and it was infantry warfare at its worst. Spine of jacket a little sunned, otherwise in very nice condition.. Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by b/w Photos.

Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.: Potomac Books Inc, 1989. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by b/w Photos.

United Kingdom: Sutton Pub Ltd, 1994. A look at the achievements of the British 7th Armoured Division during World War Two, from campaigns in North Africa, D-Day, Operation Goodwood and Operation Bluecoat, through to their final march into Berlin. Told in the words of the soldiers involved. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by B/W Photos & Illustrations.

United Kingdom: Grub Street the Basement, 1992. The "phoney war" of September 1939 to April 1940 was far from phoney for the air forces of Britain, France and Germany. Luftwaffe veterans of the Spanish Civil War were pitted against well-trained British and French airmen, and losses over the Franco-German border and the North Sea were heavy. This book chronicles the aviation events of this period of World War II. 1998 reprint.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by b/w Photos.

United Kingdom: Grub Street the Basement, 2001. When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their famous "reconnaissance in force" against the harbour town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by a large array of Royal Air Force aircraft. Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, AOC of Fighter Command's No 11 Group, was given command of the air operation and had at his disposal more squadrons than were available to ACM Hugh Dowding at any one time during the Battle of Britain two years previously. Norman Frank gives a detailed, blow-by-blow account of this day, which has become accepted as the one on which the Royal Air Force fought possibly its greatest air battle. . Not Indicated. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Some B/W Photos.

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Greenhill Pr, 1998. Not Indicated. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Heinemann, 1983. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Some B/W Photos.

The Institute of Land Warfare, 1993. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1994. Tank and mechanized forces spearhead Red Army operations from the gates of Stalingrad to the center of Berlin. This new book profiles Six Soviet commanders who rose to lead six tank armies created by the Red Army on the eastern front during the Second World War. Not Indicated. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

United Kingdom: Grub Street the Basement, 2000. On July 1943, British and American amphibian and airborne forces began landing in Sicily. The plan, codenamed Operation Husky, fixed Malta as the launching site for the fighter and fighter-bomber offensive. "Spitfires over Sicily" provides a day-by-day historical account of Malta Spitfire operations, leading up to and during the invasion, interspersed with personal accounts of some of those involved. Illustrated with up to 100 photographs including Spitfires of many of the squadrons involved, their pilots and adversaries, this account features Spitfires versus Messerschmitts and Macchis plus RAF and USAAF versus JG53 and JG77 and Italians. It also includes USAAF's 31st Fighter Group and a host of personal accounts. . Not Indicated. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Some B/W Photos.

Avenel, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Outlet, 1990. Remainder dot on top edge, otherwise in very nice condition.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Color Photos.

United Kingdom: Grub Street the Basement, 2001. Using Luftwaffe records, this is an account of the air battle for Northern France and the Low Countries, during 10-21 May 1940. This reconstruction has been achieved by using the pilots' combat reports, squadron Operational Record Books, and interviews and correspondence with those involved. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Some B/W Photos.

London: Macdonald and Co, 1972. Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO and two bars (26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944), was a British Army officer and creator of special military units in Palestine in the 1930s and in World War II. A highly religious Christian, Wingate became a supporter of Zionism, seeing it as his religious duty to help the Jewish community in Palestine form a Jewish state. Assigned to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1936, he set about training members of the Haganah, the Jewish paramilitary organization, which became the Israel Defense Forces with the establishment in 1948 of the state of Israel.[5] He is most famous for his creation of the Chindits, airborne deep-penetration troops trained to work behind enemy lines in the Far East campaigns against the Japanese during World War II. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.