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Ouest France Diffuseur through OUFR3. Very Good. 1999. Paperback. 127 pages .

Patrick Stephens Limited. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black cloth with title and author imprinted on spine in gold. Map on front and back endpapers Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 48 pages of b/w photos. Index. 192 pages. Even today, despite the 30-year rule and the US Freedom of Information Act, many aspects of World War 2 intelligence operations remain classified. This book draws together strands of evidence of a wartime nerve centre of secret operations within a short radius of Bedford and raises disturbing evidence about politicians, clandestine and psychological warfare and the disappearance of Major Glenn Miller .

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1982) 1994. Hardcover. 239 pages. An in-depth reference provides elaborate descriptions of 113 major British aircrafts, and includes more than two hundred color drawings, 126 photographs, and eighty-six diagrams. .

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. Black boards and spine with title and author imprinted on spine in gold. . 344 pages. Studies in Maritime History. The Defeat of the German U-Boats explains the significance and the outcome of World War II's most important naval campaign in the European theater--the air and sea battle that ended Germany's bid to sever Allied supply lines in the Atlantic. David Syrett's comprehensive account offers a detailed analysis of the effort to stop German U-boat attacks on Allied merchant vessels, which by 1943 ranked as the Allies' top priority in their strategy to defeat Hitler's forces. Syrett argues that the Germans were unable to match Allied communication, technological, and tactical advances and that the Allies prevailed largely because of their skill in utilizing the material and intelligence resources at their disposal. Beginning with a detailed description of the U-boat,… Read More

New York: Bantam. As New. 2001. Trade Paperback. 400 pages. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima — and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island’s highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. Now the son of one of the flag-raisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever. To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In <I>Flags of Our Fathers</I>, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men’s paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific’s most crucial island — an island… Read More

College Station, TX: TAMU Press. Near Fine. (1984) 1996. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Appears unread. 264 pages. Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University. The Flying Tigers, under the leadership of Claire Chenault, fought legendary air battles in the skies over Burma and China and became the scourge of the proud Japenese air force. this journal of ace pilot charles Bond the first diary ever published by a member of that famous group of Americans, vividly preserves his experiences in aerial combat against the Japenese, all recoreded within twenty-four hours of the action. It also documents the training and living conditions of the men whom Gen. Bruce K. Holloway has called "the most colorful group of warriors in modern times." .

London: Osprey Publishing (UK). Fine. 1996. Reprint. Paperback. Appears to be unread. No spine crease. . 96 pages. Campaign Series, No. 18 .

S Yorkshire, ENG: Pen and Sword. Near Fine. (1971) 2003. Trade Paperback. 413 pages. Pen & Sword Military Classics. This is the full story of the Battle of the Ardennes. In the last weeks of 1944 the German armies in the West, after a continuous retreat since the Battle of Normandy five months earlier were regrouping in what they thought was to be the last battle in defence of the Fatherland. But Hitler had other plans - to mount an offensive through the Ardennes that would deal such a blow to the Western Allies that they would be willing to negotiate a separate peace. This is the offensive known as the Battle of the Bulge. Could Hitler's gamble have succeeded? Could he have reached his objective, the port of Antwerp? Peter Elstob unfolds the whole panorama of the 'last offensive' which was one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War, garnished with many acts of individual heroism and many errors of judgement by the firebrand General George Patton, the superb… Read More

New York: Grove Weidenfeld. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. BOMC. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Blue boards with black spine imprinted with title and author in gold . 497 pages .

New York: NAL Caliber. As New in As New dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Appears to be unread. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Dark red boards with black spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 310 pages. Expert military strategist Alexander examines the groundbreaking martial concepts developed by brilliant generals Erwin Rommel, Erich von Manstein, and Heinz Guderian, whose plan was to unleash the power of the tank, creating juggernauts that would slam into and through enemy lines--the Blitzkrieg .

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. Fine. 2002.. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. 329 pages. The former German U-boat commander Herbert Werner navigates readers through the waters of World War II, recounting four years of the most significant and savage battles. By war's end, 28,000 out of 39,000 German sailors had disappeared beneath the waves. .

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark red boards and spine imprinted in black with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 194 pages .

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005.. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards and spine imprinted with title and author in metallic red. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 347 pages. In July 1943, the Allies launched their first assault against the "Fortress Europe" which Hitler thought invincible. MUSSOLINI'S ISLAND captures for the first time the full horror and glory, the fear and the foul-ups of one of the least known but most dramatic and controversial battles of World War II. MUSSOLINI'S ISLAND is not a conventional military history. It tells the story of otherwise faceless men and women -- American and Italian soldiers, a British Navy officer, and a Spitfire pilot - whose lives and loves are changed by the choices of Hitler and Mussolini, and of two star commanders locked in a personal rivalry: old "blood and guts" Patton and Montgomery, the best-known British Army commander of World War II. Based on in-depth interviews with… Read More

Nashville, TN: Nelson Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards and spine imprinted in silver with title and author. Full number line 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 355 pages. n December of 1944, an outmanned, outgunned, and surrounded US force fought Hitler’s overwhelming Panzer divisions to a miraculous standstill at Bastogne. The underdogs had saved the war for the Allies. It was nothing short of miraculous.Corsi’s analysis is based on a record of oral histories along with original field maps used by field commanders, battle orders, and other documentation made at the time of the military command. With a perspective gleaned from newspapers, periodicals, and newsreels of the day, Corsi paints a riveting portrait of one of the most important battles in world history. .

New York: William Morrow. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 272 pages. In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and syndicated columnist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today -- a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons.</p>North Platte, Nebraska, is as isolated as a small town can be, a solitary outpost in the vast midwestern plains, hours from the state's urban centers of Omaha and Lincoln. But from Christmas Day 1941 to the end of World War II, a miracle happened there.</p>During the war, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte on troop trains, en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen -- a… Read More

Sarasota, FL: Disc-Us Books. Near Fine. 2001. Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name and date on free front endpage . 413 pages. Signed by Author. Based on interviews with the nine "Originals," on papers & diaries, on interviews & correspondence with descendants & others who knew them. This book tells the story of the WAFS, who they were, how they're different from the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots), & how they ultimately became part of the WASPs. Includes 100 photos .

David & Charles Publishers. Very Good. Trade Paperback.

New York: William Morrow. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Dark gray boards and black spine imprinted in gold with title and suthor. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 380 pages. The Special Operations Executive was formed by Winston Churchill in 1940 to "set Europe ablaze." In the SOE women were trained to handle guns and explosives, work undercover, endure interrogation by the Gestapo, and use complex codes. In The Women Who Lived for Danger, acclaimed historian Marcus Binney recounts the story of ten remarkable women who were dropped in occupied territories to work as secret agents.Once they were behind enemy lines, theirs was the most dangerous war of all, as they led apparently normal civilian lives while in constant danger of arrest. They organized dropping grounds for arms and explosives destined for the Resistance, helped operate escape lines for airmen who had been shot down over… Read More