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ARMY UNIT HISTORIES

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510453

82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION; Attractive new history. Includes biogs & photos of veterans, personal stories, roster, awards & decorations. 200pp, b/w photos throughout.  1 £34.95
510454 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Second Edition by Col Robert Jones.  Back in print once again, this attractive history includes hundreds of action photos, section covering the modern division, over 1,300 personal biographies & photos of 101st veterans, association roster, index & full colour unit insignia.  368 pages, 9" x 12". 1 £36.95
510456 THE OLD BREED: A History of the First Marine Division in WWII by George McMillan.  Originally published in 1949, this is considered one of the finest division histories ever produced for an American Unit.  Traces the 1st Marine Division from its activation in February 1941 through training in the US to initial combat on Guadalcanal … then Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, Okinawa & finally duty in North China.  Extensive section on combat art, citations of the Medal of Honor winners, command organisation, unit citations & Roll of Honor.  496pp, 187 photos, 92 illustrations, 12 maps, size 8.5” x 11”. 1 £49.95
510457 THE ALL AMERICAN: An Illustrated History of the 82nd Airborne Division, 1917 to the Present by Robert P Anzuoni.  Complete story of this famous division.  Over 230 b/w & colour photos, size 8.5” x 11”, 176 pages. 2 £37.50
510458 A FEW GOOD MEN: The Fighting Fifth Marines: A History of the USMC’s Most Decorated Regiment by Ronald J Brown.  An insight into this elite unit from WW1 to Desert Storm.  416pp, 36 illustrations, 8 maps, 9 x 6”. 2 £21.50
510463 101st AIRBORNE IN NORMANDY by Dominique Francois.  A History in period photographs190pp  b/w photos, colour illustrations. 2 £49.95
510705 PUT ON YOUR BOOTS AND PARACHUTES! US 82nd Airborne Div'; D Wills. 280pp, photos.  1 £14.50
510709 BLACK DEVIL BRIGADE: True story of the First Special Service Force in WWII by Joseph A Springer.  First deployed in the battle of the Aleutian Islands, then to Italy where they undertook impossible missions for the US 5th Army.  They were withdrawn from combat after their key role in the invasion of France in 1944.  344pp, photos & maps.   2 £19.95
510710 US ARMY RANGERS & SPECIAL FORCES OF WWII: Their War In Photographs by Robert Todd Ross.  8.5" x 11", over 250 b/w & colour photos, 240 pages. 2 £49.95
511108 BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH ARMIES 1939-43 by Mark Bevis.  Complete guide to the organisat-ion & order-of-battle.  Covers all main theatres of war – Europe including the Home Front, N/Africa, East & W/Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Pacific & Far East.  305 x 222mm, 96 pages. 5 £16.95
514117 SECRET BEGINNINGS OF GERMANY'S PANZER TROOPS: Michael Scheibert. 8.5" x 11", over 100 b/w photos, drawings, 48pp. 6 £7.95
514118

THE GERMAN STURMGESCHUTZE IN WWII by Wolfgang Fleischer. 160pp, over 200 b/w photos, drawings, size 7" x 10". 

2 £19.95
514119

THE GERMAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IN WWII by Wolfgang Fleischer. 144pp, over 150 b/w photos, size 7" x 10". 

2 £19.95
514121

THE MEUSE FIRST AND THEN ANTWERP: Some Aspects of Hitler's Offensive In The Ardennes by Michael Schadewitz. 160 x 235mm. 

1 £35.00
514122 THE 7TH PANZER DIVISION: An Illustrated History of Rommel's "Ghost Division" 1938-1945 by Hasso V Manteuffel.  Photo chronicle of this famous panzer unit of WWII.  Over 200 b/w photos on a variety of war fronts.  160pp. 2 £24.95
520442

UTAH: VII Corps plus 82nd & 101st Airborne Divisions (Battleground Europe Series) by Carl Shilleto. Covers the US airborne & seaborne landings on the Cotentin Peninsular on D-Day, 6 June 1946. 216 x 135mm, 160pp, illustrated. 

5 £9.95
520445 RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY: A History of the 101st Airborne Division by Leonard Rapport & Arthur Northwood Jnr.  822pp, 122 photos/drawings, 107 maps.  Originally published in 1948, this is the story of one of the finest US Units in WWII.  Includes activation & training, combat operations, appendices, etc. 1 £44.95
520446 MARKET GARDEN: NIJMEGEN (Battle-ground Europe Series - Market Garden)  by Tim Saunders.  First of three books covering the battles on the road to Arnhem.  This volume describes the US 82nd Airborne Division’s daring seizure of the Grave Bridge & their battles for the Grossbeek Heights & the struggle for the vital Nijmegen Bridge.   216 x 135mm, 192pp. 5 £9.95
520447 MARKET GARDEN: HELL’S HIGHWAY (Battleground Europe Series – Market Garden) by Tim Saunders.  Hell’s Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the US 83rd Airborne Paras at Nijmegen & the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem.  Includes personal accounts.  216 x 135mm, 160 pages, illustrated. 5 £9.95
520449 OMAHA BEACH by Georges Bernage.  Step-by-step account of the battle detailing American units engaged in the battle & their history & the German units & their defensive positions.  305 x 215mm, 176 pages, 150 full colour photos, 150 b/w photos. 2 £17.95
520450 ARNHEM (Market Garden - Battleground Europe Series) Landing Grounds & Oosterbeek by Frank Steer.  Concentrates on the landings & legendary battle fought by the 101st Airborne Division.  160pp, illustrated, 216 x 135mm. 5 £9.95
520451 THE ISLAND (Market Garden - Battleground Europe Series): Nijmegen to Arnhem by Tim Saunders.  The controversy over the failure of XXX Corps to link-up & retrieve the hard- pressed 1st British Airborne Division who had landed 8 days earlier.  160pp, 216 x 135mm, illustrated. 5 £9.95
520452 AMERICAN AIRBORNE PATHFINDERS IN WWII by Jeff Morgan.  Trained in use of Radar and other Signals.  Pathfinders dropped before main landings to give guidance for successive drops.  Over 150 photos, 128 pages. 2 £39.95
521127 A SIGNAL HONOUR: With The Chindits & The 14th Army in Burma by Robin Painter. The Author was then a young officer in the Royal Signals. He describes life as one of Wingate's Chindits & the vicious fighting at the crucial battle at Imphal when the Japanese had to be stopped at all costs. Graphic & personal memoir, well illustrated & mapped. 224pp, 234 x 156mm. 2 £19.95


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521134

MAJOR & MRS HOLT'S BATTLEFIELD GUIDES Highly illustrated Guides! Each book includes a large pull-out map and has many useful maps & colour photos. 
THE SOMME: approx 256pp   
NORMANDY: approx 256pp. 
GALLIPOLI 
OPERATION MARKET GARDEN  Superbly researched Guide Book on the US, UK & Polish Airborne assault on the Arnhem, Nijmegen & Eindhoven bridges & the ill-fated 30 Corps advance to relieve the hard-pressed paras.  Includes colour photography & personal accounts.  256pp, 210 x 148mm.                                        
THE GREAT BATTLES OF WW1








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521128

DUNKIRK (Battleground Europe Series) by Patrick Wilson. Essential guide to the battlefields, memorials & cemeteries that are readily accessible, first-hand accounts, photos throughout. 192pp. 

5 £9.95
521130 BURMA, The Longest War 1941-45 by Louis Allen. The longest & most ferocious campaign of WWII. 234 x 156mm, 700 pages.  5 £16.99
521131 VICTORY AT FALAISE: D & S Whitaker & T Copp. On August 21st, 1944, the Battle of Normandy ended just 76 days after it began on the D-Day beaches with the vicious mayhem of enemy men & equipment in the Falaise Pocket. 234 x 156mm, 224pp.  2 £19.95
521132 COMMANDO: Illustrated History of Britain's Green Berets by David Reynolds.  288 pages, 100 clr & 100 b/w illustrations. 2 £25.00
521135 RATTRAY'S GUIDE TO THE ZULU WAR by David Rattray.  Superbly illustrated in colour and black & white.  256pp.  Due March 2003! 5 £14.95
521136 5th INFANTRY BRIGADE IN THE FALKLANDS WAR by Nick Van Der Bijl & David Aldea.  224pp, 234 x 156mm, illustrated.  Due February 2003! 2 £19.95
521137 WITH THE GURKHAS IN THE FALKLANDS: A War Journal by Mike Seear.  Written by one of their Officers.  416pp, 234 x 156mm, illustrated.  2 £25.00
521138 RED DEVILS IN NORMANDY: 6th Airborne Division: Georges Bernage.  176pp, 300 colour & b/w photos, 305 x 220mm. 1 £19.95
523126

D-DAY: Richard Collier. Complete look at the world's greatest ever amphibious landings. 224pp, 165 b/w illustrations, 248 x 248mm. 

5 £14.99




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OPERATION "MARKET GARDEN" THEN & NOW
edited by Karel Margy 
After The Battle
presents the story of the airborne landings in Holland through hundreds of 'then & now' comparison photos.  Many published here for the first time.
Volume One: 336pp, 1,064 illustrations, size 12" x 8.5".
Volume Two:
416pp, 1,328 illustrations, size 12" x 8.5"
Presentation Box Set:
Both volumes in presentation slip case.

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£34.95
£44.95
£79.90
524142 THE FINAL CRISIS: Combat In Northern Alsace, January 1945 by Richard Engler. 5 £39.95
524143 SEVEN DAYS IN JANUARY: With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation Nordwind by Wolf T Zoepf.  Story of that elite unit translated into English for the first time.  299pp, maps. 2 £27.95
 

 

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