Search Results: 20th Century Warfare from Books in Bulgaria

London: Methuen. Very Good. 1985. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases and shelf wear. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W Photographs and Maps; 256 pages; Explores the 1943 decision at the Casablanca meeting on military strategy to follow General Alan Brooke's plan of a Mediterranean campaign striking through Italy as opposed to attempting a cross channel landing in France. The author's contention being that if the bolder strategy had been implemented the war would have ended earlier with America and Britain having gained control of larger parts of Europe instead of the forces of Stalin advancing from the East. .

London: Cassell & Co. Near Fine. 2001. Reprint; Second Printing. Paperback. Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; Cassell Military Paperbacks; B&W Photographs; 224 pages; Thirteen examples of last stands from the defense of Hougoumont during the battle of Waterloo in 1815, to Pork Chop Hill in Korea. Illustrated with maps and photographs. .

London: Cassell & Co.. Near Fine; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread.. 2001. Reprint. Paperback. Trade PB . Second Printing; Cassell Military Paperbacks; B&W Photographs; 188 pages; The Allied bomber crews who flew sorties over Europe had none of the glamour of their fighter compatriots. Their lot was to undertake long, freezing cold missions with the ever present danger of enemy flak and fighters. If you were lucky you'd survive your first mission, the author completed thirty-six. ; 0304355410 .

London: Corgi. Very Good. 1968. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light cover creases, some foxing to inside covers, endpapers and edges of reading block, paper starting to tone. ; Corgi GB7830. Nice tight flat copy, no names inside. Cover artwork uncredited. ; 192 pages; When the combined Greek and British defences crumble in 1941, Mike Morrison's personal war with the Nazi invaders of Greece began. Overnight he became a hunted man.... .

London: Corgi. Very Good+. 2000. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear with slight loss to cover gilding. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; B&W Photographs; 224 pages; A passionate and moving account of the role of animals on the battlefields of the world. Pigeons carrying vital messages to and from the beleaguered city during the Siege of Paris; horses and mules struggling through miles of fetid mud to bring ammunition to the front in the Great War; dogs sniffing out mines for the British invasion force in the Second World War - countless brave animals have played their part in the long, cruel history of war. .

Bakewell, Derbyshire: Country Books. Very Good; Light cover creases, tiny ink name to title.. 1999. First Edition. Paperback. First Printing; B&W Photographs; 128 pages; The remarkable story of an ordinary soldier in the Second World War, including his time as a prisoner of war. ; 1898941181 .

London: Viking. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Some shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ. ; First edition, first printing with full number line. Grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Photographs; 512 pages; Detailed account of the airbourne assault that was meant to end the war in Europe, but turned out to be a bridge too far... .

London: Fontana. Very Good. 1968. Reprint; Ninth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Reading creases, one large crease on front cover, large marker pen initials and small ink name and message to inside front cover. ; Good reading copy. ; 224 pages; Summer 1940. A young AA gunner tells the story. 'I looked up and saw landing wheels and a wing-spread, bellying white through the smoke, a nd it wasn't one of ours. ' .

London: Mandarin. Very Good-. 1992. Reprint; Third Printing. Paperback. Some reading and cover corner creasing, light shelf wear, lightly sunned spine, paper slightly edge toned. ; Third printing of Mandarin reissue paperback edition, 1993. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by Button Design Co. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Balkan Trilogy; Vol. 1/3/2023; 928 pages; The first half of Manning's acclaimed Fortunes of War series based on her experiences in Eastern Europe and the Middle East during World War II. Newly married Guy and Harriet Pringle arrive in Bucharest in the autumn of 1939. A city of contrasts and rumours, on edge with the tension of war. Guy, teaching at the university, throws himself into the city's cafe society, embracing all around him. Whilst Harriet struggles to adjust to married life and her husband's friendship with the over-attentive Sophie... .

London: Pan Books. Very Good+. 1969. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Minor shelf wear, light foxing to fore edge of reading bock, original cover price ink obscurred. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names inside, appears unread. Illustrated with eight pages of photographs and maps. ; B&W Photographs; 192 pages; The longest of all the battles in World War II, and on which the others depended, the naval war against the U-boat threat to the transatlantic supply lines. .

London: Fontana. Fair; Light reading and cover creases, paper toned, unfortunately missing . all plates. ; Wrap around cover artwork of dogfight between Spitfires and . Me109s uncredited.. 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Fifth Printing; 192 pages; Account of the war in the air over Britain in the summer of 1940 looking at the various phases and their relative importance leading up to the final all out assault on London by the Luftwaffe on 15th September. ; 0006119956 .

London: Bantam Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2010. Second Printing. Paperback. Ex-Library . Some reading and cover creases. ; Second printing. Nice tight copy. Cover design by Alamy Design with photos coutesy of Corbis and Stephen Mulcahey. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Photographs and Maps; 704 pages; Based on extensive new research from around the world, this is the first narrative history of the Battle of Britain to provide a complete picture of that fateful summer of 1940 not only in the air, but also on land and sea. A definitive history of a period when the fate of the world was truly in the balance and could have tipped either way. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good-. 1969. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases, small splits at base of spine, remains of old price sticker to inside front cover, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names inside. Illustrated with eight pages of photographs and maps. ; B&W Photographs; 192 pages; The longest of all the battles in World War II, and on which the others depended, the naval war against the U-boat threat to the transatlantic supply lines. .

London: Puffin Books. Very Good+. 2000. Third Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Minor shelf wear, old ink price to front endpaper, tiny sticker ghost to base of spine. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names inside. ; Warpath; Vol. 6; 170 pages; Fictional account based on actual events. June 1944 and a young English tank-driver is about to see action on the Normandy beaches as his specially modified vehicle, one of Hobo's Funnies, attempts to breach the German defences. .

London: Puffin Books. Very Good+. 1999. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Minor shelf wear, old ink price to front endpaper, tiny sticker ghost to base of spine. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names inside. ; Warpath; Vol. 3; 132 pages; Fictional account based on actual events. January 1943 and a young English commando officer is about to be one of 3000 soldiers dropped 400 miles behind enemy lines to fight the Japanese in the Burmese jungle. .

London: Trojan Press. Very Good-. 1974. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Large sticker ghost on front cover, some edge wear and scuffing, old dealer stamp and price on front endpaper, slight foxing. ; Nice tight flat copy. Undated but assumed mid 1970s. ; In the eyes of his comrades he was a traitor, in the eyes of the Resistance a hero. Sergeant Hans Kramer fought with the German Army for two years before deserting to join the French resistance. Was he playing a double game? .

London: Peter Davies. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear to price clipped DJ, minor foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First edition, first printing,1971. Olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. DJ photo by Denis Waugh. ; 192 pages; They were seven Yanks serving in the RAF. They called themselves the Purple Hearts and faunted their emblem on their flying jackets and their Lancaster bomber, and for months they were the scourge and the shame of 13 Squadron, Yarby. But they were also a battle-hardened crew, blooded together by the flak and tracer in the night time skies over Germany... .

London: Dean & Son Ltd. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, lightly sunned spine, some . foxing to inside covers and endpapers. ; Blue boards with black lettering . to spine. Undated but presumed early 1970s.. 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. The Biggles Series; Vol. 51; 184 pages; Account of some of the exploits of James Bigglesworth in the final two years of The Great War. ; 0603034055 .

London: Vintage Books. Near Fine. 1994. Reprint; Forty-Fifth Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; 504 pages; Powerful story of a small group of British soldiers in the trenches of the Somme, and the events before and after the battle. .

Sydney: Horwitz Publications. Very Good-; Some reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear, . inside covers toned, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. . ; Nice tight copy, no names inside. Illustrated with six pages of . photographs, maps and plans.. 1966. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; B&W Photographs; 220 pages; Account of the attack upon The Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow that resulted in the loss of HMS Royal Oak based on accounts of surviving crew members. One of the few accounts to question the authenticity of Guther Prein and U47 being anywhere near the action for which it took the credit. .