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The Walther P38 pistol in 9mm was a standard issue weapon of the Second World War, and got a deserved reputation for its ease of handling and durability. One of the few double action pistols ever issued to any army, the weapon was issued as a sidearm for many German Army personnel during the war.The pamphlet (officially H.Dv254) covers handling, stripping, assembly and firing together with the range practices to be fired by all who carried the weapon. Although never as famous as the Luger pistol,... more information

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In his War Books Cyril Falls expresses uncertainty whether this book should be classed as fiction or reminiscence, eventually plumping for the former but based on personal experiences. The Times Literary Supplement of the day comments that he [Renn] recorded his impressions with that extreme simplicity which is one of the highest forms of literary art. The author is the central figure who begins the war as a lance corporal and finishes as a sergeant having served on the Western Front from beginning to end,... more information

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The first of five volumes of the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with the war against Japan; this book describes the fall of BritainÕs Far Eastern territories: Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya, and finally the fortress island of Singapore - perhaps the greatest single British disaster of the entire war. The authors pin the blame for the loss of BritainÕs Asian empire on the neglect of its defences between the wars, and on the GovernmentÕs preoccupation with ... more information

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This, the second of the five books in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with the war against Japan, examines the high tide of JapanÕs success, when her all-conquering armies threatened India itself - the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. The book opens with the British scrambling to defend Burma, gateway to India, after JapanÕs onslaught on Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya and Singapore. Within weeks of Japan attacking Burma in December 1941, its capital... more information

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This third volume in the series of five in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War which recount the war against Japan, has, in the words of its authors Ô a brighter tale to tellÕ than the previous two - which narrated the disastrous losses of Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore and Burma. By late 1943 the tide of war in the Far East was turning, and the Allied High Command in the theatre under Lord Louis Mountbatten, began detailed plans to reverse JapanÕs conqu... more information

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This, the penultimate book in the series of five in the 18-volume official History of the Second World War that deal with the war against Japan, is primarily the story of Ôthe forgotten armyÕ. The 14th Anglo-Indian army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Sir William ÔBillÕ Slim, was the force that wrested Burma from the harsh hands of its Japanese conquerors in a hard-fought campaign from August 1944 to May 1945. Japan had overreached itself earlier in 1944 when the Allies had defeated its at... more information

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Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on The Royal NavyÕs part in the Second World War. His official History (originally published for the HMSO) is unlikely even to be superceded. His narrative is highly readable and the analysis is clear. Roskill describes sea battles, convoy actions and the contribution made by technology in the shape of Asdic & Radar.Contents: Maritime War and MaritimeStrategy-MaritimeWar-The British Shore Organisation-The Development of Sea-A... more information

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Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on The Royal NavyÕs part in the Second World War. His official History (originally published for the HMSO) is unlikely even to be superceded. His narrative is highly readable and the analysis is clear. Roskill describes sea battles, convoy actions and the contribution made by technology in the shape of Asdic & Radar.Contents: Chronological Summary of Principal Events; The Pacific and Indian Oceans 1st January -31st July 1942-... more information

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Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on The Royal NavyÕs part in the Second World War. His official History (originally published for the HMSO) is unlikely even to be superceded. His narrative is highly readable and the analysis is clear. Roskill describes sea battles, convoy actions and the contribution made by technology in the shape of Asdic & Radar.Contents: Chronological Summary of Principal Events; The Background to the Maritime Offensive-The Battle of the... more information

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Captain Roskill has long been recognised as the leading authority on The Royal NavyÕs part in the Second World War. His official History (originally published for the HMSO) is unlikely even to be superceded. His narrative is highly readable and the analysis is clear. Roskill describes sea battles, convoy actions and the contribution made by technology in the shape of Asdic & Radar.Contents: Chronological Summary of Prncipal Events; Prelude to ÔNeptuneÕ-The Assault on Normandy 6... more information

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This book is, according to the preface, an attempt to compile a short record of the activities of GrayÕs Inn and of its members during the Great War. It contains the names of members who served, with biographical details of those who fell; Speeches in Hall on various occasions; and a lengthy introduction describing the activities of the Society during the War. It was compiled by order(of the Masters of the Bench and has an introduction by the Viscount Birkenhead. The service of dedication of the Wa... more information

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Max Hoffmann was Chief of Staff to Von Prittwitz, the aristocratic General charged with defending GermanyÕs East Prussian heartland at the outbreak of the Great War. Prittwitz was as inept as his name suggests, and when the Russians steamrollered west far faster than the Germans had expected, he panicked and sought permission to retreat behind the River Vistula. But Hoffman kept his head and conceived a bold scheme to attack and annihilate the Russian advance. This was the operational plan that was ... more information

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Originally formed in August/September 1914 as 8 Hy Bty, the first heavy battery of the New Armies to be raised after the outbreak of war, the designation was changed to 14 at the beginning of October 1914. When the battery went to France in May 1915 it was equipped with 4.7Ó guns but in June 1916 it was re-equipped with 60-pounders, just in time for the Somme. Usually War Diaries were not opened till the unit went on active service but in this case the diary begins on 3 October 1914 so we learn some... more information

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NapoleonÕs standard-bearers on the battlefield in victory and defeat from Austerlitz to Waterloo: a record of hard fighting, heroism and adventure. SB. xviii +444pp. Illustrations & maps. 2005 N&MP Reprint of 1912 Original Edition ... more information

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At the beginning of the war the 4th Londons were part of the 1st London Brigade, 1st London Division. The brigadeÕs task on mobilization was guarding the railway between Waterloo and Southampton. However, within a month of the declaration of war the brigade was despatched to Malta to replace the regular battalions called back to the UK. In January 1915 the battalion left Malta for France where it joined the Ferozepore Brigade of the 3rd Indian (Lahore) Division with which it fought its first major a... more information

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With the formation of the Territorials in 1908 the Westminsters became 16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regt (QueenÕs Westminster Rifles). It was in the 2nd London Division at the outbreak of war, but left the division and landed in France on 3 Nov 1914; shortly after it was posted to 18th Brigade, 6th Division (regular) till Feb 1916 when it joined 169th Brigade of the 56th (1st London) Division which was then re-forming in France, and with which it remained to the end of the war. For... more information

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In April 1919, in Blangy-sur-Ternoise where the battalion had been billetted since the armistice, the CO of the 6th Tank Battalion, Lord Somers (late 1st Life Guards) summoned a meeting of all his officers, NCOs and men at which it was unanimously agreed to devote the private funds of the battalion to publishing the battalion history for the benefit of all surviving members and late members, and also of the next-of-kin of all who had fallen in battle or died since joining the battalion. At appendix III is... more information

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The Regiment was established in 1911, but this book deals solely with its WWI services - Egypt, Allipoli and Palestine (Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jordan(. The narrative is clear and informative, with plenty of detail and with many individuals mentioned by name (especially casualties). In a work of such quality, the lac of an Index is lamentable. R/3 V/4. NYPL. RP/HEC. xiv/259pp, 106 mono photorgraphs, one cld ill, 22 maps, no index. Apps: Roll of Honour (KIA and WIA, Gallipoli and Palestine), H & A, ... more information

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This is an account of the 1882 campaign in Egypt following the revolt of the Egyptian Army. Alexandria was bombarded by the fleet and Sir Garnet Wolseley commanded the British force on land. The principle battles were at Tel-el-Kebir and Kassassin. This volume has a section containing 16 full plate colour illustrations by the well-known Richard Simkin, and the text is illustrated with 40 b/w sketches ; there are six maps of the campaign SB 64 pp. ,16 coloured plates 40 other illus.6 maps 2002 N&MP ... more information

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Covering the 1939-40 ÔPhoney WarÕ in a single chapter, the focus of Major L.F. EllisÕs official history of the campaign in France and Flanders falls on the role of the British Expeditionary Force in attempting to defend Belgium and France from the fury of the German Blitzkrieg in May-June 1940. He describes the BEFÕs advance into Belgium in response to the German attack in accordance with the pre-arranged Anglo-French ÔDyle PlanÕ, and its rapid retreat as the Germans... more information

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