Search Results: Titles starting with D from Military History Books

(Subject: World War II - Home Front) Said to be edited by 'Arthur Wilson M.A.', nephew and namesake of the legendary Sergeant Arthur Wilson of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Platoon during World War Two. Led by the indominatable Captain George Mainwaring (pronounced 'Mannering' in coloquial English), this is a priceless collection of tales and and comic anecdotes from the hilarious and much loved BBC TV series which was broadcast in the 1970s. The series was written by the famous British comedy duo, Jimmy Perry and David Croft. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: BBC Publications) (ISBN: 9780563208501) (Pagination: 127pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations) (Condition: vg in illustrated boards) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Other Topics - Diverse Subjects…) On 6 April 1943, Ian Reid, an officer in the Black Watch, was wounded and captured in Tunisia and sent off to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. Five months later, when the Germans took over the camp, he escaped and began a life-or-death game of hide and seek living in barns, sleeping in ditches and scavenging for food. He was recaptured - though heroically he was to escape from the Germans a total of five times. Nearly sixty years later, Howard Reid followed in his father's footsteps and made the same journey across Italy. Starting near Modena, he travelled to Florence and through Chianti, Siena and Orvieto to Rome and beyond, painting an intimate portrait of his extraordinary father. (Published: 2004) (Publisher: Bantam Press) (ISBN: 9780553815542) (Pagination: 283pp photos) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Other Topics - Diverse Subjects…) Annual featuring factual articles on Motorbike display teams,The Calgary Stampede, UFO's, Fishing tips and others plus fictional stories in narrative and pictorial format. (Published: 1971) (Publisher: Hamlyn) (ISBN: 0600396428) (Pagination: 93pp profusely illustrated.) (Condition: Small Graze on spine, good in illustrated boards) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - General) “A Titanic Blow Against Enemy Industry”. These were the headlines when Lancasters from 617 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, demolished two enormous German dams during the night of 16/17 May 1943, using Barnes Wallis’s revolutionary 'bouncing bombs'. Since then, the operation has been dismissed as a 'publicity stunt’ which had a 'negligible effect on the German war effort'. This is an authoritative account of the raid, conceived out of necessity, prepared for against the tightest of deadlines and carried out in the face of unimaginable danger. (Published: 2003) (Publisher: Time Warner) (ISBN: 0316726184) (Pagination: 192pp, numerous colour & b/w ills, index) (Condition: very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - General) Mass market paperback. Covers creased. Well used but text unmarked. The history of the famous 617 Squadron - formed in 1943 to destroy the famous dams in Germany. By the end of the war 2 members had been awarded the VC and also over 150 decorations were awarded to the air crew. It record of successfully undertaking highly dangerous raids requiring great accuracy was never excelled during the war (Published: 1973) (Publisher: Pan Books) (ISBN: 0330236180) (Pagination: 268pp, illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback, pages browning at the edges. Very good. One of the Third Reich's "Strength Through Joy" cruise ships, commandeered in the Second World War as a transport. This is the story of its ill-fated voyage in the Baltic in January 1945, when it was sunk and of the 6500 on board - soldier, women auxiliaries, SS and NSDAP officials, only 500 survived. (Published: 1974) (Publisher: Tandem) (ISBN: 0426137256) (Pagination: 160pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - General) Fiction based on fact..Creasing of spine, good. They joined an R.A.F. known as 'the best flying club in the world', but when war pitches the young pilots of 409 Squadron into battle over Germany, their training, tactics and equipment are soon found wanting, their twin-engined bombers obsolete from the off. Chances of completing a 30-operation tour? One in three (Published: 2003) (Publisher: Cassell) (ISBN: 9780304363117) (Pagination: 316pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) In September 1940, after just two weeks of the Blitz, there were more than 3700 unexploded bombs waiting to be dealt with in London alone. The bomb disposal teams were sent out to defuse them supplied with only the most basic equipment and very little information. As their experience grew so did the booby traps and modifications of the bomb makers. (Published: 2001) (Publisher: Channel 4 Books) (ISBN: 0752219383) (Pagination: 192pp ills) (Condition: vg in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) A full colour book featuring the Leopard 2A5 Main Battle Tank in use with the Danish Army. The book tells the complete development history of the Danish Leopard, from creation of the vehicle concept to the "QRF" version which served in Afghanistan. The book will be invaluable to the modeller and the military vehicle enthusiast. Apart from some 500 colour photographs featuring vehicles in the field as well as detail and scrap views, there is a review on available kits, accessories and decals, plus a 1:35 scale plan. (Published: 2009) (Publisher: Barbarossa Books) (ISBN: 9781847680273) (Pagination: Large format, 172pp, c500 colour photos, scale drawings ) (Condition: New in illustrated boards) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: History & Development of Warfare - General) From World War One to the Gulf with background history of the actions. The bulk of text concentrates on the operations themselves, from Storm Troopers in shell torn France, the invasion beaches of Commando and Ranger fame, the flak ridden skies of low level bombing raids, to the deserts of Kuwait and Iraq. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Book Club Associates) (Pagination: 214pp, 28 illustrations, maps) (Condition: vg in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Early Warfare) Faded spine and cover. Good in card covers. The Dark Ages, the uncharted period between the departure of the Romans and the building of the kingdom of England. The author examines the work of early historians up to William of Malmesbury and Geoffrey of Monmouth in terms of context and reliability. (Published: 1970) (Publisher: David & Charles) (ISBN: 0715349481) (Pagination: 221pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Western Europe) The author was a member of the historical team attached to the 9th Army. During the last week of December 1944 and throughout January 1945 he interviewed over 100 members of the 7th Armored Division, examined the battle records and went over the ground where fighting had taken place and pieced together the story of the 6 days of fighting. (Published: 1947) (Publisher: Ziff Davis) (Pagination: 236pp) (Condition: Black boards. Worn, reflecting age and use.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Between the World Wars - General) A political and cultural overview of the years before World War II. Focusing on each of the primary staging grounds, the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Britain, Japan, Russia and Spai, the author depicts the circumstances of the Ukrainian famine and the American Dust Bowl, the Night of the Long Knives and the conquest of Ethiopia, the bombing of Guernica, the Anschluss and the great Soviet purges. (Published: 2000) (Publisher: Jonathan Cape) (ISBN: 0224060384) (Pagination: 701pp illustrations.) (Condition: Black boards, slightly marked. Slight cracking on front hinge but all attached.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Uniforms, Dress & Insignia - General) An illustrated, German language pamphlet on the special badge awarded to German sailors who served on "Blockade Runners" in WWII. Includes the award regulations, illustrations of the award, and the award document. (Pagination: 16pp, 14 ills) (Condition: g in card cover) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Early Arms, Armour, Heraldry & Chivalry) A German (Gothic) text study on the history, flags, standards and insignia of the regiments of Celle in Lower Saxony, from the 14th to the 19th centuries. A valuable reference source for wargamers. (Published: 1937) (Publisher: August Pohl) (ISBN: No ISBN) (Pagination: small format, 141pp, b/w photos & illustrations) (Condition: good in plastic laminated, card cover. prev. owner's inscription inside cover) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS was a formation with a very unique history. Its members volunteered, and were spirited out of Finland to Germany under the watchful Russian eyes. It was attached to the 5th SS Division, "Wiking" and fought numerous battles on the Eastern Front in WWII. German text. (Published: 1979) (Publisher: Munin Verlag Gmbh.) (ISBN: 3921242401) (Pagination: 290pp, 44 photos, colour plate, 7 maps.) (Condition: d/w creased at edges. bookplate inside cover.Text and Boards very good.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Uniforms, Dress & Insignia - General) An illustrated, German language pamphlet on the Aircraft Commander/Reconnaissance Badge of the Luftwaffe. (Pagination: 12pp, 6 ills) (Condition: Storage wear only) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - General) A rare photographic compendium of the Hitlerjugend and Bund Deutscher Madel (League of German Maidens). It looks at their origins, their day-to-day activities and comradeship. A scarce translation and facsimile (although printed on gloss, art paper) of an original WWII German publication by Obergebietsfuhrer Willi Korber. This is a must for the serious scholar of the Third Reich. German/English text (Published: 1992) (Publisher: Galago Books) (ISBN: 0946995893) (Pagination: Softcover, 62pp, 100+ b/w photos) (Condition: New in card cover) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The first volume of official history of the famous SS Division. Looks at the early years of SS "Das Reich" from its formation in 1934 to 1939 and the outbreak of WWII. The book includes the march into Austria and the Anschluss, the occupation of Prague, and the Division's first campaign in Poland in 1939. Translated from the original German edition. (Published: 1995) (Publisher: J J Fedorowicz) (ISBN: 092199107X) (Pagination: ix + 303pp , 115 photos, maps.) (Condition: Vg in slightly scratched blue boards) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The march of the 2nd SS Panzer Division through France in 1944 where they were challenged by Resistance Groups. At Tulle the SS hanged 99 civilians and at Oradour they massacred a further 642. The legendary SOE operative Violette Szabo was captured by a das Reich patrol after a gun battle south of Limoges. As the bulk of the division crawled north by road their vital petrol supplies were destroyed by bombing directed of officers and men of the Special Air Service Regiment who had been parachuted in near Poitiers to attack German communications. They were afterwards captured and shot with only a handful of survivors. (Published: 2000) (Publisher: Pan Books) (ISBN: 9780330483896) (Pagination: 290pp illustrations) (Condition: Very good except for faded spine.) UL-XXXXXX