Search Results: Titles starting with F from Military History Books

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Mass market paperback. Pages browning but very good condition. The French Section of SOE, the famous resistance organisation raised and run by Colonel Buckmaster, who considered this book "by far the most complete and most accurate of all the accounts that have appeared." Includes the exploits of the brothers de Vomecourt, Jean-Pierre Bloch, Robert Sheppard and Jean Renier. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: Grafton Books) (ISBN: 0586206973) (Pagination: 272pp/) (Condition: Very good in card covers.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - World War II ) The author describes reconnaissance and patrol activities of F Recce Squadron, which was then serving under command of the British 13 Corps, in the later stages of the WWII Italian campaign. He comments on the reaction of the perplexed Italian man in the ranks towards the swift change of enemy and ally brought about by the caprice of a totalitarian regime. The most significant part of his work is that which deals with the efforts of the Italian ex-soldier to adjust himself at once to the environment of peace and democracy. (Published: 1947) (Publisher: J M Dent & Sons) (Pagination: 210pp) (Condition: poor in repaired d/w. light foxing. all text complete) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - Post World War II ) The Phantom was developed for the US Navy as a long-range all-weather fighter and first flew in May 1958. It became operational in 1961. The US Air Force then realised that the Navy had an aircraft that was far better than any tactical aircraft in their inventory and ordered 543 F-4C variants. There then followed a spate of orders from around the world. In Britain, it was ordered for the Navy and Air Force, but was modified to take the Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan. One of the Royal Navy's Phantoms stole the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing, a record that stood until taken by the remarkable Blackbird. (Published: 2019) (Publisher: Pen & Sword) (ISBN: 9781526705761) (Pagination: 117pp, 120 b/w photos) (Condition: new in card cover) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Divided loyalties are at the heart of the human dilemma confronting those convicted or charged with treachery. Some traitors were ideological converts who simply wrote autobiographical accounts of their experiences, thereby exposing corruption and totalitarianism. Others deliberately set out to inflict maximum damage in order to destabilize an odious system or organization. Some so-called traitors include German patriots who fled the Nazis, or Soviet intelligence personnel who defected to the West. Did P.G. Wodehouse betray his country? Was the KGB defector Anatoli Golitsyn a geniune political dissident, or merely a shrewd opportunist? Why were the anti-Hitler plotters shunned in post-war Germany? (Published: 1995) (Publisher: Faber & Faber) (ISBN: 0571173322) (Pagination: 439pp) (Condition: v/good in d/w - page edges slightly browning) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Unread. Researched and compiled by Nigel West, one of the UKs foremost security experts, this is the story of the clandestine careers of some of Britain's most secret servants including such WWI luminaries as Compton Mackenzie, A. E. W. Mason and Somerset Maugham. Also looks at anti-Bolshevik operations during and after the Russian Civil War by Paul Dukes, Dick Ellis, Augustus Agar and Sidney Reilly, WWII sabotage and deception operations by Julian Amery, Leonard Burt, Dennis Wheatley and Stephen Watts. The author also discusses the activities of Overseas Agents such as Graham Greene, Malcolm Muggeridge, Dusko Popov ('Tricycle'), Juan Pujol ('Garbo'), and Eddie Chapman ('Zigzag'), and goes on to cover the post war SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and MI5 (The Security Service) with accounts of more than 100 individuals and their activities. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Faber & Faber) (ISBN:… Read more

(Subject: The Bargain Basement) The author was Ambassador to the German Imperial Court, here he gives his views and perceptions of events and politics during the years to the First World war, including chapters on Who sank the Lusitania. The spine cover is detaching on both sides, there are marks on the boards, the text seems clean and unmarked. In general a useful reading copy only. (Published: 1918) (Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton) (Pagination: 324pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Between the World Wars - General) Blue boards with faded spine. no d/w. Henderson, a British diplomat of long experience and proven character, was ambassador for his country in Berlin from 1937 to 1939. This is the story of his attempt, and his failure, to avert the calamity of European war. He was witness to the dramatic events that preceeded the Second World War, including the Anschluss, Munich, the occupation of Prague, Hitler's threats to Poland, and the outbreak of war. (Published: 1940) (Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton) (Pagination: 318pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) Classic wartime fiction. When John Franklin crash lands his Wellington bomber in occupied France at the height of the Second World War, he is concerned for the safety of his crew and worried about his own badly injured arm. His crew escapes, but the family of a mill owner risk their lives to hide Franklin in their home. (Published: 1946) (Publisher: Readers Union) (Pagination: 239pp.) (Condition: Black boards rubbed.Light foxing throughout.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Bargain Basement) Vividly describes how the fighters, bombers, torpedo and reconnaissance aircraft of the RAF and FAA took the fight to the enemy. Accounts of the air battles are enriched by extracts from the diaries of the air and ground crew involved. (Published: 2008) (Publisher: Crecy Publishing Ltd) (ISBN: 9780907579588) (Pagination: 208pp, illustrations, maps) (Condition: Small splash mark on back cover. Good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Falklands) Previous owner's inscription on title page. The biting account of the intrigue within the Junta which led to the Argentine attack. Compiled from personal interviews, as well as documentary sources, the book exposes the scheming within the Military and the struggle within the United Nations. Oscar Raul Cardoso, Ricardo Kirschbaum and Eduardo van der Kooy, distinguished journalists from Buenos Aires, are together responsible for the national politics columns of the newspaper, Clarin. All three visited the Falklands, Oscar Cardoso on the day after the invasion. From Washington, New York and Buenos Aires they have compiled accounts of the dramatic confrontation between Galtieri and Reagan on the eve of the sinking of the Belgrano. (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Preston Editions) (ISBN: 187061500X) (Condition: good in card cover, previous owner's inscription) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Falklands) The story of the despatch of the Task Force to re-occupy the Islands, 8,000 miles from Britain. The book examines the command and control of the Royal Navy, Army and RAF participation in the campaign, the landings, air battles, and the final victory. The operation took place more than 35 years ago and this is one of the many books available commemorating the recapture of the Falklands. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Guild Publishing) (Pagination: 192pp, 101 b/w & 70 col illustrations, large format) (Condition: very good in good d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Falklands) This is a softback copy. The author was the only official war artist attached to the British Forces for the Falklands War. This is a selection from the 400 drawings she made during the operation on board SS Canberra, transferring at South Georgia, the San Carlos landings, deployment at Goose Green, Fitzroy, Darwin and finally Stanley. Each illustration is annotated by the artist. (Published: 1982) (Publisher: Mitchell Beazley) (Pagination: 115pp, 97 illustrations, 2 maps. large format) (Condition: storage wear, Very good in card covers.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Falklands) This is the full story of the campaign for the Falklands in 1982, written by the Sunday Times Insight Team. From the corridors of Whitehall to an Argentinian minefield, the authors used their daily coverage of the war plus additional accounts from those whose stories could not be published at the time. Journalists from the paper reported from the Task Force, from Argentina and from the Falkland Islands themselves as the invasion started. (Published: 1982) (Publisher: Sphere Books) (ISBN: 0722182821) (Pagination: 274pp.illustrations) (Condition: Mass market paperback. Good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Falklands) This contemporary partwork has been professionally rebound in black boards. This collectible volume relives the dramatic events in the Spring of 1982, when the Argentine Junta, desperate to restore its popularity at home, took the extraordinary decision to invade the Falkland Islands. The conflict dominated world headlines as British forces conducted a bravely fought and skilfully directed military campaign to recapture the Islands. This is a chronological account of the campaign and the key factors that enabled Britain to succeed against all odds. (Published: 1983) (Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Books) (Pagination: Large format, 448pp, c1500 colour & b/w photos & illustrations) (Condition: 14 copies bound in black boards with gilt spine titles) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Falklands) Events that followed in the year after the conflict. Includes the lessons learnt from the fighting, "Fortress Falklands" and the Islands after the war. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Books) (ISBN: 086307202) (Pagination: 144pp, 112 col photos and illustrations, 16 b/w photos, 3 col maps. Large format) (Condition: dw repaired ow good.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) The final years of WWII 1943-45. Includes Kursk and the East Wall, the Allied invasion of Italy and the Second Front in Normandy, the German collapse in the East, the defence on the Rhine and Vistula. Also looks at the military and political organisation of the Third Reich - its strengths and weaknesses and the events that saw the liberation of Europe, based principally on German sources. (Published: 1981) (Publisher: Batsford) (ISBN: 0713419687) (Pagination: 218pp, 31 photos, 21 maps, index) (Condition: Pages browning, ow good in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - General) In February 1945, during the hectic months that preceded the total collapse of the Third Reich and the capitulation of the German forces Bernadotte left Sweden to try to establish contact with Heinrich Himmler and induce him to allow all Danes and Norwegians in German concentration camps to be transported to Sweden for internment until the end of the war. Based on his own notes and reports, he describes his various missions, his meetings with Himmler and other leading figures of the Nazi regime and how his role changed from humanitarian to political liason for Himmler in requesting terms with the west. (Published: 1945) (Publisher: Cassell) (Pagination: vi + 82pp, ills) (Condition: dw ragged, ow good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) The final years of WWII, 1943-45. Includes Kursk and the East Wall, the Allied invasion of Italy and the Second Front in Normandy, the German collapse in the East, the defence on the Rhine and Vistula. Also looks at the military and political organisation of the Third Reich - its strengths and weaknesses and the events that saw the liberation of Europe, based principally on German sources. (Published: 1981) (Publisher: Batsford) (ISBN: 0713419687) (Pagination: 218pp illustrations, maps) (Condition: Good in d/w. Pages browning) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) The story of one of the most epic battles fought between German and Allied forces during the Second World War. The decisive action took place within five days and by the third, the number of German dead exceeded their losses in all other theatres since the outbreak of hostilities. The German parachutists were confined for supply and reinforcements to a single airstrip at Maleme, yet on this one foothold they managed to land over eight thousand men, who defeated an Allied army nearly five times as numerous. Card covers slightly creased, but still a useful study copy. (Published: 1981) (Publisher: Efstathiadis) (Pagination: 191pp illustrations, maps) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Western Europe) A dramatic account of the fall of one of the world's great cities in 1940 to the German conquerors. The author recounts the experiences of those who were there, how the "Enigma/Ultra" secrets were saved, and the atomic secrets that were kept from the Nazis. (Published: 1992) (Publisher: Sinclair-Stephenson) (ISBN: 1856191753) (Pagination: xii + 430pp, 26 ills, 4 maps, index) (Condition: very good in d/w.) UL-XXXXXX