Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Military History Books

(Subject: World War II - General) Selected extracts from "Yank", the World War II US Army weekly magazine. Includes accounts of battles, humour, cartoons contributions from all the numerous battle fronts where the US Army served. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Arms & Armour Press) (ISBN: 1854091018) (Pagination: xii + 356pp, 150 ills & photos) (Condition: vg in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) Allied deception and the Normandy Landings of 1944. How an Allied intelligence agent doubled as a German general and planted false plans for the Normandy Invasion on the German High Command in Paris. There is a postscript by Ralph Ingersoll, a US Army liaison officer with British Intelligence for the European invasion which lends credibility to the story, although there has to be doubt about the identity of the man who revealed it. (Published: 1965) (Publisher: Collins) (Pagination: 213pp) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Early Warfare) The Irish Rebellion of 1798. An abridged and illustrated version of Pakenham's classic account published to coincide with the bicentenary of the rebellion. Set in the context of the war between Britain and France. The failure of the United Irishmen and Wolfe Tone to unite the country ended with the lines drawn between Catholic nationalists and Protestant loyalists that continue to haunt Ireland. (Published: 1978) (ISBN: 0586037098) (Pagination: 480pp ills) (Condition: mass market paperback. page edges browning ow vg) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Bargain Basement - 2) NO D/W. The campaigns to defeat the French from 1802-1812 when Britain was facing the threat of invasion by Napoleon. Includes The Trafalgar Campaign, Corunna and Wellington in the Peninsular. (Published: 1944) (Publisher: Collins) (Pagination: xii + 499pp, maps) (Condition: No dw. Good.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) A study of Napoleon's life and career set against the events which he directly influenced. Appendices give a chronology of important dates and concurrent events in Napoleon's time. A complete section is devoted to the armies of the period with examples of the uniforms, equipment and types of soldier and tactics. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Almark Publications) (ISBN: 0855241063) (Pagination: 88pp, maps, illustrations.) (Condition: Good. page edges browning.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) Focus on History series. A basis for study of Napoleon's life and career set against the events which he directly influenced. Appendices give a chronology of important dates and concurrent events in Napoleon's time. A complete section is devoted to the armies of the period with examples of the uniforms, equipment and types of soldier and tactics. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Almark Publications) (ISBN: 0855241063) (Pagination: 88pp, maps, illustrations.) (Condition: Good in rubbed card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) Dustjacket torn at top of spine. Good. A biography of the General from the end of World War II to the last days of his life. The book chronicles his controversial military, administrative, and political career and examines his complex, contradictory personality and character. He officially accepted Japan's surrender on 2 September 1945, aboard USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, and oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951. As the effective ruler of Japan, he oversaw sweeping economic, political and social changes. He led the United Nations Command in the Korean War until he was removed from command by President Harry S. Truman on 11 April 1951. (Published: 1985) (Publisher: Houghton Mifflin) (ISBN: 0395360048) (Pagination: 848pp, illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) The life of General Douglas MacArthur. Starting at West Point the book follows his career prior to WWI. He became the innovative Superintendent of West Point, Chief of Staff of the US Army, and spent some years in the Phillipines prior to the outbreak of WWII. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Houghton Mifflin) (ISBN: 0395109485) (Pagination: xx + 740pp, photos, maps, bibliographical note, notes, index) (Condition: Good in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Regimental & Unit Histories - General) Contemporary cartoons of the Yeomanry Cavalry 1880-1910. Includes such as subjects as the "Great Sham Fight at Lowestoft", the "Stampede from Ickworth, the exploits of the famous Z Troop and the finer points of Horsemanship and Reconnaissance. The collection is in the possession of the Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry. (Published: 1986) (Publisher: Spellmount) (ISBN: 0946771677) (Pagination: 64pp, 25pp col & 24 b/w illustrations) (Condition: Light foxing on top edge. Unread.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Regimental & Unit Histories - General) The Yeomanry Cavalry was first formed in 1794 comprising part-time volunteers, in order to defend Britain from possible invasion by Revolutionary France. In the South African war and the two world wars the Yeomanry Regiments fought initially as Cavalry, Mounted Rifleman and Dismounted Troops and later they served with success as Mechanised, Artillery and Signal regiments. Today their presence is maintained as Territorial Army units. (Published: 1985) (Publisher: Spellmount) (ISBN: 0946771960) (Pagination: 128pp illustrations) (Condition: Faded spine. Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Regimental & Unit Histories - General) The history of the Yeomanry from their formation in 1794. The book covers the 19th Century, South African War, WWI and WWII and includes a listing of regiments by County with a brief history and an illustration of its badge. With a tipped in bookplate signed by the author and the Sir Ralph Ellison, Colonel Commandant Yeomanry. (Published: 1985) (Publisher: Canongate Books) (ISBN: 1898410364) (Pagination: 128pp, col plates, 120 b/w photos, illustrations, index) (Condition: Good in rubbed dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) The author's experiences in WWII. An air crew member with RAF Bomber Command, he parachuted from his stricken aircraft over occupied France in early 1944 and was looked after by the French Resistance until the the Allied Armies arrived. The book recounts his life in France under German occupation. (Published: 1995) (Publisher: Minerva Press) (ISBN: 1858631890) (Pagination: 332pp, 19 ills, maps, bibliography) (Condition: shelf wear only, a little dust staining ow vg) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Regimental & Unit Histories - General) Formed on 13 November 1813 from the ‘Better Class of Culprit and Deserter’ and confined aboard Isle of Wight military prison ships, this expendable corps of ‘Serial Deserters’ was dispatched to survive or die in the pestilential islands of Barbados, St Vincent, Jamaica, Grenada, Tobago and Guadeloupe, where 26 per cent successfully deserted and 30 per cent perished. In this unique study the author examines in detail every aspect of the regiment: its composition, its involvement in the capture of the island of Guadeloupe, the desertions and punishments, and its eventual disbandment in Canada. (Published: 2010) (Publisher: Francis Boutle) (ISBN: 9781903427507) (Pagination: 324pp, 15 b/w illustrations) (Condition: New in card cover) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Pacific) Pyschological Warfare against the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific. The author makes a strong case for the importance of psychological warfare (Psywar) and marshals evidence that Japanese military indoctrination was not proof against demoralization and the survival instinct. The Pacific War was particularly brutal, racist on both sides, and often fought without regard to so-called civilized norms of warfare. She focuses on combat propaganda conducted in support of military operations and intended to demoralize Japanese combatants, and she examines the objectives of the psywar campaign. (Published: 1998) (Publisher: Univ. of Nebraska Press) (ISBN: 0803270895) (Pagination: 226pp. illustrations.maps.) (Condition: Very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Far East) The story of the author's escape from a Japanese POW camp in Singapore. After a five-month trek through Sumatra and Java he was eventually picked up by a flying boat and taken to Australia. Only two of the original seventeen escapers survived. He was one of the very few to make such an escape successfully and live to recount his experiences. (Published: 1956) (Publisher: Readers Union) (Pagination: 210pp, maps ) (Condition: Very good in d/w, some small tears) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) Written in the third person, the author describes the experiences of 'Edgar' during the war. Not so much a story of wartime action but a story against the background of war, commencing in France in 1940 at Amiens, onto to Rouen and from there back to the UK via St Malo. After various experiences embarking at Greenock en route for Algiers. In 1944 he travelled to Corsica and from there to Frejus in the South of France where he was reunited with his French born wife. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Churchman Publishing) (ISBN: 1850931496) (Pagination: 124pp) (Condition: Very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) Fiction. The schoolboy days of a son of one of Wellington's officers who having been wounded at Waterloo was retired from the army. The son, named Marmaduke Wellington, is 8 years old when his father dies and the story begins. (Published: 1900) (Publisher: J.F. Shaw) (Pagination: 224pp illustrations) (Condition: front hinge splitting slightly. Good text clean) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) A collection of adventures of midshipmen at sea. From Midshipman Heywood in the Bounty mutiny of 1789, to the two DSCs won by midshipmen at the Battle of the River Plate. There are accounts of the early days at sea of Fisher, Jellicoe and Lord Charles Beresford plus the stories of Midshipman William Kennedy attacking 80 armed Mandarin Junks in his own light Pinnace, Midshipman Hindmarsh taking the incapacitated Bellerophon out of action at the Nile, and the VC won by Midshipman Drewry at the Dardanelles. (Published: 1960) (Publisher: Putnam Publishers) (Pagination: 251pp, 9 illustrations , appendix, index) (Condition: Good in rubbed dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Battles, Battlefields & Campaigns) The decisions on the battlefield. A study of a series of battles from Hastings to WWII illustrating the choices that were available to the field commander, the problems as they were perceived and the various options that could have been followed. Examples include Hastings, Crecy, Agincourt, Saratoga, Waterloo, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Gaza and Anzio. (Published: 1982) (Publisher: Sidgwick and Jackson) (ISBN: 028398788X) (Pagination: x + 338pp, 25 plates, 75 maps, index) (Condition: Good in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Battles, Battlefields & Campaigns) Decision making on the battlefield. A study of a series of battles from Hastings to WWII, illustrating the choices that were available to the field commander, the problems as they were perceived and the various options that could have been followed. Examples include Hastings, Crecy, Agincourt, Saratoza, Waterloo, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Gaza and Anzio. (Published: 1982) (Publisher: Book Club Edition) (Pagination: x + 338pp, 25 plates, 75 maps, index) (Condition: good in dw) UL-XXXXXX