John Buchan's lucid and authoritative history of World
War I. Written whilst the war was in progress, it was
abridged by military historian Victor Neuburg into a
single volume. Neuburg has also written the introduction.
This edition is complemented by beautiful colour plates by
official war artists including C. R. W. Nevinson, John and
Paul Nash, Sir William Orpen, John Singer Sargent, Colin
Gill and Sir John Lavery.
A scarce account of the war in Vietnam from an unusual
viewpoint. The author was a senior US Army medical officer
who served in many forward and front line medical
facilities and hospitals. His account contains many
verbatim sections from from his diary letters. It is the
moving story of his whole tour of duty, from leaving his
family in March, 1969 to an emotional return to the US on
Easter Sunday, 1970.
Fine in yellow boards, red titles,
no d/w as issued
The biography of Col-Gen Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, the
man who developed blitzkrieg and the German Panzer Arm,
leading it in WW II in campaigns in Poland, France, and
Russia. Later he was Inspector General of Panzer Troops
and the last Chief of the General Staff of the WWII German
Army. He was an enigmatic man and one of radical ideas.
This edition includes a new introduction examining the
controversial Guderian-Liddell Hart correspondence.
DISASTER AT
D-DAY: THE GERMANS DEFEAT THE ALLIES JUNE 1944
by Peter Tsouras
A historical "what-if?" alternative D-Day campaign. A
study of how a campaign could lead to unexpected results.
Tsouras introduces minor alterations at the start of the
operation - the slight repositioning of a unit etc - and
examines their effects as they gather momentum and impact
on subsequent events.
Vg in rubbed d/w - 236pp, maps, tables,
illustrations, appendices
The experiences of the British Soldier who fought in
the North West European Campaign in WWII. Includes the
Normandy Invasion - 'Operation Overlord', the August
Breakout, Operation "Market/Garden", the Ardennes
campaign, breaking the Siegfried Line and the Reichwald
Battles, and the campaign from the Rhine to the Baltic.
