THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT (DUKE OF
CAMBRIDGE'S OWN) 1919 - 1952
by Lt. Cdr P K Kemp, F.R.Hist.S, RN (Ret)
Compiled under the direction of the Regimental Committee and with
a Foreword by Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks this is a
comprehensive history of the regiment's campaigns following the
Great War. A Territorial unit between the wars, in World War II
they served in Hong Kong, with the BEF in France, North Africa,
Sicily, Italy, and from the Normandy Beach-head to Northern Europe
and Germany. Post WWII they were deployed to enforce the British
Mandate in Palestine. The 1st Battalion went on to serve in Korea
from 1950 to 1951.
A very scarce edition.
Vg in brown boards with cover motif & spine titles - 462pp,
23 b/w ills, 12 maps (numerous fold-out), Roll of Honour, index
Gale & Polden, 1956 -
No
ISBN
SOLD
Web No:
09445-01
£44.00
CINDERELLA ARMY: THE CANADIANS IN
NORTHWEST EUROPE, 1944-1945
by Terry Copp
In his controversial book ‘Fields of Fire’, Terry Copp challenged
the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle
of Normandy was a failure. Cinderella Army extends his argument that
the achievement of the Canadian army has been greatly underrated.
The Canadian component of the Allied Armies never totalled more that
185,000 of the four million troops in Northwest Europe. It is,
however, evident that the divisions of 2nd Canadian Corps played a
role disproportionate to their numbers. Their contribution to
operations designed to secure the Channel Ports and open the
approaches to Antwerp, together with the battles in the Rhineland,
place them among the most heavily committed and sorely tried
divisions in the theatre.
The Grenadier Guards
are the First Regiment of Foot Guards and closest to the Monarch.
This book is published in cooperation with the Regiment to
celebrate their 350th Anniversary. It contains full details of the
Regiment's battle honours, key personalities, VC winners, customs
and ceremonial role over their long and glorious history, which
goes right up to the demands of modern war fighting. Superb
illustrations make this a visual and literary treat.
New - Large format, 304pp,
c600 colour illustrations
The Waffen SS were
considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second
World War and were involved in almost continuous combat. From the
sweeping tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter
fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy and the last great
offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalized in history as the
Battle of the Bulge, these men and their tanks made history.
New in card cover - 374pp,
35 + b/w ills, maps, diags
A HITLER YOUTH:
GROWING UP IN GERMANY IN THE 1930s
by Henry Metelmann
The author was a railway worker's son who joined the Hitler Youth
at the age of 12, against his parents wishes. His story covers all
aspects of life in Hamburg's socialist working class community. He
relates tales of street play, family gatherings and school life, as
well as the scout movement which eventually became the Hitler Youth,
and pictures society disrupted by the Nazis who used violence,
propaganda and skillfully orchestrated gatherings to achieve total
political dominance. The author describes the beating and
intimidation of individual opponents of the Nazi regime and the
climate of fear and violence which gradually transformed his family
and local community
