Search Results: Military - wartime from Poco Productions

1979 blue hardcover & white DJ in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. Well researched & illustrated account of the East Anglia air bases. Also included are some 1945 letters and some 1957 name lists. (See photos). US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.

1992 white softcover in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

1995 auburn hardcover in good condition; some wear & water damage to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center. Traces the history of the Missouri the last of the US Navy's 57 battleships and the most technically advanced from her keel-laying in 1941 through her successful participation in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Draws on interviews with dozens of men who served on the Missouri (the author was one of them), along with archive research, to present a detailed narrative. Abundantly illustrated with b&w photos.

2017 magazine in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. This 144 page magazine examines the events that led up to it, how the biggest evacuation in military history unfolded, from the plans and decisions made, to the ships, weapons, and key players involved.

1994 white softcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. A collection of anecdotes that illustrates the life, duties and operations of the R.P.N.S. on their odd collection of requisitioned trawlers, paddle steamers and yachts. It gives a taste of their operational activities including minesweeping, escort duties and anti-submarine work in various theatres of war from the North Atlantic to the Far East.

1996 green blue hardcover & DJ in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. Conflict Over Convoys examines the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of Anglo-American diplomacy, deepening our understanding of Allied strategy, British industrial decline, and operations TORCH and OVERLORD. Britain's dependence on American ships and logistical support created controversy over the control of military strategy; victory in the Atlantic eventually allowed America to dominate Allied logistics diplomacy. Conflict Over Convoys shows how these tensions reflect the decline of British hegemony and America's rise to global influence.

May 1944 red pamphlet in good condition; some wear to covers, some browning of pages, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

1944 blue thick magazine in good condition; some wear and chipping to covers & spine, some clear taping of spine, good binding, no marks inside. Lots of vintage ads. US media mail only for shipping.

1970 black hardcover in fair condition. Lots of wear, tear and marks to covers, 1st page is ripped, though it's blank. Otherwise it's good inside, no marks, good binding. Includes: Land (Artillery, Trench, Chemical, Tank), Air (Zeppelin, airplane) & Sea ( ships & subs.)

2008 black hardcover w gold DJ, First Edition, in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping.Marks the centenary of the visit to Australia by the US Great White Fleet in 1908. When Prime Minister Deakin learned that President Thoedore Roosevelt was sending the US Atlantic Fleet on a world cruise he pressed to have the ships call at Australian ports. Nevertheless and in spite of this outward sign of hands across the waters, without formal diplomatic...

1989 large white spined hardcover in very good+ condition; slight wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.
Book III is mostly full of stories accompanied by photos.

1999 gold hardcover in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. Text is in German. US media mail for shipping.

1972 white hardcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. Text is in French. US media mail only for shipping. l' Uniform and Weapons Of the soldiers Of the War 1939 - 1945 - 1 - France - Austria - Germany - the U.S.S.R. - Tchéchoslovaquie - Poland - Belgium - 1933 1941 - Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured tanks, Aviation

1997 blue hardcover in very good+ condition; slight wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.Textbook of Military Medicine. Part 1, Warfare, Weaponry, and the Casualty

1915 red hardcover in OK condition. The covers have come loose, there are some stains, writing in rear,covers have wear, stains and rips to spine. Some browning of text, but is very readable. There are many fold outs in good condition.

2013 white magazine in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

2004 beige hardcover & DJ in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. Text is English. US media mail only for shipping. Now, for the first time, the private Afrikakorps photograph collection of Rommel's second in command, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, is presented in this landmark publication. Over 200 photographs, showing personalities, battle scenes, behind the front line rest periods, and non-battle scenery such as a tour of ancient ruins with Rommel are featured. Brought to life here are the famous Afrikakorps personalities such as Rommel, Nehring, Cruwell, and von Thoma. The Afrikakorps commanders, their fighting men, the awards for bravery, the graves, and even mundane military life in the heat of the Libyan desert, Bayerlein's array of photographs depict the war in the Western Desert as he saw it. From his arrival in the Western Desert in October 1941, through his final, and bitter departure in May 1943, Bayerlein took hundreds of photographs. This gallery of… Read More

Rare 2000 black hardcover in very good+ condition; slight wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.The battle of Sanananda, 19 November 1942-22 January 1943, was the longest of the three intertwined battles that saw the Allies eliminate the Japanese beachhead on the northern coast of Papua. This beachhead, spread out from Gona in the west to Buna in the east, had been established to support a Japanese offensive across the Kokoda Trail towards Port Moresby. The Japanese reached within 30 miles of Port Moresby, before first being ordered to go onto the defensive, and then being thrown back by an Australian counterattack. Even while this counterattack was going on, General MacArthur, the Allied Commander-in-Chief in the South West Pacific Area, was preparing for the attack on the Japanese beachhead.

4.501990 white softcover in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping.The occupation of Western Europe by the Wehrmacht brought about the birth of resistance movements in all the countries affected, as well as collaborationist movements directly opposed to the resistance. In effect, the war against Germany became a civil war within each country. Sought out by the Hohere SS und Polizeiführer ('High Command of the SS and Police') and often aided by the British Special Operations Executive, the Western European Resistance centred largely on espionage and intelligence-gathering. A companion volume to Men-at-Arms 142: Partisan Warfare 1941-45, this book explores the history of resistance warfare during World War II in Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France and Italy.

1943 gray hardcover in good+ condition; some wear to covers, some brown stains to inside cover, some name stamps, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.