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Berlin Dance of Death
by Altner, Helmut
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- Used - Fine
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- near fine
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- First UK edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9781862271425
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Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2002. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Used. Fine/Near Fine Jacket. A teenager's vivid and moving account of his experiences as a conscript during the final six weeks of the Third Reich's existence, supplemented with notes and photographs to show how his experiences fitted into the overall picture. The author received rudimentary basic… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tobruk : The Birth of a Legend
by Harrison, Frank
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- Used - Good
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- Reprint
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- 2003
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- Paperback
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- 9780304362585
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London: Cassell, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Good/-. The compelling story of the seige of Tobruk during WWII. The author was stationed in Tobruk during the seige as a young signalman. He therefore has knowledge of the 'bigger picture' perhaps outside the scope of others who were there. The eventual break-out from Tobruk was the… Read more about this item Item Price
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U-700
by Follett, James
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780297775706
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The story of U-700 - the submarine that lost its nerve - is one of the most incredible of WWII. Previously unheard of, the surrender of a German U-Boat provided the Royal Navy with vital secrets on Germany's magnetic warheads and boosted British morale. For Bernhard Berndt, the insecure young officer who… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chronology of World War II: The Day By Day Illustrated Record 1939-45
by Argyle, Christopher \(Compiler\)
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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- 9780896730717
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London: Marshall Cavendish, 1980. Hardcover. Good/Good. A day by day chronology of World War II, from the German invasion of Poland in 1939 to the capitulation of Japan in 1945 - six bitter years of struggle and sacrifice. Fully illustrated with photos and newspaper headlines of the day. Major events are highlighted in bold print for easy cross-reference, and includes… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Eagle's Nest: From Adolph Hitler to the Present Day
by Frankel, Andrew \(et al\)
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1985
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- Paperback
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- 9783922590170
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Berchtesgaden: Druckerei Und Verlag Plenk KG, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine/-. Pictorial card covers in Fine condition. Internally, Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Contains 80-pages, 29.5 x 21cm, illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos, plus special artwork and maps. Comprehensive and detailed history of the so-called 'Eagle's Nest' - the mountain lodge overlooking Berchtesgaden, constructed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Blitz-Kreig: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
by Deighton, Len
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- Reprint
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780224016483
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good. A detailed re-examination of Hitler's blitz-kreig, or 'lightning war', which in a few short months saw the Nazis victorious on most of mainland Europe. Deighton begins by tracing the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, showing how this was inevitable, despite (or because of) the back-stabbing and scheming within the highest ranks.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Imperial War Museum Book of the Desert War 1940-1942
by Bramall, Field Marshal Lord \(Editor-in-chief\)
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- Used - Good
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- Reprint
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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- 9780283061745
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1995. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Detailed review of this unique theatre of World War II, on land, at sea and in the air, with its vast expanses proving every bit as formidable as the enemy. Here you will read about the armoured & infantry clashes between the two great opposing armies: Britain's 8th Army,… Read more about this item Item Price
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On Parade Memoirs of a Jewish Sergeant-Major in World War II
by Sanitt, Leonard
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- Used - Fair
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- Good
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780907590316
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Stevenage: Spa, 1990. Hardcover. Fair/Good. The author was one of only a very few Jewish soldiers to reach the rank of warrant officer class 1 in the British Army. Here, he describes what it was like to be an armament sergeant-major with REME in the Second World War. Starting with his pre-war days as a TA soldier, we follow him… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hitler's Commanders
by Mitcham, Samuel W. & Mueller, Gene
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780850523089
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London: Leo Cooper, 1992. Hardcover. Good/Good. Goes beyond the stereotyped images to examine the true nature of the military commanders of Hitler's Third Reich. Here you will meet Theodor Eicke, who went directly from being an inmate of a mental institution to commandant of the concentration camp at Dachau; Ernst Udet, a drug-abuser and womanizer whose ineptitude ruined the German… Read more about this item Item Price
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War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin
by Rees, Laurence
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- Used - Good
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- very good
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780563384779
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London: BBC Worldwide, 1999. Hardcover. Good/very good. 1100g. Good+/Very Good Jacket. Published to accompany the BBC TV series of the same name. Detailed examination of the war on the Eastern Front between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union - a conflict which took more than 30-million lives and unleashed the Holocaust against the Jews. It played… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bedford Triangle: US Undercover Operations from England in World War 2
by Bowman, Martin W
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- Used - Fair
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- good
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780850599343
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London: Patrick Stephens, 1988. Hardcover. Fair/good. Details of Britain's SOE and America's OSS organisations which operated at a number of secret locations within a short radius of the county town of Bedford. The movement of secret agents to, from, and within occupied Europe; the supply of arms and equipment to resistance groups; the breaking of enemy codes… Read more about this item Item Price
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Spit, Polish and Tears: Stories of W.A.A.F.s In World War II
by Small, Norman
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9781858213071
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Durham: Pentland Press, 1995. Hardcover. Good/Good. Durham: Pentland Press, 1995. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. Good/Good. A collection of stories, written in the main in the words of ex-WAAFs of the Second World War. It tells of their joys, their tears, and their times of great trauma, but, through it all, there shines good humour, pride, a sense of belonging… Read more about this item Item Price
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Last Man Out: Surviving the Burma Railroad
by Charles, H. Robert
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- Used - Fair
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- Good
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- First UK edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9781852232313
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Marlborough: Crowood Press, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. The author was serving as a marine aboard the USS Houston when it was sunk by the Japanese in May, 1942. Taken prisoner, he was held for the next forty-three months in slave labour camps in Burma, Thailand and Saigon. This is the vivid account of his ordeal - and that… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Price of Surrender1941: The War in Crete
by Walker, Ernest
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- Used - Fair
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780713722963
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London: Blandford, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. London: Blandford, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. Fair/Good. The author was a leading member of a group of RAF servicemen taken prisoner by German paratroops on Crete in 1941. His vivid account tells how he and the others were wrongfully accused of killing wounded German soldiers, and how they escaped… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Japanese War Machine
by Mayer, S.L. \(editor\)
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- Used - Very Good
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- very good
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
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- 9780600352471
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London: Bison , 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. Exhaustive coverage of the Imperial Japanese Forces during WWII. Covers every detail of land, air and sea forces, from history and organizaton, down to individual weapons. As well as many period photographs, the informative text is accompanied by stunning colour illustrations of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Munich: The Eleventh Hour
by Kee, Robert
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- Used - Good
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- very good
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780241125373
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London: Hamish Hamilton , 1988. Hardcover. Good/very good. A re-examination of the events surrounding the Munich Agreement of 1938. Many historians have seen this as a shameful betrayal of Czechoslovakia, while others argue that by 'sacrificing' the Czechs, Chamberlain bought valuable time for Britain to re-arm. In this volume, the author threads his way through the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Way It Was: Pearl Harbor: The original Photographs
by Goldstein, Donald & Dillon, Katherine
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- Used - Very Good +
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- First trade paperback edition
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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- 9780028811208
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Washington DC: Brassey's, 1995. First trade paperback edition. Paperback. Very Good +. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor illustrated by dozens of photographs taken by service and civilian personnel. Brings home the enormity of what took place that day as never before. Contains 181 pages, 28 x 21.5cm, and illustrated throughout with b&w photos, maps and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Storming Eagles: German Airborne Forces in World War Two
by Lucas, James
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- Used - Near Fine
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- very good
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- Reprint
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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London: London Guild 1988, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. In depth and authorative account of the German airborne forces (the Fallschirmjaeger) in WWII. Covers their history and development; training; weapons; organization; operations, etc. Heavilly illustrated with contemporary photographs, some never before published. Contains 191 pages, 25 x 19cm, and illustrated throughout with b&w photos. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The German Occupation of the Channel Islands
by Cruickshank, Charles
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- Used - Fair
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- good
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- First edition thus
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780862997694
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Stroud: Alan Sutton , 1990. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fair/good. 1200g. Official and comprehensive history of the German occupation of the Channel Islands: the only British territory to be occupied by the Nazis in WWII. Size, 25 x 17cm, 310 pages, illustrated throughout with b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpapers removed, some library markings. Black cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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Desperate Venture The story of Operation Torch, the allied invasion of North Africa
by Gelb, Norman
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- Used - Fair
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- good
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780340581339
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. Hardcover. Fair/good. The full story of Operation Torch, which on 8 November 1942 landed more than 100,000 troops on the shores of North Africa in the Allies first major offensive operation of WWII. This was the largest amphibious invasion ever attempted at that stage of the war, involving more than 500 American… Read more about this item Item Price
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