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The Italian Campaign, 1943 1945 - Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives

by Philip Jowett

25,67€ + 10% CARD

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 The Second World War Italian campaign in over 300 wartime photographs.
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The Armour Of Rommel'S Afrika Korps - Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives

by Baxter, Ian

20,27€ + 10% CARD

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 A comprehensive record of the formidable vehicles that the Afrika Korps possessed with superb contemporary images covering all the armoured equipment supported by full captions.
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Normandy Beyond The Beaches

by Diamond Jon Diamond

~~13,24€~~ 11,92€ 10% OFF

 This latest Images of War series book examines the controversial development of the Allied campaign in Normandy in the weeks after the D-Day landings. After overcoming Rommel’s beach obstacles and ‘Atlantic Wall’ fortifications, a secure Allied lodgment of the five beaches developed along the Caen-Bayeux-Carentan axis with a period of consolidation while reinforcements and supplies were built up. The early arrival of 12th SS Hitlerjugend, 21st Panzer and the Panzer Lehr Divisions delayed Montgomery’s Anglo-Canadian capture of Caen until mid-July and prevented an early breakout into the countryside inland from Gold, Juno and Sword which was suitable for armored combat. An early American goal was to cut the Cotentin Peninsula in two at its southern base to prevent the Germans from supplying and strengthening the deep-water port of Cherbourg, which U.S. VII Corps captured on 26 June. Inland from Omaha and Utah, the close ‘bocage’ country proved advantageous to the German defenders. The Allied breakout occurred at the end of July with Bradley’s Operation COBRA near St. Lo followed by the entire Allied front first moving to close the Falaise Gap before heading southward and then pivoting to the east for the capture of the Seine River crossings. These crucial and testing weeks for the Allies are described in graphic contemporary images with full captions and authoritative text.
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Normandy Beyond The Beaches

by Diamond Jon Diamond

~~13,24€~~ 11,92€ 10% OFF

 This latest Images of War series book examines the controversial development of the Allied campaign in Normandy in the weeks after the D-Day landings. After overcoming Rommel’s beach obstacles and ‘Atlantic Wall’ fortifications, a secure Allied lodgment of the five beaches developed along the Caen-Bayeux-Carentan axis with a period of consolidation while reinforcements and supplies were built up. The early arrival of 12th SS Hitlerjugend, 21st Panzer and the Panzer Lehr Divisions delayed Montgomery’s Anglo-Canadian capture of Caen until mid-July and prevented an early breakout into the countryside inland from Gold, Juno and Sword which was suitable for armored combat. An early American goal was to cut the Cotentin Peninsula in two at its southern base to prevent the Germans from supplying and strengthening the deep-water port of Cherbourg, which U.S. VII Corps captured on 26 June. Inland from Omaha and Utah, the close ‘bocage’ country proved advantageous to the German defenders. The Allied breakout occurred at the end of July with Bradley’s Operation COBRA near St. Lo followed by the entire Allied front first moving to close the Falaise Gap before heading southward and then pivoting to the east for the capture of the Seine River crossings. These crucial and testing weeks for the Allies are described in graphic contemporary images with full captions and authoritative text.
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Himmler'S Slave Labour Camps

by Baxter Ian Baxter

~~13,24€~~ 11,92€ 10% OFF

 Explores the brutal exploitation and horrific conditions of forced labor camps in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Shortly after their rise to power, the Nazis established specific Arbeitslager (labour camps) which housed Ostarbeiter (eastern workers), Fremdarbeiter (foreign workers) and other forced labourers who were rounded up and brought in from the east. These were distinct from the SS-run concentration camps. The use of forced labour grew significantly in 1937 due to rearmament requirements and again after the outbreak of war The invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 further heightened demands for labour and the availability of new workers in areas under Nazi occupation. Vast numbers were deported to forced labour camps, where they worked either producing war materials or on construction projects. As in the Nazis’ view, inmates were slaves pure and simple and replaceable with others, there was a complete disregard for the health of prisoners. Required to work long hours with little or no time for rest or breaks they were subject to insufficiencies of food, equipment, medicine and clothing. As a result of these conditions and brutal treatment, death rates were shockingly high. By 1945, more than fourteen million people had been exploited in the network of hundreds of forced labour camps that stretched across Nazi-occupied Europe. In true Images of War series style, this superbly illustrated book graphically describes the growth of the slave camp system and the conditions inflicted on the luckless labour force.
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Himmler'S Slave Labour Camps

by Baxter Ian Baxter

~~13,24€~~ 11,92€ 10% OFF

 Explores the brutal exploitation and horrific conditions of forced labor camps in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Shortly after their rise to power, the Nazis established specific Arbeitslager (labour camps) which housed Ostarbeiter (eastern workers), Fremdarbeiter (foreign workers) and other forced labourers who were rounded up and brought in from the east. These were distinct from the SS-run concentration camps. The use of forced labour grew significantly in 1937 due to rearmament requirements and again after the outbreak of war The invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 further heightened demands for labour and the availability of new workers in areas under Nazi occupation. Vast numbers were deported to forced labour camps, where they worked either producing war materials or on construction projects. As in the Nazis’ view, inmates were slaves pure and simple and replaceable with others, there was a complete disregard for the health of prisoners. Required to work long hours with little or no time for rest or breaks they were subject to insufficiencies of food, equipment, medicine and clothing. As a result of these conditions and brutal treatment, death rates were shockingly high. By 1945, more than fourteen million people had been exploited in the network of hundreds of forced labour camps that stretched across Nazi-occupied Europe. In true Images of War series style, this superbly illustrated book graphically describes the growth of the slave camp system and the conditions inflicted on the luckless labour force.
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Allied Neutralisation Of Rabaul - Japan’S Major South Pacific Base

by Diamond Jon Diamond

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 Details the 1943-1944 Allied strategy to neutralize Japan''s Rabaul stronghold through fierce aerial sieges and targeted landings in the Pacific. Fierce Pacific ground, sea, and aerial combat raged between the Allies and Imperial Japan to halt the latter’s inexorable advance in 1942-1943. After the American victory at Guadalcanal in February 1943, Admiral Halsey’s South Pacific Area (SPA) naval and amphibious forces battled through the Solomon Islands building new and acquiring extant Japanese airfields. Simultaneously General Douglas MacArthur’s Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) Australian-American ground forces, supported by General George Kenney’s US Fifth Air Force and other Allied air squadrons, captured Japanese installations in Papua New Guinea before campaigning along Northeast New Guinea’s northern coast ousting or bypassing enemy installations there. Using newly-built Papuan airfields, the Allies gained air superiority over New Guinea and also interdicted Japanese maritime supply lines. Yet, the main Japanese southwest Pacific bastion at Rabaul on the northeastern tip of New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, remained. In March 1943, realizing an amphibious assault and ground campaign against Rabaul’s naval and army bases would be too costly, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to neutralise Rabaul with a joint SPA and SWPA aerial siege rather than capture it. This IOW volume recounts this strategy during 1943 and 1944 and the December 1943 amphibious landings by the US 1st Marine Division and US Sixth Army units at Cape Gloucester and Arawe, respectively, which successfully isolated the Japanese fortress and satellite bases.
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Allied Neutralisation Of Rabaul - Japan’S Major South Pacific Base

by Diamond Jon Diamond

~~13,24€~~ 11,92€ 10% OFF

 Details the 1943-1944 Allied strategy to neutralize Japan''s Rabaul stronghold through fierce aerial sieges and targeted landings in the Pacific. Fierce Pacific ground, sea, and aerial combat raged between the Allies and Imperial Japan to halt the latter’s inexorable advance in 1942-1943. After the American victory at Guadalcanal in February 1943, Admiral Halsey’s South Pacific Area (SPA) naval and amphibious forces battled through the Solomon Islands building new and acquiring extant Japanese airfields. Simultaneously General Douglas MacArthur’s Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) Australian-American ground forces, supported by General George Kenney’s US Fifth Air Force and other Allied air squadrons, captured Japanese installations in Papua New Guinea before campaigning along Northeast New Guinea’s northern coast ousting or bypassing enemy installations there. Using newly-built Papuan airfields, the Allies gained air superiority over New Guinea and also interdicted Japanese maritime supply lines. Yet, the main Japanese southwest Pacific bastion at Rabaul on the northeastern tip of New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, remained. In March 1943, realizing an amphibious assault and ground campaign against Rabaul’s naval and army bases would be too costly, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to neutralise Rabaul with a joint SPA and SWPA aerial siege rather than capture it. This IOW volume recounts this strategy during 1943 and 1944 and the December 1943 amphibious landings by the US 1st Marine Division and US Sixth Army units at Cape Gloucester and Arawe, respectively, which successfully isolated the Japanese fortress and satellite bases.
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German Motorcycles At War, 1939-1945 - The Kradschützen Truppen

by Baxter Ian Baxter

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 Explores the crucial role of motorcycles in the Nazi war machine, enhancing mobility and tactical effectiveness during WWII. The success of fast-moving Blitzkrieg tactics by the Nazi war machine depended on high mobility. With their on- and off-road capabilities, motorcycles became an important component of the Nazi war machine’s arsenal making a particularly significant impact in French and Russian campaigns. The motorcycles were used in a variety of roles including patrolling, intelligence gathering, and police duties in occupied Europe. Motorcyclists could be found in every unit of an infantry and Panzer division including headquarters which had a motorcycle messenger platoon. Their versatility also enabled them to survey enemy positions until coming under fire before reporting back with vital intelligence relating to enemy locations and strengths. The German industry produced wide range of motor-bikes for military use. By 1938 some 200,000 motorcycles were produced in Germany and occupied territories. The principal makes included BMW, DKW, NSU, Triumph, Victoria, and Zundapp. Sidecar combinations, often mounted with an MG34/42 machine gun, also made the bike a very effective weapon. By describing in words and contemporary images the role of the German motorcycle and motorcyclists during the Second World War, this Images of War book fills an overlooked gap in coverage of Nazi military capability. It emphasizes that the German military perfected the use of motorcycles and employed them more widely than any other army.
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German Motorcycles At War, 1939-1945 - The Kradschützen Truppen

by Baxter Ian Baxter

~~13,24€~~ 11,92€ 10% OFF

 Explores the crucial role of motorcycles in the Nazi war machine, enhancing mobility and tactical effectiveness during WWII. The success of fast-moving Blitzkrieg tactics by the Nazi war machine depended on high mobility. With their on- and off-road capabilities, motorcycles became an important component of the Nazi war machine’s arsenal making a particularly significant impact in French and Russian campaigns. The motorcycles were used in a variety of roles including patrolling, intelligence gathering, and police duties in occupied Europe. Motorcyclists could be found in every unit of an infantry and Panzer division including headquarters which had a motorcycle messenger platoon. Their versatility also enabled them to survey enemy positions until coming under fire before reporting back with vital intelligence relating to enemy locations and strengths. The German industry produced wide range of motor-bikes for military use. By 1938 some 200,000 motorcycles were produced in Germany and occupied territories. The principal makes included BMW, DKW, NSU, Triumph, Victoria, and Zundapp. Sidecar combinations, often mounted with an MG34/42 machine gun, also made the bike a very effective weapon. By describing in words and contemporary images the role of the German motorcycle and motorcyclists during the Second World War, this Images of War book fills an overlooked gap in coverage of Nazi military capability. It emphasizes that the German military perfected the use of motorcycles and employed them more widely than any other army.
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Rommel'S Ghost Division - Victory In The West

by David Mitchelhill-Green

~~13,59€~~ 12,23€ 10% OFF

 A new and richly illustrated account of Erwin Rommel and the 7th Panzer Divisionâ€" known as the â€˜Ghost Divisionâ€™â€"during the 1940 Battle for France and the follow up to Rommel's Ghost Division: Dash to the Channel â€" 1940.
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Rommel'S Ghost Division - Victory In The West

by David Mitchelhill-Green

~~13,59€~~ 12,23€ 10% OFF

 A new and richly illustrated account of Erwin Rommel and the 7th Panzer Divisionâ€" known as the â€˜Ghost Divisionâ€™â€"during the 1940 Battle for France and the follow up to Rommel's Ghost Division: Dash to the Channel â€" 1940.
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Rommel'S Ghost Division - Dash To The Channel - 1940

by David Mitchelhill-Green

~~13,34€~~ 12,01€ 10% OFF

 A new and richly illustrated account of Erwin Rommel and the 7th Panzer Division known as the Ghost Division' during the 1940 Battle for France. 2020 marks the 80th anniversary since the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.
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Hermann Goring - The Rise And Fall

by Ian Baxter

~~13,34€~~ 12,01€ 10% OFF

 The career of this leading Nazi is admirably described here in words and copious images.
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Hermann Goring: The Rise And Fall - Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives

by Ian Baxter

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 The career of this leading Nazi is admirably described here in words and copious images.
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German Siege Of Leningrad, 1941-1944

by Ian Baxter

1,31€ + 10% CARD

 Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs with detailed captions and explanatory text, this dramatic book vividly portrays every aspect of the siege which has the dubious claim of being arguably the most costly in human and material terms of any in recent military history.
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The British Cheer - Psychological Warfare In The Napoleonic Era

by Paul Thompson

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 An innovative new study on the role of the Cheer and its psychological motivations in combat.
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Rockets And Missiles Over Ukraine - The Changing Face Of Battle

by Mihajlo S Mihajlovic

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 The astonishing tales of some of the most remarkable engagements of ballistic and cruise missiles, air defence systems, and anti-armour missiles with projections on how they can influence the outcome of the war.
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The Artist Explorers - Painting The New World

by John Fairley

~~33,80€~~ 30,42€ 10% OFF

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 Superb collection of artwork depicting British explorers and their journeys over the centuries.
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Hitler And Poland - How The Independence Of One Country Led The World To War In 1939

by Norman Ridley

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 The author examines events concerning Poland following the First World War and how these ultimately contributed to a second world war barely twenty years later.
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Allied Victory Over Japan 1945 - Rare Photographs From Wartime Achieves

by Jon Diamond

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 Concise account of the defeat of the Japanese in 1944 and 1945.
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An Illustrated Tour Of The 1879 Anglo-Zulu Battlefields

by Adrian Greaves

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 This book gives the reader a general overview of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 with descriptive text, location photographs and illuminating map overviews of the twelve main battles including Isandlwana and Rorkeâ€™s Drift.
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Rommel'S Ghost Division: Victory In The West - Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives

by David Mitchelhill-Green

~~22,97€~~ 20,67€ 10% OFF

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 A new and richly illustrated account of Erwin Rommel and the 7th Panzer Divisionâ€" known as the â€˜Ghost Divisionâ€™â€"during the 1940 Battle for France and the follow up to Rommel's Ghost Division: Dash to the Channel â€" 1940.
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Women At Work In World Wars I And Ii - Factories, Farms And The Military And Civil Services

by Paul Chrystal

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 The book is, in short, the uplifting but sometimes tragic story of the many women who stepped up to work in the factories, hospitals, field stations, in transport and in civil defence, on the farms and shipyards, or signed up to the various military and civil services during the two world wars of the 20th century, â€˜wars to end all warsâ€¦â€™.
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