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        2nd July, 2016

 


 

THE SOMME THEN AND NOW

by John Giles  



A classic Battlefield Guide from the 'After the Battle' team. In this revised edition John Giles has succeeded in recapturing the atmosphere of an era when men fought savage battles in and around water-filled trenches, amongst the stinking litter of war. Eye-witness accounts of the bitter fighting are blended with contemporary photographs and comparison pictures taken by the author of the same places today. The result is a salute to all those men who marched along the roads of Picardy to the trenches of the Somme battleground, many of whom never returned.

New in d/w -  Large landscape
format, 154pp, 300 ills & maps

After the Battle, 1996
ISBN 090091341X 

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Web No
07623-01

£22.95

 


 

THE FINEST OF ALL: LOCAL MEN ON THE SOMME, 1ST JULY, 1916

by Fred Holcroft

1st July, 1916, the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, was the most disastrous day in the history of the British Army. There were 60,000 casualties including 21,000 killed and among the dead were over 100 local men from Lancashire. They came from Wigan, Leigh, Abram, Atherton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Ince, Hindley, Standish and Tyldesley, and half have no known grave. This book tells the story of the battle in the words of the local men who took part. Signed by author. Previous owner name on title page, there are also some underlining and margin marks. 

Good -  106pp, illustrations.

Private Publication, 1995
ISBN 0952431122 

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Web No.
32164-01

£20.00

 


 

HISTORIQUE DU 7e BATAILLON DE CHASSEURS ALPINS -
                                                         LE BATAILLON DE FER ET D'ACIER

A scarce and collectible history of the regiment. Extensively illustrated, the book contains the story of the regiment from its formation in the 1830s as the Le 7e Bataillon De Chasseurs a Pied. Chapters cover the regiment's service in the Great War, World War II (including action as part of the French Resistance), duties during the occupation of Austria, service in Algeria and as a specialist Alpine Division during the 1970s and '80s.

French text.

Like new in card cover - Large format,269pp, c300 b/w & colour
photos & illustrations

Regimental Publication, 1994
No ISBN 
 

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Web No:
35807-01

£40.00

 


 

      HITLER'S PRE-EMPTIVE WAR: THE BATTLE FOR NORWAY, 1940

by Henrik O. Lunde

After Hitler conquered Poland the British began to exert control of the coastline of neutral Norway, an action that threatened to cut off Germany’s iron-ore conduit to Sweden. The Germans quickly responded with a dizzying series of assaults. Airlifted infantry, mountain troops and paratroopers seized Norwegian strong points, forestalling larger Allied units. The German navy also set sail ensuring that key harbours could be held. The air, airborne, naval, amphibious, infantry, armoured and commando aspects of this brief but violent campaign are covered in meticulo

       New in d/w - 590pp, 29 b/w photos,
      15  maps, tables

Casemate, 2009
ISBN 978193203392
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           Web No.
            21304-01
  £25.00

 


 

HE WAS MY CHIEF: THE MEMOIRS OF ADOLF HITLER'S SECRETARY

by Christa Schroeder

Christa Schroeder was perfectly placed to observe the actions and behaviour of Hitler, along with the most important figures surrounding him and her memoir does not fail to deliver fascinating insights. She notes Hitler's bourgeois manners, his vehement abstemiousness and his mood swings, and reflects candidly on political and military developments from the earliest days of the regime through its final collapse. This is, without doubt, one of the most important primary sources from the wartime period.

New in d/w - 248pp, 8 pages of b/w photos

Pen & Sword, 2009
ISBN 9781848325364

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Web No.
35702-01

£19.99
 




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