DANGER FORWARD: THE STORY
OF
THE FIRST DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II
by H. R. Knickerbocker et al. Introduction by Hanson
Baldwin
Re-published by the Battery Press
from the original 1947 Society of the First Division
edition, this is a collection of accounts of ten campaigns
of the US Army First Division written by distinguished
writers. The book, attempts primarily to recount the story
of where the First Division went and what it did. It is a
story written by recognized masters of the art of military
story telling, comprising ten long chapters titled "As I saw
It" which cover the following: 1 Algeria. 2 Tunisia. 3
Sicily. 4 Normandy. 5 St. Lo and Mortain. 6 Mons and Aachen.
7 Hurtgen Forest. 8 The Ardennes. 9 Bonn and Remagen. 10 The
last Kilometer. There is also a photographic section at the
back of the book featuring 114 black and white images.
Very good in
beige boards with green & red cover & spine titling - large
format, 477pp, 114 b/w photos, numerous maps
A History of
a World at War. A living encyclopedia on The Second World
War, through 40 milestones, from its origins in 1933, to the
beginning of the Cold War in 1949. The book focuses on the
main actors and witnesses the daily life of civilians and
soldiers through 1,000 colour and black and white
photographs, maps, artwork and illustrations. Although the
book is new, several pages suffer from a printing register
fault, though they are perfectly readable.
French
text.
New in illustrated boards - Large
Format, 528pp, c1000 colour & b/w illustrations
Born in the UK the author did not
set foot in America until he was 21. He served in both the
British and US armies before being recruited into the OSS to
see action in France, Belgium and Germany during World War
II. When the CIA was created in 1947 he joined what was to
be the Clandestine service undertaking operations in post
colonial Africa and the Far East. These memoirs not only
recount his wartime services but also his unique experiences
running CIA stations in Congo, Senegal and Burundi in the
1960s. U.S. edition published in the UK as 'Inside
Espionage'.
A History of thirty four
battalions of the Regiment, essentially the fifteen front
line battalions. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1st
Foot, is a Lowland regiment, the oldest regiment of the line
in the British Army, and as if to emphasize that fact its
nickname is "Pontius Pilate’s Bodyguard". In 1914 it
consisted of two regular, one reserve and seven territorial
battalions. The book is arranged on a chronological basis
with each chapter covering a specific period of time,
whether on the Western Front any other front where the
Regiment fought.
Facsimile reprint of 1925 edition.
Two volume set
New in card cover - Vol I xxxii +434pp. Vol II xii +
391p
A comprehensive photo-history of the destruction of Army
Group Centre, June - July, 1944. The German defeat set the
scene for the Red Army's determined drive into Poland to the
Vistula River barrier. The annihilation of Army Group Centre
was, without doubt, the greatest defeat inflicted on the
German Army during World War II.
As new in plastic sleeved boards - Large format, 126pp,
c300 b/w photos
