The original, published in 1921, is
now very scarce. The narrative tells of the author's
experiences in France and Flanders in WWI. He moved from HQ
to the Front Line and witnessed much of the fighting in 1917
and 1918. The book contains his finely reproduced portraits
of soldiers, officers, and scenes of the battlefield. Many
of these have been rephotographed from Orpen's original
works drawn from the Imperial War Museum in London and the
National Gallery in Dublin. The book which is from a limited
edition of 550, each numbered, has a hand-printed dust
wrapper and is presented in a matching slip case.
BATTLES WITH PANZERS:
MONTY'S TANK BATTALIONS 1RTR & 2RTR AT WAR
by Patrick Delaforce
Britain's Royal Tank Regiment has seen the stalemate of
trench warfare, the restoration of battlefield mobility and
the establishment of armoured and mechanized forces as a
dominant factor in battle. During WWI, 1 RTR won two
Victoria Crosses and were victors in the first ever tank
versus tank engagement, and 2 RTR fought in all the key
Western Front battles from Messines to Cambrai. In WWII 1
RTR saw action in the North African desert, in Italy and in
Northwest Europe, whilst 2 RTR fought in France, North
Africa and Burma, and later in the 1944-45 Italian campaign,
ending the war in Austria.
This copy is signed by
the author.
Fine in card
cover - 275pp, 80 b/w illustrations, 27 maps, appendices,
index
This is the story of a journalist’s wartime service at
sea. Starting in the engine room as a stoker, John Gritten
recounts his early experience of the dramatic events of the
Norwegian campaign, followed by service in many different
locations. Commissioned, his D-Day role was in a tank
landing craft bound for King Red beach. His notes give a
sense of immediacy to a combined operation on a hitherto
unprecedented scale. Just as graphic are some of the images
of his final months of service in the Far East.
In September 1943 the Allies landed
on the so-called “soft underbelly” of Europe. The aim was to
quickly knock Italy out of the war, but the Germans, under
the Kesselring, mounted a tenacious and skillful defense in
the mountainous terrain. Some of the most brutal battles of
the Western Front were fought in Italy, most notably at
Cassino which lasted nearly six months. German forces in
Italy did not surrender until 2 May 1945, only 6 days before
the end of the war in Europe. An interesting perspective
from the German viewpoint.
New in
illustrated boards - 545pp, 300 b/w photos, 24 (mostly
full-page) maps & 20 detailed appendices
An
extensively illustrated study of Hitler's V-1 Terror
Weapon. The author examines its development from
inception in 1939, test firings from Peenemunde and the
commencement of attacks on London and Southern England
during 1944 - over 500 were launched between May and
June alone. The book also covers the launching equipment
and bunkers, manned and air-launched versions and
contains details of production, including that at
Nordhausen. This was in an underground factory called
Mittelwerk which was excavated beneath Kohnstein
Mountain in the Hartz range. Labour was provided by
slave workers from nearby concentration camps.
New in
card cover - Landscape format, 48pp, 90 photos,
illustrations, maps & drawings
