Cartes Postale et Souvenirs Philateliques de L'Axe
Rome - Berlin. A collectible, illustrated study of
German artwork of the Third Reich from 1922 to 1945. The
book includes detailed colour and black and white
illustrations of postcards, posters and other literature
commemorating the Axis between Germany and Italy, as
well as the Spanish Civil War and other campaigns.
Very scarce. French text.
As new in illustrated boards - 256pp, 300 + b/w & 200 + colour illustrations
RZM, 1993
ISBN 2950171257
SOLD
Web No.
12123-01
£65.00
BILLY PITT HAD THEM BUILT:
NAPOLEONIC TOWERS IN IRELAND
by Bill Clements
An illustrated study of the numerous defensive towers - so
called 'Martello Towers - and fortifications built in Ireland
during the Napoleonic era. The Billy Pitt of the title is a
reference to William Pitt the Younger, the Tory (or 'Whig')
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801. He led the
nation in the great wars against France and Napoleon. The book
is packed with photographs, drawings and maps illustrating the
fortifications throughout the island of Ireland.
New in card cover - Square format,
127pp, numerous b/w photos,
maps, illustrations
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese offensive in
the Far East seemed unstoppable. Allied forces engaged in a futile
attempt to halt their rapid advance, culminating in the massed fleet
of American, British, Dutch, and Australian forces clashing with the
Japanese at the Battle of the Java Sea. The Allied response was
catastrophic, losing their largest warships and their tenuous
toe-hold in the south Pacific within the first 72 hours of the
battle. However, the Allied goal was never an outright victory,
simply a delaying action.
The story the atrocity committed by the 1-SS Panzer Battle
Group under SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Joachim Peiper in the Ardennes
in 1944. One hundred and thirteen American prisoners-of-war were
assembled in a field near the village of Malmedy. Though Peiper
was not present, soldiers under his command from 1-SS Panzer
Division opened fire on the men. They then shot, or clubbed to
death, any survivors. In May 1946, Peiper and 70 of his men were
put on trial. Forty-three of those accused were sentenced to death
and the rest received prison sentences. The death sentences were
later commuted to imprisonment. After the war Peiper took up
residence in France where, in the village of Traves, he was
murdered in 1974.
OSPREY MEN-AT-ARMS 296: LOUIS XV'S ARMY (1) CAVALRY
& DRAGOONS
by RenéChartrand. Illustrated by Eugene Leliepvre
France had a population of nearly 25 million during Louis's
reign, and maintained the largest standing army in Europe. In
peacetime it amounted to about 200,000 men, but in times of war
it could be anything up to half a million. A substantial part of
Louis's army consisted of numerous regiments of guard cavalry,
heavy cavalry and dragoon regiments, which were considered the
best and noblest formations. These units form the subject matter
in this first of five fascinating volumes by René Chartrand
covering the army of Louis XV.
New in card cover - 49pp, b/w illustrations,
8 colour plates
