An
interesting illustrated study of the development of the
German Autobahn system during the Third Reich era. The
highways were developed for Hitler by the Todt Organisation,
to provide employment and for the purpose of swift movement
of military traffic. They were the forerunner of today's
segregated traffic routes such as the US Interstate and
Defense Highway system, which was instigated by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower for essentially military purposes.
German text,
Very good in card
cover - previous owner's bookplate at front endpaper
- 201pp, numerous b/w photos & drawings
An action-packed account of
how intricate Allied deception plans totally misled Hitler
and German Military Intelligence as to the location and date
of the Invasion of Normandy. The chicanery included
electronic spoofing, the activity of double agents,
diplomatic deceit, camouflage, strategic feints, phony
military installations, sabotage, propoganda, fake codes,
plus a completely imaginary US Army based in the South east
and 'commanded' by General George S. Patton.
Fine in d/w - 2xii + 263pp, 32 illustrations, maps
Anglo-American Air Power Cooperation
during the Cold War. This book documents a symposium held in
1993 to recognize the special relationship between Great
Britain and the United States during the Cold War. It
includes scholarly monographs and first-person accounts, and
includes many of the significant episodes of the Cold War.
It includes a 20 page photographic section illustrating
notable Anglo/American aircraft which served between the late
1940s and the Gulf War following the Iraqi invasion of
Kuwait in 1990.
Good
in slightly abraided card cover - 262pp, c50 b/w
illustrations
US Air Force Historical Branch, 1995
ISBN 1477604448
THE OPERATORS: ON THE STREETS WITH
BRITAIN'S MOST SECRET SERVICE
by James Rennie
The inside story of 14 Intelligence Company, the
British Army's highly trained covert, counter-terrorist and
intelligence unit. Trained in the same operational and
surveillance techniques as the SAS and in the intelligence
techniques of MI6 and MI5, they carried out dangerous
undercover missions on the streets of Belfast and the
'bandit country' of South Armagh. For every bomb that went
off 14 Int. prevented twelve. The selection process was the
most physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding
anywhere in the world. The author is a former 14 Int.
Operations Officer
A photo history of the actions of
the US 101st Airborne, the 'Screaming Eagles', during the
Normandy invasion in June, 1944. The book features accounts
of individual troopers as well as describing the various
combat actions in which the 101st took part.
Good in card
cover - A4 format, 160pp, c200 b/w photos & illustrations
