A sweeping look at the events of the calendar day leading to America's entry into World War II. In North Africa Tobruk was under siege, in Poland Hitler's 'Final Solution' was given its first grizly trial run, in Russia the Red Army were counter attacking the Nazis, in Malaya British Colonial smugness crumbled before Japanese daring, and of course the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, American unpreparedness and incompetence were to lead to even worse disasters. An hour-by-hour narrative of the shifting scenes of war.

1991, Truman Talley Books, NY, , 0525933441,< G-01>,x + 706pp, 38 ills, maps, vg/fine in d/w, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 21886-02..............................£9.00 

A sweeping look at the events of the calendar day leading to America's entry in World War II. In North Africa Tobruk was under siege, in Poland Hitler's 'Final Solution' was given its first grizzly trial run, in Russia the Red Army were counter attacking the Nazis, in Malaya British Colonial smugness crumbled before Japanese daring, and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, American unpreparedness and incompetence were to lead to even worse disasters. An hour-by-hour narrative in simultaneous time of the shifting scenes of war. Dustwrapper is marked by bleached spots, marks on endpaper, text clean.

1991, Truman Talley Books, NY, , 0525933441,< G-01>,x + 706pp, 38 illustrations, maps, , ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 21886-01..............................£6.00 

Used paperback. Covers creased. Splitting in centre at hinge but still a useful study copy. How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945. A unique history of the women who fought for the French Resistance - "the army of the shadows” – amongst the bitter realities of life in occupied France. Despite the privations of day-to-day existence they served as couriers, translators, & medics, & were indispensable for clandestine operations & to the distribution of the Resistance's most effective weapon - the underground press. There was no margin of error. Relentlessly pursued by the Gestapo, a slight lapse in judgment could lead to imprisonment, torture, or death

1995, Wiley & Sons Ltd., , 0471196983,< G-01>,350pp illustrations, , , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 23886-01..............................£5.00 

Seventeen Commanders and their most famous battles including, Dowding, Nimitz, Guderian, Manstein and Yamamoto, accompanied by over 270 photographs and maps.

1990, W H Smith, , 0861246241,< G-01>,225pp illustrations, Good in d/w with faded spine, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 34897-01..............................£8.00 

The Allied proposals for the treatment of post-WWII Germany. The book includes chapters on War Crimes, Disarmament and Reparations. It is based on the memoranda of the Post-War Policy Group.

1944, Hutchinson, , ,< G-01>,132pp, ills, maps, appendix, Good in worn dw, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 10196-01..............................£14.00 

An analysis of the men, machines, strategies, politics, events and plans that shaped WWII. Chronologies of the war are contained in the appendices.

1989, Grafton Books, , 0246133910,< G-01>,541pp + 44pp of maps, 49 photos, appendices, vg in rubbed dw, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 30074-01..............................£10.00 

A contemporary volume coveriing the first year of the war from September 1939 to December 1940. Includes chapters on the German attack on Poland, the war in Finland, the fall of Holland, the defences of Britain and the victories in the Mediterranean.

1941, Odhams Press, , ,< G-01>,576pp, maps., Good, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 12216-01..............................£10.00 

Large graze on front cover, o/w useful reference copy. Late in the Spring of 1944, US B-29 Superfortresses began to fly missions from airfields in India and China against targets in Japanese occupied Asia.In October 1944 when bases became available in the Mariana islands and it became possible to target Japan, operations shifted to the Pacific.

1982, Time Life Books, , 0809434296,< G-01>,205pp, numerous photos and ills, Good in pictorial boards, some edgewear., ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 27438-01..............................£4.00 

The 6 weeks battle that broke the German defence in the West. The battles for Cleve, Goch, and the Hochwald gap. The skillful defence by the German troops in the face of the Allied overwhelming power. The British, Canadian and American troops and their struggles in the mud to break the German defence system

1989, Mandarin Press, , 0749305886,< G-01>,411pp index. maps, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 9996-01..............................£4.00 

A Soldier's Struggle for Europe, 1944-45, with a foreword by Sir John Keegan. As a junior officer, the author kept a journal of the advance of his regiment, the Kings' Own Scottish Borderers, through the Low Counties and Germany in the closing months of the Second World war. This is the graphic story of his war, providing frank accounts of the less glorious side of war.

2009, The History Press, , 9780750930574,< G-01>,553pp illustrations, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 32485-02..............................£4.00