The story behind Rudolph Hess's bizarre flight to Scotland in 1941. The author looks at the developments which persuaded Hess to fly to Britain, why he chose to approach the Duke of Hamilton, an exploration of whether he acted independently or with others, and the importance of Albrecht Haushofer (an equivocal man connected with the German Resistance).

1980, Corgi Books, , 0552112577,< G-01>,329pp illustrations, Pages browning. Very good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 28553-02..............................£3.00 

Unknown signature on title page. The British Airborne Generals of WWII. The book includes accounts of Bols, Browning, Down, Gale, Hopkinson, Urquhart and Sosabowski, the Polish airborne general. A unique record of a diverse and unconventional group who, nevertheless, had common qualities of leadership and courage.

1981, Cassell, , 0304304808,< G-01>,xiv + 215pp, 33 ills, 7 maps, tables, Very good in dw, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 20210-01..............................£6.00 

Good in d/w. Endpaper removed. From Overlord and the battles at Arnhem, Avranches, Montelimar and Bastogne to the German surrender and includes the operations on the Russian front

1962, Franklin Watts, , ,< G-01>,84pp, 30 photos, 14 maps, Good in dw. Endpaper removed., ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 12064-01..............................£5.00 

Ten critical command decisions in World War II: The Battle of Britain; Operation Barbarossa; The Battle for Moscow; Stalingrad; Pearl Harbor; Midway; Rome; The Normandy Campaign; The Ardennes. Some notes and underlining in the Barbarossa section.

1984, Hippocrene Books Inc., , 0882549936,< G-01>,xii + 303pp, maps, Good in d/w, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 21557-01..............................£6.00 

Some highlighting in text and lines in margins. Opened in 1942, near Berlin, the camp housed numerous Allied PoWs until 1945. More than 10,000 prisoners were kept in 6 compounds. This account is based on a contemporary coded history kept in secret by the prisoners and smuggled out during the 1945 evacuation.

1988, Touchstone Press, , 0671682989,< G-01>,412pp illustrations, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 2803-02..............................£5.00 

Opened in 1942, near Berlin, the camp housed numerous Allied PoWs until 1945. More than 10,000 prisoners were kept in 6 compounds. This account is based on a contemporary coded history kept in secret by the prisoners and smuggled out during the 1945 evacuation.

1988, Patrick Stephens, , 1852602481,< G-01>,412pp, 26 photos., Very good in dw, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 2803-01..............................£10.00 

Second Amended Edition. Documented activity of Tito between 1941 and 1945 in the fight for International recognition of new Yugoslavia. The authors have collated the events of major importance over 10 flights between March 28th 1941 and April 20th 1945.

1986, Knjizevne Novine Belgrade, , ,< G-01>,135pp illustrations, Very good in slightly rubbed d/w, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 38057-01..............................£30.00 

From 1943 to 1951, 350 men and women from thirteen Allied nations served in the Fine Arts and Archives section (MFAA) of the Allied armed forces,they were known simply as Monuments Men. But during the thick of the fighting in Europe, from D-Day to V-E Day, when Germany surrendered, there were only sixty-five Monuments Men in the forward operating area to cover thousands of square miles,and find millions of cultural items before the Nazis could destroy them forever. This is the story of eight of these men in the forward operating theatre, they built their own treasure maps from scraps and hints, diaries and records.

2010, Arrow Books, , 9781848091030,< G-01>,473pp, 32 b/w photos, 10 small portraits, Trade paperback - New, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 34526-02..............................£5.00 

REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: 6 JUNE 1944 TO 8 MAY 1945. General Eisenhower's official report on the campaign to liberate Western Europe and defeat Germany. This includes the Directive given to Eisenhower on the 12th February 1944 by the Combined chiefs of Staff. Chapters include: Planning and Preparation of the COSSAC Plan and Development of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Western Europe. This is the large format 1994 facsimile reprint CMH 70-58, published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History.

1994, Center of MilitaryHistory, , ,< G-01>,123pp, 11 maps, diagram, large format, shelfwear. text good., , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 14575-02..............................£9.00 

REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: 6 JUNE 1944 TO 8 MAY 1945. General Eisenhower's official report on the campaign to liberate Western Europe and defeat Germany. This includes the Directive given to General Eisenhower on the 12th February 1944 by the Combined chiefs of Staff. Chapters include: Planning and Preparation of the COSSAC Plan and Development of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Western Europe. This is the original 1946 edition published by H.M. Stationary Office.

1946, HM Stationary Office , , ,< G-01>,x + 149pp, maps, covers worn, text good, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 14575-01..............................£4.00