A memoir kept by a young officer, now a retired and respected Scottish Judge, during the Second World War. Features graphic accounts of the 2nd battalions involvement from the Salerno landings in Italy to the end of the war in Europe.

1997, Russell Publishing, , 0859552365,< G-01>,150pp, illustrations, maps, Very good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 28526-02..............................£8.00 

An overview of a single day in the fifth year of WWII. The conflict from the viewpoint of those who took part on all fronts in both Allied and Axis forces. Includes The Battle of Leyte Gulf; Hitler planning an Ardennes offensive; the Red Army erupts into Eastern Europe; U-boats in the Atlantic; saturation bombing of Essen and Hamburg; V2 rocket attacks on London; the Manhattan Project; Communist guerrillas thrive in the Balkans and China; the dreadful deeds at Auschwitz.

1998, Jonathan Cape, , 0224042440,< G-01>,593pp, 17 photos, maps, Notes & References, bibliography, index, vg in a rubbed dw, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 30067-01..............................£10.00 

Mass market paperback. Very good. Captain Heenan, the Indian Army officer who was executed as Singapore fell for transmitting to the Japanese secrets on the British forces in Malaya. He was caught signalling to the Japanese

1994, Coronet, , 0340617012,< G-01>,265pp, photos, , , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 17416-01..............................£5.00 

John Elwyn was captured in France before the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, whilst serving with the Welsh Guards. Imprisoned in POW camps in Upper Silesia and the Sudetenland, he made numerous escape attempt. Finally succeeding, he fell in love with and married a Polish girl, a romance that sadly ended in tragedy. He was aided in his final escape by a warm hearted prostitute who assisted him in escaping to Stockholm. He was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

1987, Leo Cooper, , 0850523613,< G-01>,vii + 215pp, 7 photos, map., near fine in dw, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 4810-01..............................£8.00 

A guide to events and preparations for the Normandy invasion. There are detailed pages for each beach landing on D-day, and chronological details through July and August. With contemporary photographs of the beaches and memorials.

1999, Pitkin Pictorials, , 9781841651453,< G-01>,28pp ills maps, New in card covers, 0, CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 20986-01..............................£5.00 

Having enlisted in the Irish Guards in 1936, the author was captured and taken prisoner in Boulogne in May 1940, spending the remainder of the war in prison camps in Upper Silesia. he returned to the UK in 1945 joining Kent County Constabulary at the end of the war. From 1956-1967 he was the National Secretary of the Police Federation in England. This book describes his experiences during those war years.

1995, Ashford Writers, , 1951678531,< G-01>,89pp illustrations, Signs of use but good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 36911-01..............................£6.00 

Mechanics of War Series. Covering the tactics employed by the Land and Air arms during the Second World War in Europe. This volume includes British and German tactics, the Dunkirk evacuation, Post-Mortem, the Red Army, and the American expansion.

1976, Almark Publications, , 0855242558,< G-01>,72pp, colour plates, b/w photos, diagrams, Good with faded spine, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 16491-01..............................£14.00 

The descent into war in 1939. Fleming looks at the orchestrated aggression of the Axis Powers after the previous year's Austrian and Sudeten-German putsches. He then considers Czechoslovakia's dismemberment, the Danzig crisis and the final straw, the grotesque and brutal assault on Poland which finally roused the British Government from its policy of apeasement and plunged the World into six years of war.

1979, Peter Davies, , 0432048502,< G-01>,242pp, 17 illustrations, bibliography, notes, index, vg in dw (spine faded on dw), ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 28122-01..............................£10.00 

The German preparations and British counter-measures for Hitler's proposed invasion of England in WWII. Operation Sealion. Did the Germans launch an abortive attempt at invasion? Did the British set the sea on fire? How many corpses in field grey uniforms were washed up. The silent battle between the intelligence staffs on both sides is pieced together and the ruthless German plans for Occupied Britain are analysed.

1958, Readers Union, , ,< G-01>,287pp, 22 photos, bibliography, No dw. Good., ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 25174-02..............................£4.00 

Sir John Fletcher-Cook's experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. He had joined the RAF in Singapore and was captured in Java. Miraculously, he kept a diary throughout his captivity. It was written without bitterness and revealed Sir John's great courage and strength of character. He later revisited Japan and the places where he was held prisoner. With a Foreword by Field Marshall Lord Bramall.

1994, Leo Cooper, , 085052346X,< G-01>,315pp, 8 illustrations, 3 maps, Out of print but a few new copies remain, ,
Subject...World War II - General
Web No. 18591-01..............................£15.00