WORLD WAR II MILITARY BOOKS
(Updated
ABANDONED Australians at
This
book describes the events which contributed to the fate of the 8th
Division POWs at
ACHTUNG-PANZER! The Development of Armoured Forces-Their Tactics and Operational Potential by
Major-General Heinz Guderian
Amongst
the military literature of the 20th century, this book is a most
rare commodity – the distilled thoughts and strategic theories of an
outstanding soldier as they were just two years before he was charged with
putting them into practical action. HC, 220pp, illus., pub. 1992, Arms &
Armour, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $30.00
AN ARMY AT DAWN The
War in North Africa 1942-43 – Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy by Rick
Atkinson
The
author shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the
Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in
The
author creates a picture of a battle which echoed
This
book recounts the two battles at
The
The
author describes the planning of the attack and the course of events, including
the defence of
In
this new interpretation of the battle, A. D. Harvey uses German as well as
British sources to show how the flaws in Allied planning combined with the
unexpected vigour of German countermeasures of defeat
an operation that many believed could have shortened the war by several
months. Of over 10,000 airborne troops
landed north of the
The
author tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem. Nine days after 9000 men of the First British
Airborne Division parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded
On
This
is the first work of military history focusing on the logistic support aspects of a
major battle. This book tells the
stirring story of the men and the methods employed to support 1st
Airborne Division on one of the great battles of the Second World War. It is also the first history of the forming
corps of the today's Royal Logistics Corps in action. HC, 176pp, illus., maps,
pub. 2000, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket. Price: $45.00
AT DAWN WE SLEPT The
Untold Story of
“Prange’s
exhaustive interviews of people on both sides enable him to tell the story in
such personal terms that the reader is bound to feel its power…it is impossible
to forget such an account.” The New York
Times Book Review. HC, 873pp, illus., pub. 1981, McGraw Hill,
very good in torn dust jacket.
Price: $10.00
BACK TO
HC, 255pp, illus., pub. 1952, Shakespeare Head, good, no
dust jacket, sticker on inside page.
Price: $32.00
BARBED-WIRE DOCTOR One Doctor’s War by
Brigadier A. Crook, M.C. M. R.C.S.L.R.C.P.
There
are few accounts of the experiences of our prisoners of war incarcerated by
Hitler’s armies during World War II, particularly from the perspective of a
medical officer confronted with the dilemma of escape or duty to his wounded
compatriots. Captain Crook was the
medical officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire
Regiment serving in 1939-40 on the Belgian frontier. This is his story. HC, 152pp, illus., pub.
1996, Pentland Press, mint in dust jacket. Price:
$30.00
This
book tells of the siege and relief of
THE
In
March 1944, on the Indoburmese border, there took place a small but significant
battle, a prelude to the better known Battles for Imphal and Kohima. HC, 148pp, illus., pub.
1989, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $35.00
THE
The
author’s brilliant new account reveals the difficulties faced by the Allies and
Germans alike. His vivid narrative is
supported by fascinating eye-witness accounts from veterans on both sides. He examines the plans and performances of the
commanders involved. Controversial and
at times catastrophic, the Battle of Normandy was the last great set-piece
battle in history and is long overdue for reassessment. HC, 456pp, illus., pub.
2002, Cassell, mint in dust jacket. Price: $30.00
THE
Leo
Kessler retells the story of this last battle, in all its tragedy and horror
and of the errors of judgement that led to so many deaths. HC, 224pp,. illus., pub. 1989, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket. Price: $35.00
The
author had written a day to day first-hand account of a
BEYOND THE
Brigadier
Fergusson has written a military classic which by its
humour, compassion and essential nobility makes
obligatory reading for anyone wanting to know how ordinary British soldiers
lived, fought and died under extraordinary conditions – The Scotsman. SC, 256pp, illus., pub. 1995, Leo Cooper,
sticker on frontis, very good. Price:
$25.00
BLIND TO MISFORTUNE A Story of Great Courage in
the Face of Adversity By Bill Griffiths
Bill
Griffiths lost both hands and both eyes when he was a prisoner of the Japanese
in Java in 1942. This is his story of
how he overcame these two shattering handicaps. HC, illus.,
190pp, pub. 1989, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket. Price: $30.00
THE BLITZ THEN AND NOW-VOLUME
II
This
book continues the story of the German air attacks on
BLOODY
Had
it not been for the unexpected resistance at
BRADLEY Ballantine's
Illustrated History by Charles Whiting
HC, 160pp, illus., pub. 1971, good, first two pages loose, corners knocked.
Price: $6.00
BRAVE MEN By
Ernie Pyle
This
book covers Sicily June-Sept. 1943,
THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-1945 BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
ORGANISATION
AND ORDER OF BATTLE 10TH MAY 1940 Volume I by Alan Philson –
This volume gives the actual tables of organisation
of every unit covered in the order of battle:
Detailed order of battle of GHQ troops, including unit strengths, War
Establishment tables of units assigned to GHQ including GHQ, armoured units, artillery units, engineer units, signals units,
medical units, supply and transport units, miscellaneous units. SC, 11 ¾” x 8 ¼”, pub.
2005, Military Press, mint. Price:
$46.00
THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-1945 BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
ORGANISATION
AND ORDER OF BATTLE 10TH MAY 1940 Volume II by Alan Philson –
This volume covers: detailed orders of
battle, including unit strengths of Corps units, War Establishment tables of
units assigned to Corps not covered in volume I, detailed war establishment
tables of the infantry division and motor division. SC, 11 ¾” x 8 ¼”, pub.
2006, Military Press, mint. Price: $46.00
THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-1945 BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
ORGANISATION AND ORDER OF BATTLE
Volume III by Alan Philson – Detailed order of battle of the Lines of
Communication districts and units, including RAF ground and air units, War
Establishment tables of units assigned to the LoC. Later additions to the
order of battle and the BEF south of the
BRITISH ARMY OF WORLD WAR TWO WAR ESTABLISHMENT TABLES Northwest Europe June 1944 – May 1945 Volume I The
Infantry Division by Gary Kennedy - This book examines in detail the authorized
War Establishments of every unit that formed part of the British Infantry
Division of 21st Army Group.
Each table will list the composition of the relevant unit, giving a
breakdown of personnel by ranks and trades and duties, as well as transport and
weapons. SC, 11 ¾” x 8
¼”, 139pp, pub. 2005, Military Press, mint. Price: $46.00
BRITISH ARMY OF WORLD WAR TWO WAR ESTABLISHMENT TABLES
Northwest Europe June 1944 – May 1945 Volume
II The Armoured Division by Gary Kennedy – This
volume includes The British Armoured Division of 21st
Army Group: Headquarters of an Armoured Division, Employment Platoon, Armoured
Divisional Signals, Independent Machine Gun Company, Headquarters of an Armoured Brigade, the Armoured
Regiment and the Motor Battalion. SC, 11 ¾” x 8 ¼”, 143pp, pub.2006, Military Press, mint. Price: $46.00
The
campaign in
The
turning point of the war in
This
book provides a wealth of valuable information on how best to visit the
battlefield, the places where the major actions took place, etc. There is also a clear explanation on how and
why the battle was fought. SC, 192pp, illus., pub. 2000, Leo Cooper, mint. Price: $17.00
CALLING ALL
ARMS By Ernest Fairfax
The story of how a loyal company of British men and women who made
munitions during WWII and lived through six historic years. HC, 159pp, illus., pub.
by Hutchinson and Co.,
CAMP FOUR – KANBURI By
Irene-Anne Monteiro
In
1942, the 31 year old Cleaver Rowell Eber was
captured by the Japanese and spent the next three and a half years a POW on the
notorious Siam Death Railroad. This fascinating
story of the author’s relative is a story that needs to be told. Still unforgiving of his treatment Eber and his story are testimony to man’s inhumanity to man
and the will to live. SC,
107pp, illus., Pentland Press, mint. Price:
$25.00
CAPTIVE OF
THE RIVER KWAE By Micool
This
book explains the enigma of today's Kanchanaburi province, where one man's
tourist attraction is another's sacred memorial. It is the final chapter in the story of the
notorious Death Railway. SC, 127pp, illus., some in colour, pub. 1995,
Merman, mint. Price: $12.00
The
legendary German Tenth Army defence of Monte Cassino was one of the bloodiest battles of the Second
World War. For four long months the
German defenders clung to the rubble of the hilltop monastery, frustrating the
Allied advance towards
The
grim story of the Four Battles of Cassino is told
here in fascinating detail, supported by detailed appendices and some hundred
photographs and maps; and illustrated by a striking portfolio of specially
commissioned colour plates of troops of eight of the
armies involved. HC,
128pp, 9 ¼” x 12 ½”, pub. 2001, Crowood, mint
in dust jacket. Price: $60.00
CHASING THE
BEAST By George Greenfield
The
author found himself a subaltern in the Buffs servicing the death-or-glory boys
of 601 Squadron, RAF Manston. He was
then posted to the
THE CHINDIT WAR The
Campaign in
Cool,
fair, objective and often humourous, this book transcends the memoirs of
participants and puts the story of the campaign into unforgettable focus. HC, 304pp, illus., pub.
1979, Book Club Assocs., very good in slightly marked dust
jacket. Price: $30.00
COUNTDOWN TO
Bowlby who has interviewed and corresponded with many of the battle's
veterans, skillfully weaves into his text many first-hand accounts of the
bloody fighting in the rugged and inhospitable terrain around Mignano. HC, illus., 256pp, pub.
1995, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $35.00
COUNTDOWN TO WAR A Personal Memoir of
Geoffrey
Cox witnessed, as a foreign correspondent, the seizure of
CRUCIBLE OF WAR-Wavell’s Command The Definitive History of the Desert War (Volume I)
by Barrie Pitt
The
British C-in-C, Wavell, and his commander, O’Connor,
decided that, despite their limited resources, attack was the best form of defence against a large Italian army advancing steadily
through
CRUCIBLE OF WAR-Auchinleck’s Command The Definitive History of the Desert War
(Volume II) by Barrie Pitt
In
early 1941, the routing of
CRUCIBLE OF WAR-Montgomery
and Alamein The Definitive
History of the Desert War (Volume III) by
In
the middle of 1942, the outcome hung in the balance. Montgomery, the new Allied commander, set about
rebuilding his weary army and establishing an overwhelming superiority in both
men and material. The scene was set for
a second, and bludgeoning encounter at
CRUSADE IN
General Eisenhower's story of the battle for
DANCE OF
WAR The Story of the
This
book is about the Battle of Egypt when a small army, 'the few' of the desert,
held Rommel at bay and even came close to destroying him. HC, 242pp, illus., pub.
1992, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $38.00
DAWNS LIKE THUNDER The
Retreat From
The
author has based his fresh appraisal of the Retreat from
DER FUEHRER Hitler's Rise to Power By Konrad Heiden
The
reader of this extraordinary story will follow step by step the beginnings and
triumphs of a revolution as sinister as anything that has happened in history,
prepared by a sinister mind. This is a
biography of a man who beyond all others has made history - horrible
history. HC, 788pp,
pub. 1944, Houghton Mifflin, very good, in dust
jacket. Price: $10.00
DESERT
CONQUEST
By Russell Hill
This
book is an eyewitness account of the campaign in
THE DESERT GENERALS By
Correlli Barnett
This
book is the first-ever complete account of the Desert campaign of 1940-43. It gives extraordinarily real and intimate
pictures of five men under the strain of command in battle. HC, 320pp, illus., pub.
1960, William Kimber, very good in
worn dust jacket. Price: $35.00
DESERT
NURSE A
World War II Memoir By Betty C. Parkin
Betty
Parkin recounts her wartime posting to
DESERT WARFARE From
Its Roman Origins to the
The
author gives an absorbing account of desert conflicts from the first century BC
to the present day Iran/Iraq war. HC, 224pp, pub. 1988, Patrick Stephens, mint in dust
jacket. Price: $35.00
THE DEVIL'S BIRTHDAY The
Bridges to
Over
ambition, poor planning, inter-Allied rivalry, stupidity, haste, inefficiency,
and simple bad luck - all conspired to defeat what the late Ronald Lewin called
'a lash-up between allies'. This new
edition, besides being a superb history, is above all a record of quite
extraordinary courage - of commanders, ordinary soldiers, pilots and
aircrew. HC, 276pp,
illus., pub. 1984, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket. Price: $35.00
THE DEVIL'S OWN
The author's record of his experiences throughout nearly all his time
in
DIE 5.
JAGER-DIVISION By Adolph Reinicke
Friedenszeit in Ulm - Polen - Westfeldzug 1940 RuBland - Bialystock - Wjasma - Ilmensee
Demjansk - Witebsk - Das Ende an der Oderfront.
HC, German language book, 428pp, illus. with maps, pub. c. 1988,
Podzun-Pallas, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $40.00
4,963
Canadian soldiers embarked for
A
chance for you to mount your own photographs in the Then and Now
format, to compare your photographs with the originals taken at that time. HC, 32pp, illus. After the
DILEMMAS OF THE DESERT WAR The
Libyan Campaign 1940-1942 by Michael Carver
Field
Marshal Lord Carver here examines in detail the campaign waged by the British
in the North African desert, first against the Italians, and then against the
combined forces of the Germans and the Italians, of which Rommel
was the actual official commander. SC, 160pp, illus., 6” x 9”, pub. 2002, Spellmount, mint.
Price: $20.00
A DOCTOR IN XIVth ARMY
Charles
Evans' recollections of his service in
A DOCTOR OF
SORTS In Peace and in War By V. J.
Downie
The author's story which includes his harrowing account of the crossing
of the River Rapido under the grim shadow of Monte Cassino and the fury of the
German guns. Overall it is his abiding sense
of the ridiculous that prevails and there can be little doubt that after-dinner
speakers will be quoting his stories for years to come. HC, 144pp, pub.
1992, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $30.00
THE DOUBLE CROSS SYTEM In
The War of 1939 to 1945 by J. C. Masterman
This
important document in the history of World War II uncovers the complex story of
the double-cross system from its origins in 1939 to the last years of the war
in
The
full story of the evacuation of the BEF from
The
author traces the dramatic year of 1940 from the phoney war to the blitz. It was the year when any hope of a brief
conflict was shattered and
THE
EMPEROR'S GUEST By John Fletcher-Cooke
Seen
through the eyes of the author, the horrifying, but by now often-told story of
the treatment meted out by the Japanese to their prisoners of war takes on an
entirely new light. HC,
illus. 318pp, pub. 1994, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket. Price: $32.00
ENDKAMPF UM DAS REICH
1944-45
Hitler's Last Bastions By Franz Kurowski
The story of the last year of World War II including Hitler's use of
the fortress towns. The history includes the last
battles at Konigberg,
ENEMY NO. 19 By Dr. Stanley Septimus Pavillard
One
is apt to forget there was also a Holocaust in the
AN ENGLISHMAN’S PEACE AND
WAR By
Neil Boyd
The phenomenal life story of a British soldier who cheated death in a
Japanese labour camp to be caught in the deadly glare
of the world’s first nuclear explosion –
THE EPIC OF
This
book tells the story in some of the most remarkable photographs and pictures
produced. It tells of her peoples, her
history, her latest and most glorious defence against
the barbarians. HC,
128pp, illus., pub. c.194?, Odhams Press, good
in worn and torn dust jacket. Price:
$30.00
EYEWITNESS D-DAY Firsthand Accounts from the
Landing at
This
book includes a full-length compact disc of interviews with D-Day
veterans. It also includes hundreds of
extensively captioned photographs, including wartime pictures of the veterans,
a full-color foldout map of the
F SECTION SOE The
Story of the Buckmaster Network By Marcel Ruby
The
author, himself once a member of the Resistance, has based his book on the
personal statements of those who risked their lives in the service of F Section
to produce what Col. Buckmaster describes as "by far the most complete and
the most accurate of all the accounts which have appeared." HC, 228pp, pub.
1988, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $35.00
A FEARFUL
FREEDOM
By Robert Hammond
The
story of one man's survival behind the lines in Japanese occupied territory
1941-1945. HC, 181pp,
illus., pub. 1985, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket. Price: $30.00
FIFTH ARMY
AT WAR By George Forty
Colonel
Forty once again demonstrates his flair for the evocative portrayal of soldiers
in action, the Fifth Army in World War Two.
HC, 144pp, illus., pub. 1980, Ian Allan, mint
in dust jacket. Price: $32.00
5TH GEBIRSGJAGER
DIVISION
Hitler’s Mountain Warfare Specialists by Michael Sharpe
The
5th Gebirsgjager Division was formed in
1940 and trained in the
FIGHTING THE DESERT FOX Rommel's Campaigns in
Detailed
blow-by-blow account of World War Two's desert campaign, includes the battle
for Tobruk and the advance to
FIRST BLOOD The
Charles
Whiting has written a hard hitting and well constructed account of the events
leading up to the Battle of Kasserine and of the
battle itself. HC,
208pp, illus., pub. 1984, 1st Edition, Leo Cooper, very good
in dust jacket, corners knocked a bit.
Price: $38.00
THE FIRST BOOK OF WORLD WAR
II By Louis L. Snyder
A short history of World War II. HC, 96pp, illus., pub. 1958, Franklin
Watts, very good condition.
Price: $10.00
THE FLAME
OF FREEDOM
By Robert Hammond
Corporal RAS Pagani's escape from the Railway of Death. HC, 183pp, illus., pub.
1988, Leo Cooper, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $15.00
FORCES SWEETHEARTS Service Romances in World
War II by Eric Taylor
Many
well-known names appear, from HRH Second Subaltern Elizabeth Windsor to Supreme
Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Corp. James Young. Here too are many ordinary men and women's
stories - funny, tender, astounding, risque and sometimes heartbreaking. HC, 197pp, illus., pub.
1990, Robert Hale, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $30.00
THE FOUR
LEGGED MAJOR By Graham Spencer
One
FRAGMENTS
OF A LIFE: The Road to
A
survivor of
FROM BLUE TO KHAKI (Per Ardua
ad…Certa Cito) By R. Harvey
Blizard
June
1941 saw the author embarked on the SS “Eastern Prince” bound for the
It
is a story that embraces among other things, a secret underground army, the
return from
FRONT LINE
NURSE
British Nurses in World War II By Eric Taylor
This
book explores the heroism and dedication of these women, giving a realistic
picture of what it was like for them in every theatre of operations. HC, 192pp, illus., pub.
1997, Robert Hale, mint in dust jacket.
Price: $34.00
THE FUSING OF THE
PLOUGHSHARE From
The story of an East Anglican farm worker who volunteered to join the
colours of a Territorial Yeomanry Regiment before WWII, serving on the guns
throughout the dark days of the Desert Campaign in
THE GOOD NAZI The
Life and Lies of Albert Speer by Dan Van Der Vat
This
book tells the story of Speer's rise to power, from his appointment by Hitler
in 1933 as architect of a
THE GOOD WAR An
Oral History of World War Two By Studs Terkel
This
book is Studs Terkel's most exciting, most popular, and most moving book, an
account of the lives of ordinary Americans, at home and abroad, during World
War Two. HC, 1589pp,
pub. 1984, Pantheon, very good in marked dust jacket. Price: $10.00
The
whole story of
A new chapter in the history of
GUEST OF
HIROHITO
By Kenneth Cambon, MD
A
17 year old Canadian rifleman's story about coming of age during the 4 years he
survived as a Japanese POW. HC, 184pp, illus., pub. 1990, PW Press,
mint, no dust jacket. Price:
$30.00
A HIGHLANDER GOES TO WAR A Memoir 1939-46 by Peter
Grant
This
is the author’s memorable account of his war-time service mainly in
The story of the aftermath of the world's first nuclear explosion. HC, 118pp, pub.
1946, Alfred A. Knopf, very good, pages age marked, no dust jacket. Price:
$10.00
HITLER'S
NUCLEAR WEAPONS By Geoffrey Brooks
Hard
facts are presented in this book suggesting that it was not the
HITLER'S WAR
This
book navigates the maze of judgements and misjudgments from the point of view
of Hitler's High Command. Presents all
possible options open to the Wehrmacht from the fall
of