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By: Altieri, James
Price: $293.00
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill: 1960
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 25566
B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 318 pages; 25566 View more info
By: Bahmanyar, Mir
Price: $43.00
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom, Osprey Publishing, Limited: 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 19119
This title shows how the Rangers differed from the standard infantryman in both their combat mession and their combat skills, and how tactics were modified in the light of lessons learned. The experiences of battle covered include the Rangers' first action during the 1942 Dieppe raid; fighting elite Italian Bersaglieri units at Station de Sened and the Afrika Korps at Dernaia Pass in 1943; and the gruelling combat up the Italian boot until war's end. Packed with first ha... View more info
By: Ball, Edmund F.
Price: $48.00
Publisher: NY, Exposition Press: 1958
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 27554
map endpapers. foreword by general mark w. clark. an exposition-banner book, about the campaign in italy during wwii. mild edgewear to mylar-covered dj.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; 27554 View more info
Price: $73.00
Publisher: Stackpole Books: 2009
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 28776
Alongside the Flying Tigers and the Devil's Brigade, the U. S. 6615th Ranger Force--better known as Darby's Rangers after unit's legendary commander, William O. Darby--ranks among the most famous fighting formations of World War II. Like their counterparts who scaled the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, Darby's Rangers led the way, from the dust of Tunisia to the mountain passes of Italy. Rosters of all the Rangers that served in WWII, includes my own father. ; Small 4t... View more info
By: Black, Robert W.
Price: $36.00
Publisher: Ballantine: 1992
Seller ID: 16740
From the deadly shores of North Africa to the invasion of Sicily to the fierce jungle hell of the Pacific, the contribution of the World War II Ranger Battalions far outweighed their numbers. They were ordinary men on an extraordinary mission, experiencing the full measure of the fear, exhaustion, and heroism of combat in nearly every major invasion of the war. Whether spearheading a landing force or scouting deep behind enemy lines, these highly motivated, highly traine... View more info
Price: $80.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott: 1963
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 22118
Based on thorough study of both Allied and German records, Anzio discloses a tragic and perhaps unnecessary episode in the controversial Italian campaign. Inscribed and signed by author. Couple of closed tears on DJ, in mylar book jacket cover ; Great Battles of History Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; 22118; Signed by Author View more info
By: Bowen, Robert M.
Price: $43.00
Publisher: London, Greenhill Books: 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 17456
First hand account by a member of 101st airborne division; vivid descriptions of airborne assaults and infantry combat; covers campaigns in Normandy, Holland and the Ardennes. List of other military books published by Greenhill Books on underside of DJ. Minor creasing to lower edge of DJ. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages; 17456 View more info
By: Brissaud, Andre (translated From The French by Milton Waldman)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: NY, W. W. Norton & Company: 1974
Edition: 1st US Edition
Seller ID: 25051
Translation of Histoire du service secret nazi. Includes bibliographical reference. Recounts the achievements of Heydrich's Secret Service up to 1940: the capture in 1934 of Sosnowski, the Polish spy with the glamorous helpmates, in a tragicomic climax to his farewell party in his Berlin flat, where the waiters turned out to be disguised S. S. men. the author, a free-lance journalist and television director, has devoted his life since 1945 to investigating aspects of the... View more info
By: David, Saul
Price: $53.00
Publisher: London, Brassey's: 1995
Edition: 1st English Edition
Seller ID: 12201
In late September 1943, nearly 200 veterans of Montgomery's Eighth Army were arrested for refusing orders to join units of the US Fifth Army at the Salerno beachhead in southern Italy. Within six weeks, all but one had been found guilty of mutiny, their sentences ranging from five years' penal servitude to death. Fifty years on, Saul David became the first military historian to gain access to the court martial papers. This book is about that Court Martial. Light crinklin... View more info
By: DeFelice, Jim
Price: $38.00
Publisher: NY, Berkley Caliber Books: 2008
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 30058
Remainder mark. All else clean, tight and bright. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 300 pages; A remarkable saga of heroism under fire. DeFelice's account of the American Rangers' baptism of fire two years before D-Day is as compelling as it is provocative. This is military history at its best. --Colonel Cole C. Kingseed. Just months after Pearl Harbor, with America still struggling to bring itself up to fighting strength for World War II, it was decided that a special... View more info
By: Jeffers, H. Paul
Price: $48.00
Publisher: NAL Hardcover: 2007
Seller ID: 29342
DJ crinkled with one small closed tear at upper edge. In new mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages; 29342 View more info
By: Ladd, James
Price: $23.00
Publisher: St. Martin's Press: 1978
Seller ID: 15540
Shows how elite behind-the-lines shock troops used their special skills and weapons in beach reconnaissances, sabotage raids, and spearhead invasions that led the Allies to victory. DJ in mylar; small rubbed spot on top edge of rear board. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 288 pages; 15540 View more info
By: Ladd, James
Price: $43.50
Publisher: NY, St. Martin's Press: 1978
Seller ID: 19965
Shows how elite behind-the-lines shock troops used their special skills and weapons in beach reconnaissances, sabotage raids, and spearhead invasions that led the Allies to victory. Out of printSome wear, minor bumps to corners. DJ in mylar book jacket cover ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 288 pages; 19965 View more info
By: Mason, Jr. , Herbert Molloy
Price: $118.50
Publisher: Duell, Sloan & Pearce: 1966
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 15043
Black cloth boards are moderately edgeworn, previous owner's name (a former Darby Ranger) on flypage. DJ in new mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 15043QmSF View more info
By: Mountbatten, Louis, Vice-Admiral Lord (with A Foreword by)
Price: $21.00
Publisher: Macmillan: 1943
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 30862
An astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force, who worked with U. S. Rangers (of which my father was one) and others of the United Nations in what is known officially as Combined Operations--or, more popularly, the Commandos. Previous owner's name label on front free endpaper. Some foxing. DJ edgeworn with a couple of closed tears and sunned spine. ; B&W Photographs; ... View more info
Price: $68.00
Publisher: The Free Press: 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 27842
In their own words, the personal stories of America's World War II veterans. Here is the first combat history of the war in Europe in the words of the men themselves, and perhaps the most honest and brutal account of combat possible on the printed page. For more than fifty years the individual stories that make up this narrative--shockingly frank reflections of sacrifice and courage--have been bottled up, buried, or circulated privately. Now, nearing the ends of their li... View more info
Price: $21.00
Publisher: NY, Sarpedon: 1997
Seller ID: 28222
The story of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in the 1944 Normandy campaign. Previous owner's label on spine of DJ. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 314 pages; 28222 View more info
Price: $43.00
Publisher: NY, Random House: 1944
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 24376
Previous owner's name. Edgeworn DJ in mylar. Page 217 dog-eared. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 353 pages; 24376 View more info
Price: $28.00
Publisher: American Heritage: 1966
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 26657
The drama and tragedy of the Second World War is revealed in hundreds of great photos (many never before published) and a superb narrative by a Pulitze Prize-winning journalist. 720 illustrations. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 640 pages; 26657 View more info
By: Whitlock, Flint
Price: $33.00
Publisher: Westview Press: 1998
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
Seller ID: 30839
Anzio was one of the greatest battles of World War II-a desperate gamble to land a large amphibious force behind German lines in Italy in the hope that the war could be shortened by capturing Rome. It also turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles in U. S. Military history. Based on extensive research into archives, photos, letters, diaries, previously classified official records, and scores of personal interviews with surviving veterans of the 45th, The Rock of Anzi... View more info
