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The Alexander Memoirs, 1940–1945 Introduction by James Holland, Foreword by Shane Alexander

By: Alexander, Earl Of Tunis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Frontline Books: 2010

Seller ID: 32303

ISBN: 1848325673

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket

This is a comprehensive new edition of a classic wartime memoir. ; B&W Plates; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 210 pages; 32303
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D-Day June 6, 1944 The Climactic Battle of World War II

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster: 1994

Seller ID: 19674

ISBN: 068480137x

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

The preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentierth century reveals how the original plans for invasion were abandoned, and how ordinary soldiers and officers acted on their own initiative. Above all it is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their existence, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Front cover creased, rear cover has small closed tear along foredge, remainder mark. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 655 pages; 19674
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Citizen Soldiers The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944--May7,1945

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster: 1997

Seller ID: 27372

ISBN: 0684815257

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

The inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U. S. Army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day (June 7, 1944) until the end of the bitterest days of the war (almost a year later). ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 512 pages; 27372
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Band Of Brothers E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2001

Seller ID: 28239

ISBN: 074322454x

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

The story of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150% casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. The HBO miniseries event produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg based on this story. New foreword by the author. Very slight edgewear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 336 pages; 28239
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The Lost Ships Of Guadalcanal Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South Pacific

By: Ballard, Robert D. & Rick Archbold

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Warner Books Inc: 1993

Seller ID: 24057

ISBN: 0446516368

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

Re-creates the whole story of the campaign that changed the course of the Pacific war. For all the fame of its air and land batttles, Guadalcanal is also a compelling story of sailors and warships. Minor crinkling of top edge of DJ. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 227 pages; 24057
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The World War II Combat Film Anatomy of a Genre

By: Basinger, Jeanine

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press: 1986

Seller ID: 26396

ISBN: 0231059523

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Covers the history of World War II combat films for the 4 decades following the war. Filmography, bibliography and index. Review of the film "Anzio" (featuring Darby's Rangers in 1968) on page 325. One very small closed tear on upper edge of DJ. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 373 pages; 26396
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Stalin's Silver The Sinking of the USS John Barry

By: Beasant, John

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, St Martins Press: 1999

Seller ID: 28286

ISBN: 0312205902

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

John Beasant recreates the USS John Barry's fateful voyage and death-defying salvage. With help from the mission's survivors, Beasant resolves a 50-year-old mystery: where was the merchant ship taking its precious cargo? Stalin's Silver is as much a sensational account of politics and intrigue between governments during World War II as it is the story of the world's most valuable and mysterious sunken treasure, and the men who recovered it. ; B&W and color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 216 pages; 28286
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Ardennes 1944 Hitler's Last Gamble

By: Beevor, Antony

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Viking/Penguin: 2015

Seller ID: 32302

ISBN: 0670918644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Map endpapers. 48 b/w glossy illustrations; 17 maps in addition to the endpapers. Also includes a key to military symbols and a glossary along with a table of military ranks. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 451 pages; 32302
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Hitler Victorious: Eleven Stories Of The German Victory In World War II

By: Benford, Gregory, & Martin H. Greenberg (Ed. 's)

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Garland Publishing: 1986

Seller ID: 16886

ISBN: 0824086589

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- Dust Jacket

Contents: 'imagining the abyss'; 'two dooms'; 'the fall of frenchy steiner'; 'through road no whither'; 'weihnachtsabend'; 'do ye hear the children weeping? ' and more. Closed tear at upper edge of DJ rear panel, near a rubbed area at edge. ; Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol. 624 Series; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 276 pages; 16886
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Song And Service Book For Ship And Field

By: Bennett, Ivan L. (Ed. ) , Army and Navy

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Washington, D. C., United States Government Printing Office: 1942

Seller ID: 30110

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

This is a service book containing selected hymns and musical scores approved by the chaplains of the army and navy. With catholic and protestant sections. ; 30110
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Private Breger's War His Adventures in Britain and At the Front

By: Breger, David

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Random house: 1944

Seller ID: 30876

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Private Breger was a cartoonist in the war. This is a collection of his cartoons. Light soil, some spotting and edgewear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages; 30876
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World War II, The Axis Assault, 1939-1942 The Documents, Speeches, Diaries, and Newpaper Reporting That Defined World War II

By: Brinkley, Douglas (General editor)

Price: $21.00

Publisher: NY, Times Books, Henry Holt and Company: 2003

Seller ID: 30858

ISBN: 0805072462

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

We have long relied on historians to sift through the debris of history and piece together narratives to shape our understanding of events. But it is in the letters, diaries, speeches, song lyrics, newspaper articles, and government papers that history comes alive. The New York Times Living History books reinvigorate history by presenting the actual documents and images of the day. ; The New York Times Living History Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 349 pages; 30858
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Britain Against Germany 1939-1945 A Record in Pictures

By: British Information Services

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, British Information Services: 1945

Seller ID: 27012

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

Edgeworn, tanned; tear at heel of spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 127 pages; 27012
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The Tigers Are Burning The Story of the Battle of Kursk

By: Caidin, Martin

Price: $16.50

Publisher: NY, Hawthorn Books, Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 24621

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- Dust Jacket

The Greatest Single Land-And-Air Combat Engagement in Military History. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 243 pages; 24621
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JG 26 Photographic History of the Luftwaffe's Top Guns

By: Caldwell, Donald L.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Motorbooks Intl: 1994

Seller ID: 31384

ISBN: 0879388455

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Previous owner's cataloging dots taped to lower spine edge. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 168 pages; 31384
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Under Cover My Four Years in the Nazi Underworld of America

By: Carlson, John Roy

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, Blakiston Company, Distributed By E. P. Dutton: 1943

Seller ID: 21730

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket

The Amazing Revelation of How Axis Agents & Other Enemies Within Are Now Plotting to Destroy the United States. Worn, rubbed, chipped DJ in mylar. Top edge freckled, small bump lower rear board ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 544 pages; 21730
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With The 41st Division In The Southwest Pacific A Foot Soldier's Story

By: Catanzaro, Francis B.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press: 2002

Seller ID: 24370

ISBN: 0253341426

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

A firsthand account of jungle warfare in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. In the enormous literature of the Second World War, there are surprisingly few accounts of fighting in the southwest Pacific, fewer still by common infantrymen. This memoir, written with a simple and direct honesty that is rare indeed, follows a foot soldier’s career from basic training to mustering out. It takes the reader into the jungles and caves of New Guinea and the Philippines during the long campaign to win the war against Japan. From basic training at Camp Roberts through combat, occupation,...
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Closing The Ring The Second World War

By: Churchill, Winston S.

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1951

Seller ID: 31232

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- Dust Jacket

This book brings Churchill's panoramic history of the Second World War to a close. Previous owner's bookplate, DJ chipped, torn and rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 749 pages; 31232
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Is Paris Burning?

By: Collins, Larry, and Dominique Lapierre

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1965

Seller ID: 21418

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Map endpapers. How Paris miraculously escaped Adolf Hitler's sentence of death in August 1944. DJ chipped at extremities. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages; 21418
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Fallen Eagle The Last Days of the Third Reich

By: Cross, Robin

Price: $16.50

Publisher: London, Michael O' Mara Books: 1995

Seller ID: 24623

ISBN: 1854797360

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

A view of the closing months of World War II in Europe through to the early days of the Cold War which succeeded it. The year 1945 opens with fighting in Holland and the Lower Rhine. In the East, on 12 January, the greatest offensive of the war begins in fog and snow as the Soviets break through German lines on the Vistula, 125 miles south of Warsaw. From privates to presidents, "Fallen Eagle" brings to life the personal, political and military dramas which altered the map of Europe for half a century. Previous owner's cataloging label neatly taped to spine. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8&#...
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Category: WWII