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Report by the Supreme Commander To the Combined Chief of Staff On The Operations In Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., x+123pp., 4to, 11 maps. Washington: US Govt. Printing Office.
1946
#66673
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Eisenhower's official despatch re planning & preparation of Operation Overlord, the assault in Normandy & subsequent breakout battles & onwards through the Low Countries, The Ardennes &c. to the Rhineland. Some wear & use, generally VG. See illustrations on our website.
£20
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ROSKILL (Capt. S.W., DSC, RN)
The War at Sea 1939-1945.
1st Eds., Vol. I, The Defensive: xxiii+664pp., 55 photos., 43 maps/diagrams, 26 tables. Vol. II, The Period of Balance: xvii+523pp., 64 photos., 42 maps, 38 tables. Vol. III, Part I: The Offensive, 1st June 1943-31st May 1944: xvi+413pp., 70 photos., 21 maps, 20 tables. Vol. IV, The Offensive, 1st June 1944-14th August 1945: xvii+502pp., num. photos., 46 maps. dws. HMSO.
19541961
#66655
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Complete set, orig. cloth, VG in dws. Wrappers of Vols. I & II a lttle rubbed & worn with some neat tape repairs. See illustration on our website.
£145
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STIRLING (Major J.D.P.)
The First & The Last: The Story of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 1939-1945.
1st Ed., xv+192pp., num. photos. & maps. Art & Educational Publishers, For Private circulation.
1946
#65629
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BEF 1940 inc. evacuation from Dunkirk, NW Europe 1944-45, landing on D Day with 50th Div., excellent & well illustrated account of the operations. Nominal rolls, casualties &c. Orig. black cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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TOVEY (Col. W.J., MBE, TD) & PODMORE (Maj. A.J., MBE, TD)
Once A Howard Twice A Citizen: A History of the 4th/5th Battalion The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) (Yorkshire Volunteers) & its predecessors, 1860-1993.
1st Ed., laminated card wraps., [ii]+v+183pp., photos. & maps. Volunteers Press.
1995
#61856
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Yorkshire Territorials from raising as Rifle Volunteers in 1859 onwards: 4th & 5th Bns. on Western Front; WW2 with BEF 1940, Western Desert, Sicily, Normandy 1944 &c., including personal accounts of D Day. VG. See illustration on our website.
£15
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WONSER (John de S.)
The D-Day Ships. Neptune: The Greatest Amphibious Operation in History.
1st Ed. orig. laminated wraps., 172pp., num. photos. & several maps. Kendal: The World Ship Society.
1994
#66638
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A useful description of the Naval part of the D Day landings in Normandy in June 1944, with a listing of all the ships involved, with details of their type & services. Orig. illustrated laminated wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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