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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   205 Books
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Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 1st June, 1948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 2 June 1948: The Contribution of the British Pacific Fleet to the Assault on Okinawa, 1945. 1st Ed., 26pp., foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67733
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Adml. Sir Bruce Fraser, C-in-C British Pacific Fleet. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £30
Arctic War: Norway's Role on the Northern Front. Issued for the Royal Norwegian Govt. Information Office. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 64pp., photos. throughout, several maps. HMSO. 1945  #62366
[HLMainPic] Work of Norwegians in exile in Iceland, Spitzbergen &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £12
Front Line Eastbourne: An Illustrated Record of a Famous Holiday Resort under Enemy Air Assualt, & a Tribute to the Stout-Hearted Residents who kept the Flag Flying. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., not paginated, c.80pp., photos. throughout. Printed & Published by T.R. Beckett Ltd., Eastbourne. 1945  #64114
[HLMainPic] Interesting record of the Home Front on the south coast with num. photos. of bomb damage &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
The History of the First Bn. The Lincolnshire Regiment in India, Arakan, Burma & Sumatra Sept. 1939-Oct. 1946. Orig. dec. card wraps., 75pp., 15 photos., 5 maps (one fldg.). Lincoln: Keyworth & Sons, Printers. 1949  #65433
[HLMainPic] Well produced & illustrated history, mainly in the Arakan with 26th Indian Div. Roll of Hon., awards, officers rolls. Staples rusting o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £60
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific). Naval Analysis Division. Interrogations of Japanese Officials. Volumes I & II. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., xv+286 & [v]+[250]pp. (576pp. in all), 4to, approx. 70 maps & several diagrams of ships &c. (many fldg.). US Government Printing Office. 1946  #67687
[HLMainPic] Vol. I contains a Summary, List of Interrogations arranged both numerically & according to subject matter, List of Illustrations (i.e., maps), Index of Major Battles & Operations & Japanese Officials, Interrogations 1-70. Vol. II contains Interrogations 71-118 plus Japanese Notes of Battles & Biographies of Interrogated Japanese Officials. The Foreword explains that "The interrogations in this volume were conducted in Tokyo during the months of October, November and December 1945 by officers of the Naval Analysis Division of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. While the original purpose of the interrogations was to gain evidence for an assessment of the role of airpower in the war with Japan, in the absence of any other body concerned with the conduct of this naval war, this purpose was broadened to include as wide a survey of wartime events as time and other restrictions would permit." The Foreword goes on to say that "almost without exception the Japanese naval officers interrogated were cooperative to the highest degree" so that "it is believed that these interrogations form a body of source material indispensable to any future study of the war with Japan." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to spines & front, VG ex-MoD Library, VG with trace of old lable stating "N.I.D. Record Copy" to front of Vol. II. See illustrations on our website.   £145
The Rise & Fall of the German Air Force (1933 to 1945). RESTRICTED Air Ministry Pamphlet No. 248. 1st Ed., xix+422pp., 100+ photos., 26 maps (some fldg.) & 5 tables. Air Ministry. 1948  #62868
[HLMainPic] Detailed operational history compiled for use in staff college &c., with excellent photos., maps &c. Orig. blue cloth, somewhat serviceworn, generally VG with several ink stamps of No. 34 Maintenance Unit Technical Lib. See illustrations on our website.   £45
The Japanese Army in Pictures 1942. Orig. buff printed wraps., ii+64pp., photos. throughout. War Office. 1942  #68627
[HLMainPic] Contains approx. 100 photos. of Japanese machine guns, mortars, artillery, AFVs &c. Covers somewhat serviceworn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
"Press" Diary of Island Life during the German Occupation 1940-1945. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 44pp. Press [i.e., The Guernsey Evening Press]. nd (c.1945)  #67617
[HLMainPic] The local newspapers diary of events from June 1940-May 1945, the entire period of Guernsey's occupation by the Nazis. Quite scarce, just two copies of JISC (formerly Library Hub). A very good example considering the poor quality of the wartime (or just post-war) paper stock available to the printers. See illustration on our website.   £25
Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 6th July, 1948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 7 July 1948: Battle of the Java Sea, 27th February, 1942. 1st Ed., 11pp., fldg. map, foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67730
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Commodore J.A. Collins, Commanding China Force, describing the naval operations off Java in Feb. 1942, including reports from subordinate commanders. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustrations on our website.   £30
The Tiger Kills: The Story of the Indian Divisions in the North African Campaign. 1st HMSO Ed., 195pp., 27 plates, 12 maps. HMSO for Govt. of India. 1944  #65622
[HLMainPic] The 4th & 5th Indian Divisions in North Africa. Orig. dec. wraps. (as issued), sl. chipped, VG. See illustration on our website.   £15

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