BASIL LIDDELL HART AND BARRIE PITT EDS (11 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 85, INTO THE HEART OF HITLER'S REICH, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W photos, 1973. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in very good condition. Very good 2-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 85 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR looks at: The US Drive to the Elbe (Why did Eisenhower stop at the Elbe River rather than racing the Soviets to Berlin?), Patton's Drive Towards Prague ('invisible walls erected by political masters for Allied troops did not deter Patton who rushed into Czechoslovakia), Hitler's Last Attack (Soviets vs. Germans in Budapest, Hungary), and The Soviet Drive to Vienna. Among the numerous B/W photographs and illustrations in this issue are: German POWs marching down an autobahn, Pershing T-25 El tank, Allied POWs released from prison camp, German civilians forced to clean up the mess the Nazis made in a concentration camp, Germans captured near Munich, Manet's 'Wintergarden' and other artworks looted by Germans stored in a salt mine, liberated slave laborers looting a store, Eisenhower touring concentration camp at Gotha, drawings of German jet aircraft in production, German troops surrendering at Ulm, German rocket fighter, Patton's drive through Austria, Russian armored train. There are various maps and charts. XX In 1973 Marshall Cavendish Publishers re-issued a popular weekly series of magazines telling the history of the Second World War, primarily from European perspectives. The installment series had originally been published in the UK by BPC Publishing Ltd. in 1966. Under the editorship of Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt and with articles by noted war historians and other writers, the HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR provided detailed information on military and historical aspects of the devastating war. Part 85 of 96.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 32 - BANZAI, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W and color photos, 1973. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition. Very good 3-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 32 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR focuses principally on battles and losses in Asia and the Pacific. This issue's articles are: The Long Retreat: the First Burma Campaign (Since it had long been thought that a land invasion of Burma was very unlikely, the defenses of the country had been seriously neglected. However, by the end of 1941, the Japanese were ready to occupy Burma to protect the northwest flank of their Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. Brigadier Sir John Smyth, who commanded the British ground forces during the first part of the campaign, gives a first-hand account of the unequal battle, and the long retreat?the longest ever made by a British army?back to the Indian border"), Air War in the Far East (During the early months of 1942 the Japanese had achieved almost complete control of the air in the Far East. Allied pilots were unable to cope with the Zero fighter, and Japanese bombers were able to attack land targets and shipping with almost complete safety. Raids on Darwin and Broome led the Australians to believe that a landing on their own soil was imminent?but by June the tide had turned, and Allied fighters and bombers were gaining superiority both in quantity and quality), Battle of the Coral Sea (In the spring of 1942, following their rapid successes during the early months of the war, the Japanese were ready to extend their control over the Coral Sea by capturing Port Moresby in New Guinea?thus isolating Australia, and opening the way for further advances in the southwest. The battle which ensued was the first to be fought entirely by aircraft?no ship on either side made visual contact with the enemy?and when it ended, the Japanese had failed to achieve their objective, and their advance had been checked). In this issue are numerous B/W and color photographs and illustrations, including Japanese tanks crossing a make-shift bridge into Burma, Japanese troops with bicycles, failed British river defenses, British demolishing bridges as they retreat, Japanese 70mm howitzer and machine-gun crews, Japanese patrol in Mandalay railway yard, Japanese seizing Yenangyaung oil field, oil storage tanks blazing in Rangoon, blazing B-17 bomber after Japanese air raid on Bandung airfield in Java, wrecked hangar at Darwin, Japanese bomber crews, Japanese planes (Mitsubishi G4M Betty, Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally, Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar), American planes (Douglas SBD-III Dauntless, Douglas TBD-I Devastator, Grumman F4F Wildcat), Col. Doolittle's B-25 bombers on Hornet' s flight deck before attack on Tokyo, Doolittle in China after raid, B-25 takes off from an aircraft carrier, Japanese reconnaissance seaplane, Lexington's 40mm flak crews hit back at Japanese air strike, Lexington aircraft-carrier, Shokaku aircraft-carrier, Vice-Admiral Frank J. Fletcher (commander of US carrier force in Battle of the Coral Sea), and various images of the Coral Sea battle. There are also several maps.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 86 - FALL OF BERLIN, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W photos, 1973. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition. Very good 2-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 86 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: One of the Red Army's most successful commanders recalls the dramatic sessions with Stalin which forged the final plan for the taking of Berlin, and one of Russia's leading military historians describes this crucial battle. The Germans fought desperately, not only for survival, but also in the hope of slowing the Russians advance until the Western Allies reached Berlin. But it was only a matter of time before the front broke and the Russian masses flooded into the wrecked streets of Hitler's 'citadel. Articles include: ?Clearing North Germany" (British and Canadian forces "busy clearing Holland and sweeping across northern Germany"), Liberating Denmark and Norway, Top Russian Generals, and "Top Germany Generals." Among the numerous B/W photographs and illustrations in this issue are: German POWs rounded up on road to Lubeck, Anglo-Russian fraternization near Wismar, U-boats (Marder Human torpedo, Seehund Midget submarine, U-Boat Type XXI-C, Biber Midger submarine, Russian troops stand before the blazing Reichstag, Russian artillery-line, Russian pontoon bridge, Hitler youth in trenches, scenes in Berlin, clearing city blocks with tanks, Russian snipers, Red Flag flying from Brandenburg Gate. There are various maps and charts.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 22 - BARBAROSSA! HITLER LAUNCHES THE GREATEST MILITARY INVASION IN HISTORY, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W and color photos, 1973. ITEM CONDITION: very good. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks, but the top portion is wrinkled. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in very good condition but for that wrinkling at top. Very good 3-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 22 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR looks at the beginning of Germany?s massive invasion of the Soviet Union in ?Operation Barbarossa.? This issue?s articles are Barbarossa: The Shock (?June 22, 1941: the Eastern Front is opened. The German Blitzkrieg stunned the Russian frontier armies with the brutal realities of invasion. General Popel, at the time an officer with the Red Army, recalls the nagging suspicion and apprehension which accompanied the last hours of peace in eastern Europe), Barbarossa: Drive to Smolensk (The waiting was over. Bock?s Army Group Centre plunged into White Russia, with Moscow as its key Objective. The Russians fought and lost the ?battle of the frontiers,? as the Germans had hoped; and the German victories of encirclement at Minsk and Smolensk netted vast numbers of prisoners. But it was a long way to Moscow?and Russia?s reserves seemed inexhaustible), Barbarossa: Drive to Kiev (As Rundstedt?s Army Group South thrust deep into the Ukraine, Hitler halted the central drive on Moscow and decreed?in defiance of his generals? advice?that the Russian capital was not to be the prime military target. Economic factors obsessed Hitler; the wheatlands and industries of the Ukraine were of more importance than the fall of the Soviet capital. The result was the battle of Kiev, the greatest military disaster in the Red Army?s history, but the Red Army was still in being as autumn approached). In this issue are numerous photographs, both B/W and color, including German infantry waiting for artillery barrage to lift before attacking, Stukas bombing Russian town, Bock?s Panzergruppen passing Brest Litovsk and Bialystok, German infantry in four-day fight for Brest Litovsk, German infantrymen springing from armored troop-carrier, Germans attacking Soviet transport train, German 50-mm gun crew, Marshal Budenny, Field-Marshal Bock, German horse-drawn guns, various images of German soldiers advancing, burning houses in Zhitomar, house-to-house fighting, surrender of Russian militiamen, Russian tank knocked out. There are also various maps of the invasion routes.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 62, PRE D-DAY, HITLER?S FORTRESS EUROPE, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W and color photos, 1973. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in very good condition. Very good 2-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 62 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: Genesis of the plans for the D-Day Invasion. Experts write about the strengths and weapons each side could muster for this, the most crucial single event of the Second World War. Hitler boasted of building the ?Atlantic Wall,? against which the invading Allies were intended to dash themselves into ruin. The ?Wall?, despite Rommel?s frantic efforts, existed only in the Pas de Calais. There are also articles on England before D-Day, the build-up of American troops in the UK, Mulberries (strange floating shapes of concrete and steel), and G.I. Jargon (slang). Among the numerous B/W and color photographs and illustrations in this issue are: Allied generals preparing for Project Overlord (early name for invasion of Europe), assembly lines in England, African-American soldiers demonstrating ?jazz marching,? Mulberries, stockpile of bombs, some of the 7000 invasion ships (minesweeper, Liberty ship, armed salvage tug, RAF air/sea rescue launch, armed trawler), cartoon of Yanks at Piccadilly Circus, RAF dispersal area full of Dakotas, Germany?s big coastal guns in France, bunkers on Atlantic coast, landing-craft traps, German Kampfgruppe on march, and inside a German Coastal 155mm gun emplacement. There are various maps and charts.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 63, PRE-D-DAY, THE ALLIED WAR MACHINE, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W and color photos, 1973. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition. Very good 2-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 63 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: Three more articles in the pre-D-Day series look at the organization behind the Normandy landings. On the eve of Operation Overlord the Allies had amassed 50,000 men for the spearhead assault, to be followed by 2,000,000 more. But without Allied supremacy in armor and control of the air above the battlefield, the whole operation could result in catastrophe. The task was enormous and so were the arguments over how it was to be carried out. Important weapons in the Allied arsenal were the strange, armored vehicles called The Funnies. Among the numerous B/W and color photographs and illustrations in this issue are: a panoramic view of some of the Allied troops and armored vehicles ready for invasion, huge number of American Sherman tanks and Thunderbolt planes, Eisenhower watching a pre-invasion training exercise, Sherman Firefly tank, Sturmpanzer IV tank, JAGD-Panther tank, Funnies (?armor specially adapted to deal with various types of obstacles, Duplex Drive, Bobbin, Crab, Churchill AVRE, Armoured Bulldozer, Churchill Crocodile), weaponry (Panzerschreck rocket-launcher, PIAT anti-tank launcher), Major-General P.C.S. Hobart (designer of the Funnies), Lancaster planes in flight, B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight, Martin B-26 Marauder, North American B-25 Mitchell, De Havilland Mosquito Mk XVIII, aerial views of devastation from Allied bombs. There are various maps and charts. XX In 1973 Marshall Cavendish Publishers re-issued a popular weekly series of magazines telling the history of the Second World War, primarily from European perspectives. The installment series had originally been published in the UK by BPC Publishing Ltd. in 1966. Under the editorship of Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt and with articles by noted war historians and other writers, the HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR provided detailed information on military and historical aspects of the devastating war.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 64, PRE-D-DAY, EUROPE'S SECRET ARMIES, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W photos, 1973. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition. Very good 2-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 64 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: ?Throughout Europe in the months which followed Hitler?s victories in the west, men?s thoughts turned to resistance. The Allied build-up for D-Day was assisted by the work of the Special Operations Executive which coordinated resistance operations with Allied strategic needs. The Allied High Command realized that the European resistance as a force of considerable importance which would weigh heavily in the balance of resources.? There are also articles on the Gestapo, ?the Terror of Europe,? the ways the Allies helped Resistance fighters behind enemy lines, ?Shaping the Plans? (further improvements in D-Day plans), and ?D-Day, the Hidden Meaning.? Among the numerous B/W and color photographs and illustrations in this issue are: Maquis outpost (French Resistance saboteurs), members of the ?secret army? of Poland, guerrillas in Krakow, various French Maquis groups, members of the Paris Gestapo, torture methods of Gestapo, French secret press, Lysander aircraft, assistants of Special Operations Executive (Allied help for Resistance), Danish Resistance fighters with Sten guns, handiwork of Resistance (wrecked rail lines and bridges), D-Day landing craft drills. There are various maps and charts. In 1973 Marshall Cavendish Publishers re-issued a popular weekly series of magazines telling the history of the Second World War, primarily from European perspectives. The installment series had originally been published in the UK by BPC Publishing Ltd. in 1966. Under the editorship of Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt and with articles by noted war historians and other writers, the HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR provided detailed information on military and historical aspects of the devastating war.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PART 91, JAPAN'S LAST HOPE, 28 MILLION VOLUNTEERS, edited by Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, softcover, illustrated with B/W photos, 1975. ITEM CONDITION: Good. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in fair condition (ripples and tiny spots all over front cover). Very good 2-staple binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 28 pages, 3 ounces XX Part 91 of THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Articles include ?Burma: The Last Battles,? ?Clearing the Philippines,? ?Japan at the End of Her Tether? (blockades, bombing, and advancing Allied Armies cut off Japanese resources. Result: starving, homeless, war weary population), ?Japan?s Defense Plans? (homeland defenders conscripted from young and old, ill-prepared for battle). Among the numerous B/W and color photographs and illustrations in this issue are: Japanese soldiers surrendering their swords to Indian troops in Burma, Japanese comfort battalion member (i.e., prostitute), highlights from Burma campaign, Filipino guerrillas, scenes of bombing in Japan, invasion plans (unused) for final assault on Japan (before dropping of atomic bombs), Japanese conscripts, underground aircraft factory in Japan. There are various maps and charts. In 1973 Marshall Cavendish Publishers began reissuing a popular weekly series of magazines telling the history of the Second World War, primarily from European perspectives. The installment series had originally been published in the UK by BPC Publishing Ltd. in 1966. Under the editorship of Sir Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt and with articles by noted war historians and other writers, the HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR provided detailed information on military and historical aspects of the devastating war.

1st edition cloth binding nice set lge. octavo 3584pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, indexes, Published in 125 weekly parts. Bound into eight volumes in black cloth, and complete with the index. Australia only; very heavy.

1st edition orig. binders Very Nice set lge. octavo 3584pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, indexes, Published in 125 weekly parts. Bound into eight uniform dark blue publisher's ring-binders, and complete with the index.

1st edition orig. binders Nice set lge. octavo 3584pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, indexes, Published in 125 weekly parts. Bound into eight uniform black publisher's ring-binders, and complete with the index.