Spellmount stroud 2009 (11 resultados)

1st edition. 8vo. 256pp. B/w. illustrations from photographs, maps. Paperback, near fine. ISBN 9780752452739 US$9.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo 256pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, This is the story of the British Army's endeavours during WWI to deceive the enemy and trick him into weakening his defences and redeploying his reserves. This year-by-year account shows how Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig actively encouraged their Army commanders to employ trickery so that all attacks should come as a 'complete surprise' to the enemy. Concealment of real military artefacts and the creation of dummy ones were ingenious but the real art lay in the use of geographically dispersed deception plans which disguised the real time & place of attack forcing the enemy to defend areas threatened by fake operations.…

reprint stiff wrappers As New octavo xvi + 168pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., index, The first Jewish Brigade of the British army was formed with the backing of Churchill. They fought in Italy with distinction, but following the war many members turned to vigilantism, terrorism & provided 35 Generals for the Israeli army.…

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book octavo 256pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, This is the story of the British Army's endeavours during WWI to deceive the enemy and trick him into weakening his defences and redeploying his reserves. This year-by-year account shows how Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig actively encouraged their Army commanders to employ trickery so that all attacks should come as a 'complete surprise' to the enemy. Concealment of real military artefacts and the creation of dummy ones were ingenious but the real art lay in the use of geographically dispersed deception plans which disguised the real time & place of attack forcing the enemy to defend areas threatened by fake operations.…

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book lge. octavo 160pp., col. & b/w pls., diags., specs., index, The Comet family, Nimrod MR.1, MR.2, R.1, AEW.3, MRA.4.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers As New octavo 188pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, First in the Hitler's Legions series on foreign volunteers and their units, is an in-depth examination of one of the least well-known of these divisions, the Charlemagne, recruited entirely from conquered France. Founded late on in the war in the autumn of 1944, the Charlemagne fought hard on the Eastern Front, often motivated by an extreme anti-communist zeal. Book explores the background to the unit's formation, the men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division, and its organisation. It also looks at the formation and training of the Waffen-SS in general and the Charlemagne in particular, and also the uniforms and insignia that members of the division wore; also provides a full combat record of the division during its existence inc. the unit's service on the Eastern Front.…

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo 224pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, Robertson served in the Second Afghan war and led the defence of the siege of Chitral.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xvi + 485pp., notes, index, War has always been a deeply fascinating subject. Fighting itself can be a source of great, perhaps even the greatest, joy - and out of this joy and fascination an entire culture has grown. This title argues that there is much more to war than just soldiers killing one another.…

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xvi + 485pp., notes, index, War has always been a deeply fascinating subject. Fighting itself can be a source of great, perhaps even the greatest, joy - and out of this joy and fascination an entire culture has grown. This title argues that there is much more to war than just soldiers killing one another.…

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo xvi + 485pp., notes, index, War has always been a deeply fascinating subject. Fighting itself can be a source of great, perhaps even the greatest, joy - and out of this joy and fascination an entire culture has grown. This title argues that there is much more to war than just soldiers killing one another.…

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo 288pp., b/w pls., appends., bibliog., index, Dispel many myths that surrounding the campaign, repeated in WW2 that the roads and weather hampered the invaders, when in fact the Russians had to contend with the same conditions.