Alan Key:The Fleet Air Arm: An Illustrated History
- Taschenbuch 2016, ISBN: 9781902236100
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HarperCollins, 2016. Hardcover in Dustjacket. As new!. An unprecedented, page-turning narrative of the Nazi rise to power, the Holocaust, and Hitler's post-invasion plans for Russia tol… Mehr…
HarperCollins, 2016. Hardcover in Dustjacket. As new!. An unprecedented, page-turning narrative of the Nazi rise to power, the Holocaust, and Hitler's post-invasion plans for Russia told through the recently discovered lost diary of Alfred Rosenberg - Hitler's 'philosopher' and architect of Nazi ideology.Only recently discovered by former FBI agent Robert Wittman, the diary of Nazi philosopher Alfred Rosenberg, who led the Nazi party when Hitler was interned in 1923, is a ground-breaking document and an object of rumour, obsession and evil. Filled with observations, conversations and Nazi plans, it gives new details of Hitler's rise to power and personal governance of the Reich. Not simply the Nazi ideological progenitor, Rosenberg was a core member of Hitler's inner circle: his ideas for the Third Reich and the destruction it wrought laid the foundations for a brainwashed nation and gave its people the justification for the slaughter of millions; he helped plan the Nazi invasion and subsequent occupation of the Soviet Union and was named Reich Minister for the Eastern Territories.With the first access to the diary's contents, 'The Devil's Diary' is the thrilling story of Rosenberg; Robert Kempner, the German-born Jewish Nuremberg lawyer who prosecuted Göring and Frick and stole the diary; Henry Mayer, the archivist who has doggedly been searching for it for decades; and Bob Wittman, the former FBI agent who finally found it and returned it to its rightful place.pp. 528 illusts. First Edition. #241221 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover in Dustjacket As new!, HarperCollins, 2016, 0, Peter Pine-Coffin, 2003. Softcover. Fine. xvi, 184 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm. #131121 Limited Edition No: 0056Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, DSO & Bar, MC (2 December 1908 – 28 February 1974) was an officer of the British Army who saw service during the Second World War. He commanded the 3rd Parachute Battalion in North Africa and the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion in Normandy, Belgium, and Germany. His troops, amused by the unusual applicability of his family name (soldiers were usually buried in simple pine wood coffins), referred to him as ""Wooden Box"".With the 7th Battalion, Pine-Coffin played an important role in the 6th Airborne Division's airborne assault around the River Orne in the early hours of 6 June 1944. His battalion was tasked with reinforcing Major John Howard's 181-strong coup de main force, which had captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. The successful defence of these bridges was vital to 6th Airborne Division's objective of securing the Allied eastern flank. The bridges were to be held until relieved later on in the day following the Allied amphibious landings.Pine-Coffin dropped with his battalion at 00:50; they began to arrive at the bridges at about 01:40, taking up positions in Bénouville and Le Port, west of Caen Canal. With 7th Battalion's arrival, Pine-Coffin succeeded Major Howard to command of the bridges' defence. The 5th Parachute Brigade's position was precarious; 7th Battalion had been scattered and could only muster about 40% of its strength, while the 12th Battalion was in a similar situation at Ranville, east of the Orne. Pine-Coffin's battalion came under sustained attack by the 716th Infantry Division and elements of the 21st Panzer Division but they, with difficulty, held their positions. The first relief for the beleaguered troops came at about 13:30, when elements of Lord Lovat's 1st Special Service Brigade arrived from Sword Beach and crossed the bridges to reinforce the Ranville positions. The 7th Battalion's own relief would not begin until the arrival of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment at 21:15.The 7th Battalion was moved to positions east of the Orne when their withdrawal from the bridges was completed. After a German assault by the 346th Infantry Division was driven off on 10 June, Pine-Coffin was ordered to plan for an operation to take the Le Mariquet woods, which the remnants of the German attacking force had retreated into. Just two of the 7th battalion's companies were present, but they were, with support from tanks, successful in taking the woods, and captured up to 100 soldiers. The 7th Battalion would continue to be engaged in bloody defensive battles in the area until the Allied breakout and advance to the Seine in August. Despite concerns by Pine-Coffin that his battalion was greatly fatigued, the 7th Battalion maintained its involvement in the intense Allied advance. Finally, in mid-September, the 6th Airborne Division was withdrawn back to Britain to recuperate and reorganise. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Fine, Peter Pine-Coffin, 2003, 5, The Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, UK, 1983. Softcover. VG+ (Very Good plus). 7th edition pp.120 illusts #1020 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA., The Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, UK, 1983, 3, Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1941. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing to boards, edges, corners, and head and foot of spine. Previous owner stamp to inside of front board. Pages clean and binding tight. Good(+) to very good(-).. Hardcover square blue octavo with color illustrated cover. 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm. Illustrated by Rudeen, Herbert, ; illustrator. || Foreword by Lieutenant Colonel Wm. O. Tufts || Series: American patriot's series; Variation: American patriots series. Contents: U. S. Army : Organization ; Corps areas (color map) ; Components ; Units ; Combat arms ; Services ; Insignia of rank ; U. S. cadet uniforms (in color) ; Enlisted men's dress uniform (diagram) ; Hat cords ; Collar insignia ; Specialty marks ; Branch and bureau insignia ; Badges and bars ; Corps and divisional insignia ; Decorations awarded by the War Department ; Educational system -- U. S. Navy : Organization ; The fleet ; U. S. Navy establishments (map) ; Air Force ; U. S. Navy uniforms (in color) ; Insignia of rank ; Ratings ; U. S. Naval Academy ; U. S. Naval Reserves -- U. S. Marines : Organization ; U. S. Marine uniforms (in color) ; Insignia of rank., Rand McNally & Co, 1941, 0, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Scoval Publishing, 2008. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. . ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.1kg. I will need more than the quoted shipping within the UK, and will have to quote courier costs for sending it beyond the shores of my fair country. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback. Physically 12¼” x 10½” (2.1 kg); 236pp; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; List of abbreviations; Glossary; ISBN: 978-1-9022-3610-0 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy of this book means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book#192568|| Condition:, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Scoval Publishing, 2008, 3<
