Devers Jacob L (8 results)

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1949 Hard Cover. 899 pp. Includes: Leadership, Drill and Exercise of Command; Hygiene and First Aid; Physical Development Methods; Maps and Aerial Photographs; Military Organization; Individual Weapons and Marksmanship; Small Unit Tactics; Military Teaching Methods; Military History of the United States; Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. (1989) Original pictorial glazed boards, very bright and clean. This volume reprints 3 issues of "Impact" Magazine. Illust. w/ numerous b/w photos. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 65 pages; Glossy Illustrated Boards. No Dust Jacket. Book Tight. Text is clean no markings seen. Illustrations & Photos. Edges rubbed. Cover slight damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; 1st Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 899 pages; No Dust Jacket, Book Tight, Text is clean no markings seen Black & White Illustrations and Photographs, With Map BX456; BX456.

Broadside. Condition: Good. N.p., 1945. 11 x 8 3/8". Single sheet, verso blank. Some browning and two creases at edges. Good copy.

Condition: Fine. SIGNED, "Jacob Devers" on 6.75" x 5.75" B&W photograh including: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, the youngest French General at the start of WWII and only to command large numbers of American Troops; GEN George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army; and Gen. Goisland Du Montsabert who commanded French troops in North Africa and co-operated with the Allies. Identifying incription on the verso indicates the photo was taken in Alsace, 1945. LTG Devers was the second ranking American officer in the European theater during WW II after Eisenhower. He wore four "hats" for the operation: Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater; Commanding General NATOUSA; Commander, Advanced Detachment AFHQ; and Commanding General, 6th Army Group. Devers was appointed to these positions based upon his administrative qualifications. However, he spent a great deal of his time at the front, arriving on Anzio beach the day after the invasion. During his career he advanced the usage of battlefield weapons including the Sherman tank and the M-16 rifle.

Condition: Très bon. Ed. originale. This card is 3 1/2 by 5 inches in size, folds out to 7 by 5 inches, four pages, dated "EUROPE 1945" and in very good condition. It was issued by Lt. Gen Jacob L. Devers, Commander of the Sixth Army Group. It contains very interesting reading about how to treat the German people. // Carte d'époque originale (format 9 x 12,5 cm puis dépliée 18 x 12,5 cm) délivrée aux militaires américains qui occupaient l'Allemagne juste après la victoire. La carte énumère un ensemble de règlements que les militaires américains doivent suivre lorsqu'ils interagissent avec la population locale. Ordres émis par Jacob L. Devers, commandant général du sixième groupe d'armées. Il dépeint les civils allemands comme dangereux et indigne de confiance, et interdit aux soldats américains de socialiser ou même de serrer la main des Allemands.