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Condition: New. 2021 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1966). xviii + 556pp with 40 maps and diagrams. and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £45 This, the fourth in the eight volumes of the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War describing the war in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres, narrates the defeat of the Axis forces in North Africa in 1942-43. The survival of Malta against determined Axis assaults enabled the Allies to cripple supplies to Rommelâs Afrika Korps, while building up their own land, air and sea forces. The entry of America to the war in December 1941 had allowed the allies to co-ordinate a grand strategy for the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatre. In October 1942, after careful preparation and a massive artillery bombardment, General Montgomery launched the Eighth Army against the Afrika Korps in the Battle of El Alamein, while in November, âOperation Torchâ the Anglo-American amphibious landings in French -ruled North Africa, scored an almost bloodless success and proved a dry run for D-Day in 1944. Squeezed between the Allied nutcrackers to the west and east, the Germans offered stubborn resistance in the Tunisia campaign of 1943, at the battles of Kasserine Pass and the Mareth Line, but after suffering severe casualties, the Allies broke through and the Axis forces in North Africa surrendered in May 1943. The text is supported by 12 appendices, 40 maps and diagrams and 44 photographs.We have taken the opportunity with our 2021 editions of the OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR â" UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY series to redesign the covers and print on 140g silk paper.

Condition: New. 2021 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1954).xxii + 664pp with 43 maps and diagrams. and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £45 This, the third of eight volumes in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War, dealing with the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres, describes the nadir of British fortunes in the region. Covering the year from September 1941 to September 1942, the book opens with the latest round in the ding-dong battle in North Africa with âOperation Crusaderâ, Britainâs bid to relieve the besieged port of Tobruk and chase Rommel from the western desert. The authors emphasise how Britain was hampered by obsolescent equpiment such as the Crusader tank. Despite this, British, Australian and South African forces relieved Tobruk and entered Benghazi on Christmas Day 1941 - only to evacuate it after Rommelâs swift recovery the following month. At sea, the Royal Navy suffered serious blows with the loss of âArk Royalâ and âBarhamâ and a daring Italian âhuman torpedoâ attack on British ships in Alexandria harbour. Axis air attacks on Malta and convoys supplying it reached their peak in April, and the island was awarded the George Cross for its gallant defence. Rommel counter-attacked in the desert in May, defeating the Eighth Army at Gazala, and on June 21st Tobruk was lost. But the Axis attempt to take Cairo was stalled at the battle of Alam el Halfa, and after General Auchinleck was replaced by General Montgomery, the Allies prepared to go back on the offensive. With 11 appendices, 40 maps and diagrams and 40 photographs.We have taken the opportunity with our 2021 editions of the OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR â" UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY series to redesign the covers and print on 140g silk paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Ausreichend. Dust Jacket Condition: Ausreichend. Mittelstarke Gebrauchsspuren am Einband, am Schutzumschlag und an den Seiten.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback copy with stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. 40pp. B/w illustrations and advertisements. Not library copy, no inscriptions, page 37 loose. (6/3).

8½'' x 5'' flown cover No. 9 of 50 post marked Royal Air Force Squadron 617 Marham Kings Lynn | SIGNED to the front cover 'J. B. Tait' | Royal Air Force stamp to the rear 'Flown on Training Mission on 4th January 1988 in Tornado - Flight Time 2hrs 30mins. One cachet insert. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black and blue tonic cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 266 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. The biography of New Zealand pilot Group Captain Leonard Trent V.C., D.F.C. who led a raid on Amsterdam Power Station in 1943. Of 11 Lockheed Venturas taking part in the raid, only one survived. Leonard Trent was 1 of 13 aircrew taken prisoner and he was sent to Stalag Luft III in time for 'The Great Escape'. Trent was caught as he emerged from the tunnel exit. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Number 324 of 1518 souvenir flown cover SIGNED 'Leonard Trent.' to the front cover. 3rd May 1983 post marked stamp, reverse signed by Captain D. J. Fulluck (Bomber Command Museum, Aerodrome Road, Hendon), + 2 other stamps '334 Squadron | Centrale Noord, Amsterdam', three cachet inserts. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

29'' x 23''. Hand written number 461 of 850 Limited Edition colour print | WW2 The Sinking of the Tirpitz | Signed by 10 flyers with Certificate of Authentication + SIGNED by Frank Wootton. In Fine condition. Sent rolled in a tube with plastic end caps. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.