L Bimberg Edward (63 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Labeled savage Africans for their untamed ferocity, the Moroccan Goums served as irregular mountain troops for the Allies during World War II. Beginning with the Tunisia campaign in 1942, these tribal warriors frightened their opponents with their traditional garb, long knives, and merciless attacks. An impressed Gen. …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Labeled savage Africans for their untamed ferocity, the Moroccan Goums served as irregular mountain troops for the Allies during World War II. Beginning with the Tunisia campaign in 1942, these tribal warriors frightened their opponents with their traditional garb, long knives, and merciless attacks. An impressed Gen. …

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0811734617. Trade Paperback. First Printing. Very good to near fine condition, with slight shelfwear to cover corners. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. No Signature.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: New. pp. 152, Map, Index.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 9780313316548. Hardback. No dustjacket. First Printing as signified by descending number line on the copyright page going down to the number 1. Near Fine condition. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition. No Signature.…

Hardback. Condition: New. This is the story of the early struggles of an ill-equipped ragtag French force, among the first to pledge its loyalty to General de Gaulle. It fought a lonely, almost secret war against the numerically superior Italian troops deep in the wildest parts of the Sahara, hundreds of miles from the main campaigns along the African coast. These daring Free French raids with their long thirsty treks and small-scale oasis battles have been nearly forgotten, although their path is marked by the graves of many hundreds of French, Italian, and native soldiers. Bimberg details the exotic units that participated in this struggle, including the Tirailleurs Sénégalaise du T'chad (African Infantry), the Compagnies Sahariennes (Saharan Camel Companies), and the Groupe Nomade du Tibesti (a tribal militia recruited in the Tibesti Mountain region of the great desert).Despite antiquated equipment and some of the world's worst terrain, the Free French were among the most dedicated soldiers in the Allied camp. The backdrop to their fierce fighting includes the barely surveyed Tibesti Mountains with their 10,000 foot volcanic peaks, interspersed with treacherous shifting sands-terrain which would prove to be an enormous challenge to the worn out, patched-together motor vehicles of the Free French. Much of the action takes place in the most remote areas of Italian Libya, the desert province of Fezzan with its fortified oases of Mourzouk and Koufra, each strongly defended by the Italians. While these skirmishes were a sideshow to the epic battles of North Africa, they were immortalized by heroic acts by the French and African troops alike, efforts that ultimately led to success in this far corner of the world. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: issued without dust jacket. 1st Edition. very nice copy.

Condition: New. pp. 152 Illus., Map.

Hard. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st. First edition. Hard cover. Published Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002, first printing. 8vo., xii+134pp., illus. Dark blue cloth with silver titles in red block. Near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New / Pristine. Original hunter green cloth-covered boards with gilt (gold) lettering to spine and front cover. Binding is exceptionally tight and square. Text block is clean and bright; no markings, library stamps, or previous owner inscriptions. A superior, collector-grade copy of a scarce scholarly work.…

Condition: New. This is the story of the early struggles of an ill-equipped French force, among the first to pledge its loyalty to General de Gaulle. It fought a lonely, almost secret war against the numerically superior Italian troops deep in the wildest parts of the Sahara. Series: Contributions in Military Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBX; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 393. . 2002. Hardback. . . . .…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. New copy, unmarked and unmarred by defects - save slight shelf wear to lower board edges only.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. This is the story of the early struggles of an ill-equipped French force, among the first to pledge its loyalty to General de Gaulle. It fought a lonely, almost secret war against the numerically superior Italian troops deep in the wildest parts of the Sahara. Series: Contributions in Military Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBX; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 393. . 2002. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardback. Condition: New. Bimberg provides a military history of the Moroccan Goums, the knife-wielding irregular troops who distinguished themselves, fighting under French command in Tunisia, Italy, France and Germany during World War II. Recruited from the hill tribes of Morocco's Atlas Mountains, the Goums were garbed throughout the war in the traditional djellaba of their homeland and were armed with long sharp knives, in addition to rifles, machine-guns and mortars. They terrified the enemy not only by their ferocity, but by their odd appearance. Their particular skill in mountain warfare prompted General Patton to request their participation in his Sicilian campaign, and they fought brilliantly in this and many other key campaigns.This account follows these forces from their native North African mountains across the battlefields of World War II to their final triumph in the Austrian Alps. It recounts their tactics and their strange traditions, as remarkable Beau Geste type French officers led them into battle. In Italy, 12,000 strong, they swarmed over the forbidding Aurunci range, which no one thought could possibly be penetrated by any sizable force under combat conditions, to spearhead the French forces in turning the German flank in Operation Diadem, the final drive on Rome. Their later exploits in the capture of Marseilles, in the Vosges Mountains, and on the drive to the Rhine were equally sensational. …