Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Mitchell (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Aerial photographs by the 11th Air Force. Battle photographs by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Terrain feature photographs by Captain Drummond, "assisted by Private First Class A. E. Johnson, 50th Engineer Regiment. (illustrator). 1st Edition. A collection of short accounts by the officers and men of all ranks who fought on Attu, the westernmost island of the Aleutians. This string of islands, "acquired by the United States in 1867 as part of the Alaska Purchase," extended some one thousand miles west from the mainland of Alaska. Only about 600 miles from Siberia and about 650 miles from a Japanese base in the Kurile Islands, Attu had a grand total in population some 45 native Aleuts and two mainland Americans. The climate here was described as unpleasant: Engulfed in fog most of the time, which could usually not be dispersed by the frequent high winds. The terrain here was described as a nasty combination of "steep, jagged crags, knifelike ridges," and "boggy tundra." All of these elements together arguing against the use of aircraft and vehicles. To top off all of that physical description, "One writer has called Attu 'the lonesomest spot this side of hell.'" As if all of the foregoing were not enough, American forces were faced off against the tough and experienced Japanese in armed combat. This little book testifies to the valor of all of these men.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Cartes au crayon pleine page - Tome I : 280 p. - Sommaire : La Bataille de Marathon - La défaite des Athéniens à Syracuse - Arbelès - La Bataille du Métaure - La victoire d'Arminius sur les légions romaines sous Varus - Châlons - Poitiers - Hastings - La victoire de Jeanne d'Arc - La défaite de l'Armada - Tome II : 265 p. - La bataille de Blenheim - La bataille de Poltava - Saratoga - Valmy - Waterloo - La campagne de Vicksburg - Sadowa - La première bataille de la Marne - Midway - Stalingrad.

Rayon : Militaria Editeur : Walter Beckers Date de parution : 1966 Description : In-8, 266 pages, relié entoilé, occasion, très bon état. IMPORTANT : Pour les envois internationaux, merci de vous renseigner avant de passer commande. Les envois se font uniquement en point relais MONDIAL RELAY ou INPOST pour les pays suivants : Autriche, Belgique, Espagne, Italie, Luxembourg, Pays-Bas, Pologne, et Portugal. Merci de nous indiquer en retour le point relais choisi ainsi que votre numéro de téléphone mobile pour assurer le suivi du colis. ATTENTION : Les expéditions nationales de plus de 2 kilos et les expéditions internationales de plus de 1 kilo se voient appliquer un supplément de port. Envois quotidiens du mardi au samedi. Les livres sont envoyés sous enveloppe bulles. Les frais de ports comprennent les frais d'affranchissements et d'emballage. Librairie Le Piano-Livre. Merci. Référence catalogue vendeur: X690.

22 x 25, 2 volumes, 280 + 265 pp., cartonnage éditeur illustré, bon état.