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Condition: New. 2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1969). SB. xi + 599pp with 33 maps and sketches in colour, and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £45 The last of the five books in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War describing the war against Japan. This covers the final, victorious cam…paigns in the South-East Asian theatre from the re-occupation of Burmaâs capital, Rangoon, in May 1945, to the Japanese surrender after the dropping of the two Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 15th August 1945. As well as detailing the liberation of Burma by the Anglo-Indian 14th Army, the book describes the war in the Pacific, largely waged by American forces, including the bloody battle for Okinawa island and the deadly operations of Japanâs âKamikaziâ suicide squadrons. There are also chapters on planned campaigns which were never fought - for the liberation of Malaya, and for the invasion of Japan itself - which students of counter-factual âwhat ifâ history will find fascinating. Other chapters cover political developments, including the disputes between Japanâs âwarâ and âpeaceâ parties, and the Potsdam conferenceâs deliberations on how to treat post-war Japan. The bookâs final sections deal with post-war problems in South-East Asia, including the rescue of surviving Allied Prisoners of War and detainees from hellish Japanese camps and the administration of areas liberated from Japanese occupation. The book has 32 appendices of background documents, and is illustrated by 16 main maps, 17 sketch maps and 35 photographs.
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Condition: New. 22020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1965). SB. xxii + 568pp with 34 maps and sketches in colour,and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £45 This, the penultimate book in the series of five in the 18-volume official History of the Second World War that deal with the war against Japan, is primarily the…story of âthe forgotten armyâ. The 14th Anglo-Indian army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Sir William âBillâ Slim, was the force that wrested Burma from the harsh hands of its Japanese conquerors in a hard-fought campaign from August 1944 to May 1945. Japan had overreached itself earlier in 1944 when the Allies had defeated its attempt to capture Imphal. Without giving the enemy time to recover, Slim, supported by the RAF, advanced deep into Burma, braving the monsoon season, covering 600 miles from Imphal, and crossing the Chindwin and Irrawaddy rivers to reach the gates of Burmaâs capital, Rangoon. It is, as the authors proudly say, âan epic storyâ; a victory made possible by careful planning, flexibility, foresight, improvisation and the command of the skies established by the RAF. The authors describe both the jungle fighting, and detail the daunting problems of supply and logistics which were triumphantly overcome by the campaignâs planners. They also describe the political problems faced by the Supreme Allied Commander in South-East Asia, Lord Louis Mountbatten, in fending off attempts by his American and Chinese allies to bleed away the 14th Armyâs support and supplies for their own use. The text is supported by 27 appendices on logistics, and fully illustrated by 13 main maps, 21 sketch maps, and 92 photographs.
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Condition: New. 2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1958). SB. xvii + 541pp with 35 maps and sketches in colour, and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £453 This, the second of the five books in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with the war against Japan, examines the high tide o…f Japanâs success, when her all-conquering armies threatened India itself - the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. The book opens with the British scrambling to defend Burma, gateway to India, after Japanâs onslaught on Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya and Singapore. Within weeks of Japan attacking Burma in December 1941, its capital, Rangoon, was lost and Britain was forced to look to Indiaâs defences. Despite a punishing monsoon climate and inhospitable jungle terrain, the British grimly held on to north-east India after the loss of Burma, and even made plans to hit back. The book looks at the controversial early campaigns of the Chindits, the guerrilla force conceived by the maverick and eccentric General Orde Wingate, a favourite oif Churchillâs, and features two more conventional Generals who fell foul of the Prime Minister - Archibald Wavell and Claude Auchinleck. Supported by 33 appendices, 15 main maps and 20 sketch maps; the book is illustrated by 35 photographs.
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Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1961). SB. xvx + 559pp with 25 maps and sketches in colour and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £45 This third volume in the series of five in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War which recount the war against Japan, has, in the words of…its authors â a brighter tale to tellâ than the previous two - which narrated the disastrous losses of Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore and Burma. By late 1943 the tide of war in the Far East was turning, and the Allied High Command in the theatre under Lord Louis Mountbatten, began detailed plans to reverse Japanâs conquests. At sea, from bases in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) the Royal Navy mounted raids on Java and Sumatra. In the air, flying from bases in India, the RAF challenged Japanâs air supremacy. Above all, on the ground Allied armies stemmed Japanâs attacks on Arakan and Assam, and decisively defeated them at the battles of Kohima and Imphal. The conventional Allied armies were supported by the celebrated âChinditâ special forces trained by the colourful General Orde Wingate to operate behind Japanese lines, though the authors play down their achievement and criticise their campaigns as âwastefulâ. The book also describes parallel military developments in China and the Pacific which affected the campaigns in India and Burma. There are 30 appendices with details of the forces and logistics involved, and the book is illustrated with 15 main maps, 20 sketch maps, and 57 photographs.
A Battle Report: Alam Halfa
Hart, Captain B.H., Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Major General G.P.B. Roberts
Language: English
Published by Marine Corps Association, 1956
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Seller: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.Browse Awhile Books
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More imagesThe War Against Japan Volume II - India's Most Dangerous Hour
Kirby, Major -General S. Woodburn; with Addis, Meiklejohn, Roberts, Wards, and Desoer
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1958
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- First Edition
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition. Hardcover Ex Library in only fair condition. Heavy wear to the cloth corners and edges with fraying and the board peeking through in several places. Labels and stamps - this was withdrwan from a U.S. Navy library. Binding and hinges are intact, but the whole book feels loose and well-wo…rn. Soil and discoloration to the heavy cloth covers. An abundance of fold out maps are present including one slim map in a pocket at rear "Strategic Map of Burma and Malaya." Heavily worn, but clear of notations or underlining. 541 pp., indexed.
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Condition: New. 2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1969). Hardback. xi + 599pp with 33 maps and sketches in colour, and numerous contemporary photos. The last of the five books in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War describing the war against Japan. This covers the final, victorious campaigns in the…South-East Asian theatre from the re-occupation of Burmaâs capital, Rangoon, in May 1945, to the Japanese surrender after the dropping of the two Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 15th August 1945. As well as detailing the liberation of Burma by the Anglo-Indian 14th Army, the book describes the war in the Pacific, largely waged by American forces, including the bloody battle for Okinawa island and the deadly operations of Japanâs âKamikaziâ suicide squadrons. There are also chapters on planned campaigns which were never fought - for the liberation of Malaya, and for the invasion of Japan itself - which students of counter-factual âwhat ifâ history will find fascinating. Other chapters cover political developments, including the disputes between Japanâs âwarâ and âpeaceâ parties, and the Potsdam conferenceâs deliberations on how to treat post-war Japan. The bookâs final sections deal with post-war problems in South-East Asia, including the rescue of surviving Allied Prisoners of War and detainees from hellish Japanese camps and the administration of areas liberated from Japanese occupation. The book has 32 appendices of background documents, and is illustrated by 16 main maps, 17 sketch maps and 35 photographs.
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Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1965). Hardback xxii + 568pp with 34 maps and sketches in colour,and numerous contemporary photos. This, the penultimate book in the series of five in the 18-volume official History of the Second World War that deal with the war against Japan, is primarily the story of âthe fo…rgotten armyâ. The 14th Anglo-Indian army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Sir William âBillâ Slim, was the force that wrested Burma from the harsh hands of its Japanese conquerors in a hard-fought campaign from August 1944 to May 1945. Japan had overreached itself earlier in 1944 when the Allies had defeated its attempt to capture Imphal. Without giving the enemy time to recover, Slim, supported by the RAF, advanced deep into Burma, braving the monsoon season, covering 600 miles from Imphal, and crossing the Chindwin and Irrawaddy rivers to reach the gates of Burmaâs capital, Rangoon. It is, as the authors proudly say, âan epic storyâ; a victory made possible by careful planning, flexibility, foresight, improvisation and the command of the skies established by the RAF. The authors describe both the jungle fighting, and detail the daunting problems of supply and logistics which were triumphantly overcome by the campaignâs planners. They also describe the political problems faced by the Supreme Allied Commander in South-East Asia, Lord Louis Mountbatten, in fending off attempts by his American and Chinese allies to bleed away the 14th Armyâs support and supplies for their own use. The text is supported by 27 appendices on logistics, and fully illustrated by 13 main maps, 21 sketch maps, and 92 photographs.
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Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1961). Hardback xvx + 559pp with 25 maps and sketches in colour and numerous contemporary photos. This third volume in the series of five in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War which recount the war against Japan, has, in the words of its authors â a… brighter tale to tellâ than the previous two - which narrated the disastrous losses of Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore and Burma. By late 1943 the tide of war in the Far East was turning, and the Allied High Command in the theatre under Lord Louis Mountbatten, began detailed plans to reverse Japanâs conquests. At sea, from bases in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) the Royal Navy mounted raids on Java and Sumatra. In the air, flying from bases in India, the RAF challenged Japanâs air supremacy. Above all, on the ground Allied armies stemmed Japanâs attacks on Arakan and Assam, and decisively defeated them at the battles of Kohima and Imphal. The conventional Allied armies were supported by the celebrated âChinditâ special forces trained by the colourful General Orde Wingate to operate behind Japanese lines, though the authors play down their achievement and criticise their campaigns as âwastefulâ. The book also describes parallel military developments in China and the Pacific which affected the campaigns in India and Burma. There are 30 appendices with details of the forces and logistics involved, and the book is illustrated with 15 main maps, 20 sketch maps, and 57 photographs.
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Condition: New. 2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1958). Hardback. xvii + 541pp with 35 maps and sketches in colour, and numerous contemporary photos. This, the second of the five books in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with the war against Japan, examines the high tide of Japanâs succe…ss, when her all-conquering armies threatened India itself - the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. The book opens with the British scrambling to defend Burma, gateway to India, after Japanâs onslaught on Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya and Singapore. Within weeks of Japan attacking Burma in December 1941, its capital, Rangoon, was lost and Britain was forced to look to Indiaâs defences. Despite a punishing monsoon climate and inhospitable jungle terrain, the British grimly held on to north-east India after the loss of Burma, and even made plans to hit back. The book looks at the controversial early campaigns of the Chindits, the guerrilla force conceived by the maverick and eccentric General Orde Wingate, a favourite oif Churchillâs, and features two more conventional Generals who fell foul of the Prime Minister - Archibald Wavell and Claude Auchinleck. Supported by 33 appendices, 15 main maps and 20 sketch maps; the book is illustrated by 35 photographs.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Privately published, UK, 1947
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Seller: WORLD WAR BOOKS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, United KingdomWORLD WAR BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback. Important account, with much on the Normandy campaign, including D-Day. 1st Edition 1947 104pp., photographs, honours and awards. Black cloth with devils logo to cover.Forword by Major General "Pip" Roberts. Very nice example with most of rexine… clear dustwrapper in place. Also scarce packet of 11 coloured maps in paper "envelope" see image. Very rare particularly with separate maps and in very nice condition.
More images12 Vols London: History, Life, and Literature, 18791926
Arthur Griffiths; Joseph Johnson; Jacob Larwood; Charles W. Bardsley; "One of the Old Brigade"; Thomas Burke; May Baldwin; Major-General Sir George Younghusband; Elsie M. Lang; G. K. Chesterton [Introduction]
Published by Chapman and Hall; The Religious Tract Society; Chatto & Windus; Everett & Co. George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; Hand and Heart Publishing Offices; W. & R. Chambers; Herbert Jenkins; T. Werner Laurie 1879-1926, London; Edinburgh, 1879
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A richly illustrated collection of eleven works on London"s history, culture, and character, spanning 1879-1926. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.This eleven volume collection provides a series of late 19th- and early 20th-century works on London"s history, culture, and character, many of w…hich are richly illustrated.This collection consists of: Two copies of Romance of the London Directory by Charles W. Bardsley (1879). Illustrated with a frontispiece. The Story of The London Parks by Jacob Larwood (1881). This copy is a new edition, with illustrations. The Romance of London. Historic Sketches, Remarkable Duels, Notorious Highwaymen, Rogueries, Crimes, and Punishments and Love and Marriage by John Timbs (c1889). This copy is undated, dated here using Jisc, from copies held at the University of East Anglia Library, University of Edinburgh Libraries and Hathi Trust Digital Library. Illustrated throughout. Dibs: A Story of Young London Life by Joseph Johnson (c1887). This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at the British Library, Bishopsgate Institute and Manchester Metropolitan University. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and two monochrome plate illustrations. Collated. complete. The Chronicles of Newgate by Arthur Griffiths (1896). Literary London by Elsie M. Lang with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton (c1906). This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at the British Library. Illustrated with 20 monochrome photographic plates, including a frontispiece, taken by W. J. Roberts. Collated, complete. The Skirts of The Great City by Mrs. Arthur G. Bell (1908). Illustrated with 16 colour plates with numerous monochrome plates, including a colour frontispiece. Collated, complete. London in The Sixties (With a Few Digressions) by "One of the Old Brigade" (1909) Illustrated with six monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Nights in Town by Thomas Burke (1919). Illustrated with a frontispiece. Holly House and Ridges Row, a Tale of London Old and New by May Baldwin (1924). Illustrated by M. V. Wheelhouse with a colour frontispiece and eleven colour plates. Collated, complete. A Short History of the Tower of London by Major-General Sir George Younghusband (1926). Illustrated by Donald Mawell, with numerous full-page illustrations and a frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Externally, smart. slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to spines. Previous owner"s inscription to front paste down of "Brief History of the Tower of London." Front and rear hinges of "Romance of London" cracked, with binding materials slightly exposed, holding but somewhat loose. Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "Romance of London," "The Romance of the London Directory", and "Literary London." Bookplate from Charles S. Burdon to front free endpaper to "Skirts of the great City." Previous owner"s red pencil inscription to rear paste down of "Holly House," with prie plate to front paste down from Bostall Lane school, awarded to Hellie Wallace, 1924. Prize plate to front paste down of "Dibs" from Primitive Methodist Sunday School. Internally, generally firmly bound. Higes slightly strained in places to the odd copy, but holding firm. Library stamp from Gloucestershire County Library and library annotations to printing page and front paste down of "London Parks". Paper and glue residue to front endpapers of "London Parks" with slight loss and rubbing to front paste down. Final two pages of the lighter blue cloth bound copy of "Romance of the London Directory fully disbound, with rust staining to gutters from stapled binding. Very Good. Various; Arthur G. Bell; M. V. Wheelhouse; Donald Mawell; W. J. Roberts (illustrator). book.
