9781843410621 - If Hitler Comes: Preparing for Invasion: Scotland 1940 by Gordon Barclay (5 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Previous owners name. Annotations to some page edges/pages, may include notes, highlighting or underlining.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback in Very Good condition with slightly faded front cover. First edition, ppxviii, 318, b&w illustrations, maps and figures. With notes and index. Between May 1940 and the summer of 1941 the British people expected a German invasion that, had it succeeded, would have enslaved them into the Nazis racist war. This period saw an unparalleled effort to prepare the defence of the UK against invasion. Scotland s nationally important heavy industries, vital Royal Navy bases, and one of the UK s key ports, were very vulnerable to the sort of airborne attack that had devastated the defences of Belgium. Everyone was certain that a Fifth Column of Nazi sympathisers and agents was working actively to spread rumours and despair, and to aid the invasion forces, and in reality the country was far from united. Although the 1939 - 45 War is the most written-about war in history there is no account of the heroic efforts made in those months to prepare Scotland for the inevitable invasion, and how the defences were intended to be used. This book tells that story, against the wider history of the period and its people, and describes what was built, and what now survives. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS MAY BE REQUIRED. S16.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Contains black & white illustrations. Seller Ref: M21286.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback; very good in lightly creased card covers.; A historical and archaeological account. The planning and construction of the anti-invasion defences of Scotland. Defences that were constructed on the beaches, and anti-tank stop lines, in ports and towns. Illustrated; +xviiipp.; 318 pages.

Card Cover. Condition: VG. Excellent and well illustrated account of WW2 anti-invasion plans and structures in Scotland, many maps and plans etc. 318pp. VG clean copy in card covers, hint of wear to corners. Scarce.