Bruneval Raid Flashpoint Radar by Millar George (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 221 pp., B&W photo illustrations, Indexed Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. A clean tightly bound second printing (thus stated) showing light shelf adn edge wear, clipped flap and wear to jacket more prevalent at folds and edges. ; 8.43 X 5.43 X 0.87 inches; 208 pages.

hardcover. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 208p. Photos. Maps. Jacket priced. In mylar. Fine/Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Book moderately worn, rubbed, and soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st ed. 219p. Photos. Maps. Ex.lib. label on spine. Rubber stamps inside. Very Good/Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st ed. 219p. Photos. Maps. Ex.lib. No spine label. Rubber stamps inside. Jacket spine sunned. Very Good/Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First U.S. Edition. 221 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library stamps (some crossed out in marker), rough spots insides boards and rear flyleaf. DJ soiled. Some wear to DJ edges, library sticker taped to DJ spine. The 1942 raid to capture a German radar device at Bruneval, on the French coast.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club. 208pp, index. Foreword by Mountbatten Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. 219p. Photos. Maps. Jacket priced. Fine/Near Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xvi, [2], 221, [1] pages. Rough spot at top of inside back board. Red dot on top and edge soiling. Includes Author's Note and Acknowledgments; Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Montbatten of Burma; Abbreviations, Introduction, Chapters 1-22, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Also contains 17 black and white photographs between pages 102 and 103. George Reid Millar DSO MC (19 September 1910 - 15 January 2005) was a Scottish journalist, soldier,and author. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in early 1944 for escaping from Germany while a prisoner of war and making it back to England, which he wrote about in his 1946 book Horned Pigeon. Millar was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the French Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre avec Palmes for his service as an SOE officer in France in 1944. He recorded his experiences fighting behind the lines with the local Resistance in his 1945 book Maquis. Millar joined Alan Moorehead and Geoffrey Cox as Paris correspondents of the Daily Express shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. He covered the Battle of France as a war correspondent with the French Army, and was the last Express journalist in Paris before escaping back to England in June 1940 via Bordeaux. In an immediate and vivid account, he drew on his journalistic skills to describe life living in the woods with the Maquis, various sabotage missions against the railways and trying to organize the villages before liberation by the Americans. It received good reviews and Charles de Gaulle privately complimented him on it. Derived from a Kirkus review: The Bruneval Raid is broad on the scientific side and has some amusing stiff-upper-lip humor thrown in. Millar has researched the history of British and German radar. Since both nations discovered it independently, neither could determine how advanced the other was. Each had developed ways of jamming the other's radar but were reluctant to reveal these simple methods (such as dropping thousands of pieces of tinfoil during a raid -- the aluminum looked like numberless planes on the radar screen) and thus teach the enemy how to jam effectively. England was ringed with radar defenses almost from the start of WW II, but the Germans found a precision bombing technique by triangulating their beams which made it necessary for the English to capture a unit intact. A night sortie by a parachute squadron was carried out successfully, with the raiders returning by ship. The adventurous operation makes a lively climax to the book's main subject, research development -- which has a different fascination from battle. First U.S. Edition stated. Presumed first printing. Maureen Verity (Maps) (illustrator). …

Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 208 pp. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has edgewear. Jacket protected in plastic sleeve. Seafarer's Education Service bookplate on inside front cover, Seafarer's stamp on title page. Prev owner's name on front endpaper. An account of the daring raid in February 1942 to seize the secrets of a German radar station. ; Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lightly chipped jacket. Crisp and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, 208pp, illustd, owners name to top of front end paper, a vg copy in just the tiniest bit edge rubbed at top dustwrapper which is in a clear removeable protector. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Reprint. This copy is in near fine condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square, there is a small neat signature to the f.e.p. The unclipped dustwrapper is sunned to the top of the front panel so best described as very good plus condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. The Bruneval Raid tells the story of a British raid against a German radar installation on the French coast. The aim was effectively a 'hit and run' effort with the intention of stealing German equipment to see how far advanced German radar was at the time. Additionally there was a desire to get photographs and 'Mk 1 eyeball' intelligence about any equipment they couldn't take with them as well as POW's who might be able to be interrogated about the equipment. Given the importance of air superiority and the ability to counter the air defences of Germany this was a mission of some importance. Ref E5.…

First edition, octavo hardcover in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Spine has some wear at heel. Text block speckled. Jacket scuffed and creased.; 8.3 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches; 221 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback; light foxing to edge of yellowed pages, otherwise good in creased, scratched, marked and torn dustjacket.; Operation Biting, the British Combined Operations raid on the Bruneval radar station in Normandy, February 1942. Illustrated.; 208 pages. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Published. CLipped DJ in archival cover.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good, dust jacket only. First Edition Thus. 208 pages, illustrated with photographic plates.; 220 x 140mm.

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

Foreword by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Pp. xviii+222(last blank), 8 plates, 2 text maps, notes, bibliography, index; post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; leaves browned; Cassell & Co, London, 2002. Cassell Military Paperbacks series. *First published by Bodley Head, London, 1974. An account of the raid to capture a new radar system being developed and used by the Germans and the activities of the scientists and the Intelligence Services related to it.…

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Cover shows signs of wear. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

First Edition. Foreword by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Pp. 208, 8 plates, 2 text maps, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges slightly worn; The Bodley Head, London, 1974. First edition. *An account of the raid to capture a new radar system being developed and used by the Germans and the activities of the scientists and the Intelligence Services related to it.…

1st edition dust jacket As New 8vo. 208pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, The capture of the Bruneval Radar station.