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AUSTRIA.. ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY 1 SCHILLING 1944.. FAIR CIRCULATED (STAINING AND TEAR) PLEASE NO BIDDERS OUTSIDE RSA I DO NOT SEND OVERSEAS AND I DO NOT HAVE PAYPAL PAYMENT STRICTLY WITHIN 48 HOURS OF COMPLETION OF AUCTION This note is in fair circulated condition with staining and one tear Please judge for yourself  

 The Illustrated London News (9 September 1944)- Allied Landings at Normandy   Please note: THE FIRST TWO PAGES ARE LOOSE AND ONE SEGMENT OF AN  INTERIOR PAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. The item is in a FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION, retaining all the major articles and diagramma mentioned. Age and general use must be considered. Content in publication: VICTOR OF THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY, SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY- ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS PROMOTION TO FIELD-MARSHALL MENTION OF JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS AS A FIELD-MARSHALL AS OF 24 MAY 1941 MILITARY MAP DETAILING THE SHRINKING BORDERS OF THE THIRD REICH AS WESTERN ALLIES AND RUSSIANS ADVANCE THE LIBERATION OF PARIS BY AMERICAN FORCES NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS OF BRITISH AND CANADIAN TROOPS CROSSING THE SEINE ARTICLE FEATURING THE BATTLE OF FRANCE- LIBERATION OF ROUEN DIAGRAMMA DEPICTING THE EFFECTS OF THE GERMAN V2 FLYING BOMB LIBERATION OF ROMANIA BY THE RED ARMY IMAGES OF THE WARSAW UPRISING IN POLAND Featured personalities: GERMAN COMMANDANT OF PARIS, GENERAL VON CHOLTITZ V.C. AWARDED TO RAF F/O J.A. CRUICKSHANK DEATH OF GERMAN FIELD-MARSHALL VON KLUGE WINSTON CHURCHILL   NB: NO FOREIGN BIDDERS NO PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ITEMS PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS COURIER IS BY POSTNET COUNTER-TO-COUNTER.  

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2010 hardcover with dust jacket and 224 pages in splendid condition. R65 postage in SA. With his parting words "I shall return," General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan. Yet one young Army Captain, named Russell Volckmann, refused to surrender. He disappeared into the jungles of north Luzon where he raised a Filipino army of over 22,000 men. For the next three years he led a guerrilla war against the Japanese, killing over 50,000 enemy soldiers. At the same time he established radio contact with MacArthur's HQ in Australia and directed Allied forces to key enemy positions. When General Yamashita finally surrendered, he made his initial overtures not to MacArthur, but to Volckmann. This book establishes how Volckmann's leadership was critical to the outcome of the war in the Philippines. His ability to synthesize the realities and potential of guerrilla warfare led to a campaign that rendered Yamashita's forces incapable of repelling the Allied invasion. Had it not been for Volckmann, the Americans would have gone in "blind" during their counter-invasion, reducing their efforts to a trial-and-error campaign that would undoubtedly have cost more lives, materiel, and potentially stalled the pace of the entire Pacific War. Second, this book establishes Volckmann as the progenitor of modern counterinsurgency doctrine and the true "Father" of Army Special Forces—a title that history has erroneously awarded to Colonel Aaron Bank of the ETO. In 1950, Volckmann wrote two Army field manuals: Operations Against Guerrilla Forces and Organization and Conduct of Guerrilla Warfare, though today few realize he was their author. Together, they became the Army's first handbooks outlining the precepts for both special warfare and counter-guerrilla operations. Taking his argument directly to the Army Chief of Staff, Volckmann outlined the concept for Army Special Forces. At a time when U.S. military doctrine was conventional in outlook, he marketed the ideas of guerrilla warfare as a critical force multiplier for any future conflict, ultimately securing the establishment of the Army's first special operations unit—the 10th Special Forces Group. Volckmann himself remains a shadowy figure in modern military history, his name absent from every major biography on MacArthur, and in much of the Special Forces literature. Yet as modest, even secretive, as Volckmann was during his career, it is difficult to imagine a man whose heroic initiative had more impact on World War II. This long-overdue book not only chronicles the dramatic military exploits of Russell Volckmann, but analyzes how his leadership paved the way for modern special-warfare doctrine.

Australia 1 dollar Famous Battles Tobruk 1941 Silver Coloured Proof Coin 2011 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Australia Metal Purity:    ¿Silver 0.999 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2011 Weight:   1 Oz CoA:   Yes Face Value:   1 dollar Dimensions:   40.60     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   5000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box The Siege of Tobruk was a lengthy confrontation between Axis and Allied forces in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The Siege started on 11 April 1941, when; Tobruk was attacked by an Italian-German force under Lieutenant General Rommel and continued forj 240 days.The Siege was only a couple of months old when the renegade Lord Haw Haw, broadcasting from Berlin, said the Allies were "caught like rats in a trap". The Allied soldiers accepted the title with alacrity and became the renowned 'Rats of Tobruk'. The blockade continued for eight months, during which time the men endured intense bombing raids, entombed in their desert fortress.However, the Allies held their ground and defied the seemingly unstoppable blitzkrieg war of the Germans.In addition, the Royal Navy and Allied artillery played a crucial role in Tobruk's defence in providing gunfire support, military supplies, fresh troops, and aid in the evacuation of the wounded.Maintaining control of Tobruk was crucial to the Allied war effort and marked a turning point in the Second World War. The Siege of Tobruk was finally lifted in December 1941.There were those that could not answer those longed-for evacuation orders. Casualties from all sides of the conflict lie in windswept cemeteries around Tobruk. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

In 1945, as the Allied forces approached the German border having fought so bravely following the successful Normandy landings, it was decided that an elite unit was needed to work alongside the frontline soldiers as they headed east: they were called Target-Force. Until now their story has never appeared in any histories of the period. Through extensive archival work and after interviewing many of the soldiers who tell their story here for the first time, historian Sean Longden can finally reveal the previously unknown story of the men who were sent into Germany to seize and secure highly developed Nazi military technology, key factories and scientists.T-Force was born out of the chaos of war torn Europe in 1945, and it is no wonder the story reads like a spy thriller: the unit was top secret and originated from a plan belonging to the Naval intelligence officer, Ian Fleming, later the creator of James Bond. The unit was selected from the remnants of the infantry after Normandy and included drivers, sappers, bomb disposal experts, commandos and teams of expert scientists, specialists and engineers. What they discovered would not only shock the allied army but also play a huge role in the opening years of the Cold War. Between March and summer 1945, the unit was constantly at work seizing targets in towns such as Bremen, Celle, Hamburg and Hanover, where they uncovered a secret laboratory hidden beneath a straw covered floor of a barn, vast blast furnaces in Ruhr Valley steel works that were dismantled and shipped back to England, and a fully functioning aircraft factory operating in two miles of underground tunnels. They went in search of codebooks that could decrypt the enemys signals; new technology such as jet propelled engines, and mini submarines. They also hunted down the men behind these extraordinary feats: nearly 1,000 top scientists, some smuggled out of the Soviet Zone in unmarked lorries, including Werner Von Braun, the brains behind the V1 and V2 rockets who was to become a key figure in the American space race, Otto Hahn, Germanys foremost expert in nuclear fission and Helmut Walther, the man who inspired Ian Flemings Moonraker.Sean Longdens riveting history will change the story of how the second World War was won and how the first battles of the Cold War were fought; it reads like the finest espionage thriller of the era.

The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come. Cornelius Ryan's compelling account of this final battle is a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, "to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win."

Subtitle: The Life of Georgy Zhukov  Author: Geoffrey Roberts  Publisher: Icon () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 375 Dimensions: 24 x 16.2 x 3.3 cm +++ by Geoffrey Roberts  +++ Drawing on rich new sources from the recently-opened Soviet archives, Geoffrey Roberts has fashioned the definitive, first full-scale biography of this seminal 20th century figure. Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Soviet officer in the Red Army,  played a decisive role the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk that brought down the Nazi regime. He was the first of the Allied generals to enter Berlin and took the German surrender. Zhukov had an equally eventful post-war career, sacked and banished twice, and wrongfully accused of treason. Since his death in Zhukov has been seen by many as the indispensable military leader of WWII, surpassing Eisenhower, Patton, Monty, and MacArthur.    A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

This is the story of South African soldiers during the 1916 Somme offensive, which took place between the Allied forces and the Germans along the Somme River in France and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the First World War, resulting in over a million deaths in six months. In July 1916, the men of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade were involved in recapturing the village of Lingueval and clearing Delville Wood of enemy soldiers, but they suffered extreme casualties. After six days of fighting, of the Brigade's 3433 soldiers, only 750 were left standing. The rest were dead or wounded. This book tells the stories of the men of the Brigade via their letters, diaries, and interviews that the author conducted with survivors many years ago. Not much has been written about South Africans during World War I. Surprisingly, it is a relatively untapped period of military history. This fascinating new book covers the iconic battle of Delville Wood, the most famous event involving South Africans during the war. Paperback, 280 pages Published August 2014

The Magic Army -Lesley Thomas. In the spring and early summer of 1944 a huge force, a million and a half strong, spread across Southern England, awaiting the greatest adventure in military history. The invasion of Occupied Europe. This army, mainly Americans, British and Canadians, most of whom had no experience of battle, was to be transported across the English Channel. No one knew how. This is the story of the American "occupation" of a wide district of South Devon to permit realistic war games. Its characters range from the Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery to the village simpleton. The Magic Army is an impressively moving, often very funny novel, which recreates the astonishing operation which preceded the Allied landing in France.   Publisher: 1982 Binding: Hardcover / Dust cover, Number of pages: 445 Condition: Good,AS NEW                                                             I have more books in This Category   I have many books on sale, please check my listings. I am happy to combine and save postage for you.  

  HITLER’S SECRET WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA, 1939-1945 by Stanley E Hilton Softcover – 178x111 mm – Ballantine Books 1982 1 st Paperback edition 359 pages – index included – no photos V/Good cond. Tightly bound – age discoloration – back cover: t/right corner – insect damage? “German military espionage and Allied counterespionage in Brazil.”

Ukraine ?2 UAH Sydir Kovpak Hero of the Soviet Union WWII nickel silver 2012 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2012 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   BU     Mintage:   15000   New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to Sydir Artemovych Kovpak, a famous son of the Ukrainian people, military leader and statesman, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, which in 1941-1945 was the commander of the Putyvl partisan unit and allied partisan units of Sumy region.On the obverse there are: to the left, against the dark background, the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder, below - the coin face value and issue year 2 ¿¿¿¿¿¿/2012 (2 hryvnias/2012) and the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo; in between there are a laurel branch and two Gold Star medals of the Hero of the Soviet Union; to the right, against the light background, there are a conventionalized image of the book cover, inscription `¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿` (from Putyvl / to the Carpathians) and Kovpak`s facsimile signature.On the reverse there is a portrait of Sydir Kovpak against the background of a map together with the legends to the left: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Sydir Kovpak) - bow-shaped, and 1887-1967 - his life years. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

 VICTORY IN EUROPE.....D-DAY TO V-E DAY: FIRST TIME IN FULL COLOUR VICTORY IN EUROPE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY ALL-COLOUR PORTRAYAL OF THE MOMENTOUS EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN EUROPE BETWEEN D-DAY IN 1944 AND V-E DAY IN 1945. A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF MILITARY PUBLISHING, THESE UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM RECENTLY DISCOVERED FILM MADE DURING THE LAST YEAR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR BY THE AWARD-WINNING HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR, GEORGE STEVENS. EARLY IN 1944 STEVENS WAS ASKED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER TO ORGANIZE A FILM UNIT WHITCH WOULD TRAVEL WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES DURING THE LANDINGS IN FRANCE AND FOLLOW THEIR CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE. IN ADDITION TO THE UNIT'S OFFICIAL COVERAGE OF THE WAR, STEVENS RECORDED THESE HISTORIC EVENTS HIMSELF ON COLOUR FILM, WHICH WAS THEN SENT TO CALIFORNIA WHERE IT REMAINED FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS. VICTORY IN EUROPE IS INTRODUCED BY GEORGE STEVENS, Jr. WHO EXPLAINS HOW HIS FATHER MADE THE FILM AND TELLS THE STORY OF ITS REDISCOVERY. ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUTHORITATIVE COMMENTARY BY BRITAIN'S LEADING WAR HISTORIAN MAX HASTINGS, AND NINE INFORMATIVE MAPS, THESE PICTURES TELL THE STORY OF THE STRUGGLE FOR EUROPE; FROM D-DAY AND THE GREATEST NAVAL INVASION IN HISTORY TO THE LIBERATION OF PARIS, FROM THE ARDENNES AND THE BATTLE OF A MILLION TOOPS TO THE HORROR OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THE FINAL COLLAPSE OF THE NAZI REGIME. AFTER SIX YEARS, VICTORY WAS FINALLY WON IN EUROPE. THIS VIVID DOCUMENTARY COMMEMORATES TO THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF V-E DAY.   MAX HASTINGS,  PICTURES BY  GEORGE STEVENS,  INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE STEVENS, Jr.......TEXT, PICTURES, INTRODUCTION AND CARTOGRAPY COPYRIGHT 1985. JACKET ILLUSTRATIONS FRONT - THE LIBERATION OF PARIS, AUGUST 1944, BACK - ABOVE GENERAL DE GAULLE AND GENERAL BRADLEY, PARIS 1944, CENTRE - SOVIET CECTOR, BERLIN 1945, BELOW RIGHT - YOUNG CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES, DACHAU 1945, BELOW LEFT - M4 SHERMAN TANK, NORMANDY 1944. HARD COVER BOOK, DUST JACKET HAS SOME  MINOR WEAR AND TEAR AND IS COVER WITH TAPE ON THE INSIDE COVER. BOOK HAVE WONDERFULL PICTURE'S IN BLACK & WHITE AND IN COLOUR WITH SOME FEW MAPS', BOOK HAVE 192 PAGES AND STILL IN FARE CONDITION. POSTAGE R55-00  

The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British country houses requisitioned during the Second World War by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Born out of Bletchley Park, where it began life as SIS Section 'D' (for Destruction), Station 12's scientific and military personnel invented, made and supplied 'toys' for the Commandos, Special Boat Service, SAS, and resistance groups. Included in their deadly arsenal of weapons were plastic explosives, limpet mines, pressure switches, tree spigots, incendiary bombs, incendiary liquids and arrows, and a variety of time fuses. They worked on the tools for famous operations, such as the St Nazaire and Dieppe Raids, and the assassination of Himmler's deputy in Prague. Also revealed are the human stories of personnel stationed in this extremely remote village and teh explosive pranks they played on each other, and certain visitors, which add some light relief to their destructive purpose.

Title: Germany 1 Mark Bank Note 1944. Denomination: One Mark, Germany. Pick: 192b. Issue: Regular Issue. Country of Origin: Germany, Alliierte Militarbehorde. Date: Serie  1944. Serial Number: 098885491. Signature: N/A. Info: Allied Occupation of Germany Half Mark. In Umlauf Geseetzt. 9 digit serial number with dash, without F Front: M in centre with 1/2 Mark either side. Blue on light blue underprint. Reverse: Brown, Central M for Military Occupation Note. Watermark: N/A. Condition: About Uncirculated, in excellent condition, edges and corners very good, no evidence of usage. Price: R 175.00 Inc Vat. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED (AU): A virtually perfect note, with some minor handling. May show very slight evidence of bank counting folds at a corner or one light fold through the center, but not both. An AU note can not be creased, a crease being a hard fold which has usually "broken" the surface of the note. Paper is clean and bright with original sheen. Corners are not rounded.

Title: Germany 50 Pfennig Bank Note 1944. Denomination: Half Mark, Fifty Pfennig Germany. Pick: 191c. Issue: Regular Issue. Country of Origin: Germany, Alliierte Militarbehorde. Date: Serie  1944. Serial Number: 034555805. Signature: N/A. Info: Allied Occupation of Germany Half Mark. In Umlauf Geseetzt. 9 digit serial number with dash, without F Front: M in centre with 1/2 Mark either side. Green on light blue underprint. Reverse: Central M for Military Occupation Note. Watermark: N/A. Condition: About Uncirculated, in excellent condition, edges and corners very good, no evidence of usage. Price: R 150.00 Inc Vat. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED (AU): A virtually perfect note, with some minor handling. May show very slight evidence of bank counting folds at a corner or one light fold through the center, but not both. An AU note can not be creased, a crease being a hard fold which has usually "broken" the surface of the note. Paper is clean and bright with original sheen. Corners are not rounded.