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 DRESDEN ; FREDERICK TAYLOR ; Softcover; Bloomsbury 2005 ISBN 0 7475 7084 1 No. of Pages; 584  Good condition  good tight binding no tears   Postage via SA PO  please add R45.00  alternatively via Postnet to Postnet for a parcel of up to 5kg (addit. books may be included) then please add R105.00   4.11  ·  Rating details  ·  642 Ratings  ·  66 Reviews At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than 4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been dropped on the unprotected city. At least 25,000 inhabitants died in the terrifying firestorm and thirteen square miles o At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than 4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been dropped on the unprotected city. At least 25,000 inhabitants died in the terrifying firestorm and thirteen square miles of the city's historic centre, including incalculable quantities of treasure and works of art, lay in ruins. In this portrait of the city, its people, and its still-controversial destruction, Frederick Taylor has drawn on archives and sources only accessible since the fall of the East German regime, and talked to Allied aircrew and survivors, from members of the German armed services and refugees fleeing the Russian advance to ordinary citizens of Dresden.    

Ukraine 10 hryvnas Livadia Palace Architectural Monument Yalta Crimea 2003 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2003 Weight:   31,1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   3,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Architectural monuments of UkraineDedicated to the Great Livadia Palace, an exquisite architectural monument of the new Renaissance and the former tsar`s summer residence. It was founded at the beginning of 20th century according to the design project of the architect M.Krasnov. In Livadia in February 1945 there was held the Yalta conference of the heads of states-allies in anti-Hitler coalition.On the coin obverse there is depicted a fragment of the gate in the Italian courtyard and a lion statue. Above there is the inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Ukraine), the small National Emblem of Ukraine, the designation of the metal, its fineness and its weight in fineness. Below there are inscriptions: 10 (to the left) and ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ o 2003 (hryvnia/ 2003). There is also placed the logotype of the NBU MintOn the coin reverse against the background of mountains silhouette there is engraved the palace and the semicircular inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ (Livadia palace) ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 10 hryvnas Livadia Palace Architectural Monument Yalta Crimea 2003 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2003 Weight:   31,1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   3,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Architectural monuments of UkraineDedicated to the Great Livadia Palace, an exquisite architectural monument of the new Renaissance and the former tsar`s summer residence. It was founded at the beginning of 20th century according to the design project of the architect M.Krasnov. In Livadia in February 1945 there was held the Yalta conference of the heads of states-allies in anti-Hitler coalition.On the coin obverse there is depicted a fragment of the gate in the Italian courtyard and a lion statue. Above there is the inscription ??????? (Ukraine), the small National Emblem of Ukraine, the designation of the metal, its fineness and its weight in fineness. Below there are inscriptions: 10 (to the left) and ??????? o 2003 (hryvnia/ 2003). There is also placed the logotype of the NBU MintOn the coin reverse against the background of mountains silhouette there is engraved the palace and the semicircular inscription ???????????? ????? (Livadia palace) ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

  The badge is derived from that of its original parent formation, 7th Armoured Division. The design was changed in significant details and comprised a white circular background, with red border, enclosing the rat. The rat appears as green, brown or grey, some perhaps being originally green that suffered degradation through wear. The green rat seems to have been the intended colour and was adopted as a reminder of the unit's service in the Burma jungle and was known as the 'jungle rat'. This badge was adopted some time after the Brigade returned from Burma at the end of 1942 and was definitely in use when the Brigade went to Italy in May 1944. On the outbreak of war in 1939 the Brigade was a Regular Army formation in Egypt with the title of Light Armoured Brigade (Egypt). It was redesignated on 16 February 1940 as 7th Light Armoured Brigade, and was further re-titled on 16 April 1940 as 7th Armoured Brigade. It became an Armoured Brigade Group on 1 March 1942, reverting to an armoured brigade on 4 June 1943. On 1 May 1945 it was redesignated and reorganized as an armoured brigade Type B, that is without an infantry component and outside a divisional organization. The formation was initially under command of British Troops Egypt but joined the Mobile (later 7th Armoured) Division in December 1939. It fought with 7th Armoured until November 1941 when it was withdrawn and at the beginning of 1942 was  sent to Burma where it arrived at Rangoon on 21 February, with just two regiments under command, 7 Hussars and 2RTR. The Brigade fought in the retreat from Burma and went to India at the end of May 1942. At the beginning of October 1942 the Brigade was sent to join 'Paiforce' to deal with the unrest in Iraq and Syria. It was withdrawn to Egypt at the end of September 1943. The Brigade deployed to Italy at the beginning of May 1944 where it fought throughout the campaign to the final thrust through the Po Valley. At the conclusion of hostilities it formed part of the occupation forces in Austria. Comes with blazer badge for veteran.Pin intact   Local buyer R110 POSTNET OVERSEAS BIDDER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

 ORIGINAL....48 Squadron blazer badge.Wire embroided badge. In September 1938 No. 48 moved to Eastchurch to become a general reconnaissance unit moving to Thorney Island a few days before the outbreak of WW2. The Squadron began flying anti-submarine patrols and maintained anti-E-Boat patrols during the evacuation of Dunkirk. In July 1940, the Squadron moved to Mersyside to carry on with anti-submarine patrols and in July 1941 it was moved to Shetland where conversion to Hudsons took place. The Squadron undertook shipping patrols and strikes on enemy craft off the Norwegian coast. In December 1942 the Squadron was again moved, this time to Gibraltar for patrols over the approaches to the Mediterranean. In February 1944 the Squadron was moved back to the UK and re-equipped with Dakotas to become a transport unit. The Squadron was then sent to India in August 1945 but the Japanese surrender resulted in its disbandment on 16 January 1946. LOCAL BUYER PAYS R100 POSTNET OVERSEAS BIDDER SEE POSTAGHE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

Eureka.   Finally, South Africa democratised! After more than five centuries of exploitation, the country is free! Nelson Mandelas dream of a Rainbow Nation gave hope to the people. South Africa will have peace and tranquillity. The nation will have a future as colourful as the rainbow. News Flash:   Two decades of ANC rule, and there is no Rainbow Nation. Today, South Africa is still-segregated. It has a nonwhite population more miserable than ever. The country suffers arguably the worst inequalities in the world.  The situation is worse than under minority Afrikaner Apartheid rule. The book   Apartheid: The Blame Past and Present, is jam-packed with stories from my life under Apartheid. In fact, my life is a journey within the bubble of Apartheid.  It switched discrimination away from black people. Today discrimination focuses on white people. Apartheid did not end in 1994. It just transformed into reverse-Apartheid. First published: February 2018. Paperback, 372 pages.    ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jan Cronje was born in April 1945 and spent 22 years working in Local Government, studying and practicing Public  Management and International Politics. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Management.  His Masters Degree Thesis was The Management and Administration of Civil Defence in South Africa (Stellenbosch University). Jan currently resides in the United Kingdom where he also lectured at the University of Derby (2005 2014). He spents his retirement as a freelance writer.