Offensive hardcover

BOMBER HARRIS AND THE STRATEGIC BOMBING OFFENSIVE 1939-1945 by CHARLES MESSENGER Hardcover published by Howard Timmins This Edition 1984 ISBN 0 86978 263 0 No. of Pages; 244 including the Index. Second World War; Royal Air Force bombing of Germany.  For more information please see photographs below. A fairly straightforward narrative of the RAF bombing campaign against Germany from the British side. It tells the story in chronological order with little judgment as to right or wrong. It does note that after the war ended, RAF Bomber Command was the only major branch of the British armed forces that Churchill did not mention in his victory speech and that did not receive a campaign medal, indicating that the British government was not proud of what Bomber Command had done. This book is in very good condition, tightly bound, very clean, no inscriptions, very light browning of the paper / pages limited to the first and last pages only. no tears. Note no dust jacket. Postage /Shipping; Option 1 is via SA PO  with tracking no. please ADD R55.00  please add addit. cost under Option 1  or  preferably via Postnet to Postnet for a parcel of up to 5kg  (addit. books may be included - up to 5kg  then please add R100.00 . or via PAXI  which is via the delivery via the PEP Store branch network - delivery around 9 days  then please add R55.00 under Option 1 and add via Pep Stores in the notes.   world war II  

Memoirs of Wing Commander RWF Sampson OBW. First edition hardcover with dust jacket published 2007. 182 pages with index. Illustrated. Very good condition. Tracked postage is R50.00.  

Chatto & Windus, London, 1953, 1st. Edition, 1953. 222 pp, -  B&W photographs, illustrations. "When, in 1940, Air Commodore Chisholm, then a Flying Officer in the Auxiliary Air Force Reserve, began operations with night fighters, the allied defences were still very ineffective; radar was an erratic novelty and the techniques of interception in the dark were undeveloped. The aircrew groped for enemy bombers in a virtual 'blind man's buff'. Yet the famous squadron in which Chisholm served, inspired by John Cunninghahm (who later was to command it), soon had a growing tally of success to its credit. Later in the war, after commanding an operational night fighter development unit, the author helped with the formation of a radio counter-measures group which was to increase the chances of survival of British bomber crews by impeding, deceiving and harassing the enemy defences. Radio counter-measures, which strictly encompassed only 'interference with and exploitation of the enemy's use of radio waves ', culminated in the staging of elaborate 'spoof' operations and a successful fighter offensive against the enemy night fighters.-  Dust jacket has thumb siza loss to top of spine - book still very good.        * Second World War * Word War II * *N.B.*  If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage for each of the additional books - See what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.     

Hardcover. English. Maskew Miller. 1921. 404pp illustrated with photos & maps. Fair to good condition in brown boards. Foxing on cut fore-edges and sporadically throughout. The great thriller writer and statesman John Buchan, author of The 39 Steps and other classics wrote this official history of the South African Forces in France as a homage to a country he had come to know and love as a British administrator after the Boer War. The South African brigade, raised from South African and Rhodesian regiments were sent to Egypt in 1915; and arrived in France the following year where they were attached to the 9th Scottish Division. They saw hard fighting during the Somme Offensive Ð particularly the bitter battles in and around Delville Wood and the Butte de Warlencourt. In 1917 they were in action at Arras and Cambrai; and in 1918 took part in resisting the German Spring offensives on the River Lys, and the Allied counter-offensives which culminated in the Armistice. The work of a great writer, this history is illustrated with photos & maps.

  This is a fascinating book that covers the military career of General Jannie Geldenhuys, including his role in military operations against SWAPO, MAPLA and the Cubans during the "Border War" in Angola. This book reveals how Castro tried to dress up political, economic and military failures in Angola as glorious triumphs. He provides actual numbers and details of the myth of Cuito Cuanavales and how the Marxist forces were defeated there. The author takes you through the dynamics and strategies that defeated the Communist forces trying to establish a totalitarian regime in Angola and Namibia. The South Africans, with inferior forces, were able to achieve almost every military objective, producing some ingenious strategies and causing a high rate of casualties to a numerically superior enemy. They didn't lose the military battles but lost the political one. Cuito Cuanavales was the last part of a series of battles that started as the South Africans, like many times before, stopped and defeated the last big Cuban/Fapla/Russians offensive against UNITA main bases, obliterating the FAPLA's offensive of 1987. The South Africans had the MAPLA and their Cubans advisers on the run. They were picking them apart at will, but they stopped because of a series of events, like the UNITA false alarm about the possibility of incoming Cuban MIGs and the rotation of the South African troops after the end of their military service cycle, etc. This gave the retreating MAPLA enough time to cross the river and dig in to fight for their lives, and stop the South Africans from annihilating them. All the MAPLA/Cubans did at Cuito was create an immense mine zone and defend it, to stop the South Africans from destroying the remaining troops. When one looks back and counts the number of casualties the South Africans inflicted on them before they crossed the river, you can see that the MAPLA/CUBANS suffered major casualties vs. the light number of casualties suffered by the South Africans. Then one can ask: who won the battle when one side lost thousands of soldiers just before they dug in? Cuito Cuanavales wasn't a typical clear cut defeat like the South Africans were used to inflicting on the FAPLA/Cubans because they didn't finish them, but it wasn't a Cuban victory like Castro put it. This gave Castro the opportunity to claim a "victory" that wasn't there via his propaganda machine and use it to leave Angola for good without being seen by those that weren't in the battle field as a defeated army. For the Marxist-Communist regimes, perceptions are more important than facts and no matter what the Cuban propaganda says, the facts are that FLAPA-Cubans suffered many humiliating losses at the hands of the numerically outnumbered South African army.   Hardcover:  328 pages Publisher:  Jonathan Ball; 1st Edition edition (1995) Language:  English

The Sidi Rezeg Battles 1941 deals with the famous'Crusader'offensive,the first operation of Eighth Army,in which 1st South African Division and the South African Air Force had their earliest experience of warfare in the Western Desert. Hardcover. English. Oxford University Press. 1957 1st ed. 505 pp with black & white illustrations, sketch maps and fold-out maps. Good condition in hardcover, no dw. Name on end papers. Book No:2001051

Martin Secker, London, 1929.  1st Edition, Third Printing. 366 page hardcover book in good condition. No dust jacket. Cloth cover soiled & worn, rubbed & bumped. Spine leaning, spine split on inside front cover, front end papers loose & show some critter damage. Some foxing & marks, mainly on end pages.   Contents: The Advance; The Trench War: In the Trenches before Chailly, The Battle of Somme, wounded, The Aisne-Champagne Battle, 1917, The Trench War, 1917-18, The March Offensive, 1918; Collapse.

Hitler's Surprise Ardennes Offensive written by John Eisenhower. Hardcover published 1969. 506 pages with index. Illustrated. Very good condition. Tracked postage is R60.00.

A4 size hardcover with dust jacket in good reading condition, though ex-library. 208 pages. R55 postage in SA. This work tells the story of the strategic Allied air offensive against Germany. With the aid of an analytical narrative text, diagrams and color artwork, the campaign is analyzed from the viewpoint of the RAF, the USAAF, and the Luftwaffe, with in-depth assessment of daylight and nocturnal operations, aircraft, weapons, radar, and ground defense. Also includes many accounts from fighter aces and bomber crews who took part.

A4 size hardcover with dust jacket in good reading condition, though ex-library. 208 pages. R60 postage in SA. This work tells the story of the strategic Allied air offensive against Germany. With the aid of an analytical narrative text, diagrams and color artwork, the campaign is analyzed from the viewpoint of the RAF, the USAAF, and the Luftwaffe, with in-depth assessment of daylight and nocturnal operations, aircraft, weapons, radar, and ground defense. Also includes many accounts from fighter aces and bomber crews who took part.

 The Boer War (1977) by Denis Judd - FULLY ILLUSTRATED. FIRST EDITION.   HARDCOVER - 200 PAGES. This item is in an EXCELLENT CONDITION - ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT AND SPINE IS PERFECT. An indepth analysis is provided regarding the political intrigue that precipitated hostilities and military operations conducted by both the forces of the British Empire & the Boer Republics.   The reader is exposed to the offensive planning and outcome of the major battles during the period 1899 - 1902; with excellent period images of combatants and their weaponry from both sides.    An ideal addition to any Boer War or South African military history enthusiast's personal book collection, that will provide ample and informative reading.   FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING  NO COLLECTIONS  PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC  SEE SHIPPING.