Wellington s military machine

Buy Wellington`s Military Machine by Philip J Haythornthwaite for R200.00

Buy Napoleon`s Military Machine by Philip J Haythornthwaite for R200.00

1985. Large hard cover. 192 pages. Very good condition.  Over 1kg. Hostility between the West and the communist world is such an accepted part of modern life that it is all too easy to forget that in 1939 the Soviet Union was the world's only communist state and that the Soviet Union was then seemingly riven by purges and economic troubles and threatened abroad by the ravening power of Nazi Germany. Today the Soviet Union is master of the eastern half of Europe; China, the world's most populous country, is also communist and there are communist or single-party socialist states in central America, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The rise of communism began with the victories of the Red Army in World War II and the establishment of "people's democracies" in eastern Europe which quickly followed. The success of the Chinese communists in 1948 confirmed in many Western eyes the existence of a worldwide communist conspiracy, setting the stage for the Cold War confrontations of the fifties. The Korean War was fought to halt the expansion of this communist monolith, but there were soon signs of disharmony within the communist bloc as was seen in the growing independence of Yugoslavia and the Chinese-Soviet split. Such Dissent continues to the present day as persistent Sino-Soviet disputes and the efforts of Solidarity in Poland show. The Vietnam War, the Cuban intervention in Angola and the invasion of Afghanistan are examples of communist initiatives of the sixties and more recent times but in the same period Soviet missiles have been kept out of Cuba, a socialist government in Chile has been overthrown and Egypt has been weaned away from being a Soviet client.  

A very nice hardcover edition of Elizabeth Longford (Packenham)'s excellently written biography of The Iron Duke, Lord Wellington, his military career and the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. 2nd impression published 1970 by the Literary Guild. 548 pages with index. Illustrated. Tracked postage is R60.00.

 BRITISH MILITARY REGIMENT HISTORY BOOKLETS x FOUR These are four history booklets in good condition. a) The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.  b) The King's Own Scottish Borderers. c) Royal Marines d) The Tigers - Royal Leicestershire Regiment. •The postage on this item will be R48.00 within S. A. (Registered with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

 BRITISH MILITARY REGIMENT HISTORY BOOKLETS x 4 These are four history booklets in good condition. a) The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.  b) The King's Own Scottish Borderers. c) Royal Marines d) The Tigers - Royal Leicestershire Regiment. •The postage on this item will be R48.00 within S. A. (Registered with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

 BRITISH MILITARY REGIMENT HISTORY BOOKLETS x 4 These are four history booklets in good condition. a) The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.  b) The King's Own Scottish Borderers. c) Royal Marines d) The Tigers - Royal Leicestershire Regiment. •The postage on this item will be R55.00 within S. A. (Registered with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

The Third Reich at War - The rise & fall of Hitler's military war machine - Michael Veranov Paperback 624 pages In good read condition. I will combine postage for multiple purchases. Have a look at my other classic children book listings Thank you for looking...  

The Third Reich at War - The rise & fall of Hitler's military war machine - Michael Veranov Paperback 624 pages In good read condition. I will combine postage for multiple purchases. Have a look at my other  listings Thank you for looking...  

1981. Large hard cover with dust cover. 192 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. The dust cover has minor wear and tear. Over 1kg. A dynamically written and graphic insight into the total onslaught looming over South Africa and the powerful military machine ready to repel it. If you listen to the catcalls of the UN you would think that the Republic of South Africa is on its knees. It is not. In African terms, the Republic is a Superpower. This massive book provides an insight, sometimes irreverently, into the military, economic and political challenges facing SA and the means of resisting these threats. A must have for the collector of SADF militaria.

VOLUME 1:  THE MENACE OF THE THIRD REICH "TODAY GERMANY!  TOMORROW THE WORLD!"     THIS PLEDGE WAS FERVENTLY INTONED BY MILLIONS OF GERMANS, DAY AFTER DAY, YEAR AFTER YEAR.  IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT COME TRUE, HITLER HARNESSED THE COUNTRY'S SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL GENIUS AND FORGED THE MOST POWERFUL MILITARY MACHINE EUROPE HAD EVER SEEN..... VOLUME 2:  THE ALLIES RETREAT NO MORE THE LONG STRING OF JAPAN'S VICTORIES HAD AT LAST RUN ITS COURSE, AND FOR THE ALLIES THE RETREATING WAS OVER.  NOW CAME THE TIME TO COUNTER-ATTACK.   U.S. INFANTRYMEN WADED ASHORE ON MAKIN ATOLL.  HERE THE JAPANESE GARRISON WAS RUSHED IN A FEW DAYS/    

Africa’s Super Power Publisher: Sigma Books (pty) Ltd & Collins Vaal (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg Edition: 1981 – First Edition Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket ISBN: 0 86876009 0 Pages: 191 with numerous colour black & white photographs and illustrations     Extra Information Condition – Good. Wear and tear to hardcover cover and previous owners inscription on the inner page Language: English.   A dramatically written and graphic insight into the total onslaught that loomed over South Africa at the time the book was published and South Africa’s powerful military machine that was prepared to repel it.   Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

Hardback. Sygma/Collins. 1981 1st ed. ISBN: 868760090. 192 pp profusely illustrated in bw and colour. Good condition except for a little shelwear, no dw, 4to format. A look at the oversized military machine of South Africa, and the many theatres of operations on the continent.

  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

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MACHINE by HELMOED-ROMER HEITMAN Hardcover published by Central News Agency 1985                ISBN 0 520 074426 "Provides an unrivalled analysis of the country's defence force, with Helmoed- Romer Heitman's authoritative text being supplemented by carefully chosen illustrations, many of them never previously published." This book is in very very good condition, no inscriptions, no foxing, tightly bound, no tears. The dust jacket is also in excellent condition except for  a minor crease (Front; bottom )  curled upward - please see the first photograph below   . For postage within SA; Preferably via Postnet to Postnet (up to 5kg) at R100.00   for a parcel of up to 5kg (addit,. books may be included - up to 5kg)  Postnet delivery 3 to 4 days.   Also available is PAXI  which is Pep Stores to your most convinient PEP  then please add R55.00  under Option 1 and use the " Notes " to note PAXI / Pep Stores. Collection (Pietermaritzburg) can be arranged.   Thank you.   SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY military armed forces war defence force  border war  Angola