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The full set of six volumes for world war ii: volume , volume , volume , volume , volume , volume the war in pictures published by odhams press inthey are arranged by one volume for each year of the war starting at , telling the story in black and white picturesthis is a 6 volume set of books with photographs from world war 2there is some foxing to the pages but text and pictures remain clear and brightall spines are still tightly boundthey are in good condition254 pages to each bookpage is loose in volume 5our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethese books are hardback with maroon buckram boards and a embossed pattern to front*buyer please pay within 3 days* read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableshipped tracked and insuredplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume 4 has to cut outs (page 16 and 17)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiexpected wear to the exterior such as rounded corners and wear to the spine ends due to the age
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40 €
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Odams press limited the war in pictures bookset x 6 hardback ww2 in good general condition fantastic photo history of world war ii as it happened (some very harrowing scenes) read more
35 €
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The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th years of war in picturesodhams press ltdfour volumes in red with pictorials to boardsundated editions apart from 6th year which is datedcollection onlyshelfwear to edges / corners as shown on photos
16 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a detailed written and photographic history of the first year of world war ii, including a section on how the war began, through to the summer oftext block is slightly shaken, and is lightly but evenly tannedvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spineblue cloth covered boards with blind embossed illustration to front and worn text and decoration to spine, which is fadedpictorial endpapers
14 €
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The war in western europe part ii december to may ppconsists of: the war in western europe part i june to december, ppotherwise greatseven appendices + sixteen fold-out mapsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storealso contains an overview of the bomb tonnage and targetscondition: the spines have minor loss of papershipping with registrationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableeleven appendices, of which three maps and one diagram + fifteen fold-out mapsmade for the us military during ww ii with later adaptations, additions and improvementsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecontains a 3d overview of the assault technique used at the normandy landingsa total of 2 booksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
49 €
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L s amery general editor - the times history of the war in south africa 7 volume set - sampson lowe - hardbacks - cm x 16 cm vol pages lacks general map to front pocket - these were bought separately vol pages vol pages vol pages folding map to front and rear pockets vol pages - folded map to rear pocket webbing showing to board spine junctions otherwise fine vol pages vol pages - this is the supplement to the first 6 volumes all 7 books are in reasonably good condition all bindings good a shake here and there 2 loose portrait pages surface wear to boards and spines - a rare complete set read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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95 €
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff the war in the desert told through the secret diaries of colonel alfred chevalier parker, nephew of lord kitchener, governor of sinai, and military intelligence chief in the arab revolt see oxfam website for delivery information read moresee attached images of this copyno marks or inscriptionshardback book in as new condition in a price-clipped dust jacket
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop west bridgford description of the life on the battlefield during the war in crimeasee oxfam website for delivery information read morefront end paper is missingbook is still tightly bound with shelf wear
29 €
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Nine volumes in eight books, (8 and 9 are in one book) the first world war in picturesthese books are 100 hundred years old so are in a used condition collection only read morea pictorial record of a conflict of nations
40 €
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It will be an essential reference for students of world war 2oxfam bookshop cheltenham the war in italy was characterized by a host of special forces actionson the night of april , the last operational jump of world war 2 took placeae"operation herringthe action did presage the end of the italian campaign and the war in italy, but until now little has been written about this, and other secret operations, on the italian frontthe fact that the italians had formed two governments, one backing the allies and one a puppet german government, meant that the secret war was vital to the allies conventional forces and partisans, the sas, soe, the us oss (precursor to the cia) all played important rolesoperation herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a successsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
3 €
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Reprinted by odhams press (6 volumes)hard cover, blue cloth effectgood condition with all pages in tact and no damage or marks on them
10 €
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Good condition with all pages in tact and no damage or marks on thema complete set printed in by odhams pressvolume 1 - january - august volume 2 - september - august volume 3 - september - august volume 4 - september - august volume 5 - september - august volume 6 - september - september read moreblue hard back cover, with faded spines
15 €
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She shows how political and military decision-making within the fluctuating national security situation, coupled with a growing cultural acceptability of women taking on military roles, allowed for the growth of the service in world war ii into realms never expected of womenhannah roberts offers new insights into a previously little studied british military institution, which celebrates its centenary inusing twenty-one new oral histories and a multitude of archived personal documents, this book demonstrates the pivotal importance of the women's royal naval service in both the world warssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom onward the wrns spread internationally and subverted the combat taboo by adopting semi-combatant rolesthis book determines for the first time the reasons for the expansion and contraction of the service and the impact key individuals had on it and in turn the influence it had on its membersoxfam shop nether edge the women's royal naval service (wrns) was created in , re-formed in and maintained afteralthough it shared a similar pattern in its formation to the auxiliary territorial service (ats) and had a similar ethos to its air force counterpart, the waaf, the wrns took on a wider-ranging role in the war, in part due to the latitude afforded to the service because of its uniquely independent origins
25 €
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27 volumes from the "britain in pictures" series published in the s: generally good conditionfurther details available on request read more
25 €
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Very good, with djtaken from dj inner flapdj (good) in matching green pictorial, with minor edgewear and scuffs, and a 1 cm closed tear to spine"the author of animal farm, that brilliant satire on revolution, should need no introduction to english readerspictorial green boards, very clean, with only minor scuff to rear cover, and minor fraying to corners and spine endsa part of each free endpaper is tanned, but essentially this is a clean and excellent copy, with pages throughout (plus 8 colour plates and 17 b/w illustrations) all remaining clean, with no marks, tears or annotations notedblock clean; binding remains goodthey will also find matter for pridesee oxfam website for delivery information read more part of the "britain in pictures" series"those who read this book may find much to make them angry - much with which they will disagreeoxfam books & music winchester 47 ppbut it is always better to be self-critical and to leave praise to others
29 €
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The faces of world war i: the great war in words & picturesauthor:arthur, maxbook condition:likenewbook binding:n/aworld of books ltd was founded in , recycling books sold to us through charities either directly or indirectly
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pictures are an integral part of this descriptionthe second world war put an end to his activity of artistic glassmaker, and david guéron left france for the united states in , during the war perioddavid guéron, of turkish origin, is an artist and glass industrialist, founder and owner of the verrerie d'art degué factory, boulevard malesherbes, paris, from toour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeexpress courier shippingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe first created compiègne's crystal works in the early s, before specializing in luxury glassmakingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehave a good auctionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
90 €
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall blu-rays in excellent condition
29 €
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The war of 33 is an intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the war in lebanonthe war of 33 is more than a document of a particular historical experienceshe tells the stories of her family and the people she lives the war with - the refugees, the wounded, and the everyday lebanese, struggling to maintain their sanity and their humanity during a time of wara series of letters written by hanady salman - a mother living through the war in beirut - carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflictwhat emerges is a universal story - a complex picture of love, pain, resistance and survival in the face of uncertainty and violence
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The episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featureoxfam shop regent street bristol a 30th anniversary version of jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series chronicling the events of the second world war, narrated by sir laurence olivier and eric portersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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24 €
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featuresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop ilkley sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featuresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
13 €
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Oxfam books & music olney sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' feature the slipcase is selotaped on the edges, otherwise all goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Oxfam shop dumfries sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featuresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
12 €
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The episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featureoxfam bookshop brighton a 30th anniversary version of jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series chronicling the events of the second world war, narrated by sir laurence olivier and eric portersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
45 €
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This book discusses the origins, impact and aftermath of the civil war in warwickshire, examining administration, religion and politics in their social contextearly chapters discuss the economic and social character of warwickshire; a middle section examines the onset of the civil war in ; and finally there is a discussion of the economic impact of the war and the administrative, political and religious changes of the s and s, culminating in an assessment of the significance of the restoration boards and spine lightly wornlight staining on a few pagesdr hughes takes a critical approach to recent historiography, and challenges the concept of a 'county community'oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , cambridge university pressthe book is intended as a contribution to a general understanding of the civil war, rather than as a study of one particular countydustwrapper clean and lightly wornthe focus is mainly on the landed élite, but the importance of relationships between members of the élite and their social inferiors is also stressedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
30 €
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The war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stoppeter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredwhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by it book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanwilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstancesat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible price
9 €
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History in pictures from tocovering life during the war royalty and much morephotography is truly amazingcollection only read more
25 €
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The progress of the war is followed from the outbreak rebellion of summer , through seville, the war in the aragon mountains, madrid, malaga, the arrival of the international brigades in , the notorious destruction of guernika by the german condor legion, barcelona and franco?s victorious march, checked briefly on the ebroedmunds this book tells the tragic story of the spanish civil war through the eyes of writers, artists and musicians who were deeply involved and close to itthis is a highly informative and interesting work covering a period of military history that has been largely neglectedother famous names include the spies kim philby and anthony bluntoxfam books & music bury stsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby means of chronological chapters covering the major phases the author describes the roles of figures such as arthur koestler, ernest hemingway, pablo picasso, george orwell, esmond romilly, martha gellhorn (hemingway's lover), salvador dali, the poet federico lorca (who was killed) etc
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Instead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warwhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersglobalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most peopleoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benignsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is niall ferguson's masterpiece
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