Published by Ministry of Defense, 1970
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Publication Date: 2023
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Published by Technical Training School British Army of the Rhine nd, Bielefeld
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Published by BAOR Publication, Rev. ., 1969
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Published by Naval & Military Press, 2024
ISBN 10: 1474539319 ISBN 13: 9781474539319
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Published by Naval & Military Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1474535364 ISBN 13: 9781474535366
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
2022 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1947) xi+109 pages + multi page, colour maps: photographs.Published Price £28 Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was the successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops that took place toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it was the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location.Varsity was part of Operation Plunder, the Anglo-American-Canadian assault under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery to cross the northern Rhine River and from there enter Northern Germany. Varsity was meant to help the surface river assault troops secure a foothold across the Rhine River in Western Germany by landing two airborne divisions on the eastern bank of the Rhine near the village of Hamminkeln and the town of Wesel.The plans called for the dropping of two divisions from U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps, under Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, to capture key territory and to generally disrupt German defenses to aid the advance of Allied ground forces. The British 6th Airborne Division was ordered to capture the villages of Schnappenberg and Hamminkeln, clear part of the Diersfordter Wald (Diersfordt Forest) of German forces, and secure three bridges over the River Issel. The U.S. 17th Airborne Division was to capture the village of Diersfordt and clear the rest of the Diersfordter Wald of any remaining German forces. The two divisions would hold the territory they had captured until relieved by advancing units of 21st Army Group, and then join in the general advance into northern Germany.The airborne forces made several mistakes, most notably when pilot error caused paratroopers from the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a regiment of the U.S. 17th Airborne Division, to miss their drop zone and land on a British drop zone instead. However, the operation was a success, with both divisions capturing Rhine bridges and securing towns that could have been used by Germany to delay the advance of the British ground forces. The two divisions incurred more than 2,000 casualties, but captured about 3,500 German soldiers. The operation was the last large-scale Allied airborne operation of World War II.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1474535291 ISBN 13: 9781474535298
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
2022 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1947) vi+65 pages + multi page, colour maps: photographs.Published Price £28 By the 22nd August 1944 the war in Normandy had moved on and the German resistance in the Falaise pocket finally ended with some 70,000 German troops either killed or captured, and the remaining German forces in full retreat across the River Seine.While the British and Canadian Corps were advancing to the Seine, preparations were completed for bridging the river. Between Rouen and Paris the river is about 250 yards wide and all the bridges had been broken by earlier air attacks. Though bridgeheads should be gained fairly easily, the building of new crossings to maintain a large force will take some time.In XXX Corps the 43rd Division which was given the task of crossing at Vernon; for this it was organised in three groups. The first, with the troops and equipment for bridging the Eure river and assaulting the Seine, contained 1,500 vehicles; most of the artillery, and material for one bridge, were in the second group with 1,900 vehicles; the remainder of the division and about 1,000 vehicles formed the third. The leading group, which included the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, harboured in the forest of Breteuil for the night of the 24th August and sent forward its reconnaissances, together with some engineers to repair the bridge over the Eure at Pacy.Two four-hour timings through the American XIX Corps area (along only one route) were now given to the 43rd Division for the 25th August. This allowed the first group to assemble at Vernon by 16.00 hours that day. This time slot proved insufficient for the other two groups who had to continue filtering through during the night.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1783318139 ISBN 13: 9781783318131
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
2021 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1947) xi+129 pages + multi page, colour maps: photographs:diagrams:panoramasPublished Price £28 A reprint of the Directing Staff edition of the British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour for Operation Veritable. The book contains all of the Student edition plus the important extra pages of personal accounts of actions for study. Those of you who know the series will also know how rare Directing Staff originals are. XXX Corps was heavily involved in the fighting that preceded the Rhine crossings. Under the command of the 1st Canadian Army, and with additional divisions, it was responsible for the successful, if difficult, advance through the Reichswald Forest that was the first phase of Operation Veritable in February 1945. The subsequent phases were redesignated as Operation Blockbuster. Veritable was a northern pincer movement and started with XXX Corps advancing through the Reichswald. The Allied advance proceeded more slowly than expected and at greater cost. This delayed the US offensive Operation Grenade, the southern pincer, and at the same time allowed German forces under local German commander, Alfred Schlemm, to be concentrated against the Commonwealth advance.Assessments by the German High Command were that an Allied advance through the Reichswald would be too difficult and the expected assault would be by the British Second Army from the Venlo area (reserves were therefore placed there to respond to this). Alfred Schlemm, the local German commander, strongly disagreed, believing, correctly, that the Reichswald was the more likely route. He acted against the assessments of his superiors and therefore ensured that the area was well fortified, strengthened the Siegfried Line defences and quietly moved some of his reserves to be nearer this line of attack which meant that fresh, elite troops were readily available to him.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1783318120 ISBN 13: 9781783318124
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 2021 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1947) x+81 pages + multi page, colour maps: photographs.Published Price £28 A reprint of the Directing Staff edition of the BAOR Battlefield Tour for Operation BLUECOAT. The book contains all of the student edition plus the important extra pages of personal accounts of actions for study. Those of you who know the series will also know how rare originals are.Operation Bluecoat was the British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War. The geographical objectives of the attack, undertaken by VIII Corps and XXX Corps of the British Second Army (Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey), were to secure the road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pinçon.The attack was made at short notice to exploit the success of Operation Cobra by the First US Army after it broke out on the western flank of the Normandy beachhead and to exploit the withdrawal of the 2nd Panzer Division from the Caumont area, to take part in Unternehmen Lüttich (Operation Lià ge) a German counter-offensive against the Americans.Operation Bluecoat kept German armoured units fixed on the British eastern front and continued the wearing down of the strength of German armoured formations in the area. The breakthrough in the centre of the Allied front surprised the Germans, when they were distracted by the Allied attacks at both ends of the Normandy bridgehead.By the time of the American break-out at Avranches, there was little to no reserve strength left for Operation Luttich, the German counter-offensive, which was defeated by 12 August. The 7th Army had no choice but to retire rapidly east of the Orne river, covered by a rearguard by all the remaining armoured and motorised units to allow time for the surviving infantry to reach the Seine. After the first stage of the withdrawal beyond the Orne, the manoeuvre collapsed for a lack of fuel, Allied air attacks and the constant pressure of the Allied armies, culminating in the encirclement of many German forces in the Falaise pocket.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1474535321 ISBN 13: 9781474535328
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Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 2022 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1947) xii+142 pages + 17 multi page, colour maps: photographs and air photographPublished Price £28 Operation Plunder was the military operation to cross the Rhine on the night of 23 March 1945, launched by the 21st Army Group under Field MarshalÂBernard Montgomery. The crossing of the river was at Rees, Wesel, and south of the river Lippe by the British Second Army under Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, and the United States Ninth Army under Lieutenant General William H. Simpson.The First Allied Airborne Army conducted Operation Varsity on the east bank of the Rhine in support of Operation Plunder, consisting of U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps, the British 6th and the U.S. 17th Airborne Divisions.Preparations such as accumulation of supplies, road construction, and the transport of 36 Royal Navy landing craft, were hidden by a massive smoke screen from 16 March. The operation commenced on the night of 23 March 1945. It included the Varsity parachute and glider landings near Wesel, and Operation Archway, by the Special Air Service. The landing areas were flooded, deserted farmland rising to woodland.Four thousand Allied guns fired for four hours during the opening bombardment. British bombers contributed with attacks on Wesel during the day and night of 23 March 1945.On the night of 23 March, companies E and C of the 17th Armoured Engineer Battalion, part of the U.S. 2nd Armoured Division, constructed treadway rafts to prepare the crossing of the Rhine about five kilometres south of Wesel. Bridge construction started at 9:45am and by 4:00pm the first truck crossed the floating pontoon bridge. Over 1,152 feet (351Âm) of M2 treadway and 93 pneumatic floats were laid in the six hours and fifteen minute construction project, a record setting for the size of the bridge. It took twenty-five 2-and-a-half ton GMC CCKW trucks to transport the bridge parts to the construction site, part of the Red Ball Express.[3][4]Three Allied formations made the initial assault: the British XII Corps and XXX Corps and the U.S. XVI Corps. The British 79th Armoured Divisionâ"under Major General Percy Hobart â" had been at the front of the Normandy landings and provided invaluable help in subsequent operations with specially adapted armoured vehicles (known as Hobart's Funnies). One "funny" was the "Buffalo" operated by the 4th Royal Tank Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alan Jolly, an armed and armoured amphibious tracked personnel or cargo transporter, which was able to cross soft and flooded ground. These were the vehicles for the spearhead infantry.The first part of Plunder was initiated by the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, led by the 7th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of 154th Brigade at 21:00 on 23 March, near Rees, followed by the 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (also of 154th Brigade). At 02:00 on 24 March, the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division landed between Wesel and Rees. At first, there was no opposition, but later they ran into determined resistance from machine-gun nests. On the same day the 51st Division's commander, Major-General Tom Rennie, was killed by mortar fire. The British 1st Commando Brigade entered Wesel.The U.S. 30th Infantry Division landed south of Wesel. The local resistance had been broken by artillery and air bombardment. Subsequently, the U.S. 79th Infantry Division also landed. American casualties were minimal. German resistance to the British landings continued with some effect, and there were armoured counterattacks. Landings continued, however, including tanks and other heavy equipment. U.S. forces had a bridge across by the evening of 24 March.Operation Varsity started at 10:00 on 24 March, to disrupt enemy communications. Despite heavy resistance to the airdrops and afterward, the airborne troops made progress and repelled counterattacks. The hard lessons of Operation Market Garden were applied. In the afternoon, the 15th (Scottish) Division linked up with both airborne divisions.Fierce German resistance continued around Bienen, north of Rees, where the entire 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade was needed to relieve the Black Watch. The bridgehead was firmly established, however, and Allied advantages in numbers and equipment were applied. By 27 March, the bridgehead was 35 miles (56Âkm) wide and 20 miles (32Âkm) deep.The Allied operation was opposed by the German 1st Parachute Army, commanded by General Alfred Schlemm, a part of Army Group H. Although this formation was considered to be the most effective German force in the area, it was severely depleted from its previous action in the Battle of the Reichswald. Unable to withstand Allied pressure, the 1st Parachute Army withdrew Northeast toward Hamburg and Bremen, leaving a gap between it and the 15th Army in the Ruhr.Joseph Goebbels was well aware of Plunder's potential impact from the beginning. On 24 March, he began his diary entry with, "The situation in the West has entered an extraordinarily critical, ostensibly almost deadly, phase." He went on to note the crossing of the Rhine on a broad front, and foresaw Allied attempts to encircle the Ruhr industrial heartland.On 27 March, command of the 1st Parachute Army was passed to General Günther Blumentritt, because Schlemm had been wounded. Blumentritt and his superior, Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz, both recognised that the situation was lost. The army's front was incomplete, there were no reserves, weak artillery, no air support and few tanks. Communications were weak, indeed, one corps was never contacted. The reinforcements were so poor that the generals decided against using them, to avoid needless casualties.Although Blumentritt had strict orders from Supreme Command to hold and fight, from 1 April, he managed a withdrawal with minimal casualties, eventually withdrawing beyond the Dortmund-Ems Canal to the Teutoburg Forest.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1474535348 ISBN 13: 9781474535342
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 2022 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1947) vii+101 pages + 10 multi page, colour maps: & 10 photographs Published Price £28 Operation Totalize was an offensive launched by Allied troops in the First Canadian Army during the later stages of Operation Overlord, from 8 to 9 August 1944.[The intention was to break through the German defences south of Caen on the eastern flank of the Allied positions in Normandy and exploit success by driving south, to capture the high ground north of the city of Falaise. The goal was to collapse the German front and cut off the retreat of German forces fighting the Allied armies further west. The battle is considered the inaugural operation of the First Canadian Army, which had been activated on 23 July.In the early hours of 8 August 1944, II Canadian Corps launched the attack using mechanised infantry. They broke through the German front lines and captured vital positions deep in the German defences. It was intended that two fresh armoured divisions would continue the attack but some hesitancy by these two comparatively inexperienced divisions and German armoured counterattacks slowed the offensive. Having advanced 9Âmi, the Allies were halted 7Âmi north of Falaise and forced to prepare a fresh attack.Montgomery (commanding the ground forces in Normandy), wanted an attack on the eastern flank of the front to capture Falaise, intending that such a move would precipitate a general German collapse. The First Canadian Army (Lieutenant General Harry Crerar), held this part of the Allied front. It consisted of the British I Corps, responsible for the extreme eastern flank of the Allied lines and II Canadian Corps (Lieutenant General Guy Simonds) south of Caen.The II Canadian Corps, which was to launch Operation Totalize consisted of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division, 1st Polish Armoured Division, 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and the British 33rd Armoured Brigade.
Published by Stationary Service, Great Britain, 1946
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. Courts of Inquiry. Notes on Procedure. Army stamp to front cover. Ink mark to back cover. ContentsL Introduction. Convening, Composition and Duties of Courts of Inquiry in General. Injuries (Fatal and Non-Fatal). Accidents Caused by Ammunition (Explosives): Including Injuries. Traffic Accidents. Losses, Damage and Deficiencies. Absences, Escapes, PW and Committees of Adjustment. Fires. Action to be Taken by Staff and other Officers Before Submission of Proceedings. Appendix A - Specimen Convening Order. Appendix B - Draft Minute to President. Appendix C - Loss of Secret Documents Etc. Appendix D - Powers of Write-Off. Appendix E - Recovery of Penal Deductions. Appendix F - Writes-Off - Pricing of AFs G998. Appendix G - Losses Deficiencies Writes-Off, Re Stores. Appendix H - Driving of WD Vehicles: Disciplinary Action. Index. 80 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 1783316713 ISBN 13: 9781783316717
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1946). Volume one has xviii+217 pages with 49 photographs and 14 multi page colour maps Volume two has x+ 83 pages with 31 full page colour maps (Bound in one volume)Published Price £45 One of the best sources of primary material when researching any military campaign are the documents that were made at the time, and this Royal Engineers account of the campaign in Europe 1944-1945 that covers operations from after the Seine crossing to the Rhine crossing by 30 Corps in March 1945 is one such impressive source.ÂThese books give an account of operations in France and Flanders 1940, and then go on to look at operations in Belgium and the advance of 30 Corps to the Nederrijn, 1 Airborne Division at Arnhem, airfield construction in the Eindhoven area, the battle of the Rhineland between the Maas and the Rhine in February 1945, and concludes with details of the Rhine crossing.ÂThe two-book set is full of details and includes all the original maps reproduced in colour. These volumes are fundamental to an understanding of the overall picture of these operations, and the maps add even more to that picture.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 1783317515 ISBN 13: 9781783317516
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1946). Sxviii+217 pages with 49 photographs and 14 multi page colour maps & 31 full page colour maps Published Price £38 Prepared in 1946, this volume was designed for succeeding generations of Royal Engineers who would visit the battlefields of Europe after the war. Its purpose was to demonstrate the problems faced by the Royal Engineers in the major campaigns of the Second World War and the problems they used to solve them. The operations chosen for inclusion in this tour were done so because they were regarded as typical examples of engineering tasks.ÂWhat was Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS)?Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS, also known as MI 4) operated under the Director of Military Operations and Intelligence. Its role was to supply maps to the forces, collect data on foreign survey networks, provide training, and prepare survey data for Expeditionary Force mobilisation.GSGS was organised into small sections, each of which specialised in maps of a particular region. The War Office Map Library, which was also part of MI 4, acquired maps and cartographic intelligence data.Senior staff members were usually Royal Engineer officers with surveying qualifications, although there were a few Royal Artillery or infantry officers. The rest of the staff were civil technical assistants and clerks, together with some Royal Engineer other ranks.
Published by Control Commission for Germany ( British Element ), Berlin, 1952
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ISBN 10: 1474539769 ISBN 13: 9781474539760
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Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 2024 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1947) v+98 pages + multi page, colour mapsPublished Price £28 Goodwood was launched at a time of high frustration in the higher command of the Allies, and this contributed to the controversy surrounding the operation. The Allied bridgehead in Normandy was not expanding at the pace they wanted; the lodgement was about 20% of the planned size, which led to congestion, and there was some fear of a stalemate. Allied commanders were not able to exploit their potentially decisive advantages in mobility during June and early July 1944. They were looking for a decisive breakthrough of the German defensive front.This British offensive took place between 18 and 20 July 1944 as part of the larger battle for Caen in Normandy, France. The objective of the operation was a limited attack to the south, from the Orne bridgehead, to capture the rest of Caen and the Bourguà bus Ridge beyond. While Goodwood failed in its primary aim, it forced the Germans to keep powerful formations opposite the British and Canadians on the eastern flank of the Normandy beachhead and Operation Cobra, the first US Army attack which began on 25 July, caused the weaker German defences opposite to collapse.
Published by Eigenverlag, 1973
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Unbound. Condition: USED_FAIR. British Army of the Rhine: Show jumping and hunter trials committee. Year Book 1973 - 1975 - 1976/77 - 1977/78 - 1981 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1988. Eigenverlag. Broschur, geheftet, Format 22 x 30 cm, zw. 36 und 66 Seiten, Einbände etw. beschädigt, sonst ordentlicher Zustand. Volumina.
ISBN 10: 178331771X ISBN 13: 9781783317714
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1946). Hardback Volume one has xviii+217 pages with 49 photographs and 14 multi page colour maps Volume two has x+ 83 pages with 31 full page colour maps (Bound in one volume) One of the best sources of primary material when researching any military campaign are the documents that were made at the time, and this Royal Engineers account of the campaign in Europe 1944-1945 that covers operations from after the Seine crossing to the Rhine crossing by 30 Corps in March 1945 is one such impressive source.ÂThese books give an account of operations in France and Flanders 1940, and then go on to look at operations in Belgium and the advance of 30 Corps to the Nederrijn, 1 Airborne Division at Arnhem, airfield construction in the Eindhoven area, the battle of the Rhineland between the Maas and the Rhine in February 1945, and concludes with details of the Rhine crossing.ÂThe two-book set is full of details and includes all the original maps reproduced in colour. These volumes are fundamental to an understanding of the overall picture of these operations, and the maps add even more to that picture.
Published by British Army of the Rhine, (Minden), 1947, 1947
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Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Issue No 2. Hardback. Quarto. String bound folder, quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, slightly worn, rubbed and creased, a used but good working copy with additions and annotations.