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Lucas, James. BATTLE GROUP PEIPER: AN EPISODE IN THE WAR IN RUSSIA, FEBRUARY 1943.
Sphere, London, 1985.
186 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0722156294 "The Nazi campaign against the might of Soviet Russia was on a scale that befitted so vast a country. There was no fixed front - attackers broke through, were repelled, suddenly found themselves cut off behind the enemy's forward surge. Those who fell in battle vanished swiftly from sight, shrouded in snow driven before the freezing East wind. Everywhere the hulks of blackened rusting vehicles stood isolated against the all-pervading whitenes s. Somewhere in that icebound wilderness were the survivors of the 320th Infantry Division, caught deep behind enemy lines as surely as any wolf in a hunter's trap. Casualties were high, supplies almost exhausted. The Germans needed every m a n t h e y could get - and so the men of Battle Group Peiper were despatched to rescue the 320th, before they in turn fell victim to the bitter vengeance of the Red Guard and the merciless savagery of the Russian winter...." Interior - very smal l li g ht f ox ing mark at bottom edge of first page and inside front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, faint crease on spine and also at bottom of front hinge. VG+
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29.95 USD
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Lucas, James. BATTLE GROUP! GERMAN KAMPFGRUPPEN ACTION OF WORLD WAR TWO.
Rigel, London, 2004, reprint.
192 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1898800081 B&w photographs, maps. "The German army in the Second World War sought to fight and win swift, decisive victories in a succession of short campaigns - blitzkrieg, or lightning war . Flexibility was as essential as the will to win. Battle groups - or shock troops - were created from miscellaneous, and often disparate, military units to undertake a specific local operation; it was the army's skill in combining superior numb e r s, aggressive tactics and the battle group commander's ability to exploit the changing situation on the ground which brought success on every battlefield. The actions described here by James Lucas, the military historian known for his close stu di es of the German soldier, cover all theatres of the war, and include battle groups large and small, deployed usually to smash a breach in the enemy line or seal off an enemy penentration. Many of the accounts demonstrate the autonomy given to a co mma nder of relatively low rank and the use he made of his powers. The battle groups' contribution to Wehrmacht fortunes offers powerful lessons in the tactics of battle management." Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap -folds. Fine/Very Good+
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Lucas, James. GERMANY'S ELITE PANZER FORCE: GROSSDEUTSCHLAND.
Book Club Associates, London, (1979).
152 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, maps. "Grossdeutschland's historic rise from an Infantry Regiment to a Panzer Corp in six years with its consequent accretion in strength brought with it new military responsibil ities. The Regiment started life Changing the Guard in pre-war Berlin, was later engaged in hard and testing battles in the central and southern sectors of the Eastern Front and eventually became 'Fuhrer's fire brigade' - put in wherever the n e e d w as greatest: whether for rock-like and unyielding defence or berserker courage in attack..." Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, very light rubbing. VG+/VG
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Lucas, James. HITLER'S ENFORCERS: LEADERS OF THE GERMAN WAR MACHINE, 1933-1945.
Brockhampton, London, 1999.
240 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1860199925 B&w photographs. "Here (Lucas) selects fifteen leading players in Hitler's war effort; he describes their role and function in the German miltiary hierarchy and their input at strategic or battlefield level. The selected characters, Lucas suggests, had an extra dimension, an additional quality - administrative skill, the ability to motivate, great tactical awareness, originality of thought - which set them apart from others of equal rank. By learning more about those who directed the German war effort we come to a greater knowledge of what made World War Two such an awesome conflict." Minor rubbing to boards. dust jacket has some minor edge wrinkling. Near F ine/Near Fine
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Lucas, James. HITLER'S MOUNTAIN TROOPS: FIGHTING AT THE EXTREMES.
Cassell, London, 1999, reprint.
224 pp, 7 3/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0304352047 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "These were Hitler's tough men, ready for battle whatever the conditions - Mountain men, trained to ski, climb and endurance march - Combat and survial in appalling conditions - Their role as crack shock troops - Heroism and sacrifice, from France to Russia, Norway to Crete." Inside - minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor browning to edges of t e xt block, corner crease on front cover. Very Good
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Lucas, James. Foreword by the Rt Hon Sir Bernard Braine. LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH: THE COLLAPSE OF NAZI GERMANY, MAY 1945.
William Morrow, New York, 1986, first American edition.
255 pp, large 8vo (9 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0688066380 "Buttressed by more than 100 maps and photographs, (this) is the first account of the fall of the Third Reich and what happened to its soldiers as the nations that had been f orcibly made a part of Hitler's satanic empire exacted their retribution. Here are the stories of quite ordinary people over whom there swept a destructive war and who have not forgotten those events although they occurred more than forty years a g o . There are not merely the stories of what happened to the Germans - who had made the mistake of starting a war and then losing it - but also the first-person recollections of people of other nations. On the Eastern Front, the fighting had t ak en o n a dreadful, bitter aspect early on: Three years of intensive, epic conflict in which each side had seemingly tried to outdo the other in atrocity and terror had not prepared the ground for peace and reconciliation. In Germany, propaganda pr edi cti ons of the horrors and brutalities of the Red Army were to prove all too true. The brutality of the Nazis would be fully paralleled by that of the conqueror. For the governors of Hitler's empire, their families, wives and children, esc ape from the approaching apocalypse meant running the gauntlet of now-confident partisans on the road to safety. But fear of reprisals was not confined to the vanquished. Exiles from Russia, anti-Communists, deserters, even ex-prisoners of war, knew well what hard fate awaited them in the cold heart of Russia....This compelling account fully captures the tension, turmoil and tragedy of the last days of the Third Reich." Book slightly cocked, tiny dint on top edge of front board very li ght b rownin g to e dges of text block. Dust jacket has light rubbing, minor edge wrinkling, slight browning. Very Good/Very Good
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McLaughlin, Kenneth & Cornell, Paul G., eds. (James A. Eadie, Hilary Bates Neary, Richard Lucas, Michael Bird.) ONTARIO HISTORY. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME LXVIII. NUMBER 4. DECEMBER 1976.
Ontario Historical Society, Toronto, 1976.
Paging runs 209 - 272, 9 15/16" H, soft cover. Contents: The Napanee Mechanics' Institutes: the nineteenth century Ontario Mechanics' Institute movement in microcosm; Book Notes; The conflict over public power in Hamilton, Ontario, 1906-1914; Ont ario fraktur art, a decorative tradition in three Germanic settlements; Our Contributors. Interior - faint erased old pencilled price on first page, small corner crease at top of last two pages, minor soiling mark on page 241, otherwise clean a n d t ight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to edges of textblock, covers and on spine; very light rubbing, small corner crease on rear cover, light edge wear on spine, a few small light stains on covers, slight bump to b ot to m o f spine - small tear at bottom of rear hinge (archivally taped), 2" crease on front cover. Good
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Douglas-Hamilton, James. Introduction by Laddie Lucas. THE AIR BATTLE FOR MALTA: THE DIARIES OF A FIGHTER PILOT.
Wrens Park, n.p., 2000, reprint.
150 pp, large 8vo (9 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0905778456 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "For both the Axis and Allied Powers, Malta was a vital key to victory - not only in the Mediterranean, but in North Africa and the Middle East as well. In this new edition of his highly-praised book....(the author) provides one of the most intriguing and realistic accounts of the struggle for possession of the island, a fight to the death which lasted two-and-a-half y e a r s , during which time 14,000 tons of bombs were dropped on a defiant population. The book is largely based on the diaries of Lord David Douglas-Hamiton, the author's uncle, who was sent out to Malta as a Spitfire Squadron Leader at a time wh en t he i sl and was sustaining heavier bombing than London at the height of the Blitz, and the Axis forces were preparing for invasion. The author's scrupulous research, combined with his uncle's uniquely authoritative viewpoint, vividly recreat es the pe rio d, the comradeship and the grimness of life on the beleaguered island. The air battle, which was the second largest of the entire war, involved some of the most famous fighter aces of World War II, including 'Screwball' Beurling and Lad die Luca s. The y all played a vital part in what proved to be one of the greatest defensive and strategic operations of all time, and their exploits, along with those of many others, are recorded here, a reminder of their indomitable spirit in the face of a ppa llin g odds." Minor bump at top of spine. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top of spine, 1" line of very tiny indentations on front panel. Near Fine/Very Good+
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