66 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H), soft cover. ISBN: 1859150314. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. "For nearly forty years, since the immediate aftermath of Allied victory in May 1945, the British Army of the Rhine formed a major pillar of the NATO defences facing the Warsaw Pact. With a peak strength of nearly 60,000 men in four armoured and mechanised Divisions and many supporting Corps units, BAOR represented the greater part of the British Army's heavy war-fighting capacit y ; g e n erations of British Regulars and National Servicemen served in its ranks, and Territorials frequently transferred to West Germany to play their part in NATO exercises...Now, in a few short years, the Iron Curtain has fallen, the Soviet Bl oc h a s co ll apsed, and Germany is reunited. In a world still dangerous but less predictable, the British Army is reshaping its capability in Europe. As BAOR gives place at last to the new British-led Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, a German photo -jo urn al is t r eco rds, in 120 colour photos, the last days of this historic Army, its units, men and equipment." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. NF

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