Battle Aachen

Werstein, Irving: Battle of Aachen, NY THOMAS Y CROWELL 1962
ISBN: LC 62=-16551 Very Good X/ATB

C-0001; BOX C-00109; ATB; 146 pp; maps; aex library; the author re-creates for the reader the five blood,hell & fire of the battle for aachen, germany; the gateway to the "fatherland"; the heroism and the errors on both sides give the reader a vignette of how life really was for the ground pounders and tankers of the u s army in ww 2 NOT SIGNED First PRINTING Good Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Private Press

[SW: MILITARY; U S ARMY; WW2; GERMANY; AACHEN; BATTLE FOR AACHENPARIS, FRANCE 1890'S WWII]

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This Film IS RESTRICTED - WORLD WAR II SECRETS' REVEALED - Complete 7 Videos Boxed Program, Marathon Music & Video
ISBN: 1576222721 New

<strong><center><Font color=navyRunning time for all 7 VCR tapes (the are all boxed and in an outer box) approximately 6-1/2 hours. - black & white. <P> This set contains formerly classified U.S. government films of combat footage and other operations by the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II, originally produced for the information of commanding generals and their immediate staff between 1940 and 1945 as: <UL><LI> Combat Bulletin: military operations on all fronts, U.S. Army Pictorial Service. 1997. </LI></UL> <P> <UL><LI>World War II "Secrets" Revealed: Volume 1. Film subjects: Building pillboxes in Italy, operations at Los Negros, Phillipines, embarkation for Anzio, captured enemy tanks and landmines, the work of infantrymen, and beachhead operations. Contents: Battle of Cassino -- Japs and jungle (Philippines) -- Stop that tank (captured Japanese tanks) -- B29 bombers -- In the South Pacific -- New land mine problem -- Modern day specialists (Infantrymen) -- Beachhead operations (Europe). 62 min. <LI> Volume 2. Film subjects: Combat footage and support services of Allied forces in France, Burma, the Pacific Islands, Italy, New Guinea, and Belgium. Contents: Invasion of Southern France -- Operations in Northern France -- Operations in Burma -- Japanese Attack on U.S. Task Force (Pacific Area) -- Progress in Southern France -- Activities in Italy -- Bridge over Salween River (Burma) -- Cleanup in New Guinea, France, Belgium and others. 58 min. <LI> World War II "Secrets" Revealed: Volume 3. Film subjects: Siegfried Line, Rhine Bridge seized, Battle for Lorraine, the "Gothic Line" cracked, the Pacific War steps up, aerial bombing of German ships in the Channel, ordnance, support services, and Toulon Harbor installations. Contents: Mediterranean 5th Army pierces Gothic Line -- German Installations -- Invasion of Marotai Island -- B29s in operation -- Allies capture more French ports -- Allied Armies drive on Germany -- Channel coast activities (Allied aerial attacks on German ships) -- Ordnance repairs -- German frontline operations -- Additional film airborne operations -- Toulon harbor installations. 46 min. <LI> Volume 4. Film subjects: Yanks in Germany, the Third and Seventh Army meet, the British take Antwerp, buzz bombs halted, Nazis give up, Glider pick-ups, the liberation of Greece, and other activities in the European Theater. Contents: Operations in France (Brest) -- 20,000 Germans surrender -- New flying bomb launching sites -- Allies move on Germany -- Nazis surrender -- Airborne operations -- Activities in European Theater of operations -- Glider pick-up at Eindhoven (Netherlands) -- Air Force fighter kills -- Liberation of Greece. 45 min. <LI> Volume 5.: Activities in the European theater of operations including front line steel production, bombed Belgium rail networks, the 1st and 9th Armies in Europe, the Italian front, Aachen, Vosges and Warsaw fighting, and on the Asian front training in jungle fighting and survival, activities in the Philippines in Ormoc and Manila Bay and operations in Burma. Contents: Activities in European theater: RAF sinks Tirpitz -- Front line steel production -- Bombed Belgium rail networks -- Allied armies face rain and snow -- Rain slows Allied armies -- Burma operations: building a board road -- Activities in European theater: Aachen front -- Vosges Mountain front -- Snapshooting course for jungle fighters -- Italian front -- Fighting in Warsaw suburbs -- School for jungle life (Burma) -- 509th and 1st Armies drive closer -- Pacific Island icebox -- Activities in the Philippines: Advance toward Ormoc Road -- Carrier strikes in Ormoc and Manila Bay. <LI> : Volume 6: The 9th Army in Germany, fighting in Antwerp, Malaria control in Corsica, B-29 and Black Widow bombers, operations in the Philippine Islands, the Mediterranean, Burma, the European theater and one seized German film on work mobilization in Germany. Contents: Activities in the European theater: 9th Army front -- Port of Antwerp -- 8th Airforce fighter kills -- Malaria control in Corsica -- B-29 crash in China -- Jap phosphorous bombs -- Capture Bhamo, Burma road link -- Japs raid Saipan B-29 base -- GI's get whole blood from states -- Black Widow bomber and "Jato" -- Activities in Burma -- Activities in China: Liuchow -- Operations in the Philippine Islands: Ormoc landings -- Troops land in Mindoro -- Mediterranean activities in Italy -- Seized German film on work mobilization -- First phase of German counter offensive.<LI> Volume 7: War footage in the Philippine Islands, Burma, France, Germany, Japan, Belgium and Italy. Also includes the air ferry route to Siberia, the Bailey assault bridge, captured Nazi films of action in the Baltic Coast area, and the meeting of Allied leaders in Malta and Yalta. Contents: Activities on Mindoro and Layte -- Air ferry route to Siberia -- Advance in Burma -- Nazi version of action in the East (Baltic Coast) -- Nazi factories in Paris subway -- Duran counter offensive -- Bomb damage in Strasbourg -- Additional films of Battle of the Bulge -- Meeting of Allied leaders (Malta and Yalta) -- Nazi shipping attacked along Norwegian Coast -- New aircrew oxygen problems -- St. Nazaire truce for civilian evacuation -- Capture of St. Vith -- Boots improved to fight trench foot -- Cub planes in snow -- Bailey assault bridge -- Activities in Burma -- Army-Navy planes hit Japanese installations -- Operations in the Philippines. </LI></UL> </strong> </center> </Font color=navy> VCR Program Boxed out of Print

[SW: VCR WWII secrets Military Nazi Japanese]

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Bookman, John T & Powers, Stephen T. THE MARCH TO VICTORY: A Guide to World War II Battles and Battlefields from London to the Rhine. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN: 0-06-0960531
1st ed -

First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A well-illustrated book describing the World War II campaigns and battles in Northwestern Europe that led to the ultimate Allied victory. Features detailed battlefield tours, identifies relics, and locates monuments and museums that are of interest to visitors in England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. The campaigns, battles and battlefields covered include the Battle of Normandy, the Normandy breakout, including battles at Caen, St.-Lo, Mortain and Falaise, Operation Market-Garden, The Battle of the Bulge, including the defence of Bastogne, the final drives through the West Wall to the Rhine, including the battles for Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, the Lorraine campaign and the Rhine crossings and more. Detailed maps and photographs. Index. 340 pp. ISBN: Near fine.

[SW: world war ii, Battle of Normandy, Normandy breakout, Caen, St.-Lo, Mortain and Falaise, Operation Market-Garden, The Battle of the Bulge, battle for Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, the Lorraine campaign , the Rhine crossings]

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Whiting, Charles: Bloody Aachen, London corgi/Transworld Pub 1976
Very Good

Very Good 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. VERY GOOD mass market paperback, binding tight, interior pages clean, store stamp on first ep., covers shiny, bright. Non-fiction war story of the battle of Aachen in Germany, 1944. 159 pgs. MI614525. 1st Edition Unknown Mass Market Paperback

[SW: WW II, Germany, War Non-Fiction, Battle of Aachen]

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