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ROGERS, DUNCAN and WILLIAMS,SARAH - Edited by: : ON THE BLOODY ROAD TO BERLIN - Frontline Accounts from North-West Europe and the Eastern Front 1944-45.RONTLINE ACCOUNTS FROM

UK.SOLIHULL,WEST MIDLANDS.HELION & COMPANY LIMITED,2005.

ISBN 1874622086

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn present per se,but a narrow,small rectangular corner tip cut-out to front free endpaper - possible previous owner's name removed(?) and no price clip or removal - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,monochrome+sepia photographic front panel of dw/dj with orange,white+yellow lettering,yellow+white lettered spine/ backstrip which is partially sunned/faded vertically,rear panel wih 10 montage'd monochrome+sepia witnesses' portrait photographs; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present; small indents with some minimal,partial penetration to board beneath to front panel and 3 small indents - only one of which minimally affects the board beneath to rear panel too.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners though an accidental but uniform corner tips crease decreasing in degree,to pp195-252 inclusive.The indents, the sunning to spine and the accidental corner tips creases,are really the only noticeable faults - described honestly and fairly but stiil nowhere as bad as it may sound or read! Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-281pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with list of b/w maps to its reverse,acknowledgements,Editors' Introduction,11 eye witnesses' accounts,a Timeline,a Glossary,Pts I-VIII(8),b/w contemporary portrait photographs,b/w maps and other b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,Further reading and an index.Plus [unpaginated] note on Editors,half-title+title pages,a timeline,a glossary,further reading and Pts individual separator pages,4pp blanks at rear,along with b/w illustrated publisher's advert for their other titles. What was it like to drive a Sherman tank into the offensive against Budapest,to lead your platoon through the hell of the Normandy bocage or to face the might of the Red Army in the suburbs of Berlin? 'On the Bloody Road to Berlin' puts you in the front-line of the titanic struggles fought in North-West Europe and on the Eastern Front between June 1944 and May 1945.Follow the course of these campaigns through the eyes of a small number of British,American,Russian and German soldiers. Although the editors provide the necessary background information on a strategic and tactical level,the great majority of this book consists of outstanding first-person narratives of the bitter fighting on the road to Berlin. Eyewitnesses include troops from the British infantry,tank and airborne forces, US infantry,Russian infantry,tank and artillery units,and German infantry and Waffen-SS.Events narrated include the taking of Pegasus Bridge,vicious fighting in Normandy,Operation Bagration,Arnhem, the Ardennes and Alsace,the massive Vistula-Oder offensive in the East and the final battles in Vienna and Berlin. If you ever wanted to know what it felt like to be involved at the sharp end of these battles then look no further than 'On the Bloody Road to Berlin'! This extraordinary book features the eyewitness narratives of a small number of Allied and German soldiers relating their experiences of the North-West European and Eastern Front campaigns,June 1944-May 1945.Only a small number of eyewitnesses have been used,thus allowing the reader to thoroughly acquaint themselves with each individual's story.Features rare photos and specially commissioned maps and includes previously unpublished accounts, including the fascinating story of female Russian scout on the Eastern Front and a US infantry officer from the 1st 'Big Red One' Infantry Division. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or postage FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p FREE. Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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