Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Heimdal, Bayeux, France. 2008. 160 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. It is the first book ever devoted to the photographs of outstanding war reporter SS P. K. Roth. Although he died in March 1943, Roth left more than 120 rolls of film that give historians and history lovers a precious account of the war. This album contains pictures Franz (Seranhicus) Roth (1911-1943) took of the "Leibstandarte", especially in the Balkans at the beginning of 1941, during the "Barbarossa" operation, the Russian campaign in 1941-1942, and in France in 1942, before the transfer to the front near Kharkov. The book is a photo album with bilingual captions. ; 215 X 15 X 305 millimeters; 160 pages.
Anbieter: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Heimdal, Bayeux, France, 1993. 544 pgs. Text in French. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text has highlighting present to the maps. Binding tight and solid. A huge, extraordinarily illustrated, volume on the period from the initial planning for Operation Overlord to its execution on the beaches of Normandy on D Day. An excellent narrative covers all the issues surrounding the planned invasion, what actually happened and why. In addition there are some truly wonderful photos of some of the specialist equipment used in the landings, including some great sequences of some of the "Hobarts Funnies". ; 8.25 X 1.5 X 11.5 inches; 544 pages.