WINGS OF PEGASUS-WWII BRITISH GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT

The Wings of Pegasus by George Chatterton. Battery Press reprint edition:1984. 282 pages. 25 photos/drawings. 13 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2×8 ISBN: 060-5 Summary:This is a reprint of the well written and detailed operational history of the British Glider Pilot Regiment, which saw action in most of the British Airborne operations during WW 2. This is the story of a force unique in military history, told by the man who founded, trained and led it. The men of the Glider Pilot Regiment not only had to be skilled pilots-men of the Glider Pilot Regiment also had to be tough, skilled fighters, able to operate at high speed, often behind the enemy lines, side by side with the units they transported. In all, they landed sortie 2,000 gliders-in Sicily, Normandy and the South of France, at Arnhem and on the Rhine. They carried guns, jeeps, tanks and infantry and suffered 1,500 casualties -a high figure for such a comparatively small force. But this story did not end with World War II. The regiment flew liaison aircraft and helicopters in Korea and Malaya before it was absorbed into the Army Air Corps where it’s traditions continue to flourish.

MILITARY OPERATIONS, FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1917 VOL III (CAMBRAI)

Offered is Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1917 Volume III by Captain Wilfrid Miles. Battery Press reprint edition:1991 432 pages. 1 photos/drawings. 24 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ hardcover ISBN: 162-8 Summary:This is a volume in the British official history set for ground operations in World War II. Published in 1949, this volume covers November & December of 1917 which involved the first great tank battle of CAMBRAI during the British offensive conducted by the Third Aremy under Sir Julian Byng. Photo illustrates presentation of the set.

MILITARY OPERATIONS, FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1917 VOL II (PASSCHENDAELE

Offered is Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917 Volume II by Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. Battery Press reprint edition:1991 576 pages. 8 photos/drawings. 28 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ ISBN: 166-0 Summary:Originally published in 1949 as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I, this volume details the two Flanders offensives of 1917, – the ‘Battle of Messines’ and the ‘Battle of Ypres’ ( better known as Passchendaele). The first was a success and the second the point of a continuing controversy regarding its failure and heavy losses.

MILITARY OPERATIONS, FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1917 VOL II (PASSCHENDAELE

Offered is Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917 Volume II by Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. Battery Press reprint edition:1991 576 pages. 8 photos/drawings. 28 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ ISBN: 166-0 Summary:Originally published in 1949 as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I, this volume details the two Flanders offensives of 1917, – the ‘Battle of Messines’ and the ‘Battle of Ypres’ ( better known as Passchendaele). The first was a success and the second the point of a continuing controversy regarding its failure and heavy losses.

MILITARY OPERATIONS, FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1917 VOL II (PASSCHENDAELE

Offered is Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917 Volume II by Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. Battery Press reprint edition:1991 576 pages. 8 photos/drawings. 28 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ ISBN: 166-0 Summary:Originally published in 1949 as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I, this volume details the two Flanders offensives of 1917, – the ‘Battle of Messines’ and the ‘Battle of Ypres’ ( better known as Passchendaele). The first was a success and the second the point of a continuing controversy regarding its failure and heavy losses.

MILITARY OPERATIONS, FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1918 VOLUME V

Offered is Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918 Volume V by Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. Battery Press reprint edition:1993 760 pages. 42 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ y 8 1/2″ hardcover ISBN: 192-X Summary:Originally published in 1947 as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I, this volume chronicles the final operations of the war from 26 Sept. to 11 Nov. 1918. Included are the battles of the final advance to victory incl the breaking of the Hindenburg line, Ypres 1918, Canal de Nord, St. Quentin canal, Cambrai 1918, pursuit to the Selle, Courtrai, Sambre, Schelde and more.

MEDICAL SERVICES: CASUALTIES AND MEDICAL STATISTICS – WWI OFFICIAL HISTORY

Medical Services: Casualties and Medical Statistics by Major T. J. Smith. Battery Press reprint edition. Publication Date:1997 402 pages. 4 photos/drawings. 0 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ hardcover Summary:A reprint of this very scarce British Official History of WW I in their Medical series. It is of immense value to the military historian as it is a massive compilation of statistics on casualties to British forces in every theater of the war. Numbers of losses, wounded and sick, along with numbers afflicted under each disease and cause. 1997 r/p of 1931 ed