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It includes the latest information on ‘Enemy Methods’, including Japanese tactics, weapons, strongpoints, battlefield operations, machine gun posts, bunkers, road blocks, patrols, night attacks, airfield and anti-aircraft defences, and methods of attack and defence. There are also detailed accounts and maps of recent battles and actions in the South West Pacific, and excellent diagrams of machine gun posts, bunkers and strongpoints. With descriptions and aerial photographs of the Burmese landscape, ‘the country you may fight in’, this handbook would undoubtedly have been very useful for allied troops fighting in the jungle campaigns in Burma and the Far East. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. The card cover is in good condition, with signs of use, creases, and some marks. The stapled binding is secure: the original staples had rusted away and have been replaced. The text and illustrations are in very good condition with just some rust marks near the staples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: May 1943\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with diagrams and maps \u003cbr\u003eRed card covers with black titling\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 160mm x 240mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 64\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33508198792,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/Japanese_Battle2_-_1.jpg?v=1493812015"},{"product_id":"air-ministry-secret-radar-manual-1944","title":"Air Ministry Secret Radar Manual (1944)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORE RADAR SERVICES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eA Summary of Operational, Technical\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eand General Data\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ePREPARED BY DIRECTION OF THE RADAR BOARD\u003cbr\u003eFOR INTER-SERVICES USE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAIR MINISTRY,  October 1944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eAn extremely rare confidential WW2 Air Ministry Radar manual, published in October 1944. The book is a detailed and very well illustrated summary of information about the various types of A.M.E.S. (Air Ministry Experimental Stations) land based and mobile radar equipment in use by British armed forces in 1944. AMES was originally the name given to the Air Ministry's development team at Bawdsey Manor immediately before the outbreak of WW2. The AMES acronym became the basis for naming RAF radar systems throughout the war. This manual includes details of the many AMES Types, from 5 MK II to 57, as well as Anti-Aircraft and Coastal Artillery Radar equipment. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eIt was clearly an important and top secret document at the time, and is marked 'Restricted', and 'Confidential', with additional warnings relating to the Official Secrets Act on the front cover. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs, this book would be an invaluable resource and reference work for anyone interested in British radar operations and equipment during WW2.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"\u003eIn very good condition. The cover is in very good condition, with a few marks. The lace fastened binding is secure and in good condition. The text, diagrams and photographs are in very good condition. With 'Air ministry' 'Imperial War Museum - Withdrawn', 'Whitehall', and Air Ministry Library stamps, and the remains of a 'Restricted' label on the cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%; font-size: inherit;\"\u003ePublished: 1944\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eIllustrated with photographs \u0026amp; diagrams \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eKhaki binder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e with black titling\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eDimensions: 190mm 260mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ePages: 150 (approx)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33987437192,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/Radar_-_32.jpg?v=1499204115"},{"product_id":"war-office-interpretation-of-air-photographs-1942","title":"War Office Interpretation of Air Photographs 1942","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE INTERPRETATION \u003cbr\u003eOF AIR PHOTOGRAPHS 1942\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eG. 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First produced in 1942, this edition was published in October 1943. It was a restricted document, marked 'Not To Be Published', and intended for the use of the Infantry, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Military Intelligence and various training and O.C.T.U. units. The manual is a comprehensive and very useful guide to all aspects of aerial photographic interpretation, covering the various types of aerial photographs, the interpretation of RAF reconnaissance photographs, the equipment used to interpret images, the identification of enemy vehicles, strongpoints, fortifications, weapons, and battlefield deployment. The manual is very well illustrated with diagrams and numerous photographic plates, including photographs of enemy positions, industrial areas, vehicles, shipping, weapons, bombing damage, ant-aircraft batteries, airfields, invasion barges and even the concentration camp at Dachau.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn very good condition. The card cover is in good condition with minor signs of wear. The pages are securely held in place by the original lace fastening. The text is in good condition, with some age toning. Originally there would have been 138 plates, but eight have been removed (No. 3-8, and No. 62-3). 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BLACK,  London, 1899\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe 1899 edition of \u003cem\u003eA British Rifle Man\u003c\/em\u003e by Major George Simmons is a vivd and fascinating account of the life of an officer in the Rifle Brigade during the Peninsular War. Beautifully produced, with a highly decorative gilt illustrated cover, it is a very interesting book in its own right. But it's associations are what make it particularly special.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is introduced by \u003cstrong\u003eLt-Colonel Willoughby Verner\u003c\/strong\u003e, soldier, author and inventor, best know for his Verner's Pattern service compasses. These were standard issue in  the British army from before WW1 to the late 1930's. There is also a bookplate showing  that the book originally came from the library of \u003cstrong\u003eGerald and Carola Lenanton\u003c\/strong\u003e of Bride Hall, near Ayot St. Lawrence in Hertfordshire. Carola was a very well known author and historical novelist, while Gerald was the director of Britain's timber production during WW2. Their home, Bride Hall, is now best known for its wartime role as \u003cstrong\u003eSOE's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'Station VI'\u003c\/strong\u003e, a top secret experimental weapons establishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMajor George Simmons (1785–1858):\u003c\/strong\u003e  was a British Army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars and was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo while serving with the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles). During the Peninsular War he was wounded at the Combat of the Coa in 1810, he was present at Pombal (1811), Fuentes de Onoro (1811), Cuidad Rodrigo (1812), Badajoz (1812), Salamanca (1812), Vitoria (1813), Nivelle (1813), Orthes (1814) and Tarbes, where he was once again severely wounded. At Waterloo the 1st\/95th were engaged at Quatre Bras on 16\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJune 1815, ″Until dark we had very sharp fighting″. During the battle he was shot through the liver, had two ribs broken and took a bullet in the chest.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalton1904200_4-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Simmons#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalton1904200-4\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eHis watch stopped at 4 pm, the time that he was hit. Simmons was evacuated to Brussels where he remained convalescing for several weeks. In October he was well enough to travel back to England, and was sufficiently recovered from his severe wounds to rejoin his regiment on 1st January 1816. He served with the British army of occupation in France for nearly three years, returning to England with the 1st Battalion in November 1818. Simmons retired from the army in 1845, a Battalion Major, after thirty-six years' service, and died in Jersey on 5\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMarch 1858.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLt-Colonel William Willoughby Cole Verner (1852-1922)\u003c\/strong\u003e served on the staff in the Egyptian campaign of 1884-85 and during the Boer War. He retired as a Lt-Colonel in May 1904. He is probably best known today for his compass designs. The earliest Verner designs were simple pocket compasses, with the various models of the Service Pattern, MK III to MK VII, appearing between c.1900-1918. His prismatic service compasses were essentially a development of the Schmalcalder patent design of the early 19th century, but they remained the standard service compass of the British Army until the start of WW2. As well as designing compasses, Verner was a prolific author, military historian, and chronicler of the Rifle Brigade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarola Oman (Lenanton)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(1897–1978)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English historical novelist, biographer and children's writer, best known for her retelling of the Robin Hood legend and a 1946 biography of Lord Nelson. Carola was born on 11 May 1897, the second of three children of the military historian Sir Charles Oman (1860–1946) of All Souls. As a child she wrote several plays that were performed by friends. The family moved in 1908 into Frewin Hall, now part of Brasenose College, Oxford. She was married on 26 April 1922 to \u003cstrong\u003eGerald Foy Ray Lenanton (1896–1952)\u003c\/strong\u003e, son of a timber agent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarola's war work as a probationary VAD nurse in Oxford, Dorset, London and France provided the inspiration for poems that were published in \u003ci\u003eThe Menin Road and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1919). Her poems also appeared in the 1931 edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Bookman Treasury of Living Poets. \u003c\/i\u003eSome of her work in the 1920s and 1930s appeared initially under her married name. Gerald Lenanton was knighted in 1946 after serving as director of home timber production in World War II. They lived at \u003cstrong\u003eBride Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Jacobean mansion in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, which became the SOE top secret weapons research establshhment, 'Station VI' during WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carola_Oman#cite_note-14\"\u003eCarola produced over 30 books of fiction, history and biography for adults and children, including \u003cem\u003eHenrietta Maria \u003c\/em\u003e(1936)\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter Queen\u003c\/i\u003e in 1938, and her authoritative prize-winning biography of Nelson in 1946. Carola Oman's 1953 biography of Peninsular War general \u003cem\u003eSir John Moore\u003c\/em\u003e won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in that year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eS.O.E. Station VI, Bride Hall: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) was established in July 1940, intended, in Churchill's words, to “set Europe ablaze”. Placed under the control of the Minister of Economic Warfare, SOE’s purpose was to damage the Axis war effort by helping to create and sustain resistance groups and to disrupt the enemies’ war effort, at first in occupied Europe and later in Asia. This would be achieved by supporting indigenous guerillas or through the use of trained and specially equipped agents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy-paste-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to its supply and coordination role, SOE made a significant contribution to major military operations. These included: Operation Gunnerside, the attack on the German heavy water facility in Norway; Operation Harling, the destruction of the Gorgopotamos viaduct in Greece; and Operation Jaywalk, the sinking of 30,000 tons of Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour. A large and highly efficient infrastructure supported SOE’s work in enemy territory, with scientists and technicians designing and developing a wide range of specialist equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"injection\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nSOE’s research effort into weapons and devices and their manufacture was managed under the cover name of the \u003cstrong\u003eInter Services Research Bureau (ISRB)\u003c\/strong\u003e, which operated several workshops and laboratories throughout Britain. The Research and Development department, Station XII, was based in Aston House near Stevenage. In addition, there was an experimental  weapons section at \u003cstrong\u003eBride Hall,\u003c\/strong\u003e another country house in Hertfordshire, known as '\u003cstrong\u003eStation VI\u003c\/strong\u003e' which, among other assignments, was tasked with gathering weapons. 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It includes an original, handwritten poem, added to the blank notes pages by an RAF gunner. This book was specifically intended for the use of Allied Air Gunners, and was concerned with how to deal with attacks by enemy fighters. It would have been very useful for all front, mid-upper and rear gunners in understanding the best way to counteract fighter attacks. The manual covers the theory and practice of making sure the bomber’s defensive fire would hit the mark, looking at various methods of allowing for deflection and the relative closing speeds of both aircraft. All the various attacks are dealt with: head on, side, rear, above and below. Very well illustrated and clearly written, this would have been an essential bit of kit for all Allied Air Gunners. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book comes with an original poem, written in pencil on the notes pages at the rear. The author appears to be an RAF air gunner, ‘Sgt Oaks’, who describes shooting down a ‘dammed hun’:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Down he goes in Smoke,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo the Devil,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI hope he Chokes’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003cem\u003eI have found details of one RAF airman who might possibly be the same Sergeant Oaks\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eTrevor Walter Oaks\u003c\/strong\u003e volunteered for aircrew duties in October 1939 and began training as an air gunner. In March 1940 he remustered as an Airman u\/t Observer. Oaks underwent training at the Air Gunners and Observers School, Ohakea, New Zealand, and was awarded his observer badge and promoted to Sergeant on 28th May. He sailed for the UK on 7th June in the RMS Rangitata. 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Specially adapted unarmed Spitfires, with a maximum speed of 396 mph at 30,000 feet, were used for these photo-reconnaissance missions. The aircraft were fitted with five cameras which were heated to ensure good results. Of particular significance in the success of the work of Medmenham was the use of stereoscopic images. Major operations made possible by the work at Medmanham included the attack on the V-2 rocket development plant at Peenemünde in August 1943. Later raids were also carried out against potential launch sites at Wizernes and 96 other launch sites in Northern France. Medmanham's greatest operational success came in December 1943, when \"Operation Crossbow” destroyed the V-1 infrastructure in Northern France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. The card cover has minor signs of wear, and a few marks. The stapled binding is good and secure, although the original staples are rusty. 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A massive, large-format, volume (weighing around 3kg), this is an operational manual which includes details of virtually every military, industrial and strategic target in Germany. Divided into alphabetically arranged sections, the entries include operational numbers, locations, target names, areas, and Air Ministry codes for every target. Targets covered include oil refineries, power stations, dams, chemical works, munitions and explosives factories, naval armaments, naval bases, army bases, airfields, aircraft factories, mines, steel works, railways, and everything else that could be relevant to the German war effort. 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Very few copies are likely to have survived outside museum collections. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003et was clearly a very important and sensitive document at the time, and the cover is marked with additional warnings relating to penalties under the Official Secrets Act. A unique insight into the operational workings of Bomber Command during WW2, this book would be an invaluable resource and reference work for anyone interested in the bomber offensive against Germany during the Second World War.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"\u003eIn good condition. 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Fleet Commander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFacing defeat in 1945, \u003cstrong\u003eAdolf Hitler\u003c\/strong\u003e ordered that every official military document should be destroyed. Admiral Karl Donitz, then supreme commander-in-chief of the Navy, felt differently. He believed the German Navy had waged an honourable war, and that posterity would agree with his judgement. As a result, the Naval records were not destroyed and fell into Allied hands. Were it not for Donitz’s fateful decision, these remarkable documents would not exist. \u003cem\u003eFuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs 1941\u003c\/em\u003e is a first-hand account of Hitler s meetings with his Navy commander-in-chief, \u003cstrong\u003eGrand Admiral Erich Raeder\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a handful of other high-ranking officers. Such was the nature of these meetings that even secretaries were excluded, and both Raeder (and later Donitz) personally checked the typescripts of the meeting-notes before approving them. 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This was a restricted document with a very limited circulation, each copy being individually numbered. This is copy number 41. The introduction states that 'This report, with its appendices, covers the operations by the R.A.F. in the Western Desert and the Eastern Mediterranean area from 18th November 1941, when the “Crusader” Campaign opened, to 19th May 1942, the eve of the Battle for Egypt . . . the report is purely factual. Its object is to record operations carried out. No attempt has, therefore, been made to comment on the strategical significance of these operations or on lessons learned from the campaigns.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe report includes a great deal of fascinating information relating to RAF operations from 1941-1942 in the Western Desert, Crete, and Malta, as well as anti-submarine actions, airfield attacks, and special operations. There are accounts of individual actions, bombing raids, attacks on enemy airfields, casualties, fighter operations, dogfights, crashes, ‘friendly fire’ incidents, convoy escort work, attacks on U-boats, as well as reports on the progress of the campaigns. This is just one example of the many extraordinary exploits that are included within the report: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One pilot had an alarming experience. After shooting down a G.50, he was chased by several other G.50s and ME. 109s. At only 500 feet he was hit in the port wing by cannon shells which turned him upside down. He had barely righted his aircraft when it struck the ground on its belly, but bounced into the air again. 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The German commander, Lieutenant General Erwin Rommel, then ordered his armoured divisions to the Axis fortress positions on the Egyptian border, but failed to find the main body of the Allied infantry, which had bypassed the fortresses and headed for Tobruk. Rommel then had to withdraw from the frontier to Tobruk and achieved some tactical success in costly fighting. The need to preserve his remaining forces from destruction prompted Rommel to withdraw his army to the defensive line at Gazala, west of Tobruk, and then all the way back to El Agheila. This was the first British victory of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn very good condition. The boards are in very good condition. There are Imperial War Museum ‘Withdrawn’ ink stamps to the endpapers, and two IWM bookplates. The original card covers are in very good condition, with some signs of use and a few marks. 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This is one of the very few documents that can be directly attributed to M.I. 10, the shadowy British wartime intelligence department that specialised in enemy weapons. Unlike the celebrated M.I.5 and M.I.6, very little is known about M.I. 10 other than that it was involved in the technical analysis of weapons. After WW2 it was merged into M.I.6. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe foreword to this volume states that: \u003cstrong\u003e‘For any recipient officially requiring fuller information on any particular subject, the records available can be consulted through M.I.10, the War Office, up to the end of 1947. Therafter they will be disposed of.’\u003c\/strong\u003e Very few copies were produced, and hardly any will have survived outside the major museum collections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering the \u003cstrong\u003eMines, Mine Detectors, and Demolition Equipment\u003c\/strong\u003e of the German Army from 1939-1945, this is a massive, large-format, volume (weighing 2kg), which was issued in very small numbers soon after the end of the Second World War. This was the fifth volume in a series which covered all the weapons of the German Army in WW2 (other volumes dealt with artillery, infantry weapons, non-AFV vehicles, and Armoured Fighting Vehicles). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume includes a great deal of information in the form of detailed descriptions and assessments of all the various explosive devices and their components, technical details, plans, diagrams, line drawings and photographs. 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The book came from the Imperial War Museum Library collection with a label attached to the rear cover autographed by Spike Milligan: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Compliments of Spike Milligan’\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e Presumably the book was donated to the IWM at some time by Spike Milligan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpike Milligan (1918-2002): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTerence Alan Milligan KBE, known as Spike Milligan, was a British-Irish comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in India where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself \"Spike\" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003eDuring the Second World War Milligan served as a signaller in the 56th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery as Gunner Milligan, 954024. The unit was equipped with the obsolete First World War era BL 9.2-inch howitzer and based in Bexhill on the south coast of England. Milligan describes training with these guns in part two of \u003ci\u003eAdolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall\u003c\/i\u003e, claiming that, during training, gun crews resorted to shouting \"bang\" in unison as they had no shells with which to practise. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eThe unit was later re-equipped with the BL 7.2-inch howitzer and saw action as part of the First Army in the North African campaign and then in the succeeding Italian campaign. Milligan was appointed Lance Bombardier and was about to be promoted to Bombardier, when he was wounded in action at the Battle of Monte Cassino. Subsequently, hospitalised for a mortar wound to the right leg and shell shock, he was demoted by an unsympathetic commanding officer (identified in his war diaries as Major Evan \"Jumbo\" Jenkins) back to Gunner. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eAfter hospitalisation, Milligan drifted through a number of rear-echelon military jobs in Italy, eventually becoming a full-time entertainer. He played the guitar with a jazz and comedy group called The Bill Hall Trio, in concert parties for the troops. After being demobilised, Milligan remained in Italy playing with the trio but returned to Britain soon after. While he was with the Central Pool of Artists (a group he described as composed \"of bomb-happy squaddies\") he began to write parodies of their mainstream plays, which displayed many of the key elements of what would later become \u003ci\u003eThe Goon Show \u003c\/i\u003e(originally called Crazy People) with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eMilligan was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of \u003ci\u003eThe Goon Show\u003c\/i\u003e, performing a range of roles including the Eccles and Minnie Bannister characters. He was the earliest-born, longest-lived and last surviving member of the Goons. After \u003ci\u003eThe Goon Show \u003c\/i\u003eMilligan moved on to television with \u003ci\u003eQ5\u003c\/i\u003e, a surreal sketch show credited as a major influence on the members of \u003ci\u003eMonty Python's Flying Circus. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eMilligan wrote and edited many books, including \u003ci\u003ePuckoon\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) and a seven-volume autobiographical account of his time serving during the Second World War, beginning with \u003ci\u003eAdolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall \u003c\/i\u003e(1971). He also wrote comical verse, with much of his poetry written for children, including \u003ci\u003eSilly Verse for Kids\u003c\/i\u003e (1959).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003eIn good condition. The card cover is in good condition, with general signs of wear and use and a few marks. With Spike Milligan’s autographed label securely attached to the rear cover, \u003cb\u003e‘Compliments of Spike Milligan’\u003c\/b\u003e. The binding and hinges are good and secure. The text and illustrations are in good condition, with a few marks and some Imperial War Museum ‘Withdrawn’ ink stamps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit;\"\u003ePublished: July 1940\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003eKhaki card covers, red titling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003eIllustrated with diagrams and drawings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003eDimensions: 105mm x 135mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003ePages: 84\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31544274092171,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/Rifle_training_Spike_Milligan_-_2.jpg?v=1576746402"},{"product_id":"air-gunnery-air-ministry-manual-194x","title":"Air Gunnery and Air Fighting (1943)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTES ON AIR GUNNERY\u003cbr\u003eAND AIR FIGHTING\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWing Commander E. M. Donaldson, D.S.O.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSAAF Southeast Air Corps Training Centre, 1943\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Don't look now! But I think you're being followed. How many times have we been asked the same question - \"Please Sir, what do I do to get a 109 off my tail?\" As if we knew. The answer really is: 'Why did you let it get there anyway?\"' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very rare original WW2 Air Gunnery manual, published in 1943. Written by RAF Wing Commander E. M. Donaldson, a battle of Britain fighter ace, this is a detailed, practical guide to aerial gunnery and air combat for RAF and Allied air forces fighter pilots. It was produced while Donaldson was working with the USAAF as a senior instructor in air combat flying. The book includes instructions on fighter squadron deployment, escort of bombers, ground strafing, night operations, firepower, anti-aircraft fire, sighting, estimating range, angles of attack, and deflection shooting. The book also includes 'Sailor' Malan's famous 'Golden Rules' on air fighting, and much other very useful advice on all aspects of aerial combat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWing Commander Edward Mortlock Donaldson (1912-1992):\u003c\/strong\u003e was a WW2 RAF fighter Ace and former holder of the World Airspeed Record. He joined the RAF in 1931 and was posted to No.3 Squadron. In 1933 he won the RAF's Gunnery Trophy, known as the Brooke-Popham Air Firing Trophy, winning it again in 1934. In 1935 he became a member of the No. 3 Squadron aerobatic team of five Bulldogs,\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-RAFWeb_3-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Mortlock_Donaldson#cite_note-RAFWeb-3\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003ewhich he led in 1937 and 1938 at the International Zurich Rally. When the Second World War broke out Squadron Leader Donaldson was commanding No. 151 Squadron, flying the Hawker Hurricane. In their first engagement over France on 17th May 1940, 151 destroyed six enemy aircraft, Donaldson himself shooting down two enemy aircraft and damaging a third. The squadron shot down many more in the following months, including at the Battle of Dunkirk. On June 27th Donaldson was shot down by a Me 109. The combat lasted 15 minutes, with both aircraft twisting and turning to gain a firing position. During a head-on attack, Donaldson's Hurricane was hit and set alight when the petrol tank blew up. However, he managed to escape, taking to his parachute from round 800 feet. He was shot down again on July 12th by return fire from a Dornier 17. Two days later he shot down a Me 109, his last combat victory. For his leadership of the squadron and his personal tally of eleven kills, plus ten probable destructions, Donaldson was awarded the DSO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonaldson was then transferred to the gunnery instructor school. Posted to Canada, Donaldson wrote the RAF training manual \u003ci\u003eNotes on Air Gunnery and Air Fighting,\u003c\/i\u003e which after the United States entered the war, provided the basis for his instructional work in the USA with the USAAF. His book was an invaluable aid in the training of USAAF gunnery instructors. On his return to England in 1944, Donaldson converted to jet aircraft and commanded the first operational Glostor Meteor squadron, at RAF Colerne. In 1946 he broke the official world airspeed record in a Meteor, achieving a speed of 615.78mph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nIn good condition. The card cover is in fair to good condition, with general signs of wear and use, some creases, and some marks. There are a couple of large marks to the rear cover. The stapled binding is good and secure. The text is in very good condition with a few marks. Signed on the front cover by 'Willis R. Johnson, 1st Lt.'\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1943\u003cbr\u003eKhaki card cover\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with diagrams\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 135mm x 210mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32373389590667,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/Air_Gunnery_-_7.jpg?v=1582202314"},{"product_id":"map-and-compass-reading-1943","title":"Map and Compass Reading (1943)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMANUAL OF MAP AND COMPASS READING\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eW\/O A. H. Dickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e(Army Educational Corps)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eBERNARDS LTD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e London, 1943\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eA WW2 military map and compass navigation manual, published by Bernards Ltd in 1943. This book is a detailed practical guide to map reading and taking accurate compass bearings, including the use of the service prismatic compass and military protractor, with particular emphasis on the military application of these skills. The book is well illustrated with line drawings and diagrams. The cover illustration shows a serviceman map reading from the turret of an armoured vehicle passing a road sign marked 'Berlin 80km'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eCondition:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"\u003eIn good condition. The cover is in good condition, with general signs of use, some wear at the spine, and some marks. The stapled binding is secure, although the original staples are rusty. The text and illustrations are in good condition with some marks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%; font-size: inherit;\"\u003ePublished: 1943\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eIllustrated with line drawings and diagrams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eIllustrated card \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ecover\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eDimensions: 120mm x 175mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ePages: 64\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32438917070987,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/Map_and_compass_reading_-_1.jpg?v=1582293863"},{"product_id":"raf-notes-on-gunnery-1942","title":"RAF Notes on Gunnery (1942)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTES ON GUNNERY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWing Commander E. M. Donaldson, D.S.O.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSAAF Ground School, Luke Field, Arizona, 1942\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003e‘The essence of successful dog fighting is not to sit on a man’s tail indefinitely whatever the tactics or manoeuvres he carries out, but to come in behind him, open fire with your sights on, and just stay long enough to get a really good burst in.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eA very rare original WW2 Air Gunnery manual, undated, but published c.1942. This is a practical guide to aerial gunnery for RAF and USAAF air forces fighter pilots training in the USA from 1942-44. It was a restricted publication, with a limited circulation, produced at Luke Field, Arizona, with copies being individually numbered (this is No. 873). It was written by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003eWing Commander E. M. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003eTeddy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003e Donaldson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003e, a Hurricane pilot, commander of 151 squadron, and Battle of Britain fighter ace. The book is signed at the top of the front cover by Pilot Officer E. C. Bishop, an RAF pilot who was training in the USA in 1942. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eW\/Cdr Donaldson was sent to evaluate the training course at Luke Field, Arizona in 1942 and was not impressed with what he saw there. He described the training regime as ‘Impossibly bad’, with the air gunnery being especially poor. He soon set about reorganising the course and the staff, and as a result both the C.O. and the Director of Training were replaced. The introduction of \u003ci\u003eNotes on Gunnery\u003c\/i\u003e to the training syllabus was no doubt a response to the dire situation Donaldson had found when he arrived  at Luke Field.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 23.46666717529297px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eTeddy Donaldson had been sent to the USA in 1941 to instruct in aerial gunnery and combat flying techniques, and would go on to write the hugely influential air combat manual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eNotes on Air Gunnery and Air Fighting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003e (1943). A tough and uncompromising squadron leader, Donaldson took plenty of risks during the Battle of Britain, and expected his men to do the same: ‘If I thought it was rest a man needed, I’d give him a fortnight’s holiday. If I felt the war had really got to him, I’d get rid of him. There weren’t many of them. There was one chap who said one day “ I think I’d better stay down today because I’ve got double vision.” He was obviously fatigued; we all were, though we didn’t use that word for it then. I looked at him and his eyes really were pointing in different directions. I said “Look, the Germans don’t know you’ve got double vision so you’d better come with us. The Germans will see twelve Hurricanes, not eleven with one extra chap who can’t see straight.” Someone said, “You’re a shit, Sir.” But he survived. I saw him not long ago. . .' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes On Gunnery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e includes instructions on aiming off, sighting, estimating range, angles of attack, deflection shooting, combat formation flying, use of cannon, air fighting at operational altitudes, ground strafing, offensive sweeps, quick landings to refuel and rearm, gun sights, air defence, night operations, anti-aircraft defences, rules for pursuit pilots, and much other very useful advice on all aspects of aerial combat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWing Commander Edward Mortlock Donaldson D.S.O. (1912-1992)\u003c\/b\u003e: was a WW2 RAF fighter Ace and former holder of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px;\"\u003ethe World Airspeed Record. He joined the RAF in 1931 and was posted to No.3 Squadron. In 1933 he won the RAF's Gunnery Trophy, known as the Brooke-Popham Air Firing Trophy, winning it again in 1934. In 1935 he became a member of the No. 3 Squadron aerobatic team of five Bulldogs, which he led in 1937 and 1938 at the International Zurich Rally. When the Second World War broke out Squadron Leader Donaldson was commanding No. 151 Squadron, flying the Hawker Hurricane. In their first engagement over France on 17th May 1940, 151 destroyed six enemy aircraft, Donaldson himself shooting down two enemy aircraft and damaging a third. The squadron shot down many more in the following months, including at the Battle of Dunkirk. On June 27th Donaldson was shot down by a Me 109. The combat lasted 15 minutes, with both aircraft twisting and turning to gain a firing position. During a head-on attack, Donaldson's Hurricane was hit and set alight when the petrol tank blew up. However, he managed to escape, taking to his parachute from round 800 feet. He was shot down again on July 12th by return fire from a Dornier 17. Two days later he shot down a Me 109, his last combat victory. For his leadership of the squadron and his personal tally of eleven kills, plus ten probable destructions, Donaldson was awarded the DSO.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px;\"\u003eDonaldson was then transferred to the gunnery instructor school. Posted to Canada, Donaldson wrote the RAF training manual \u003ci\u003eNotes on Air Gunnery and Air Fighting\u003c\/i\u003e, which provided the basis for his instructional work in the USA with the USAAF. His book was an invaluable aid in the training of USAAF gunnery instructors. On his return to England in 1944, Donaldson converted to jet aircraft and commanded the first operational Glostor Meteor squadron, at RAF Colerne. In 1946 he broke the official world airspeed record in a Meteor, achieving a speed of 615.78mph. Teddy Donaldson’s life and career were the subject of the book \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRAF Top Gun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eby Nick Thomas (Pen \u0026amp; Sword, 2008). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eIn very good condition. 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This is a detailed guide for gunners using both heavy and light anti-aircraft weapons, including .303 and 0.5-inch machine guns and 20mm cannon. With sections on the cartwheel Sight, sighting, eyeshooting, recognition of enemy aircraft, the use of the various foresights and backsights, tracer, fire control fire, dive-bombing, speed of enemy aircraft, and much else a gunner would need to know about sighting for anti-aircraft fire. There are some excellent diagrams showing exactly how you should use the Cartwheel Sight to shoot down enemy aircraft. The booklet is well illustrated with diagrams, photographs and drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn very good condition. The card cover is in good condition, with only minor signs of use. The stapled binding is good and secure. The text and illustrations are in very good condition. With an ink signature on the front cover of 'Major P. D. H. 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The book is a well \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"\u003eillustrated\u003c\/span\u003e guide to the civil and military aircraft of the British Empire at the start of WW2. The book was compiled by\u003cb\u003e Leonard Bridgman\u003c\/b\u003e, the celebrated aviation artist and author. Including details and specifications of many well known aircraft from Avro, Blackburn, Hawker, Fairey, Boulton Paul, Handley Page, Supermarine, Vickers and all the other major manufacturers, it is illustrated with numerous plans and photographic plates. With excellent photos of the Spitfire, Hurricane, Fairey Battle, Boulton Paul Defiant, Swordfish, Blenheim, Wellington and many other iconic aircraft. There are also numerous beautifully designed adverts for aircraft and aero equipment manufacturers, including one featuring the first prototype of the Spitfire, K5054. 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His first assignment in aviation was in 1913 at the age of 18 years, when one of his drawings was used to illustrate the Hendon Air Race programme. As payment, he received a flight in a 70 h.p. Farman biplane. During the First World War, Bridgman served as an officer in the Honourable Artillery Company. He is best remembered within the aviation industry as the journalist who joined C. G. Grey in 1923 on the staff of Jane's All the World's Aircraft after working on the staff at \u003ci\u003eThe Aeroplan\u003c\/i\u003ee. Bridgman produced many aviation paintings, drawings and illustrations. He received commissions for numerous books and advertisements for British companies and illustrated \u003ci\u003eThe Clouds Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the classics of aviation literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn very good condition. 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The text and illustrations are in very good condition.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1939\u003cbr\u003eBlue boards with gilt titling \u0026amp; original dust jacket\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with line drawings and photographs\u003cbr\u003eDimensions : 140mm x 215mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 158\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37189817073815,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/AircraftofBritishEmpire-1.jpg?v=1603285790"},{"product_id":"armstrong-whitworth-machine-gun-handbook-1926","title":"Armstrong  Whitworth Machine Gun Handbook (1926)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHANDBOOK OF THE\u003cbr\u003eARMSTRONG WHITWORTH-COLT\u003cbr\u003eAUTOMATIC MACHINE GUNS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBrowning Patent, .5 Calibre\u003cbr\u003eModel 1924\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIR W. 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The boards are in good condition, with general signs of use and some marks. The binding and hinges are very good and secure. The text, photographs and illustrations are in very good condition. There is an ink stamp of 'No. 901 Squadron, A.A.F., Kidbrooke' on the front cover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1921\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with photographs and diagrams\u003cbr\u003eKhaki boards, with black titling\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 140mm x 210mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 91\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40317936271511,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/KiteBalloonwinch-1.jpg?v=1623861293"},{"product_id":"manual-of-commando-and-guerilla-warfare-c-1941","title":"Manual of Commando and Guerilla Warfare c.1940","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMANUAL OF COMMANDO\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; GUERILLA WARFARE:\u003cbr\u003eUNARMED COMBAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBERNARDS PUBLISHERS LTD, London, c.1940\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare original WW2 unarmed combat manual, published by Bernards of London c.1940. It includes details of a wide variety of blows, holds, kicks, throws, strikes, and other self defence techniques. With instructions on how to deal with assailants armed with knives or pistols, and how to overpower sentries. The booklet is well illustrated with numerous drawings of servicemen using the techniques. The booklet was intended to be used by both the regular army and the Home Guard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16 pages, illustrated with line drawings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. The card cover is in fair to good condition, with signs of wear and use and a few marks and creases. The top edge has been reinforced with archival paper tape. The text and illustrations are in good condition. The stapled binding is secure, although the original staple is rusty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: c.1940 \u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with line drawings \u003cbr\u003eRed illustrated card cover with black and white titling\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 80mm x 150mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 16\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40808981561495,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/UnarmedCombat-1_0fb2a5e5-6c2b-4d5a-b369-946422cb62c7.jpg?v=1629745113"},{"product_id":"u-s-strategic-bombing-survey-report-mockau-leipzig-1945","title":"U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Report - Mockau, Leipzig (1945)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU.S. STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY\u003cbr\u003ePhysical Damage Division Report No.35\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.T.G. MASCHINENBAU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e G.m.b.H. MOCKAU, GERMANY\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eU.S. STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY, September 1945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA rare original WW2 U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey damage assessment report on A.T.G. Maschinenbau G.m.b.H., at Mockau airfield, near Leipzig, Germany. The report was produced in September 1945, and records the effects of the 8th Air Force raids in February, May and July 1944. A confidential document, it was issued with a restricted circulation, each copy individually numbered. This is copy number 53. The report is well illustrated with plans, photographs and diagrams, showing the results of the raids on the ATG Maschinenbau Mockau plant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA.T.G. MASCHINENBAU, LEIPZIG: \u003c\/b\u003eA.T.G. stands for Allgemeine Transportanlagen-Gesellschaft. In 1934, it was contracted with Junkers to produce aircraft, but its true nature had to be hidden during this early period of German rearmament, so it was designated a \"Schattenwerk\" or Shadow Work. It first began production of the Junkers W 33 and 34, and the Ju 86D. A temporary order for the Ju 52 was issued and expired in December 1937. This was followed by production of the He 111 B and E starting in April 1938. From 1940 till about 1944, the Ju 88 was the primary production aircraft, with mass production starting in the summer of 1943. In January 1944, the company was renamed the ATG Maschinenbau GmbH Leipzig. In 1944, it began to produce assemblies for the Ju 388, which went into production in July 1944 at a branch in Bernburg. Its final work was producing assemblies for the Me 262 in 1945.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1934, the first production line for series production of the Junkers W 33 and W 34 had been set up, of which 21 and 199 units, respectively, were built. The first major order was for the Ju 52 bomber. ATG quickly expanded into one of the largest companies in Leipzig. Production of the Ju 86A, D and G and the Heinkel He 111 E and H  began even before the Ju-52 production finished in December 1937. Final assembly and flight operations took place on the Leipzig-Mockau Airport. During WW2 The main programme  from 1940 to 1944 was the series production of the Ju 88A bomber. This made the works an important Allied bombing objective, and from December 4, 1943, the ATG production facilities and the Leipzig-Mockau airfield were repeatedly the target of Allied air raids, which caused major damage. On January 1, 1944, the company was renamed ATG Maschinenbau GmbH Leipzig. Production of the Ju 388 high-altitude bomber had been in preparation since 1944, but final assembly only began in the Leipzig-Kleinzschocher and Mockau plants from September 1944. The final order completed at ATG was the production of parts  for the Focke-Wulf Ta 152 high altitude fighter in February 1945. The ATG employed a large number of prisoners of war and forced labour, as well as prisoners from numerous concentration camps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBombing of Leipzig:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDuring the night of 3 December 1943, the Royal Air Force attacked Leipzig. Between 3:50 am and 4:25 am, 442 bombers dropped a total of almost 1400 tons of explosives and fire bombs. In the city centre, where the buildings were densely crowded, the air raid caused a firestorm. Hans Rumpf, the general inspector of fire fighting, happened to be in Leipzig during the attack. He said the firestorm was even more intense than the one in Hamburg during Operation Gomorrah. More than 1800 people were killed in the attack. In the city centre many historic buildings fell victim to the attack. 1,067 commercial buildings, 472 factory buildings, 56 schools, and 9 churches were also destroyed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring the so-called 'Big Week' in February 1944, Leipzig was one of the first targets to be attacked by British and American bombers. On 20 February between 3.15 am and 4.20 am residential areas in the south (Connewitz) as well as residential and industrial areas in the southwest of Leipzig (Schleußig and Großzschocher) were hit. During this night raid more than 700 bombers dropped about 2300 tons of bombs. In the afternoon of the same day, more than 200 bombers of the 8th US Air Force attacked industrial facilities in the northeast of the city, dropping about 700 tons of bombs. In total, about 970 people were killed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn very good condition. The card cover is in very good condition, with some official stamps and markings. The text, photos, plans and diagrams are in very good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; 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line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished: 1945\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOrange card cover with white title label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIllustrated with photographs, plans and diagrams \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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line-height: 160%;\"\u003eMINISTRY OF ECONOMIC WARFARE, London, 1945\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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line-height: 24px;\"\u003eA rare, original, WW2 British Ministry of Economic Warfare secret intelligence handbook, produced in March 1945. This was a ‘Restricted’  document with a limited circulation, each copy being individually numbered. This is copy number 986. It includes a wealth of contemporary intelligence material on every aspect of Siam in 1945. The list of subjects covered is comprehensive and detailed, with sections on: the country and its population, climate, communications, geography, politics, history, administration, government, legal system, education and culture, religion, press, radio and propaganda, foreign policy, nationalism, situation at the time of the Japanese invasion, events since 1941, civilian internees and POWs, and the Armed Forces. There are also appendices on Siamese names, Personalities and weights and measures. The handbook is illustrated with several coloured fold-out maps, and a large map in a pocket at the rear. This book is a fascinating insight into the Allied intelligence operations in the Far East in the last year of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eSiam In WW2\u003c\/b\u003e: Thailand, known formerly as Siam and officially as the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula. Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar (Burma) and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Throughout the era of Western imperialism in Asia, Siam remained the only nation in the region to avoid being colonized by foreign powers, although it was often forced to cede both territory and trade concessions in unequal treaties. In WW1, Siam sided with the allies. Following a bloodless revolution in 1932, Siam became a constitutional monarchy and changed its official name to Thailand. In 1941, Thailand was engaged in a brief conflict with Vichy France resulting in Thailand gaining some Lao and Cambodian territories. On 8 December 1941, the Japanese launched an invasion of Thailand, and fighting broke out shortly before an armistice was arranged. Japan was granted free passage, and on 21 December Thailand and Japan signed a military alliance with a secret protocol, wherein the Japanese government agreed to help Thailand regain lost territories. The Thai government subsequently declared war on the United States and the United Kingdom. The Free Thai Movement was launched both in Thailand and abroad to oppose the government and Japanese occupation. After the war ended in 1945, Thailand signed formal agreements to end the state of war with the Allies. The main Allied powers had ignored Thailand's declaration of war. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eThailand was one of the least known covert battlegrounds of WW2, with both the OSS and SOE active in the country. Besides intelligence gathering, the OSS and SOE worked to organize resistance against the 50,000-strong Japanese occupation force. One of SOE's Thai agents recalled. “Practically all the government officials and the civilian population were with us - there was no hide-and-seek with the Japanese counterespionage. Once established in our respective areas, all we had to do was state what we required: the categories of men for the different types of work and the number of recruits we required. The underground responded promptly. Guerrilla and subversive activities would have been well-nigh impossible had it not been for the organization inside Siam. Without local help we would not have lasted long.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMinistry of Economic Warfare Basic Handbooks: \u003c\/b\u003eThis series of handbooks covered enemy and occupied countries and was compiled from April 1943 onwards, at the request of the Joint Intelligence Committee. Classified as secret, this comprehensive collection of numerous highly detailed volumes was intended to reflect official British understanding and thinking, rather than an being an exercise in propaganda. Countries and regions were provided with historical and political introductions, often covering the period from antiquity to recent 20th century politics. Discussions of recent events were often more sophisticated than anything which would have been publicly permissible during the war. MEW’s links with SOE, OSS, and other intelligence organisations are highlighted in the anecdotal nature of some of the information, which would have been based on agents’ reports, intercepts, and captured documents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eIn very good condition. The hardback binder boards are in very good condition, with minor signs of wear and use, and some marks. There is a bookplate and some library markings on the inside of the front board and inner cover page\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e. The laced binding is good and secure. The text, illustrations, and maps are in very good condition. The large folding map in the pocket at the rear is in very good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003ePublished: 1944\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eKhaki loose leaf binder boards, with laced binding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eIllustrated with coloured fold out maps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003ePages: 147 (plus large fold out maps at rear)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41272954388631,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/SiamMaps-16.jpg?v=1635350690"},{"product_id":"unarmed-combat-1941-james-hipkiss","title":"Unarmed Combat (1941) | James Hipkiss","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUNARMED COMBAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eJames Hipkiss\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eF. W. BRIDGES LTD, London, 1941\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare original WW2 Unarmed Combat manual, published by F. W. Bridges Ltd of London in 1941. Written by the British Ju-Jitsu champion, the book includes details of a wide variety of blows, holds, kicks, throws, strikes, and other self defence techniques. With instructions on how to deal with assailants armed with sticks, rifles, and pistols. The book is well illustrated with drawings of a British serviceman using the techniques against a jackbooted Nazi soldier. There is a large fold-out chart at the rear of the book showing a wide variety of techniques that could be used. The book was intended to be used by the regular army, the Home Guard, and civilians in the event of a German invasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e78 pages, illustrated with line drawings \u0026amp; large fold out chart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. The card cover is in good condition, with general signs of use, and some marks. The text and illustrations are in good condition. The binding and hinges are good and secure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1941 \u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with line drawings \u0026amp; Large fold out chart \u003cbr\u003eIllustrated card cover with black and red titling\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 125mm x 185mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 78\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41746045501591,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/HipkissUnarmed-1.jpg?v=1644602582"},{"product_id":"shell-flying-brochure-193x","title":"The Modern Light Aeroplane (1930)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE MODERN LIGHT AEROPLANE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eIllustrated by Maurice Beck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eSHELL-MEX Ltd, London, c.1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Modern Light Aeroplane\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Shell-Mex c.1930. Rare, first edition of this very well designed, large-format, publication which provides a detailed insight into the inner workings of a 1930s De Havilland biplane aircraft. With a very stylish art deco cover design, the book is well illustrated with a series of colour plates with hinged flaps that fold back to reveal cut-away views of the fuselage, engine, and other structures. The Shell Corporation produced a number of similar publications during the 1930s, showing the interior details of light aircraft and motor cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn very good condition. The card cover is in good condition with minor signs of wear, and some marks. The stapled binding is secure. The text and illustrations are in very good condition, with a few marks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: c.1930\u003cbr\u003eIillustrated card cover\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with colour plates with hinged flaps\u003cbr\u003eDimensions : 245mm x 345mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 18\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41827705421975,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/ModernAeroplane-16.jpg?v=1770711237"},{"product_id":"gun-sight-mark-14-manual-1943","title":"Gun Sight Mark 14 Manual (1943)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGUN SIGHT MARK 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGUNNER'S OPERATING BULLETIN\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUNITED STATES FLEET HEADQUARTERS, 1943\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by SPERRY GYROSCOPE COMPANY, 1943\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare original WW2 US Navy manual, produced for US Fleet Headquarters by the Sperry Gyroscope Company, published in 1943. This is a guide to the use of the Mark 14 Gun Sight and the general principles of ant-aircraft gunnery for Allied naval gunners. With instructions and numerous illustrations on sighting, estimating range, angles of attack, and deflection shooting. There are many excellent diagrams showing exactly how you should shoot down an attacking enemy aircraft. Subjects covered include: inspecting and testing the sight, manning battle stations at gun and sight, picking up and tracking targets, range finding and spotting, gun controls, use with the 20mm gun, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca name=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn very good condition. The card cover is in very good condition, with minor signs of use and some marks. The stapled binding is good and secure. The text and illustrations are in very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1943\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated card cover\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with line drawings and diagrams\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 110mm x 180mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41859312484503,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/GunSightMk14-1_0bb60226-e5d2-4749-9000-c3e2b89fbb27.jpg?v=1647510004"},{"product_id":"military-map-reading-for-the-new-army-1941","title":"Military Map Reading for the New Army (1941)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMILITARY MAP READING\u003cbr\u003eFOR THE NEW ARMY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain W. Stanley Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. WHEATON \u0026amp; CO. LTD, Exeter, 1941\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original WW2 British military compass manual, published in 1941 by A. Wheaton \u0026amp; Co. Ltd. The book is a guide to map reading and compass work for the British Army in WW2. Full of useful information and illustrated with line drawings and diagrams. Subjects covered include: signs, scales, contours, bearings, grids, North point, setting a map, finding a position, the prismatic compass, and the service protractor. There are some good illustrations of the Verner's Patent type prismatic service compass. 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The cloth-covered card cover is in good condition, with wear to the edges and spine. The stapled binding is secure, although the staples are rusty. The text and illustrations are in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1941\u003cbr\u003eOrange cloth-covered card cover with black titling\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with line drawings\u003cbr\u003eDimensions : 130mm x 175mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41993970319511,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/MilitaryMapNew-1.jpg?v=1650443184"},{"product_id":"the-bayonet-1941","title":"The Bayonet (1941)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE BAYONET\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e(Bayonet Fighting)\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGALE \u0026amp; POLDEN Ltd, Aldershot, c.1941\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn original WW2 British Army bayonet fighting handbook, undated, but published by Gale \u0026amp; Polden c.1941 (there is a signature dated 4\/10\/41 on the title page). Produced in a concertina-folded 12-page format, the handbook is well illustrated, with line drawings showing the various techniques used in bayonet fighting. \u003cem\u003eThe Bayonet\u003c\/em\u003e is a practical guide to the defensive and offensive use of the bayonet, with brief instructions accompanying each of the illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. The card cover shows minor signs of wear and use and a few marks. The stapled binding is good and secure - the original staples were rusty and have been replaced. The text and diagrams are in good condition, with some rust marks near the staples, and a few other marks. The book is signed on the title page by 'H. L. Tewkesbury, 4\/10\/41'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: c.1941\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 115mm x 170mm\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with line drawings\u003cbr\u003ePages: 12 (folded concertina style)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42807369826455,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/TheBayonet-2.jpg?v=1672760460"},{"product_id":"practical-unarmed-combat-1942","title":"Practical Unarmed Combat (1942)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRACTICAL\u003cbr\u003eUNARMED COMBAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eM. Feldenkrais\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFREDERICK WARNE \u0026amp; Co. Ltd, London, 1942\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare original WW2 Unarmed Combat manual, published by Frederick Warne in 1942. Written by Moshe Feldenkrais, a scientist and Judo expert, the book includes details of a wide variety of blows, holds, kicks, throws, strikes, and other self defence techniques. With instructions on unarmed combat, and how to deal with assailants armed with knives, bayonets and rifles. The book is well illustrated throughout with photographs of British servicemen using the techniques described in the text. The book was intended to be used by the regular army, the Home Guard, and civilians in the event of a German invasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoshé Pinchas Feldenkrais (1904-1984) \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in 1904 to a Ukrainian Jewish family in the Russian Empire city of Slavuta (now in Ukraine) and grew up in Baranovichi, Belarus. In 1918, he emigrated to The British Mandate of Palestine. He later worked as a cartographer for the British survey office and began to study self-defence, including Ju-Jitsu. He suffered a sporting injury in 1929 that was aggravated during WW2, prompting him to develop his own method of healing. During the 1930s, Feldenkrais lived in France, where he earned his engineering degree from the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics. Later he earned his Doctorate of Science in Physics at the University of Paris, where Marie Curie was one of his teachers. He then worked as a research assistant to nuclear chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Frédéric Joliot-Curie at the Radium Institute. In September 1933, Feldenkrais met Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo in Paris. Kano encouraged him to study judo under Mikinosuke Kawaishi. Feldenkrais became a close friend of Kano and corresponded with him regularly. In 1936 he earned a black belt in judo, and later gained his 2nd degree black belt in 1938. He was a co-founding member of the Ju-Jitsu Club de France, one of the oldest Judo clubs in Europe, which still exists today. On the eve of the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, Feldenkrais fled to Britain with a jar of heavy water and a sheaf of research material, with instructions to deliver them to the Admiralty. Until 1946, he was a science officer in the Admiralty working on anti-submarine weaponry in Fairlie, Scotland. His work on improving sonar led to several patents. During the war he also taught self-defence techniques to his fellow servicemen. After leaving the Admiralty, Feldenkrais lived and worked in private industry in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. The card cover is in good condition, with minor signs of wear and use. The original dust jacket is in good condition, with some wear and creases, and some minor archival tape repairs. The text and illustrations are in very good condition. The binding and hinges are good and secure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1942 \u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with photographs\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated dust jacket, card cover with blue titling\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 110mm x 135mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42856562983063,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/products\/Unarmedcombatfeldenkrais-1.jpg?v=1673453780"},{"product_id":"the-pistol-in-war-1942","title":"The Pistol in War (1942)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PISTOL IN WAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eCaptain E. H. 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Published in 1942  for wartime use, it is a practical training manual for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 24px;\"\u003eservicemen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e who would be using these weapons. The book is well illustrated with diagrams and photographs and full of fascinating details, including the 'stopping power' of different bullets (\"\u003cem\u003eSavage warriors failed to be impressed by the addition of 180ft\/lbs of energy\u003c\/em\u003e\"), the superiority of the British service revolver over the automatic pistol, and the inferiority of German weapons like the Luger and 'Broomhandle' Mauser. 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It covers the air route from Cairo to Khartoum in North Africa. With details of flight path, course, route and radio information, supplementary airfields, emergency procedures, and landing grounds along the route. There are is a folding coloured route map, and a maps and plans of the major airfields on the route, including Cairo, Luxor, Wadi Halfa and Khartoum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eThis handbook would have been an essential piece of kit for Transport Command aircrews embarking on the hazardous trip from Egypt to Sudan in 1944. The handbook was a confidential document, with significant potential value to the enemy, the introduction stated that 'Every effort must be made to destroy the route book in the event of force-landing in enemy territory'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRAF Transport Command:\u003c\/strong\u003e controlled all transport aircraft of the RAF. 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The group was sometimes aided by BOAC in the receiving, preparing, and dispatching of aircraft reinforcements into the North African and Mediterranean Theatres.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"\u003eIn good condition. The card cover is in good condition, with a few marks and some creasing at the corners. There is a small area of slight damage at the bottom edge of the front cover and text pages. The laced binding is secure and in good condition. The text, illustrations and sketch maps are in very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%; font-size: inherit;\"\u003ePublished: 1944\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eIllustrated with coloured maps and photographs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eKhaki card \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ecover with Red\/black titling\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eDimensions: 230mm 290mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ePages: 32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43548931424407,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/files\/TransportCommandCairo-1.jpg?v=1704116416"},{"product_id":"raf-transport-command-routes-uk-to-cairo-1944","title":"RAF Transport Command Route Book No. 1 - UK to Cairo (1944)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRAF TRANSPORT COMMAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNAVIGATION BRANCH\u003cbr\u003eROUTE BOOK No. 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e UK to CAIRO\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH.Q. 216 GROUP R.A.F., M.E., 1944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eA rare original RAF Transport Command Route Book, produced by the headquarters of 216 Group RAF, Middle East in April 1944, and amended several times in 1945. It covers the air routes from the UK to Cairo in Egypt. With details of flight path, course, route and radio information, signals, major airfields and RAF bases, supplementary airfields, emergency procedures, and landing grounds along the route. The route book is very well illustrated with numerous coloured maps, fold-outs, photographs and plans, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eroute maps, radio beacon maps, marine lights chart, emergency airfield maps, and maps and layouts of the airfields on the route, including RAF stations in the UK, and airfields in France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eThis handbook would have been an essential item for Transport Command aircrews embarking on the hazardous trip from the UK to Egypt in 1944-5. It was a confidential document, with significant potential value to the enemy, the introduction stating that 'Every effort must be made to destroy the route book in the event of force-landing in enemy territory'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRAF Transport Command:\u003c\/strong\u003e controlled all transport aircraft of the RAF. It was established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming of RAF Ferry Command. 216 Group RAF was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eestablished on 21 May 1942. The group was renamed No. 216 (Air Transport and Ferry) Group on 9 September 1942 and placed under the command of Air Commodore Whitney Straight. 216 Group became a major sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command that was created at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e \u003c\/sup\u003eOn 25 March 1943, No. 216 Group also became a sub-command of the newly created Transport Command, an umbrella organization of all British transport units worldwide under the command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill. The group was sometimes aided by BOAC in the receiving, preparing, and dispatching of aircraft reinforcements into the North African and Mediterranean Theatres.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"\u003eIn very good condition. The card cover is in very good condition, with a few marks and some minor creasing at the corners.  The laced binding is secure and in good condition. The text, coloured maps, sketch maps and fold-outs are in very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%; font-size: inherit;\"\u003ePublished: 1944\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eIllustrated with coloured maps and photographs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eKhaki card \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ecover with lace binding and Red\/black titling\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003eDimensions: 230mm 290mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003ePages: 178\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572421591191,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/files\/TransportCommandUKtoCairo-2.jpg?v=1704812605"},{"product_id":"alamein-to-zem-zem-1946","title":"Alamein to Zem Zem (1946)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eALAMEIN TO ZEM ZEM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKEITH DOUGLAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDITIONS POETRY, London, 1946\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eThe rare 1946 1st edition of Keith Douglas’ classic WW2 war memoir, \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAlamein to Zem Zem\u003c\/i\u003e, published in London by Editions Poetry. \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit;\"\u003eThe book is an account of the tank battles at Alamein and during the offensive that finally drove the Germans out of Africa. \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe Spectator \u003c\/i\u003elater described the book as 'written in a highly charged, violent descriptive prose, powerfully contrived but sufficiently serious to convey the humour, the pathos and the literal beauty of that dead world of tanks, sand, scrub and human corpses. It is throughout the work of a poet, and the only book of the late war comparable in descriptive power and intelligence to the books of Remarque, Sassoon and Blunden which spoke in similar terms of 1914-1918.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #555555; color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eKeith Douglas (1920-1944):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas an English poet and soldier noted for his war poetry during the Second World War and his wry memoir of the Western Desert campaign, \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAlamein to Zem Zem\u003c\/i\u003e. He was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eDouglas was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the son of Capt. Keith Sholto Douglas, MC (retired) and Marie Josephine Castellain. In 1938 he won an open exhibition to Merton College, Oxford, to read History and English. The First World War veteran and well-known poet Edmund Blunden was his tutor at Merton, and regarded his poetic talent highly. Blunden sent his poems to T. S. Eliot, the doyen of English poetry, who found Douglas's verses 'impressive'. Douglas became the editor of Cherwell, and one of the poets anthologised in the collection \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eEight Oxford Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), although by the time that volume appeared he was already in the army. At Oxford, he was good friends with J. C. Hall who became his literary executor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eWithin days of the declaration of war Douglas reported to an army recruiting centre with the intention of joining a cavalry regiment, but like many others keen to serve he had to wait, and it was not until July 1940 that he started his training. After attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned on 1 February 1941 into the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry at Ripon. He was posted to the Middle East in July 1941 and transferred to the Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry. Posted initially at Cairo and Palestine, he found himself stuck at headquarters twenty miles behind El Alamein as a camouflage officer as the Second Battle of El Alamein began. At dawn on 24 October 1942, the Regiment advanced, and suffered numerous casualties from enemy anti-tank guns. Chafing at inactivity, Douglas took off against orders on 27 October, drove to the Regimental HQ in a truck, and reported to the C.O., Colonel E. O. Kellett, lying that he had been instructed to go to the front (luckily this escapade did not land him in serious trouble; Douglas got off with an apology). Desperately needing officer replacements, the Colonel posted him to A Squadron, and gave him the opportunity to take part as a fighting tanker in the Eighth Army's victorious sweep through North Africa, vividly recounted in \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAlamein to Zem Zem\u003c\/i\u003e, which was illustrated with his own drawings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eCaptain Keith Douglas returned from North Africa to England in December 1943 and took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. On 9 June Douglas's armoured unit was pinned down on high ground overlooking Tilly-sur-Seulles. Concerned by the lack of progress, Douglas dismounted his tank to undertake a personal reconnaissance during which he was killed by a German mortar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eIn good condition. The boards are in good condition, with some marks, and wear and fading to the spine and edges. The binding and hinges are good and secure. The text and illustrations are in good condition, with some age-toning to the paper. There is some rippling to the endpapers. 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The original owner of this book has added handwritten notes of aircraft they spotted on three of the notes pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn very good condition. The card covers are in very good condition with some wear to the edges. The binding and hinges are very good and secure. 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It includes details of the various different types of Luftwaffe aircraft that would be encountered over Britain during the early stages of WW2. The book is well illustrated throughout, with line drawings and silhouettes. All the important German military aircraft of the time are covered, including: Heinkel III, Ju-87, Me-109, Dornier 17, Arado, Fiesler Storch, Me-110.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. The card cover has general signs of wear and use, and some marks. The stapled binding is good and secure, although the original staples are rusty. 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This is a practical manual covering the information that a serviceman or civilian navigator would need to know to navigate using the stars. It was intended to be an 'efficient but simple instrument, of design based on long-known astronomical principles. Easy to understand and easy to use, either as a compass or planisphere. Designed for use anywhere in the world in a band of latitude between 50 degrees N. and 55 degrees N. For steering by the stars, it can be used on land, at sea, or in the air, and it will serve to check the compass of aircraft, boat, or land traveller'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book comes complete with its original dust jacket, and includes full instructions in the use of the star compass (which is in a pocket at the front of the book). The star compass itself comprises a base board to which is pivoted a rotating star disc, with a partly transparent mask and graticule superimposed. According to Chichester, it was 'Ideal for the navigator, pilot, or cadet.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Francis Charles Chichester\u003c\/b\u003e (1901 – 1972) was a British pioneering aviator and solo sailor. He was knighted by for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route, and the fastest circumnavigator, taking just nine months and one day to complete the voyage in 1966–67.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnable to join the RAF at the outbreak of WW2 due to age and eyesight, he was not granted a commission until 14 March 1941 when he joined the RAFVR for the duration of hostilities. His civil occupation was listed as Air Navigation Specialist. His first posting was to the Air Ministry in the Navigation section of the Directorate of Air Member Training, where he served until August 1942. In July 1943 he was sent to the Empire Central Flying School where he instructed in navigation until released in September 1945.\u003csup\u003e \u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Chichester#cite_note-5\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eHe wrote the navigation manual that allowed the pilots of fighter aircraft to navigate across Europe and back using kneeboard navigation similar to that which he had used in the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn very good condition. The boards are in very good condition, with minor signs of wear and use. The dust jacket is in good condition, with some marks and some wear at the edges and spine. The binding is good and secure. The text is in very good condition. The star compass in the pocket at the front of the book is in very good condition. The book is signed on the front endpaper by 'John Bayley'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1945\u003cbr\u003eBlue boards with black titling, with original dust jacket\u003cbr\u003eWith star compass in a pocket at the front\u003cbr\u003eDimensions : 135mm x 155mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 43 (plus Star Compass)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44638166548631,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/files\/ChichesterStarCompass-12.jpg?v=1727113032"},{"product_id":"automatic-pistol-shooting-1915","title":"Automatic Pistol Shooting (1915)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTOMATIC PISTOL SHOOTING\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWalter Winans\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG. P. 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The coverage of duelling now seems rather eccentric, at a time when the practice had been almost completely abandoned, and the automatic pistol was hardly a suitable weapon in such a contest. The pistols covered in the book include the 1911 Colt .45 Automatic, the Smith \u0026amp; Wesson revolver and the Savage .38 Automatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is signed on the front endpapers by \u003cstrong\u003e'F. N. MacFarlane, Capt. R.F. A.' \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is Frank Noel Mason Macfarlane - a British army officer, who would later be involved in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in Berlin in April 1939.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLt-General Sir F. N. Mason-MacFarlane KCB, DSO, MC (1889-1953)\u003c\/strong\u003e: Frank Noel Mason-MacFarlane was a senior British Army officer, administrator and politician who served as Governor of Gibraltar during WW2. He was born in 1889 and was educated at Rugby School. After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1909. Until February 1909, his surname was Mason, but he changed it to Mason-MacFarlane in recognition of his Scottish heritage - MacFarlane was his mother's maiden name.\u003cbr\u003eMason-MacFarlane served in the First World War on the Western Front and in Mesopotamia. In the winter of 1915–16, he served with the relief forces involved in the bloody fighting outside Kut. As a young officer Mason-MacFarlane had a reputation as someone who was always on the \"look out for trouble\", and who had a profound distrust of the higher command. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1916, a bar to the award in 1918 (gazetted in September) and a second Bar in the same year, awarded while he was attached to the Artillery Headquarters of the 41st Division. The citation for the second Bar in the \u003cem\u003eLondon Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e on 2 December 1918 reads: \"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While he was engaged on a reconnaissance another officer who was with him was severely wounded by a sniper. He removed him to a place of safety and also brought in a stretcher-bearer who was wounded by the same sniper. He then completed his reconnaissance and returned with valuable and accurate information\". Mason-MacFarlane was also awarded the French Croix de guerre and was mentioned in despatches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most extraordinary episode in Mason-Macfarlane's long and eventful career occured when he was the military attache in the British Embassy in Berlin in the spring of 1939. Mason-Macfarlane had calculated that during the parade for Hitler’s 50th birthday on April 20, the Fuhrer would be on a raised dais and within easy rifle shot of the attache’s drawing room window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMason-Macfarlane outlined the assassination plan to his friend, Ewen Butler, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e correspondent in Germany. Butler later wrote about the plan in \u003cem\u003eMason-Mac \u003c\/em\u003e(Macmillan, 1972): 'The idea of ridding the world of Adolf Hitler and thereby, perhaps, of saving Europe and the world from war, was never far from the front of Mason-Mac's mind. . . The windows of Mason-Mac's drawing room overlooked the Charlottenburg Chaussse. As we looked at the workmen who were busily hanging swastika banners on the shoddy plywood columns which now flanked this triumphal avenue, in anticipation of Hitler's birthday parade, Mason-Mac pointed towards the saluting-base from which the Fuhrer was graciously to accept the homage of his armed forces. \"Easy rifle-shot\" he said laconically'. \"I could pick the bastard off from here as easy as winking, and what's more I'm thinking of doing it”. The listener, whose ideas were identical to those of the military attache, felt bound, nevertheless, to utter conventional words of disapproval, while agreeing that the proposed assassination, however reprehensible in itself, might be a blessing to mankind. \"Oh, I know. There'd be all hell to pay, of course, and I'd be finished in every sense of the word,\" Mason-Mac replied. \"Still I doubt if they'd declare war, and with that lunatic out of the way we might be able to get some sense into things.\" \"It's certainly an idea,\" I said. \"Yes. Bloody awful one, of course, but I'd be prepared to do it, if the worst came to the worst.\"'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMason-Macfarlane was deadly serious about his plan, and he proposed it to his superiors -  but they were having none of it. Britain was not at war with Germany in early 1939 and no such action would be sanctioned by the British authorities. The Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, was unmoved by Mason-Macfarlane’s proposal, apparently commenting “We have not reached that stage when we have to use assassination\". 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