First edition, first printing. 464pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Previous owner's label on front paste down. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected by plastic sleeve, price unclipped. 8vo. Varied selection of eyewitness accounts which form a magnificent oral history of the British and Commonwealth forces at war from the Army, RAF and Navy, revealing what it was like at the sharp end of various war campaigns, including the Battle of Britain, the Desert War, the fall of Singapore, the Italian Campaign, D-Day, the occupation of Germany, etc.
