A massive collection of images from the archives of MTI, the
Hungarian News Agency. Chapters include 'The Red Army in
Budapest', 'War Criminals', 'POWs', 'Life Born Again', 'Railways',
'Healthcare', 'Poverty', 'Street Rallies', 'Politics',
'Inflation', 'Industry', 'Religion', 'Police', 'Sports' and
'Culture and the Arts'. The photographs are full-page in landscape
and portrait format. Truly a cultural treasure trove.
Hungarian text with English and German text section plus
translations of photo captions.
Fine in illustrated boards - Large format, 363pp, c250 b/w photos,
index of photo captions
Magyar Tavirati Iroda, 2010
ISBN 9632146727
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36068-01
£50.00
WITH THE PARAS IN HELMAND
by Craig Allen
Craig Allen, a Paratrooper for 29 years, returned to 2 PARA as a
reservist and unofficial photographer for the Battlegroup’s dramatic
2008 Tour in Helmand. He had unrivalled access to the fighting and
moved from area to area, writing up his experiences and those of the
men he was with. His story tells in superb action photographs and
no-nonsense prose of the hardships suffered by front line soldiers
in the theatre. He captures the colour of life and death in
Afghanistan for both combatants and the civilian population caught
up in this vicious spiral of war.
SOE Operations in
Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria: 1939-1945. These nations
were German allies in the Second World War, unlike the other
countries of Europe which had either been forcibly occupied by the
Nazis or remained neutral. SOE Missions mounted within their
borders were thus doubly hazardous for they were conducted in
enemy-populated territory, heavily policed by military forces and
gendarmerie. Furthermore all these states had well developed and
experienced security services, usually supplemented by Gestapo and
Abwehr units. This is a story of courage in the face of
overwhelming odds.
The controversial biographical study of Winston Churchill by David
Irving. This second volume narrates the middle years of WWII
chronicling great naval victories, El Alamein and the landings in
North Africa. The Human side of Winston Churchill reaches boldly
out of these pages - but there is another side to him which
emerges and this may be unpalatable to less open minded readers
Fine in protected d/w - 1051pp,
14 Colour & 38 b/w illustrations
"As a sniper, I’ve killed more than a few Nazis. A Nazi officer
hasn’t got the slightest idea that he only has seconds to live."
Vassili Zaitsev’s account of Stalingrad is moving and harrowing.
This was a battle to the death – fighting street by street, living
like rats in a desperate struggle to survive. Here, the rules of
war were discarded and a psychological war was waged. The sniper
was king – an unseen enemy. Zaitsev volunteered to fight at
Stalingrad in 1942. In his first 10 days, he killed 40 Germans,
ultimately achieving at least 225 kills.
