The Luftwaffe destroyed 17 Allied merchant ships in the port of Bari, Italy, releasing a load of illegal poisonous gas. Vividly recounted here is the story of this tragedy, detailing a disaster that was a precursor to today's catastrophic headlines.
Their black uniforms, gleaming daggers, and death's-head rings signified their membership in Hitler's brutal SS. The author interviewed surviving members of Hitler's inner circle to reveal not only new information about them but also startling evidence that they are still active! Photos.
The crucial "big week" of February 1944 pitted Jimmy Doolittle's 8th Air Force against Adolph Gallund's Luftwaffe, during which the warplanes of the 8th crippled every Nazi installation they attacked and severely limited the Luftwaffe's effectiveness, setting the stage for the Normandy invasion.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published: 1978
Description: Acceptable. 1978-Fair-This ex lib soft bound book has a pictorial cover, b/w photographs, photo title page/frontispeice, detached page, cracked hinges, clean tight pages, pieces of spine covering missing, rubbed edges, soft cover creases, and usual lib markings. -First Printing-Ex-Library Site allows up to 30 calendar days for standard U.S. shipping-please take this into account when choosing a shipping method. Thank you! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan Company
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very Good/Very Good, Hardback/Dust Jacket, First Edition, jacket rubbed, tear at base of spine, protected in Gaylord. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Military Heritage Press
Description: Hitler's Commando. Very Good++ in Very Good++ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Story of Hitler's ruthless commando chief, "Scarface" Skorzeny. No year given on this Military Heritage Press which bears a 1981copyright held by author Glenn B. Infield. 266 pp. Tight, bright and crisp copy with very light edgewear and previous owner's address label on front pasted down paper. Else clean interior. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with a little spine end wear. Very nice copy. read more
Description: Very Good. B000UD7US2 Very Good Condition-Grosset & Dunlap-1974 copyright-stated First printing-minor shelf wear to dust jacket including light bumping and scratching-binding is tight (Biography-40) read more
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