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JACKSON, ROBERT: : Battle of the Baltic: The Wars 1918 - 1945

UK,BARNSLEY,SOUTH YORKSHIRE.PEN & SWORD MARITIME/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD,2007.

ISBN 184415422X.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE. Top right-hand corner of front free endpaper with small rectangular clip - owner name removed? - and no price - clip to bottom corner of front's inner flap of dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,contemporary aerial sea attack sepia photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj and grey+white lettering,thumbnail photograph detail fromn front panel to head of spine/ backstrip and similar lettering;rear panel with montage'd contemporary assorted military sepia photographs; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Superficial indent to front top edge and another to front fore-edge,with concomitant effect to board beneath,front lower corner with small bump/dent and reciprocal creasing also affecting corner beneath and a further minor indent on front board too - rear board and other corners all unaffected without any indents/scoring.Described hard but fairly and honestly - these listed,the only minor detractions to the book! Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my on collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered - aforementioned lower corner dent aside,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xipp+3-212pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author's introduction,the geography of the Baltic,a Prelude,Pts I - V comprising 15 chapters respectively,an appendix,profuse contemporary b/w photographs and b/w regional maps interspersed throughout the text and the book,a biibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and individual Pts separator pages. This book explains the complex sea,land and air operations that took place on and around the Baltic Sea from 1918 to 1945. Immediately after the end of WW1,the British were in action to defend the independence of Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania from Russian Communist forces. During World War II hostilities in the Baltic Sea commenced on 1 September 1939 when the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish fortress of Westerplatte and ended on 9 May 1945 with the final evacuation of German refugees from the Hela Peninsula.In the intervening years battles raged back and forth between the confines of this cold cruel sea.The author has deliberately emphasised the series of evacuations from embattled areas carried out by the Russians in 1941 and the Germans in 1945 - a series of 'Dunkirks' performed with great skill and achieving great success. Also included is the German attack on Poland when Luftwaffe aurcraft sank surface vessels and the Polish submarine fleet was ordered to sail to Britain or Sweden,inally ending with the surrender of the garrison at Hela which ended Polish resistance on the Baltic coast. The Soviets attacked the Finnish island of Russaro on 30 November 1939 with an air and naval bombardment.The Russian naval blockade of Finland began and their submarines attacked merchant vessels in the Gulf of Bothnia and their ships engaged shore batteries and coastal towns. The German fleet then turned on their former allies and attacked the Soviet Union,each side's submarines stalked the others and the Russians encountered disaster in a minefield.Finally the Russians retreated under heavy sea and air attack.The siege of Leningrad began in September 1941 and was not broken until 1943.The Luftwaffe attacked the Soviet Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt. Peenemunde,the home of the German rocket develoment nestles on the German Baltic coast and was subjected to both air and sea attack. In october 1944 the Russian advance westwards,had reached Riga,leaving pockets of stranded German troops on the Courland Peninsula.Then the Russian navy broke out - the race for East Prussia was on, sparking the biggest seaborne evacuation in history - Operation Hannibal.Many tragedies occurred when vessels carrying refugees were sunk with many thousands of lives Lost in the icy waters. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included. Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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