Apparently some 48 of the civilian deaths were likely from American shells from a total of 68 civilians killed during the Pearl Harbor raid.
Well...! I happened to check abebooks and managed to find a used and slightly dinged copy of Warpaint Vol 2 at a price which was not completely insane! That is part of a set of four, by Dick Taylor, about markings and camouflage on British tanks, and volume 2 is the one with the WW2 camouflage section and as a result is impossible to find. I'll be looking forward to it. Now if I could just get my back pay I would buy the 8RB and Longstop Hill books...
Throw away all this expensive namby-pamby 'Military History' nonsense. With this present from the other half I now realise you only really need one book. Ladybird's 'The Soldier' - 1966
I toyed with the idea of buying the 'set' of those (soldier, sailor, airman), but I wanted them in perfect condition and discovered that the jacketed first editions of old Ladybird books are now highly collectible. I think we were looking at about 15 quid for each of those titles in near-mint condition! The logic is simply that rarity determines value and children scrawl on, scribble, crease and tear books more than adults, thus pushing up the worth of the lucky survivors.
We visited Leicester Museum's rather splendid & nostalgic new Ladybird exhibition recently. Highly recommended, though It also instills dangerous thoughts for the bibliophile, particularly with its centrepiece...
This is my sole venture into the nostalgia of Ladybird books. I remember the covers from childhood (done by the famous C. F. Tunnicliffe).
Not bad. An above average picture & reminiscences sort of thing, with quite a bit on the place's built environment. Not my area, though. Really bought it as the other half has a Bletchley interest.
Charley, I absolutely adore these books. I think I've owned Autumn and Winter longer than any other book I still have, along with this one with drawings by S R Badmin
Three most recent arrivals: Argus doesn't get the attention other RN carriers get but it was pioneering and did a lot of important work during the early war years when carriers were a rare commodity. Mostly looks at France, Italy and Germany but touches on other countries as well I have Rogers' other two books on the Dodecanese campaign so had to pick up this most recent one. It's a good Osprey with decent maps, a great selection of pictures and an author who knows his subject well.
I haven't received it yet, but a random search on abebooks in order to just quote a sample price to someone led to me finding a used copy of Dick Taylor's Warpaint Vol 2 for sale which I snapped up a couple of days ago. That's the one volume of the four that I don't have, with the WW2 camouflage. (Although I do have Mike Starmer's booklets on that subject as well.) And a friend in the UK says he has just sent me a copy of Elstob's Warriors for the Working Day.
Acting as a jump-off platform to get fighters to Malta may not have been that glorious but it was vital!
Recommended on Twatter by the chap that wrote 'War on Wheels', so since everything I've picked up from that book's references has been good, thought what the hell. Does look like an interesting perspective from an (R)ASC chap that was present during early interwar mechanisation. Added bonus: shipped new for c.£2.50. now seems to be fifteen quid.
The Jam Stealers (WW1 nickname for the ASC) were well into mechanisation during WW1 using many lorries and also Holt half tracks