MacDonald (J.F.)
THE WAR HISTORY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Two volume set. Original issue, not a reprint. Clean, tight binding. As seen in photos.
Volume 1: 353 pages. Hardback. Cloth covered board. Silver embossed Coat of Arms of cover, silver lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Cover in very good condition. Pages clean and binding tight. In Very Good condition.
Volume One Notes (publisher of the reprint copy)
This is the first volume of a major two volume work describing in detail Rhodesia's contribution to the Allied effort during the Second World War. It covers the period June 1939 to September 1942 and includes, inter alia, the preparations undertaken on the home front, the organization and training of Rhodesia's armed forces, and operations in the East African and Western Desert theatres.
The author makes telling use of after-action reports and the book is well illustrated with photographs, maps and full colour reproductions of paintings and sketches.
The War History of Southern Rhodesia, 1939-45 was commissioned by the Southern Rhodesian Government soon after the cessation of hostilities and first appeared in 1947 (Volume One) and 1950 (Volume Two).
Foreword by Sir Godfrey Huggins (later Lord Malvern).
Volume 2: 328 pages plus index. Hardback. Cloth covered board. Silver embossed Coat of Arms of cover, silver lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Somewhat slight staining to cover. Cover is loose along spine (easily repaired)l. Pages and clean and binding tight. Overall in very good condition.
Volume Two Notes ((publisher of the reprint copy):
This volume is the second of a two-volume work describing in detail the part played by Rhodesia's armed forces during the Second World War. It covers the period September 1942 to August 1945 and includes a narrative of operations with the Eighth Army on its advance westwards, profiles of the Rhodesian squadrons serving with the Royal Air Force and descriptions of the campaigns in Italy and the Far East.
Publication of the two volumes will be welcomed alike by the student of military history, the interested layman and by those who feel that Rhodesians' impressive contribution to the Allied war effort should be remembered.
The original books were given to family of those had fallen during the war.
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- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 22.5cm x 15mc
