THE WAR HISTORY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1939-1945 (2 Volume Set)

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MacDonald (J.F.)

Two volume set.   Published as Volume 10 & 11 of the Rhodesia Reprint Library Silver Series by the Books of Rhodesia, 1976.   There were 100 sets of the Silver Series issued for sale, each one being numbered.   This pair of books are not numbered.  Leatherbound, boxed in exceptionally good condition.  Clean, tight.

Volume One Notes by the Publisher:

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 color 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).

Scarce in the original, it is here reproduced in facsimile as Vol's. 10 and 11 in the Rhodesiana Reprint Library, Silver Series. The Prime Minister of Rhodesia, thc Hon. I. D. Smith, contributes a Foreword to the reprint edition.

This complements the original Foreword by an eminent predecessor, Sir Godfrey Huggins (later Lord Malvern).

Volume Two Notes by the Publisher:

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.

The second volume of The War History of Southern Rhodesia, 1939-45, reissued here as Vol. 11 in the Rhodesiana Reprint Library, Silver Series, carries 76 pages of evocative illustrations and its appendices include Rolls of Honour, lists of serving units and of awards and decorations gained.

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.