Bantam Books War Series

[ViPER]

I recently picked up several of these at the used book store. "Alamein to Zem Zem", "Serenade to the Big Bird", "Brazen Chariots" and I just started reading "the clay Pigeons of StLo" It's very good so far.

But, I was surprised when I went the net and could not find any site or database/wiki list dedicated to the series. Can anybody point me to or have any info on this series?

Thx Vip

[Paul Reed]

I have never heard of these - can you post a scan of the cover? Publisher details?

[ViPER]

[Paul Reed]

Interesting - never seen these editions. Thanks for that.

[Union464]

Bantam Books actually produce good-quality, well-made paperbacks. Bantam paperbacks I've bought have lasted for years. Bantam Books are a division of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group, which is in turn owned by Random House, Inc. the well-known US publishing house, which in turn is owned by the also well-known Bertelsmann, the simply quite enormous German transnational media and publishing corporation. Anyway, Bantam Books have some quite interesting writers working for them in both fiction and nonfiction. And as I've said, they produce a good product from what I've seen over the years.

[rcat256]

Hi all,
First post. I too have been looking for a list of the Bantam War Book series. I had a few of these as a teen. The original series had white covers and a fold out painting behind the front cover.
As I am much older now and have more time to read, I have been finding these books around the internet. There are at least 37 titles that I can confirm of the original series, and may more of the type pictured in Viper's post with the wrap around cover art.
Here is a partial list of titles;

A BLOODY WAR – HAL LAWRENCE
WITH THE OLD BREED – E.B. SLEDGE
MARINE AT WAR – RUSSELL DAVIS
GENERAL WAINWRIGHT’S STORY – GENERAL JONATHON M. WAINWRIGHT
ENEMY COAST AHEAD – GUY GIBSON
THOSE DEVILS IN BAGGY PANTS – ROSS S. CARTER
POPSKI’S PRIVATE ARMY – LIEUTENANT COLONEL VLADIMIR PENIAKOFF
COMPANY COMMANDER – CHARLES B. MACDONALD
CORAL AND BRASS – GEN. HOLLAND SMITH
THE RAGGED RUGGED WARRIORS – MARTIN CAIDIN
FIGHTING MAD – MICHAEL CALVERT
CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS – BARRIE PITT
TARAWA – ROBERT SHERROD
TYPHOON OF STEEL – JAMES AND WILLIAM BELOTE
THE VAAGSO RAID – JOSEPH H. DEVINS, JR.
THE CLAY PIGEONS OF ST. LO – GLOVER S. JOHNS, JR.
ALAMEIN TO ZEM ZEM – KEITH DOUGLAS
COMMANDO FORCE 133 – BILL STRUTTON
THE IGNORANT ARMIES – E.M. HALLIDAY
A BLOODY WAR – HAL LAWRENCE
WITH THE OLD BREED – E.B. SLEDGE
TO HELL AND BACK – AUDIE MURPHY
ONE MORE HILL – FRANKLYN A. JOHNSON
I WAS CHAPLAIN ON THE FRANKLIN – FATHER JOSEPH T. O’CALLAHAN
IWO JIMA – RICHARD F. NEWCOMB
HUNTER KILLER – WILLIAM T. Y’BLOOD
THE BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL – SAMUEL B. GRIFFITH II
THE BLACK MARCH – PETER NEUMANN
THE COAST WATCHERS – COMMANDER ERIC A. FELDT, R.A.N.
ASSUALT IN NORWAY – THOMAS GALLAGHER
SERENADE TO THE BIG BIRD – BERT STILES
THE DIVINE WIND – CAPTAIN RIKIHEI INOUGUCHI
SEVEN MEN AT DAYBREAK – ALAN BURGESS
THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL – C.E. LUCAS PHILLIPS

Also here is a picture of one of the originals The Divine Wind.

[Smudger Jnr]

Rcat,

Welcome to the forum.

Tom

[ViPER]

thanks for the list rcat, since posting this thread I have identified nearly 70 titles in the series and have managed to save internet images of the covers of over 50 of them.

I will post more info when I get it better organized.

[ViPER]

Here are some covers / have a dozen others i need to scan - will be working on a title author master list too

[ViPER]

here are some more