viper this is skiddawg,thanks for the pics of the books ,i have read some of this and am looking to get the collection of books.i love the books that i have read and love the illustrations in the books.one of my favs is to hell and back.
Guys I have been looking for a book I read as a kid. I don't remember the title but I thought it was a Bantam War Book. The storyline went something like this: A navy pilot is wounded and shot down. He manages to get to an island where he finds the remains of a coastwatching station. He starts becoming a coastwatcher alerting Guadalcanal of incoming ships and planes. He eludes the Japanese and is eventually rescued. Anyone know the title of the book? I read it about 30 or so years ago. Thanks!
I´m still working on it. Some of the titles posted in this thread were from "Ballantine War Book", another very good series, or were from Osprey. Link for the tentative list: https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0AhIzpmlscZU6dDNBcVpVMHowMW5SanBtdFQzM2s0X1E&output=html Bye! The list itself: Title Author 1 Abandon Ship Richard Newcomb 2 Above and Beyond William Morrison 3 Alamein to Zem Zem Keith Douglas 4 As Eagles Screamed Donald Burgett 5 Assault in Norway Thomas Gallagher 6 Baa Baa Black Shep Gregory Boyington 7 Battle for Gudalcanal, The Samuel Griffth 8 Big Show Pierre Clostermann 9 Black March, The Peter Neumann 10 Black Thursday Martin Caidin 11 Bloody war, A Hal Lawrence 12 Brazen Chariots Robert Crisp 13 Breakout (aka Fiasco) John Potter 14 Child of Hitler, A Alfons Heck 15 Churchill and the Generals Barrie Pitt 16 Clay Pigeons of St Lo Glover Johns 17 Clear the Bridge! Richard O'Kane 18 Coast Watchers, The Eric Feldt 19 Cockleshell Heroes Lucas Phillips 20 Comando Force 133 Bill Strutton 21 Combat Command Frederick Sherman 22 Combat Patrol Clay Blair, Jr. 23 Commando Extraordinary Charles Foley 24 Company Comander Charles MacDonald 25 Coral and Brass Holland Smith 26 D-Day David Howarth 27 Dam Busters Paul Brickhill 28 Defeat in the East Juergen Thorwald 29 Divine Wind, The Rikihei Inoguchi 30 Enemy at the Gates William Craig 31 Enemy Coast Ahead Guy Gibson 32 Escort Commander Terence Robertson 33 Fighting Mad Michael Calvert 34 First and the Last, The Adolf Galland 35 Fly for Your Life Larry Forrester 36 Full Circle: the Tactics ... Johnson E. 37 General Wainwright story Jonathon Wainwright 38 German Raider Atlantis Bernhard Rogge 39 Greatest Raid of All, The Lucas Phillips 40 Guerilla Submarines Edward Dissete 41 Helmet for my Pillow Robert Leckie 42 Hit Hard David Williams 43 Horrido! Raymonf Toliver & 44 Hundred Days of Lt MacHorton, The Ian MacHorton 45 Hunter Killer William Blood 46 I Flew for the Fuhrer Heinz Knoke 47 I was chaplain on the Franklin Joseph Callahan 48 Ignorant Armies, The E. Halliday 49 Into the Teeth of the Tiger Donald Lopez 50 Invasion, They`re Coming Paul Carell 51 Iron Coffins Herbert Werner 52 Iwo Jima Richard Newcomb 53 London Calling North Pole Hermann Giskes 54 Marine at War Russel Davis 55 Men and Volts at War John Miller 56 Night Action: MTB Flotilla at War Peter Dickens 57 Night Fighter J. Braham 58 One More Hill Franklin Johnson 59 One of our Bombs is Missing Flora Lewis 60 Pig Boats Theodore Roscoe 61 Popski`s Private Army Vladimir Peniakoff 62 Queen of the Flat-tops Stanley Johnston 63 Ragged, Rugged Warriors, The Martin Caidin 64 Reach for the Sky Paul Brickhill 65 Red Dust, White Ensign Ian Cameron 66 Road Past Mandalay John Masters 67 Rocket Fighter Mano Ziegler 68 Russian Submarines in Arctica Waters I. Kolyshkin 69 Samurai Saburo Sakai 70 Serenade to the Big Bird Bert Stilles 71 Seven Men at Daybreak Alan Burgess 72 Sink`em All Charles Lockwood 73 Stirling Desert Raiders Virginia Cowles 74 Story of Air Fighting, The J Johnson 75 Story of Wake Islaned, The James Devereux 76 Stuka Pilot Hans Rudel 77 Tarawa Robert Sherrod 78 This Kind of War T. Fehrenbach 79 Those Devils in Baggy Pants Ross Carter 80 Thousand Mile War, The Brian Garfield 81 Tin Cans Theodore Roscoe 82 To Hell and Back Audie Murphy 83 Typhoon of Steel James Belote & 84 U-Boat 977 Heinz Schaeffer 85 U-Boat Killer Donald Macintyre 86 V-2 Walter Dornberger 87 Vaagso Raid, The Joseph Devins 88 War as I Knew It George Patton 89 War in a Stringbag, To Charles Lamb 90 We Die Alone David Howarth 91 White Rabbit, The Bruce Marshall 92 With Rommel in the Desert Heinz Schimidt 93 With the Old Breed Eugene Sledge by cecilio1963 (at) gmail.com (march 2011)
The numbers are not from the series, they are just for counting the books. They are in alpha order. Title - Author 1 Abandon Ship - Richard Newcomb 2 Above and Beyond - William Morrison 3 Alamein to Zem Zem - Keith Douglas 4 As Eagles Screamed - Donald Burgett 5 Assault in Norway - Thomas Gallagher 6 Baa Baa Black Shep - Gregory Boyington 7 Battle for Gudalcanal, The - Samuel Griffth 8 Big Show - Pierre Clostermann 9 Black March, The - Peter Neumann 10 Black Thursday - Martin Caidin 11 Bloody war, A - Hal Lawrence 12 Brazen Chariots - Robert Crisp 13 Breakout (aka Fiasco) - John Potter 14 Child of Hitler, A - Alfons Heck 15 Churchill and the Generals - Barrie Pitt 16 Clay Pigeons of St Lo - Glover Johns 17 Clear the Bridge! - Richard O'Kane 18 Coast Watchers, The - Eric Feldt 19 Cockleshell Heroes - Lucas Phillips 20 Comando Force 133 - Bill Strutton 21 Combat Command - Frederick Sherman 22 Combat Patrol - Clay Blair, Jr. 23 Commando Extraordinary - Charles Foley 24 Company Comander - Charles MacDonald 25 Coral and Brass - Holland Smith 26 D-Day - David Howarth 27 Dam Busters - Paul Brickhill 28 Defeat in the East - Juergen Thorwald 29 Divine Wind, The - Rikihei Inoguchi 30 Enemy at the Gates - William Craig 31 Enemy Coast Ahead - Guy Gibson 32 Escort Commander - Terence Robertson 33 Fighting Mad - Michael Calvert 34 First and the Last, The - Adolf Galland 35 Fly for Your Life - Larry Forrester 36 Full Circle: the Tactics ... - Johnson E. 37 General Wainwright story - Jonathon Wainwright 38 German Raider Atlantis - Bernhard Rogge 39 Greatest Raid of All, The - Lucas Phillips 40 Guerilla Submarines - Edward Dissete 41 Helmet for my Pillow - Robert Leckie 42 Hit Hard - David Williams 43 Horrido! - Raymonf Toliver & 44 Hundred Days of Lt MacHorton, The - Ian MacHorton 45 Hunter Killer - William Blood 46 I Flew for the Fuhrer - Heinz Knoke 47 I was chaplain on the Franklin - Joseph Callahan 48 Ignorant Armies, The - E. Halliday 49 Into the Teeth of the Tiger - Donald Lopez 50 Invasion, They`re Coming - Paul Carell 51 Iron Coffins - Herbert Werner 52 Iwo Jima - Richard Newcomb 53 London Calling North Pole - Hermann Giskes 54 Marine at War - Russel Davis 55 Men and Volts at War - John Miller 56 Night Action: MTB Flotilla at War - Peter Dickens 57 Night Fighter - J. Braham 58 One More Hill - Franklin Johnson 59 One of our Bombs is Missing - Flora Lewis 60 Pig Boats - Theodore Roscoe 61 Popski`s Private Army - Vladimir Peniakoff 62 Queen of the Flat-tops - Stanley Johnston 63 Ragged, Rugged Warriors, The - Martin Caidin 64 Reach for the Sky - Paul Brickhill 65 Red Dust, White Ensign - Ian Cameron 66 Road Past Mandalay - John Masters 67 Rocket Fighter - Mano Ziegler 68 Russian Submarines in Arctica Waters - I. Kolyshkin 69 Samurai - Saburo Sakai 70 Serenade to the Big Bird - Bert Stilles 71 Seven Men at Daybreak - Alan Burgess 72 Sink`em All - Charles Lockwood 73 Stirling Desert Raiders - Virginia Cowles 74 Story of Air Fighting, The - J Johnson 75 Story of Wake Islaned, The - James Devereux 76 Stuka Pilot - Hans Rudel 77 Tarawa - Robert Sherrod 78 This Kind of War - T. Fehrenbach 79 Those Devils in Baggy Pants - Ross Carter 80 Thousand Mile War, The - Brian Garfield 81 Tin Cans - Theodore Roscoe 82 To Hell and Back - Audie Murphy 83 Typhoon of Steel - James Belote & 84 U-Boat 977 - Heinz Schaeffer 85 U-Boat Killer - Donald Macintyre 86 V-2 - Walter Dornberger 87 Vaagso Raid, The - Joseph Devins 88 War as I Knew It - George Patton 89 War in a Stringbag, To - Charles Lamb 90 We Die Alone - David Howarth 91 White Rabbit, The - Bruce Marshall 92 With Rommel in the Desert - Heinz Schimidt 93 With the Old Breed - Eugene Sledge by cecilio1963 (at) gmail.com (march 2011)
Paul - finally getting a word in- bit astonished that you have never read Bob Crisp's "Brazen Chariots" - one of my favourite books - but then it's about Tank warfare in the Desert with 1st Tanks and ends as he is about to be operated on after a wound had gone septic ... quite a funny account on how Tanks were operated before Monty - "Crispy" survived to lead 1st Tanks into Normandy - and survived the war as an original...excellent read.. Cheers
What about these: 3 Invasion: They're Coming!, Paul Carell 6 The Mark of the Swastika, Louis Hagen 8 The Cross of Iron, Willi Heinrich Bantam printing, first editions, 1964 and 1965 for 3 and 6, 8 is 1967. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/invasionk.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/markn.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/crossofiron.jpg/
Hello Everyone First Post I hate to resurrect an old thread but it has proved invaluable in my quest to get a collection of the "Bantam War Book" Series of paperbacks I have since updated the list, there were a few missing. I have 8 of these with 12 more coming in the mail. Title Author Abandon Ship Richard Newcomb Above and Beyond William Morrison Alamein to Zem Zem Keith Douglas American Guerilla In The Philippines* Ira Wolfert As Eagles Screamed Donald Burgett Assault in Norway Thomas Gallagher Baa Baa Black Shep Gregory Boyington Battle for Gudalcanal, The Samuel Griffth Big Show Pierre Clostermann Black March, The Peter Neumann Black Thursday Martin Caidin Bloody war, A Hal Lawrence Brazen Chariots Robert Crisp Breakout (aka Fiasco) John Potter Cactus Air Force, The * Thomas G. Miller Jr. Child of Hitler, A Alfons Heck Churchill and the Generals Barrie Pitt Clay Pigeons of St Lo Glover Johns Clear the Bridge! Richard O'Kane Coast Watchers, The Eric Feldt Cockleshell Heroes Lucas Phillips Comando Force 133 Bill Strutton Combat Command Frederick Sherman Combat Patrol Clay Blair, Jr. Commando Extraordinary Charles Foley Company Comander Charles MacDonald Coral and Brass Holland Smith Dam Busters Paul Brickhill D-Day David Howarth Defeat in the East Juergen Thorwald Divine Wind, The Rikihei Inoguchi Enemy at the Gates William Craig Enemy Coast Ahead Guy Gibson Escort Commander Terence Robertson Fighting Mad Michael Calvert First and the Last, The Adolf Galland Flame Thrower Andrew Wilson Fly for Your Life Larry Forrester Full Circle: the Tactics ... Johnson E. General Wainwright story Jonathon Wainwright German Raider Atlantis Bernhard Rogge Greatest Raid of All, The Lucas Phillips Guerilla Submarines Edward Dissete Helmet for my Pillow Robert Leckie Hit Hard David Williams Horrido! Raymonf Toliver & Hundred Days of Lt MacHorton, The Ian MacHorton Hunter Killer William Blood I Flew for the Fuhrer Heinz Knoke I was chaplain on the Franklin Joseph Callahan Ignorant Armies, The E. Halliday Into the Teeth of the Tiger Donald Lopez Invasion: They're Coming! Paul Carell Iron Coffins Herbert Werner Iwo Jima Richard Newcomb London Calling North Pole Hermann Giskes Marine at War Russel Davis Men and Volts at War John Miller Night Action: MTB Flotilla at War Peter Dickens Night Fighter J. Braham One More Hill Franklin Johnson One of our Bombs is Missing Flora Lewis Pig Boats Theodore Roscoe Popski`s Private Army Vladimir Peniakoff Queen of the Flat-Tops Stanley Johnston Ragged, Rugged Warriors, The Martin Caidin Reach for the Sky Paul Brickhill Red Dust, White Ensign Ian Cameron Road Past Mandalay John Masters Rocket Fighter Mano Ziegler Russian Submarines in Arctic Waters I. Kolyshkin Samurai Saburo Sakai Serenade to the Big Bird Bert Stilles Seven Men at Daybreak Alan Burgess Sink`em All Charles Lockwood Stirling Desert Raiders Virginia Cowles Story of Air Fighting, The J Johnson Story of Wake Islaned, The James Devereux Stuka Pilot Hans Rudel Tarawa Robert Sherrod The Cross of Iron Willi Heinrich The Mark of the Swastika Louis Hagen This Kind of War T. Fehrenbach Those Devils in Baggy Pants Ross Carter Thousand Mile War, The Brian Garfield Tin Cans Theodore Roscoe To Hell and Back Audie Murphy Typhoon of Steel James Belote & U-Boat 977 Heinz Schaeffer U-Boat Killer Donald Macintyre V-2 Walter Dornberger Vaagso Raid, The Joseph Devins War as I Knew It George Patton War in a Stringbag, To Charles Lamb We Die Alone David Howarth White Rabbit, The Bruce Marshall With Rommel in the Desert Heinz Schimidt With the Old Breed Eugene Sledge
