The Story of 79th Armoured Division. October 1942-June 1945
BORTHWICK], [Major John
[Foreword by Field-Marshal B.L. Montgomery].
BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Published: [Privately Printed Hamburg, 1945]
Stock code: 50131
Price: £112.00
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with over 250 fine photographs, panoramas and facsimiles in the text, 40 maps in colours (36 folding, 3 full-page and 1 double-page; one with captioned tissue overlay), and coloured endpaper maps; original holland cloth, divisional emblem sticker on front board, boards laminated in clear film, a very good, bright, clean copy.
WANTING THE LOOSE MAP SHOWING THE DIVISION'S PROGRESS THROUGH GERMANY WHICH IS ALMOST INVARIABLY MISSING. 'The information given in this document is not to be communicated, either directly or indirectly, to the Press or to any person not authorised to receive it.' One of the best and most comprehensively illustrated of all British WWII unit histories. Includes tables and charts of detailed statistics regarding the division and its service, together with brief statistics on 21 Army Group and WWII in general. 79 Armoured Division, commanded by Major-General Percy Hobart (of 'Hobo's Funnies' fame) was the only all-armoured division of the British Army during WWII. 'The Division has been, and is, unique among all the Divisions in the Allied Armies. The record of the Division is unique and its contribution to the winning record of the campaign in northwest Europe has been incalculable' (from Montgomery's foreword). Borthwick served in Division HQ from summer 1943. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE. Enser, p.35; Smith p.283.