Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXVI Number 11 September 9, 1940 hd

Luce, Henry R., et al

Verlag: Time & Life, New York, 1940

Beschreibung

Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 84. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Weekly Timeline: September 3: Hitler postpones the invasion of Britain, as the Luftwaffe fails to break the British defenses. However, fears of the forthcoming invasion continue to haunt Britain. 6: King Carol abdicates the Romanian throne in favour of his son Michael while control of the government is taken by Marshal Antonescu. 7: In one of the major misjudgements of the war, the Luftwaffe shifts its focus to London, away from the RAF airfields. Success may be measured only in the estimated 2,000 civilian dead. Other British cities are hit. The Blitz starts. 9: During the Western Desert Campaign, Italian colonial forces in Libya under General Mario Berti launch the invasion of Egypt. The first objective is to advance from defensive positions within Libya to the border with Egypt. . Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine is bombed by Italian aircraft causing 137 deaths. In exceptionally good condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 28777

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXVI ...

Verlag: Time & Life, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1940

Einband: Paperbound