War on the Ground

318pp. Green cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Previous owner’s name label on front paste down. Pages starting to tan. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket protected with plastic sleeve, price unclipped. 8vo. Charts the story of the men and women who fought the land war of World War II from the head of Churchill tank testing at Vauxhall Motors, to the driver of a Churchill tank in Northern Italy, from the ladies who made Horsa gliders in a London factory, to a pilot flying one fully loaded on three major airborne operations.