World War 2, day-by-day history : JOURNAL OF MARCHES and OP - Lot 634

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World War 2, day-by-day history : JOURNAL OF MARCHES and OP - Lot 634
World War 2, day-by-day history : JOURNAL OF MARCHES and OPERATIONS of COMBAT- COMMAND n° 5 (5th Armored Division of the 1st French Army). 109 pages recording, day by day and hour by hour, the actions of each individual and the acts of commanders, very precisely, terrain gains, losses in terms of killed, wounded and missing, German prisoners, troops and officers, enemy tanks and equipment destroyed... The entire Vosges campaign, the fighting in the Belfort Gap and Alsace, the Colmar pocket, from November 14, 1944 to March 1945, then the difficult campaign to penetrate Germany from March 28, 1945, until Victory on May 8, 1945. The front cover bears a pen-and-ink dedication "à Monsieur le Général Blanchon, souvenirs respectueux du commandant du CC 5 Tübingen le 9 février 1946" (signature: Etienne Metzer?). RARE historical publication in a confidential edition. - 22.2 x 16 cm.
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