Ballantine Illustrated History of the World Wars

This series, in multiple sub-titled sets, was published variously by Ballantine, PAN and Purnell, using various "series titles" – so that our main library catalogue entries appears as:

These collected series (which sometimes overlap between publishers and re-impressions) can be regrouped as:

Battle books

#01 D-Day: Spearhead of Invasion by R.W. Thompson

#02 Their Finest Hour: The Story of the Battle of Britain by Edward Bishop

#03 Stalingrad: The Turning Point by Geoffrey Jukes

#04 Bastogne: The Road Block by Peter Elstob

#05 The Siege of Leningrad by Alan Wykes

#06 Battle For Berlin: End of the Third Reich by Earl F. Ziemke

#07 Kursk: The Clash of Armour by Geoffrey Jukes

#08 Tarawa: A Legend is Born by Henry I. Shaw,Jr

#09 Airborne Carpet: Operation Market Garden by Anthony Farrar-Hockley

#10 Pearl Harbor by A.J. Barker

#11 Leyte Gulf : Armada in the Pacific by Donald Macintrye

#12 Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory by Benis M. Frank

#13 The Defense of Moscow by Geoffrey Jukes

#14 Raid On St. Nazaire by David Mason

#15 Anzio: The Bid for Rome by Christopher Hibbert

#16 Cassino by Dominich Graham

#17 London's Burning by Constantine FitzGibbon

#17 (Purnell) Leyte Gulf by Donald Macintyre

#18 Kasserine: Baptism of Fire by Ward Rutherford

#19 Battle of the Reichswald by Peter Elstob

#20 Midway: The Turning Point by A.J. Barker

#21 Battle of the Ruhr Pocket by Charles Whiting

#22 Beda Fomm: the Classic Victory by Kenneth Macksey

#23 Bir Hakim: Desert Citadel by Richard Holmes

#24 Salerno by David Mason

#25 Armoured Onslaught: 8th August 1918 by Douglas Orgill

#26 Vimy Ridge: 1914-18 by Kenneth Macksey

#27 Rhine Crossing by James W. Stock

#28 Argonne 1918: the AEF in France by Barry Gregory

#29 Rotterdam: Invasion of Holland by Wilhelmina Steenbeek

#30 Ploesti: Oil Strike by John Sweetman

#31 Zeebrugge: 23 April 1918 by James W. Stock

#32 Iwo Jima by Michael Russell

#33 Dien Bien Phu by John Keegan

Campaign books

#01 Africa Korps by K.J. Macksey

#02 The Raiders: Desert Strike Force by Arthur Swinson

#03 Sicily: Whose Victory by Martin Blumenson

#04 Breakout: Drive to the Seine by David Mason

#05 Defeat in Malaya: the Fall of Singapore by Arthur Swinson

#06 France: Summer 1940 by John Williams

#07 Bomber Offensive:The Devastation of Europe by Noble Frankland

#08 The Nuremberg Rallies by Alan Wykes

#09 Japan: the Final Agony by Alvin Coox

#10 Liberation of the Philippines by Stanley Falk

#10 Normandy Bridgehead by H. Essame (Note: another no. 10?; not held)

#11 Barbarossa: Invasion of Russia 1941 by John Keegan

#13 New Guinea: the Tide is Stemmed by John Vader

#14 Guadalcanal: Island Ordeal by Graeme Kent

#15 New Georgia: Pattern For Victory by D.C. Horton

#16 Fall of the Philippines by Ward Rutherford

#18 Carpathian Disaster: Death of an Army by Geoffrey Jukes

#20 Tanganyikan Guerrilla: East African Campaign 1914-18 by Major J. K. Sibley

#22 Operation Torch: Anglo-American Invasion of North Africa by Vincent Jones

#23 Over the Hump: Airlift to China by William Koenig

#24 The Winter War: Russia Against Finland by Richard W. Condon

#25 Pacific Victory by Paul Kennedy

#26 Tobruk: the Siege by James W. Stock

#27 Six Day War by A.J. Barker

#28 Palaus: Bloodiest Victory, America's Pacific Offensive 1944 by Stanley Falk

#29 The Yom Kippur War by A. J. Barker

[not numbered] Pacific Onslaught: 7th Dec.1941/7th Feb.1943 by Paul kennedy

Weapons books

#01 U-Boat: the Secret Menace by David Mason

#02 Panzer Division: the Mailed Fist by K.J. Macksey

#03 Aircraft Carrier: the Majestic Weapon by Donald Macintyre

#04 Me 109 by Martin Caidin

#05 German Secret Weapons: Blueprint For Mars by Brian J. Ford

#06 Spitfire by John Vader

#07 Commando by Peter Young

#08 SS and Gestapo by Roger Manvell

#09 Zero Fighter by Martin Caidin

#10 Luftwaffe by Alfred Price

#11 The Guns 1939-45 by Ian V. Hogg

#12 Airborne by Charles MacDonald

#13 PT Boats by Bryan Cooper

#14 Pacific Hawk by John Ward

#15 Tank Force: Allied Armor in World War II by Kenneth Macksey

#16 Waffen SS: the Asphalt Soldiers by John Keegan

#17 B-29: The Superfotress by Carl Berger

#18 Barrage: the Guns In Action by Ian Hogg

#19 Allied Secret Weapons: the War of Science by Brian J. Ford

#20 Rocket Fighter by William Green

#21 T34: Russian Armor by Douglas Orgill

#22 Suicide Weapon by Alan Baker

#23 Hitler's High Seas Fleet by Richard Humble

#24 Mosquito: Wooden Wonder by Edward Bishop

#25 Infantry Weapons by John Weeks

#26 P-51: Bomber Escort by W.N. Hess

#27 The Guns; 1914-18 by Ian V. Hogg

#28 Trench Fighting; 1914-18 by Charles Messenger

#30 Lancaster Bomber by D.B. Tubbs

#31 Merrill's Marauders by Alan Baker

#32 German General Staff by Barry Leach

#33 Japanese High Seas Fleet by Richard Humble

#34 Chindits: Long Range Penetration by Michael Calvert

#35 Condor Legion by Peter Elstob

#36 Indestructible Jeep by D. Denfeld/M. Fry

#37 Grenades and Mortars by Ian Hogg

#38 Wellington Bomber by Edward Bishop

#39 Hitler's Bodyguards: SS Liebstandarte by Alan Wykes

#40 B-17 by W.N. Hess

#41 German Armor by Douglas Orgill

#42 Midget Submarine by James Gleason / Tom Waldron

#43 Gas by Ian Hogg

#44 Dc-3 by A. Pearcy

#? Allied Armor by K. Macksey

#? The Buccaneers by B. Cooper

Full colour special

#01 Nazi Regalia by Jack Pia

Human conflict

#01 Olympiad 1936: Blaze of Glory for Hitler's Reich by Judith Holmes

#02 Lidice: Sacrificial Village by John Bradley

#03 Death Railway by Clifford Kinvig

#04 Genocide: the Jews in Europe 1939-45 by Ward Rutherford

#05 Bloody Ulster by A.J. Barker

Politics in action

#01 The Conspirators: 20th July 1944 by Roger Manvell

#02 Blackshirts: Fascism In Britain by David Shermer

#03 Reichstag Fire: Ashes of Democracy by R. John Prichard

#04 The Rape of Ethiopia, 1935 by A.J. Barker

#05 Warsaw Rising by Gunther Deschner

#06 Hitler Youth: the Duped Generation by H.W. Koch

#07 The Night of the Long Knives by Nikolai Tolstoy

#08 Nuremberg Trials by Leo Kahn

#09 The Fight For the Freedom For Women by Rose Tremain

#10 Berlin Blockade by John Man

War leaders

#02 Macarthur by Sydney L. Mayer

#03 Hitler by Alan Wykes

#04 Stilwell by D.D. Rooney

#05 Bradley by Charles Whiting

#06 Mountbatten by Arthur Swinson

#07 Eisenhower by Martin Blumenson

#07 (Violent century) De gaulle by Phillipe Masson

#08 Goring by Roger Manvell

#10 Tito by Phyllis Auty

#11 Skorzeny by Charles Whiting

#12 Slim by Michael Calvert

#13 Mussolini by Chritopher Hibert

#14 Himmler by Alan Wykes

#15 Student by A.H. Farrar-Hockley

#16 Churchill by David Mason

#17 Goebbels by Alan Wykes

#18 Lawrence by Douglas Orgill

#19 MacArthur In Japan by Sydney L. Mayer

#20 Guderian by John Keegan

#21 Stauffenberg by G. S. Graber

#24 Yamashita by A.J. Barker

#25 Rundstedt by John Keegan

#26 Halsey by Benis M. Frank

#27 Rommel by J.R. Sibley/M. Fry

#28 Zhukov: Marshal of the Soviet Union by O. Chaney

#29 Montgomery by R. Thompson

#31 Stalin by Rose Tremain

Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of the First World War

Book No 1 Opening Moves August 1914 by John Keegan

Book No 2 Trench Fighting 1914-18 by Charles Messenger

Book No 3 Carpathian disaster : death of an army by Geoffrey Jukes

Book No 4 Tanganyikan Guerrilla: East African Campaign 1914-18 by J.R. Sibley

Book No 5 The Guns 1914-18 by Ian V. Hogg [Note: also published as "Weapons Book" #27]

Book No 6 Vimy Ridge : 1914-1918 by Kenneth Macksey

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