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 The Waffen SS in Combat: A Photographic History (Images of War) 
 The Waffen SS in Combat: A Photographic History Author: Bob Carruthers Pen & Sword Military Images of War 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1473833531 Pages: 162 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 38 MB This is the photographic history of the Waffen-SS in combat on all fronts. The short six year history of the Waffen SS spanned triumph and disaster, and their story can be traced through these powerful images, which clearly document the reality of combat from 1940 to 1945. These rare images span the combat history of the Waffen-SS from the optimism of the opening phases of the war in the west through the challenges of Barbarossa and the long and bloody retreat against a numerically far superior enemy in both the east and the west. This powerful photographic record is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the course of the war from the German perspective and clearly demonstrates the scale of the task undertaken by the Waffen-SS on all fronts.
Panzer Army Africa
 Author: James Lucas Panzer Army Africa Jove Books 1986 Format: PDF Pages: 292 Language: English Size: 31 MB Well written perspective from the German side of the WW II battles of North Africa. Since the author is British, makes sense there was more on the British than was presented on the Germans & Italians in this book.
The Stuka - Trumpets of Jericho
 Author: Bob Carruthers The Stuka - Trumpets of Jericho Archive Media Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1781581142 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 1,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 138 "We are all seized with a kind of passion for the chase from the glorious feeling of having saved much German bloodshed with every tank destroyed." Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Stuka ace This comprehensive overview of the Stuka dive bomber was compiled by Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers. It draws heavily on post war interviews with Luftwaffe pilots and staff officers to produce a fascinating insight into the Stuka at the tactical and operational level. Also featured are rare English translations of articles are taken from the pages of Der Adler, the Luftwaffe's in-house magazine. They provided an absorbing study, from a unique primary source, of the world of the Stuka and its pilots, and conveys to the modern reader a vivid sense of how they were viewed at the time.
Spitfire: Pilots' Stories
 Author: Dr Alfred Price Spitfire: Pilots' Stories The History Press ISBN: 0752467344 2012 Format: EPUB + PDF (conv) Size: 3,9 МБ + 7,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 192 The adventures of 60 pilots and ground crewmen who flew or worked on the Spitfire during World War II. A narrative description and condensed history of the Spitfire's construction, combat career, and postwar service tell all there is to know about the finest fighter of World War II. When the book Spitfire at War first appeared in 1974, it enjoyed critical acclaim, for the aircraft had never been described in such terms and detail before. It was followed by a second volume in 1985 and a third volume in 1990. All three volumes sold well and are hailed as classic works on the subject. These important works have been out of print for more than a decade, thereby denying them to the current breed of aviation buffs. The time has come to reissue the three books as a single volume, the author "cherry-picking" the choice cuts to produce the finest title on the mighty and beloved Spitfire.
Bellona Military Vehicle Prints
 Bellona Military Vehicle Prints Bellona Publications Author: Walter J. Spielberger ASIN: B002JHJZL2 1970 Language: English Pages: 20 Format: PDF Size: 25,4 MB 7.5cm PAK40/2 auf Sfl II 'Marder' Heavy Assault Tank A39 'Tortoise' Light Tank Mark IA. A4. E6, E7, E8, E9, E10 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T3
Hitler's Mistakes: New Insights Into What Made Hitler Tick
 Author: Ronald Lewin Hitler's Mistakes: New Insights Into What Made Hitler Tick Quill 1987 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 25 MB This thought-provoking book is the last work of Ronald Lewin, one of England's most distinguished military historians. Lewin was fascinated with the complexities of Hitler's character and what made the Nazi leader tick. What were Hitler's shortcomings as a political leader, as a military commander, and as a man? In this book Lewin displays a sure grasp of the complicated makeup of one of the greatest evil geniuses of our time. Based on an impressive and wide-ranging study of many sources unfamiliar to the general reader, Hitler's Mistakes is an eminently readable and important work of history.
Strange But True Stories of World War II
 Author: George Sullivan Strange But True Stories of World War II Walker and Company 1983 Format: PDF Pages: 136 Language: English Size: 14 MB Accounts of eleven bizarre but true incidents during World War II include a secret alliance between the U.S. Navy and the Mafia and Japanese bombing by balloon of our Midwest. Only seven months before their surrender at the end of World War II, the Japanese launched a bombing attack on the United States. Thousands of bombs attached to high altitude balloons penetrated and exploded as far inland from California as Iowa and Kansas. A full account of how the American government minimized the effects of these Japanese "windship weapons" is only one of several strange and little-known World War II stories told in this book.
Tanks and Armor in Modern Warfare
 Author: James Gary Tanks and Armor in Modern Warfare Franklin Watts, Inc. 1966 Format: PDF Pages: 304 Language: English Size: 27.8 MB An examination of the impact of tanks and armor on modern warfare, specifically focusing on the period surrounding the Second World War.
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
 Author: Heike B. Gortemaker Eva Braun: Life with Hitler Knopf 2011 Format: PDF/ePub Size: 11.6 Mb Language: English In this groundbreaking biography of Eva Braun, German historian Heike B. Görtemaker delves into the startlingly neglected historical truth about Adolf Hitler’s mistress. More than just the vapid blonde of popular cliché, Eva Braun was a capricious but uncompromising, fiercely loyal companion to Hitler; theirs was a relationship that flew in the face of the Führer’s proclamations that Germany was his only bride. Görtemaker paints a portrait of Hitler and Braun’s life together with unnerving quotidian detail—Braun chose the movies screened at their mountaintop retreat (propaganda, of course); he dreamed of retiring with her to Linz one day after relinquishing his leadership to a younger man—while weaving their personal relationship throughout the fabric of one of history’s most devastating regimes. Though Braun gradually gained an unrivaled power within Hitler’s inner circle, her identity was kept a secret during the Third Reich, until the final days of the war. Faithful to the end, Braun committed suicide with Hitler in 1945, two days after their marriage. Through exhaustive research, newly discovered documentation, and anecdotal accounts, Görtemaker has meticulously built a surprising portrait of Hitler’s bourgeois existence outside of the public eye. Though Eva Braun had no role in Hitler’s policies, she was never as banal as she was previously painted; she was privy to his thoughts, ruled life within his entourage, and held his trust. As horrifying as it is astonishing, Eva Braun will undoubtedly be referenced in all future accounts of this period.
Stirling’s Desert Triumph (Osprey Raid 49)
 Author: Gavin Mortimer Stirling’s Desert Triumph: The SAS Egyptian Airfield Raids 1942 (Osprey Raid 49) Osprey Publishing 2015 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 81 Size: 8 Mb Language: English
China's War With Japan, 1937-1945 - The Struggle for Survival
 Author: Rana Mitter China's War With Japan, 1937-1945 - The Struggle for Survival Penguin Books 2014 Format: PDF Pages: 458 Language: English Size: 19 MB The second major war between China and Japan (1937-1945) started before and ended after the Second World War in Europe. Neglected by the world leaders at the time and by historians thereafter, the fate of the protagonists in this war was inexorably shaped by it and yet, few, looking at China and Japan today, realise how the events and consequences of that war bear on the imprint of the two Asian giants in the 21st century. This book is an account of that war. The author, Mitter, wrote it mainly as a study of one of the two most important Chinese in the twentieth century - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (known sometimes as `G-Mo', or more derisively, by his arch `frenemy', General Joseph Stilwell, as `Peanut') and Mao Zedong.
The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific
 Author: John H. Bradley The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific Avery Publishing Group, Inc. 1989 Format: PDF Pages: 360 Language: English Size: 57.8 MB Beginning with a look at the readiness of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and the United States armed forces, this book gives a detailed account of the Allies brutal five-year struggle with Japan. It examines the interrelationship of land, sea, and air forces as they battled over the vast reaches of the Pacific Theater of War.
Kursk 1943: The Northern Front
 Author: Robert Forczyk Kursk 1943: The Northern Front Osprey Publishing Osprey Campaign 272 ISBN: 1782008195 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 98 Size: 8 Mb Language: English In the summer of 1943, recoiling from defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler conducted a limited objective offensive to eliminate the Soviet Kursk salient. Operating a classic pincer attack of the kind that succeeded during the 1942 Kharkov campaign he hoped that the resulting heavy losses inflicted on the Red Army would give the Wehrmacht time to recover its strength. However, the Soviet anticipation of the attack led to extensive losses on both sides as Soviet anti-tank mines and fierce fighting pushed the Germans back, liberating the German-held Orel in the process.
The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz: Rare photographs from Wartime Archives
 The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz: Rare photographs from Wartime Archives Author: Philip Kaplan Pen and Sword Aviation Images of War 2013 ISBN: 178159368X Pages: 144 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 6 MB This new collection of archive imagery from Philip Kaplan offers a gripping, graphic view of the routine repeated each day and night, from the summer of 1940 through to the following spring, by the German bomber crews bringing their deadly cargoes to Britain. Through mainly German archival photos, it profiles airmen on their French bases and in the skies over England; the aircraft they flew, fought and sometimes died in; their leaders; their targets and results; the R.A.F pilots and aircraft that stood in opposition to the German forces, and the losses experienced on both sides. The images, from the Bundesarchiv and other German and British photographic sources, vividly convey a real sense of events as they played out, as do the compelling first-hand accounts from a host of participants on both sides, eyewitnesses to one of the most brutal sustained bombardments of the Second World War.
Armored Attack 1944
 Author: Steven Zaloga Armored Attack 1944: U. S. Army Tank Combat in the European Theater from D-Day to the Battle of Bulge Stackpole Books 2011 Format: EPUB Pages: 512 Size: 35 Mb Covers D-Day, Normandy, southern France, the Siegfried Line, the push to the Rhine, and the Battle of the Bulge Includes all varieties of American armor, from Shermans to Hellcats Printed on high-quality glossy stock Perfect for modelers and World War II enthusiasts
Struggle for the Middle Sea The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945
 Author: Vincent P. O'Hara Struggle for the Middle Sea The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945 Naval Institute Press 2009 ISBN: 1591146488 Format: EPUB Size: 9,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 352 The Mediterranean Sea is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia and Africa meet. It was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. More major naval actions were fought in the Mediterranean than in the Atlantic or Pacific. Its waters witnessed carrier strikes, battle-line shootouts, cruiser-destroyer engagements, convoy attacks, coastal actions, amphibious assaults, and bitter submarine campaigns. Despite the importance of the Mediterranean war, however, its recent literature is remarkably sparse and largely one-sided. The Struggle in the Middle Sea is a fresh study of the Mediterranean naval war. It analyses the actions and performances of each of the five major navies, the British, Italian, French, German, and American within a chronological, operational narrative of the entire five year campaign, and examines, without partisanship, the national imperatives that drove much of the action. The Struggle in the Middle Sea sidesteps the myths that haunt this campaign, like Great Britain enjoyed a moral advantage over Italy, or the French were Germans puppets, or the North African campaign contributed to the eventual Allied victory. The book documents how the British Royal Navy, despite brilliant victories, was bled white in a campaign with questionable strategic goals; how Italy followed its own coherent naval strategy, much to the frustration of its German ally; how the Marine National was the strength of the independent French state and how it fought the Allies--and rejected the Axis--to maintain that independence. Finally, while the book concentrates on the 1940 to 1943 period, it also covers Germany's improvised and remarkably successful fighting withdrawal at sea from 1943-1945.
Panzerfaust: And Other German Infantry Anti-tank Weapons
 Panzerfaust: And Other German Infantry Anti-tank Weapons Author: Wolfgang Fleischer Schiffer Publishing Schiffer Military/Aviation History ISBN: 0887406726 1994 Language: English Pages: 52 Format: PDF Size: 24,8 mb Panzerfaust and Other German Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons of WWII Book. This book features a selection of original German World War II photos and contains information about the history and development, experiments, and variations variations of these anti-tank weapons. Included are rifles, rifle grenades, magnetic and other charges, Panzerfaust, Panzershreck and more.
The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938-1945
 Author: Adolf Galland The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938-1945 Ballantine Books 1969 Format: PDF Pages: 300 Language: English Size: 33.5 MB Adolf Galland, combat pilot with over 70 ''kills'' was commander of all fighter forces in the Luftwaffe during World War II. This is his story of Germany's war in the air, from the smashing victories in Poland and France to the last desperate battle to defend the Reich. This book combines the passion of combat and the perspective of command. . . . Some of his air-battles read almost as fast as the Messerschmitts he flew, and his staff battle accounts give the clearest picture yet of how the Germans lost their war in the air.
The Rhine Crossing: 9th US Army & 17th US Airborne
 Author: Andrew Rawson The Rhine Crossing: 9th US Army & 17th US Airborne Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe ISBN: 1783409665 2006 Format: EPUB Pages: 190 Size: 8 Mb Language: English In spring 1945, the outcome of the war was beyond doubt. Yet with the Russians closing fast on Berlin, the speed of the US & British advance was of the essence. One major hurdle remained - the mighty Rhine. This text follows the river crossings by 30th & 79th US Divisions & the parachute assault by 17th US Airborne Division.
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