Author: Richard Overy
The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two
Oxford University Press
2015
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Language: English
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Author: Richard Overy The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two Oxford University Press 2015 Format: PDF Size: 56 mb Language: English Read Full Post 2nd Panzer Division 1935-1945
 Author: Tankwaffe 2nd Panzer Division 1935-1945 Tankwaffe Publishing 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 126 Size: 3 Mb Language: English 2nd Panzer Division 1935-1945 Read Full Post The Luftwaffe War Diaries
 Author: Cajus Bekker The Luftwaffe War Diaries Ballantine Books 1975 Format: PDF Pages: 676 Language: English Size: 67 MB The Luftwaffe War Diaries is the definitive history of the German air force in World War II, from the blitzkrieg on Poland to the last desperate stand over Germany--the only account ever to come from a German source. Its masterfully organized chapters detail, summarize, and evaluate every important strategy and campaign. Cajus Bekker has drawn on official German archives and collections, the combat journals and personal papers of leading officers, and the collated Luftwaffe war diaries, none of which have been published outside Germany, as well as interviews with hundreds of former German airmen.The result is a critical examination of the Luftwaffe's development and command against the vivid background of World War II's greatest air battles. While the author does full justice to the performance of German airmen, he does not embellish it. Thus his chronicle of the deadly struggle of these men is anything but a heroic saga; the exploits of the other side are treated with equal justice. Heroes and villains are not described or eulogized here--only men fighting a war that most of them did not want. With over 100 photographs, numerous maps, and a complete index of personalities, The Luftwaffe War Diaries brings into stunning focus for now and all time the ironic triumph and inevitable tragedy of war. Read Full Post Mechanized Army and Waffen-SS Units
 Author: Leo W. G. Niehorster Mechanized Army and Waffen-SS Units (1st September 1939) Niehorster German World War II Organizational Series Vol.1/I 1990 Format: PDF Pages: 80 Size: 85 Mb Language: Emglish This book is a compilation of Germany Army organizational charts (Kriegsstärkenachweisungen) in force at the outbreak of World War II. This volume collects those covering armored and mechanized divisions. No division was the same as another, and some of the charts have portions recreated or extrapolated from other sources or later KStN. A full explanation of abbreviations, symbols, and how to read the charts is included. Read Full Post Walking D-Day (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Paul Reed Walking D-Day Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 240 Size: 13 Mb Language: English Paul Reed’s latest battlefield walking guide covers the site of the largest amphibious invasion of all time, the first step in the Allied liberation of France and the rest of northwest Europe. The places associated with the landings on the Normandy coast on 6 June 1944 are among the most memorable that a battlefield visitor can explore. They give a fascinating insight into the scale and complexity of the Allied undertaking and the extent of the German defenses – and into the critical episodes in the fighting that determined whether the Allies would gain a foothold or be thrown back into the sea. All the most important sites are featured, from Pegasus Bridge, Merville Battery, Ouistrehem and Longues Battery to Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah Beaches, Pointe du Hoc and Sainte-Mère-Église. Read Full Post The Russian Navy - Myth and Reality
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 The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II Author: Ernst Rebentisch Stackpole Books 2012 ISBN: 0811710866 Pages: 544 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 30 MB Complete history of a German tank division that fought exclusively on the Eastern Front Unit operated near Stalingrad and in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, and Austria Unit relied heavily on captured enemy tanks, such as Soviet T-34s Illustrations include eight pages of color vehicle profiles Valuable resource for armor modelers Read Full Post Black Nazis II! Ethnic Minorities and Foreigners in Hitler's Armed Forces: An Unbiased History
 Author: Veronica Kuzniar Clark Black Nazis II! Ethnic Minorities and Foreigners in Hitler's Armed Forces: An Unbiased History CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 147508966X 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 9,1 МБ Language: English Pages: 238 How and why did so many non-German ethnic minorities and foreigners fight for the Nazis in World War II? This unique study answers these questions, among several others, by re-examining Hitler's and the Third Reich's theoretical and practical racial views and policies from a new perspective. Unlike most military historians, author V. K. Clark focuses on Africans and other dark-skinned 'minorities' in Nazi Germany and in the German armed forces. She has discovered that most of what the world has been told about Nazi treatment of Africans and other 'blacks' is incorrect or grossly exaggerated in order to paint the Nazis, SS and Wehrmacht as wholly evil and supremely racist. This portrayal could not be further from the truth. Read Full Post Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe
 Author: Raymond F. Toliver, Trevor J. Constable Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe Bantam Books 1979 Format: PDF Pages: 438 Language: English Size: 63.3 MB The most successful fighter pilots of all time spring to vibrant life again in this revised and updated edition of the classic account of Germany's greatest aces in action. Ride into combat with such Luftwaffe luminaries as ace of aces Erich Hartmann, Gunther Rall, Gerhard Barkhorn and dozens of others as they provide first-hand accounts of the German fighter arm's epic battle for the skies over Europe, Africa, and Russia. Accurate pen portraits illuminate outstanding fighter leaders and tutor like Werner Molders, Adolph Galland, "Macky" Steinhoff and many more, who invested the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm with its characteristic spirit and vigor. Legendary air heros like Marseille, and mercurial "Star of Africa", are shown in hundreds of photos from German collections. Personal combat accounts appear against the backdrop of Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring, who undermined his own pilots. From early aerial ascendancy, followed by its triumphant assault on the Red Air Force, the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm was inexorably crushed by overwhelming Allied air power. Unquenchable courage, devotion to the defense of their country's civilians, and unmatched combat skills were of no avail. Read Full Post Fall Gelb 1940 (2): Airborne Assault on the Low Countries (Osprey Campaign 265)
 Author: Doug Dildy Fall Gelb 1940 (2): Airborne Assault on the Low Countries (Osprey Campaign 265) Osprey Publishing 2015 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 97 Size: 10 Mb Language: English The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Holland and Belgium to confront the French and British. The assault was audacious; it relied on speed, feinting and manoeuvre as much as superior force, and in the end these qualities were to prove decisive to German success. Featuring vivid illustrations, illuminative bird's eye views and maps, this book charts the unfolding of an unprecedented ‘lightning war', which saw the first ever airborne assault at a strategic level, and the largest clash of armour to date. Never in the history of warfare had the clash between such large, powerful, and apparently equal forces been decided so swiftly and conclusively. Read Full Post Fall Gelb 1940
 Author: Doug Dildy Fall Gelb 1940 (1): Panzer Breakthrough in the West Osprey Publishing Osprey Campaign 264 ISBN: 1782006443 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 89 Size: 14 Mb Language: English Read Full Post Museum Ordnance Special Number 24 Schwerer Panzerspaehwagen (Sdkfz 234)
 Author: Thomas L. Jentz Museum Ordnance Special Number 24 Schwerer Panzerspaehwagen (Sdkfz 234) Darlington Productions Inc 1988 Format: PDF Size: 6,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 24 Read Full Post Luftkrieg uber Europa 1939-1945: Die Angst im Nacken
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 Author: Mark Mazower Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe Penguin Books 2009 Format: PDF Size: 129.5 Mb Language: English Mark Mazower's "Hitler's Empire" is a provocative account of the rise and fall of Nazi Europe by one of Britain's leading historians. Hitler's empire was the largest, most brutal and most ambitious reshaping of Europe in history. Inspired by the imperial legacy of those such as the British, the Third Reich cast its shadow from the Channel Islands to the Caucasus and ruled hundreds of millions. Yet, as Mark Mazower's groundbreaking new account shows, it was an empire built on an illusion. From Hitler's plans for vast motorways crossing an ethnically cleansed Russian steppe, to dreams of a German super-economy rivalling America's, Mazower reveals the lethal fusion of mass murder, modern managerialism and colossal incompetence that underpinned the Nazi New Order. Ultimately Hitler's empire ended up consuming its own, leaving destruction in its wake and finishing not just with the downfall of Germany, but an entire continent. "Remarkable ...provocative ...an important new book". (Adam Tooze, "Sunday Telegraph"). "A stunning survey ...breaks new ground". (Dominic Sandbrook, "Daily Telegraph" Books of the Year). "A first-class account". (Richard Overy, "Literary Review"). "Brilliant ...a must for anyone who has a serious interest in the dreadful Third Reich". (Justin Cartwright, "Spectator"). "Exposes the intellectual bankruptcy of the enterprise with forensic skill and wit". (Christopher Silvester, "Daily Express"). Mark Mazower is the author of "Inside Hitler's Greece", "Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century", "The Balkans" - which won the Wolfson Prize for History - and "Salonika: City of Ghosts", which won both the Runciman Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. He has taught at the University of Sussex, Princeton University and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is now Professor of History at Columbia University. Read Full Post Battle of the Bulge
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 Author: Edward M. Young American Aces against the Kamikaze Osprey Publishing Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 109 2012 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 96 Size: 3 Mb Language: English The Japanese High Command realised that the loss of Okinawa would give the Americans a base for the invasion of Japan. Its desperate response was to unleash the full force of the Special Attack Units, known in the west as the Kamikaze (‘Divine Wind'). In a series of mass attacks in between April and June 1945, more than 900 Kamikaze aeroplanes were shot down. Conventional fighters and bombers accompanied the Special Attack Units as escorts, and to add their own weight to the attacks on the US fleet. In the air battles leading up to the invasion of Okinawa, as well as those that raged over the island in the three months that followed, the Japanese lost more than 7,000 aircraft both in the air and on the ground. In the course of the fighting, 67 Navy, 21 Marine, and three USAAF pilots became aces. Read Full Post The Red Army at War (Images of War)
 Author: Artem Drabkin The Red Army at War (Images of War) Pen and Sword Military 2010 Format: EPUB Pages: 128 Size: 36 Mb Language: English The 160 contemporary photographs from the Russian archives that have been selected for this book give a striking insight into all sides of wartime service for the Soviet soldier. The whole range of military experience is portrayed here, from recruitment and the rigors of training to transport, marching and the ordeal of combat. Read Full Post
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