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 Bellona Military Vehicle Prints
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

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 The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938-1945
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.

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 The Tigers of Bastogne: Voices of the 10th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge
The Tigers of Bastogne: Voices of the 10th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge
Author: Michael Collins
The Tigers of Bastogne: Voices of the 10th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge
Casemate
ISBN: 1612001815
2013
Format: PDF (conv)
Size: 6,9 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 296
The gallant stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne has long become part of historical and media legend. But how many students of the war realize there was already a U.S. unit holding the town when they arrived? And this unit—the 10th Armored Division—continued to play a major role in its defense throughout the German onslaught.
In The Tigers of Bastogne, authors King and Collins finally detail the travails of this young armored division, which had only arrived in Europe that fall, yet found itself subject to the full brunt of Manteuffel’s Fifth Panzer Army in the Ardennes. At first overwhelmed, and then falling back to protect the vital crossroads, the 10th Armored was reinforced (not “saved”) by the Screaming Eagles, and its men and tanks went on to contribute largely to America’s victory in its largest battle of the war.
The 10th Armored had only arrived in Europe that September, as part of Patton’s Third Army, and their divisional motto, “Terrify and Destroy,” was somewhat belied by the onslaught of Nazi panzers that burst across no-man’s-land on December 16. Instead their nickname, “The Tiger Division,” became fully earned, as they went on the defensive at Bastogne, surrounded by an entire German army, yet refused to concede a single inch of ground not earned with blood.

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 Struggle for the Middle Sea The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945
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.

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 The Waffen SS in Combat: A Photographic History (Images of War)
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.

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 The Rhine Crossing: 9th US Army & 17th US Airborne
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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 Asiatic Land Battles: Expansion of Japan in Asia (The Military History of World War II vol.8)
Asiatic Land Battles: Expansion of Japan in Asia (The Military History of World War II vol.8)
Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
Asiatic Land Battles: Expansion of Japan in Asia (The Military History of World War II vol.8)
Franklin Watts, Inc.
1963
Format: PDF
Pages: 80
Language: English
Size: 27.7 MB

A retrospective of Asiatic Land Battles: Expansion of Japan in Asia.

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 Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (The Military History of World War II vol.3)
Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (The Military History of World War II vol.3)
Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (The Military History of World War II vol.3)
Franklin Watts, Inc.
1962
Format: PDF
Pages: 104
Language: English
Size: 27.6 MB

The bitter fighting in the North African desert and the bold men in command - Montgomery, Patton, and Rommel - through to the invasion of Sicily and Italy.

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 Stirling’s Desert Triumph (Osprey Raid 49)
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

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 The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz: Rare photographs from Wartime Archives
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.

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 Panzerfaust: And Other German Infantry Anti-tank Weapons
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.

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 STUG: Assault Gun Units in the East, Bagrations to Berlin. Vol II
STUG: Assault Gun Units in the East, Bagrations to Berlin. Vol II
STUG: Assault Gun Units in the East, Bagrations to Berlin. Vol II
Author: Dennis Oliver
ADH Publishing
Firefly Collection No.7
ISBN: 978 0987601346
2014
Language: English
Pages: 36
Format: PDF
Size: 22,2 MB

The second and final part of STUG: Assault Gun Units In The East. In volume 1 we covered the independent StuG Battalions and the Panzerjaeger companies attached to Infantry divisions equipped with the StuG III and IV and in this book we examine the units of the Waffen SS, the Luftwaffe and the Panzer divisions – some of which contained mixed battalions of tanks and assault guns.

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 Kursk 1943: The Northern Front
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.

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 Panzer Division 1940-1943 (Mushroom Green Series 4110)
Panzer Division 1940-1943 (Mushroom Green Series 4110)
Author: Thierry Vallet
9.Panzer Division 1940-1943 (Mushroom Green Series 4110)
Mushroom Model Publications
2012
Format: EPUB
Pages: 144
Size: 5 Mb
Language: English

9. Panzer-Division was formed in January 1940 from 4. Leichte-Division. It took part in the campaign in the west, fighting in the Netherlands, Belgium and finally France before being transferred to Poland in September 1940. Later it took part in the campaign in the Balkans before fighting on the southern sector during the invasion of the USSR. It then transferred to the central sector in October 1941 and took part in the summer offensive of 1942 and later in the fighting at Kursk. Subsequently the unit transferred to the southern sector in the fall of 1943 and took part in the fighting at the Dnieper where it suffered heavy losses.

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 The Great Battles of World War II volume 1, the Pacific Islands
The Great Battles of World War II volume 1, the Pacific Islands
Author: Charles E. Pfannes
The Great Battles of World War II volume 1, the Pacific Islands
Zebra Books
1985
Format: PDF
Pages: 372
Language: English
Size: 33 MB

On August 6, 1945, the United States exploded an atomic bomb over Hiroshima. This event was followed three days later by the dropping of another bomb on Nagasaki. On August 8, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. The United States Navy, meanwhile, had managed to completely isolate Japan from its empire. American bombers devastated Japan's cities. Any one of these could have led to Japan's surrender.

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 My Command Operations: Memoirs of Hitler's Most Daring Commando
My Command Operations: Memoirs of Hitler's Most Daring Commando
My Command Operations: Memoirs of Hitler's Most Daring Commando
Author: Otto Skorzeny
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Schiffer Military History
1998
ISBN-13: 978-0887407185
Pages: 482
Language: English
Format: PDF
Size: 81 MB

The memoirs of the legendary Skorzeny appear here in its first unabridged English edition. Skorzeny's fame began with the successful raid to free Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso, Italy in 1943. His elite commandos surprised Italian guards in a daring daytime raid. Hitler presented Skorzeny with the Knight's Cross for this operation. Not only is this raid explained in minute detail, many of Skorzeny's previously unknown operations in all European and Russian theatres of World War II are given in detailed accounts. Operation Griffin - the innovative use of German Kommandos dressed as American soldiers working behind enemy lines - during the Ardennes Offensive in 1944 is given in-depth coverage, as is Skorzeny's rememberances on the Malmedy massacre. Skorzeny also offers his insights into the mysterious Rudolf Hess mission to England in May 1941, and offers a behind the scenes look at German and Russian secret military intelligence, and the workings of Canaris and Gehlen.

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 Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September-November, 1944
Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September-November, 1944
Author: George E. Koskimaki
Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September-November, 1944
Casemate
2003
Format: PDF
Pages: 488
Language: English
Size: 84.8 MB

In 1944 members of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division - the Screaming Eagles - took part in Operation Market Garden in an attempt to liberate the Netherlands. Hell's Highway is a never before told personal account of 612 members of this renowned force who risked their lives for the freedom of this small country and the world.

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 Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
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.

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 China's War With Japan, 1937-1945 - The Struggle for Survival
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.

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