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 The Book of Camouflage: The Art of Disappearing 
 The Book of Camouflage: The Art of Disappearing Author: Tim Newark Osprey Publishing Osprey General Military ISBN: 978 1782008316 2013 Language: English Pages: 104 Format: PDF (e-book) Size: 3,5 MB From its origins to its use in combat today, ‘The Little Book of Camouflage’ tells the history of camouflage in conflict. Its conception, its uses and the colours are looked at, as well as the key patterns - such as the German uniforms of World War II, the ever-recognisable American type worn during Vietnam and the British DPM - forming a sort of recognition guide to the various patterns in use in the armies of history and present day. Illustrated throughout with the patterns themselves and images of camouflage in use, Tim Newark presents a quick and detailed look at the most prolific camouflage patterns.
U.S.Amtracs & Amphibians at War 1941-1945
 Author: Steve Zaloga U.S.Amtracs & Amphibians at War 1941-1945 Concord Publications Concord №7032 ISBN: 9623616554 1999 Format: PDF Pages: 72 Size: 32 Mb Language: English Amphibious assault is one of the most difficult challenges in modern warfare. The defender has a natural advantage since the sea poses a formidable natural barrier to most military operations. With the advent of powerful coastal guns and steel-reinforced concrete fortifications, amphibious assault became all the more difficult. But amphibious assault also has it advantages. Coastlines are often long, and it is impossible to defend all locations. If a weak spot can be found, forces can be landed in relative safety. Until World War II, amphibious landings were conducted by improvised means, usually using ship's boats.
British Motor Torpedo Boat 1939-45
 British Motor Torpedo Boat 1939-45 (New Vanguard 74) Author: Angus Konstam, Tony Bryan Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1841765007 2003 Pages: 51 Format: PDF Size: 12.6МБ Language: English During the Second World War, flotillas of the Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boats and other coastal forces fought a deadly war for control of the English Channel and the North Sea. These small, fast boats attacked enemy convoys, escorted freighters, landed secret agents and even raided enemy ports. Unsung heroes, these craft and their tiny crews helped stave off defeat in the dark days of 1940. The same vessels then took the fight to other waters, and by the end of the war, British MTB's had seen service in the Mediterranean, the Baltic and the Far East. This book examines the development and operation of these frail, sleek little warships, and describes the way they were manned and how they fought.
Secret Weapons of World War II
 Author: Gerald Pawle Secret Weapons of World War II Ballantine Books 1967 Format: PDF Pages: 380 Language: English Size: 67.5 MB This is a well-written compendium of the scientists and the many weapons and other items developed by Britain's 'Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapon Development' during World War Two. The group, sometimes called the 'Wheezers and Dodgers,' were key players in inventing weapons such as the Hedgehog mortar for use against German submarines, the Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun, the bizarre Panjandrum intended to destroy beach defenses, various types of rockets, and the Holman Projector, a compressed-air grenade launcher. Other important work included components of the Mulberry Harbors used to support the D-Day landings, rocket grapnels for cliff assaults, barrage balloons, improved flares, and optimal camouflage schemes for ships, lakes and rivers. All-in-all, a fascinating account of a little known, yet vitally important aspect of the Allies victory in the Second World War. Includes 10 pages of illustrations.
Ike & Monty: Generals at War
 Author: Norman Gelb Ike & Monty: Generals at War William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1994 Format: PDF Pages: 488 Language: English Size: 58.7 MB Fifty years after the momentous Allied invasion of Normandy, here is a fascinating and sweeping dual portrait of the deeply troubled collaboration between two of history's greatest military leaders. Ike and Monty is the first book to focus exclusively on how their relationship determined the fate of the Allied effort to liberate Europe in World War II. It is a compelling account of the roles played in the struggle against Nazi Germany by Dwight David Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, and Bernard Law Montgomery, the most celebrated British battlefield commander of modern times.
Panzer IV: The Workhorse of the Panzerwaffe (Hitler's War Machine)
 Author: Bob Carruthers Panzer IV: The Workhorse of the Panzerwaffe (Hitler's War Machine) Pen and Sword ISBN: 1781592055 2013 Format: EPUB Size: 1,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 96 The Panzer IV was the only German tank to stay in production throughout the war. It was the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. Due to its efficient armament, robust armor and outstanding reliability, crews preferred it over the Panther, Tiger and King Tiger. Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers compiled this comprehensive overview of the Panzer IV in action. It draws heavily on wartime intelligence reports to produce a fascinating insight into the development and combat history of the Panzer IV at the tactical and operational level. Also featured are rare photographs and illustrations, which provide an absorbing study, from an array of primary sources, of the world of the Panzer IV and its crews, which conveys to the modern reader a vivid sense of how they were viewed at the time.
The March of Conquest; the German Victories in Western Europe, 1940
 Author: Telford Taylor The March of Conquest; the German Victories in Western Europe, 1940 Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1958 Format: PDF Pages: 496 Language: English Size: 67.7 MB Denmark won in four hours, Norway conquered in four weeks, Holland overwhelmed in five days, Belgium crushed in eighteen days, Britain flung off ! the Continent and stripped of much of its army and most of its equipment in three weeks, and France defeated and occupied in less than two months — such was the achievement of the Wehrmacht in the spring of 1940, and ; although in the end it came to nothing, it was a triumph almost without equal in modern military history. In this long, lucid, and often eloquent study, Mr. Taylor, an American Army intelligence officer who served as chief counsel for the prosecution at the Nuremberg trials, tells us how it happened — the weeks of bitter struggle between Hitler and Goring and the generals, out of which the master plan emerged; the usually brilliant tactics that followed the launching of the attack; the almost paralyzing astonishment of the Nazi High Command at the success of the venture; the recovery; and the victory.
Book of World War II
 Author: Collective Book of World War II (All About History) Imagine Publishing 2014 ISBN: 1910155292 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages 260 Size: 110 Mb Language: English All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.
Su-25 "Frogfoot" Units In Combat (Osprey Combat Aircraft 109)
 Author: Alexander Mladenov Su-25 "Frogfoot" Units In Combat (Osprey Combat Aircraft 109) Osprey Publishing 2015 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 97 Size: 4 Mb Language: English This volume details the technical features and operational performance of the Soviet Su-25 'Frogfoot', which proved itself as a durable and versatile attack aircraft in a variety of theatres such as Afghanistan, Georgia and Ossetia. Today it is widely accepted as the true successor to the types of specialised ground--attack aircraft that emerged during World War II. This book illuminates the service history of the 'Frogfoot' in over 30 years of combat using first-hand accounts and revealing archive photographs. The awkward-looking Su-25 has often been underrated, but the faithful 'Frogfoot' is now slated to remain in service with most of its current operators across the globe until at least 2020.
Hitler's Bureaucrats The Nazi Security Police and the Banality of Evil
 Author: Yaacov Lozowick Hitler's Bureaucrats The Nazi Security Police and the Banality of Evil Continnuum-3PL 2005 ISBN: 0826479189 Format: PDF Size: 15,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 320 For many, the name Adolf Eichmann is synonymous with the Nazi murder of six million Jews. Alongside Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, he is probably the most infamous of the Nazi murderers; unlike them, the aura linked to his name is that of the ultimate evil that may lurk in each and every one of us. This understanding can be attributed above all to Hannah Arendt, and her seminal book, Eichmann in Jersualem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, in which she suggested that Eighcmann and many bureaucrats like him never actually realized what they were doing:they were thoughtless rather than consciously evil. By taking this position, Arendt rejected the biblical story of Genesis, which sets the ability to distinguish between right and wrong at the very core of beign human. Instead, she implied that Eichmann represented a potential face of the future. This book claims that she was wrong. It describes the facts as they appear in the documentation created by Eichmann and his colleagues, and suggest that they fully understood what they were doing. The primary motivating force for their actions was a well-developed acceptance of th tenents of Nazi ideology, of which antisemitism was a central component. As far as one is able to determine, after the war not a single one of them ever expressed regret for their actions against the Jews, unless it was regret for having to pay the consequences. These were no run-of-the-mill bureaucrats who merely 'followed orders'.
Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II
 Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II Temple Press 1984 Format: PDF Pages: 244 Language: English Size: 32 MB This colorful and compact volume provides a useful guide to the aircraft manufactured in Britain during WWII, including such fighters as Spitfire, Hurricane, and Tempest; bombers such as Blenheim, Halifax, and Wellington; and a miscellany of other aircraft such as Sunderland, Anson, Tiger Moth, and Austers. Over 100 aircraft are featured, each with an associated text describing the history and development of the type. There are over 400 illustrations, including over 75 color photographs and full color artwork.
Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War II
 Author: Sally Van Wagenen Keil Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War II Rawson, Wade Publisher 1979 Format: PDF Pages: 376 Language: English Size: 58.3 MB From 1942 to 1944, almost two thousand women pilots left their civilian lives as students, movie stuntwomen, secretaries, blackjack dealers, and wives with husbands overseas to converge on Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas. There, the only all-female cadet air base in history, they slipped into ill-fitting men's GI flying suits and marched into the "Army Way" of life. Six months later, the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) were ready to fly every airplane in America's air arsenal, from the colossal B-29 Superfortress to the lightning-fast P-51 Mustang fighter.
The Ukrainian Division “Galicia” 1943-1945: A Memoir
 The Ukrainian Division “Galicia” 1943-1945: A Memoir Author: Wolf-Dietrich Heike Shevchenko Scientific Society 2013 Pages: 1988 Format: PDF Size: 11 Mb Language: English As the Division's Chief of Staff from January 1944 until its ultimate surrender in May 1945, the author was in an exceptionally favorable position to observe how a large group of Ukrainians reacted to the impending and politically complex crisis on the Eastern Front. The author describes the Division as it was formed in May 1943 and first saw action in July 1944 at Brody, where the major portion of its troops were killed or captured by Soviet forces. In October it was sent to Slovakia and was stationed there until January 1945. Then, by arduous marches under extremely difficult conditions, it was transferred to the mixed nationality area of southern Austria and northern Slovenia. At the war's end the Division retreated farther into Austria, to surrender to the British Army. Most combat was with regular Soviet troops advancing through Hungary toward southeast Austria.
Silent Hunters German U-Boat Commanders of World War II
 Silent Hunters German U-Boat Commanders of World War II Savas Publishing ISBN: 1844150623 2004 Format: EPUB Size: 3,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 240 While most aspects of the bitter U-Boat struggle have been told and retold from both the Axis and Allied points of view, the careers of some highly effective U-boat commanders have languished in undeserved obscurity. The profiles of six such commanders are presented in this collection of essays. They include Karl-Friedrich Merten, ranked among the war's top tonnage aces; Ralph Kapitsky, whose U-615 suicidal surface-to-air battle in the Caribbean allowed many of his fellow submariners to escape into the Atlantic; Fritz Guggenberger, who sank an aircraft carrier and organized the biggest POW escape attempt in American history.
Moral Combat - A History of World War II
 Author: Michael Burleigh Moral Combat - A History of World War II Harper Press 2010 Format: PDF Pages: 657 Language: English Size: 41 MB A clear, chronological narrative exploring many of the ethical dilemmas posed for real people during and after the Second World War. Literature on the Second World War is voluminous. In ‘Moral Combat’, however, Michael Burleigh achieves what few historians can claim to have done; by exploring the moral sentiment of entire societies and their leaders, and how this changed under the impact of total war, he presents readers with an entirely fresh perspective of this conflict. Opening with the 'predators' - Mussolini, Hitler, Prince Hirohito of Japan - and moving onto appeasement (a popular policy or a 'wrong' policy?), the rape of Poland, Barbarossa, the role of Churchill, and the Holocaust, Burleigh analyses the moral dimension of the Second World War's most important moments. More than merely a history of 'great men', however, Burleigh also examines the moral reasoning of individuals who had to make choices under circumstances difficult to imagine. Stressing the maxim that the past is used to make sense of the present world we live in, he takes us right up to today's war on terror - a war of competing ideas. What, in the end, will constitute its victory? Burleigh's fascinating and deeply engaging exploration refuses to draw lessons from the past for the future, remaining instead firmly focused on the on-the-spot decisions that came to define the conflict. Original, perceptive and remarkable in scope, this is an unforgettable and hugely important Second World War history.
The Second World War: A Complete History
 The Second World War: A Complete History Author: Martin Gilbert RosettaBooks 2014 ISBN: 9780795337314 Format: pdf Pages: 950 Size: 18 Mb Language: English, English In one brilliant volume, eminent historian Martin Gilbert offers the complete history of the Second World War. With unparalleled scholarship and breadth of vision, Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill as well as one of the leading experts on the Holocaust, weaves together political, military, diplomatic, and civilian elements to provide a global perspective on the war, in a work that is both a treasure trove of information and a gripping, dramatic narrative.
Schiffer Military History - Gabby. A Figter Pilot's Life
 Author: Francis Gabreski Schiffer Military History - Gabby. A Figter Pilot's Life Schiffer Publishing ISBN: 0764304429 1998 Format: PDF Size: 132,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 176 Gabreski was a top American ace in both WW II and Korea: in the European theater he downed a record 28 aircraft, and in Korea scored six kills. His accomplishments were perhaps astonishing because he came close to washing out in flight training. But his career had some other unusual twists as well. Son of Polish immigrants, Gabreski flew with a Polish squadron of the RAF before he joined the U.S. Air Force and, on the day he was to fly home after 166 missions, he was shot down and captured. He left the Air Force in 1967 and worked in the aircraft industry until 1978, when he became president of the Long Island Rail Road. He retired in 1987. His autobiography is a tale of high adventure and, with an assist from Molesworth, editor of the Skagit Valley Herald in Washington, he tells it with a matter-of-factness that heightens the impact. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
U-boat Prey: Merchant Sailors at War 1939-1942
 Author: Philip Kaplan U-boat Prey: Merchant Sailors at War 1939-1942: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Pen and Sword Images of War ISBN: 1783462930 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 128 Size: 10 Mb Language: English During the first stages of the Second World War, all forces were rallied in an attempt to support the Allied effort. With trade and supply routes to Britain suddenly being placed at great risk, a stalwart team of merchant sailors were required to protect vital supplies for the British people, as well as shipping vital army necessities back and forth. The efforts of the sailors involved really can't be overstated. Despite the fact that they didn't wear uniforms, and few were rewarded with medals or memorials, they were certainly as worthy of the title 'front-line warrior' as the guardsmen and fighter pilots to whom they transported necessary combat supplies. Indeed, many are in agreement that their efforts stood between the might of German forces and the domination of the world.
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