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 War, Pacification, and Mass Murder, 1939: The Einsatzgruppen in Poland (Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context) 
 Author: Jürgen Matthäus, Jochen Böhler, Klaus-Michael Mallmann War, Pacification, and Mass Murder, 1939: The Einsatzgruppen in Poland (Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2014 Format: epub Size: 6.9 Mb Language: English This invaluable work traces the role of the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and SD, the core group of Himmler’s murder units involved in the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question,” during and immediately after the German campaign in Poland in 1939. In addition to relevant Einsatzgruppen reports, the book includes key documents from other sources, especially eyewitness accounts from victims or onlookers. Such accounts provide an alternative, often much more realistic, perspective on the nature and consequences of the actions previously known only through documentation generated by the perpetrators. With carefully selected primary sources contextualized by the authors’ clear narrative, this work fills an important gap in our understanding of a crucial period in the evolution of policies directed against Jews, Poles, and others deemed dangerous or inferior by the Third Reich. Supplemented by maps and photographs, this book will be an essential reference and research tool.
The Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War
 Author: David Downing The Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War Greenhill Books 2001 Format: PDF Pages: 232 Language: English Size: 36 MB This provocative alternate history looks at World War II from a new angle - what might have happened had the Germans taken Moscow in 1941. Based on authentic history and real possibilities, this book plays out the dramatic consequences of opportunities taken and examines the grotesque possibilities of a Third Reich triumphant. On September 30th, 1941, the Germans fight their way into the ruins of Moscow, and the Soviet Union collapses. Although Russian resistance continues, German ambition multiplies after this signal victory and offensives are launched in Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Hitler's armies, assured of success, make their leader's dreams reality, and Allied hopes of victory seem to be hopelessly doomed. David Downing's writing is fluid and eminently believable, as he blends actual events with the intriguing possibilities of alternate history. The Moscow Option is a chilling reminder that the course of World War II might easily have run very differently.
Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II - A Graphic Presentation of the Japanese Naval Organization
 Author: Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II - A Graphic Presentation of the Japanese Naval Organization US Military 1952 Format: PDF Size: 22,1 МБ Language: English Pages: 306 Graphic Presentation (charts and tables) of the Japanese Naval Organization. Through instructions from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to the Japanese Government, 12 October 1945, subject: Institution for War Records Investigation, steps were initiated to exploit military historical records and official reports of the Japanese War Ministry and Japanese General Staff. Upon dissolution of the War Ministry and the Japanese General Staff, and the transfer of their former functions to the Demobilization Bureau, research and compilation continued and developed into a series of historical monographs. The paucity of original orders, plans and unit journals, which are normally essential in the preparation of this type of record, but were largely lost or destroyed during field operations or bombing raids, rendered the task of compilation most difficult; particularly distressing has been the complete lack of official strength reports, normal in AG or G3 records. However, while many of the important orders, plans, and estimates have been reconstructed from memory and therefore are not textually identical with the originals, they are believed to be generally accurate and reliable.
Erwin Rommel
 Author: Pier Paolo Battistelli Erwin Rommel Osprey Publishing Ltd 2010 Format: pdf (e-book) Language: English Size: 5.86 MB Nicknamed ‘The Desert Fox’ for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany’s World War II commanders. He got his first taste of combat in World War I, where his daring command earned him the Blue Max, Germany’s highest decoration for bravery. He followed this up with numerous successes early in World War II in both Europe and Africa, before facing his biggest challenge – organizing the defence of France. Implicated in the plot to kill Hitler, Rommel chose suicide over a public trial. This book looks at the life of this daring soldier, focusing on his style of command and the tactical decisions that earned him his fearsome reputation.
The Air War in the Pacific: Air Power Leads the Way (The Military History of World War II vol.13)
 Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy The Air War in the Pacific: Air Power Leads the Way (The Military History of World War II vol.13) Franklin Watts, Inc. 1964 Format: PDF Pages: 104 Language: English Size: 37.8 MB A retrospective of The Air War in the Pacific.
Disaster at D-Day
 Author: Peter Tsouras Disaster at D-Day Greenhill Books 1994 Format: PDF Pages: 244 Language: English Size: 39.7 MB It is June 1944. The Allied armies are poised for the full-scale invasion of Fortress Europe. Across the Channel, the vaunted Wehrmacht lies waiting for the signs of invasion, ready for the final battle. What happens next is well-known to any student of modern history. The outcome could easily have been very different, as Peter Tsouras shows in this masterful and devastating account in which plans, missions and landings go horribly wrong. Tsouras firmly bases his narrative on facts but introduces minor adjustments at the opening of the campaign-the repositioning of a unit, bad weather and misjudged orders-and examines their effect as they gather momentum and impact on all subsequent events. Without deviating from the genuine possibilities of the situation, he presents a scenario that keeps the reader guessing and changes the course of history.
The Story of the Second World War
 Author: Henry Steele Commager The Story of the Second World War Brassey's Inc. 1998 Format: PDF Pages: 356 Language: English Size: 56.6 MB The Story of the Second World War is one of the first efforts to encapsulate the war. It provides today's readers a highly accurate picture of how the war was perceived at the time it was fought.
SS and Gestapo: Rule by Terror (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book №8)
 Author: Roger Manvell SS and Gestapo: Rule by Terror (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book №8) Ballantine Books 1970 Format: PDF Pages: 164 Language: English Size: 26 MB From the twenties to the war years and the culminating horror of the extermination camps, the history of the SS and the Gestapo traces the development of the most evil system of political thought ever to oppress humanity. Here are the lunatic elite of the 'Master Race', and here are their wretched victims, humiliated, tortured, executed. Is the past vanquished? Or are the seeds still lying dormant?
Cherbourg 1944 (Osprey Campaign 278)
 Author: Steven J. Zaloga Cherbourg 1944: The First Allied Victory in Normandy (Osprey Campaign 278) Osprey Publishing 2015 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 97 Size: 24 Mb Language: English Steven Zaloga offers up a rigorous and absorbing study of the first major Allied operation in Normandy after the D-Day landings - the capture of Cherbourg. Blending expert analysis, specially commissioned artwork and illustrative maps, this book tells the story of the bitter struggle to capture this vital point. Cherbourg was recognized by both the German and Allied High commands as crucial to the Allied foothold in Normandy - it was the nearest major port and was desperately needed by the Allies for major logistical operations to support their forces on long stretches of open beach. Hitler, on the other hand, declared Cherbourg to be a 'Festung' (fortress), a designation everyone knew to mean that its defenders were to fight to the last man.
The Bad War: The Truth NEVER Taught About World War II
 Author: M S King The Bad War: The Truth NEVER Taught About World War II CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015 Format: pdf, epub Size: 12.1 Mb, 7.6 Mb Language: English 245 Pages / 500 Illustrations During the 75 years that have now passed since the end of the grand history-altering event known as World War II, only a single narrative of the great conflict has been heard. It is a story which the architects of the New World Order have implanted, no, POUNDED into the minds of three subsequent generations. Every medium of mass indoctrination has been harnessed to the task of training the obedient masses as to what the proper view of this event should be. Academia, news media, public education, book publishing, TV documentaries, Hollywood films, clergymen and politicians of every stripe all sing the same song. You know the familiar lyrics: “Led by Adolf Hitler; Germany, Italy and Japan tried to enslave the planet. The “good guys” of the “world community”, led by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and Winston Churchill, banded together and stopped them. Literally, not a day seems to pass without some sort of media reference to this incomplete and simplistic narrative; a story which oh-so-conveniently ignores the previous decades of critical history leading up to World War II, omits vital information from the actual war years, and outright fabricates lie after lie after lie. Indeed, the “official story” amounts to a manufactured mendacity of such mountainous dimensions that the human mind will have a hard time processing the actual truth of the grand event, no matter how compelling the case may be. Isn’t it time you heard a different tune; at least for your consideration? Haven't you ever at least been curious as to what "the other side of the World War II story" was? If so, you ought to have a look at 'The Bad War', a heavily illustrated epic timeline that will transport you back to the mid 1800's; and then lead you on an exciting "you are there" journey right up through both World War I and World War II. Well-written, entertaining, and meticulously documented, 'The Bad War' is unique for its ability to condense so much real history into just 245 attention-riveting, illustration-rich pages. But do be forewarned. Your worldview may never be the same.
Sturmtiger
 Author: George Parada, Mariusz Suliga, Krzysztof Mucha Sturmtiger Kagero Kagero Photosniper №10 ISBN: 8391482448 2003 Format: PDF Pages: 48 Size: 17 Mb Language: Polish/English During World War II, Germany produced a variety of specialized armored fighting vehicles, including Sturmpanzers - assault tanks. They were to be used as heavy infantry support vehicles in urban street warfare against buildings and in operations against heavily fortified defenses. The first was the Sturminfanteriegeschiitz 33 based on the Panzerkampfwagen III medium tank and armed with the 150mm sIG heavy infantry gun. All 24 built were produced in 1942 and saw service on the Eastern Front, including Stalingrad. The Sturminfanteriegeschiitz 33 was followed by the Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar, which was based on the Panzerkampfwagen IV medium tank and armed with a 150mm StuH (Sturmhaubitze) assault/attack howitzer.
The Sea Wolves
 Author: Frank Wolfgang The Sea Wolves Ballantine Books 1981 Format: PDF Pages: 236 Language: English Size: 36.2 MB Here is the amazing true story of the German U-boats of World War II, written by a man who saw it all from the inside. The Sea Wolves presents the dramatic facts of how the German Navy was secretly rebuilt, how the High Command reached its fateful decisions, and how the feverish technical war was finally won-by the allies.
German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman: Barbarossa 1941
 German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman: Barbarossa 1941 Author: David Campbell, Johnny Shumate Osprey Publishing Osprey Combat 7 ISBN: 978 1472803245 2014 Language: English Pages: 83 Format: PDF (e-book) Size: 6,8 MB The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and her allies against Stalin’s forces in a mighty struggle for survival. Fighting alongside the spearhead Panzer divisions were Germany’s highly skilled and veteran motorized infantrymen – including the German Army’s premier unit, Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Gro?deutschland. Opposing these German mobile forces, the Soviets deployed the often ill-trained and poorly equipped men of the rifle regiments, who fought tenaciously and with the threat of savage reprisals from their own side. In this book three bruising clashes during the first seven weeks of the campaign are assessed – a bloody encounter battle at Zhlobin, the struggle for the destroyed city of Smolensk and then a prolonged clash along a dangerously stretched German defensive perimeter at Vas’kovo–Voroshilovo.
Aces of the Luftwaffe: The Jagdfliegern and Their Tactics of World War II
 Author: Peter Jacobs Aces of the Luftwaffe: The Jagdfliegern and Their Tactics of World War II Frontline Books 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 256 Size: 2 Mb The air battles of the Second World War were fought ferociously and with extraordinary skill and courage on both fronts. The fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe, the jagdfliegern, in fact outscored their Allied counterparts by some margin and were some of the highest scoring fighter pilots of all time. More than a hundred recorded a century of aerial successes with two going on to surpass a quite astonishing 300 victories.
The Second World War: An Illustrated History of WWII - Axis Domination Vol.6 (June 1942 - May 1943)
 Author: J. A. Hammerton The Second World War: An Illustrated History of WWII - Axis Domination Vol.6 (June 1942 - May 1943) Trident Press International 2000 Format: PDF Pages: 828 Language: English Size: 122.8 MB The Second World War contains vivid details of all the major events; the fall of France, the Western Desert, Hitler's fatal attack on Russia, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Victory in Europe and the defeat of Japan. This series is richly illustrated with nearly twenty thousand photographs and informative drawings and maps, which create a memorable and vivid portrait of war.
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe\'s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
 The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe\'s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War London : Macmillan, Author: Lynn H. Nicholas 1994 Language:English Format: pdf Size:88,9 Mb The treasures of Quedlinburg ... the Trojan gold ... the Amber Room. These fabled objects are only the tiny summit of an immense mountain of artifacts—artistic, religious, historic—that were sold, confiscated, stolen, dismembered, defaced, destroyed, or buried as Europe succumbed first to the greed and fury of the Nazis and then to the ravages of war. Now, in a riveting account brimming with tales of courage and sacrifice, of venality and beastliness, Lynn H. Nicholas meticulously reconstructs the full story of this act of cultural rape and its aftermath. In doing so, she offers a new perspective on the history of the Third Reich and of World War II.
Battle of Midway
 Author: G. C. Skipper Battle of Midway (World at War) Childrens Press 1980 Format: PDF Pages: 54 Language: English Size: 42 MB The Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy (USN), under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo on Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet.
Planes of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Volume 2
 Author: Bernd Barbas Planes of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Volume 2 Kookaburra Technical Publikation 1985 ISBN: 0858800527 Format: PDF Size: 48,8 МБ Language: English Pages: 177 The first book in Kookaburra's 2 Volume Set. This monumental work is the result of interviewing surviving German fighter pilots and ground crew over a long period, thus gaining access to many unpublished private photographic collections.
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