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 Operation Thunderclap and the Black March 
 Author: Richard Allison Operation Thunderclap and the Black March Casemate ISBN: 161200265X 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 1,8 МБ Language: English Pages: 256 rom the bomb group that brought forth the bomber Memphis Belle and the movie Twelve O’clock High comes a final epic from the air war in Europe... In February 1945, the Allies launched Operation Thunderclap, a series of maximum efforts against cities in eastern Germany, partly to pave the way for the Red Army that would soon be overrunning that territory. These deep-penetration raids would tax the bomber crews immensely, as well as bring new devastation to cities yet untouched by U.S. airpower.
World War II: A Short History
 Author: Henri Michel World War II: A Short History Saxon House 1973 Format: PDF Pages: 136 Language: English Size: 23.2 MB World War II, written by one of the world's greatest acknowledged experts on the subject, succeeds in encompassing for the first time within a single volume the entire scale of the Second World War, covering principal events and personalities, fluently narrating its course from 1939 to the immediate postwar period and presenting a lucid account of the all-important political background. In addition, Henri Michel gives a clear picture of the aftermath of the war and indicates the almost cataclysmic influence it had on political boundaries and postwar technology. Maps and photographs further reinforce the clarity of the author's approach.
The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power
 Author: Max Boot The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power Basic Books 2014 ISBN: 0465064930 Format: EPUB Size: 4,8 МБ Language: English Pages: 496 America's "small wars," "imperial wars," or, as the Pentagon now terms them, "low-intensity conflicts," have played an essential but little-appreciated role in its growth as a world power. Beginning with Jefferson's expedition against the Barbary Pirates, Max Boot tells the exciting stories of our sometimes minor but often bloody landings in Samoa, the Philippines, China, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia, and elsewhere. Along the way he sketches colorful portraits of little-known military heroes such as Stephen Decatur, "Fighting Fred" Funston, and Smedley Butler. From 1800 to the present day, such undeclared wars have made up the vast majority of our military engagements. Yet the military has often resisted preparing itself for small wars, preferring instead to train for big conflicts that seldom come. Boot re-examines the tragedy of Vietnam through a "small war" prism. He concludes with a devastating critique of the Powell Doctrine and a convincing argument that the armed forces must reorient themselves to better handle small-war missions, because such clashes are an inevitable result of America's far-flung imperial responsibilities.
The Afrika Korps in Combat (Hitler's War Machine)
 Author: Bob Carruthers The Afrika Korps in Combat (Hitler's War Machine) Pen and Sword ISBN: 1781581207 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 1,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 130 Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility." Erwin Rommel Compiled, edited and introduced by Emmy Award winning author Bob Carruthers, this fascinating compilation of war-time Allied intelligence reports presents a unique insight into the tactical and operational aspects of the Afrika Korps as viewed by their enemies. The reputation of the Afrika Korps is now synonymous with that of its first commander Erwin Rommel, and in the process the Desert War has become renowned as the 'war without hate', which arose from the shared experience as both sides were forced to battle a hostile and unforgiving environment. These absorbing primary sources provide a compelling picture through the eyes of the participants of the Desert War from the time when the events were still unfolding. This book is part of the 'Hitler's War Machine' series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler's Wehrmacht. The series consultant is David Mcwhinnie creator of the award winning PBS series 'Battlefield.
Russian KV and IS
 Author: F. Shillings Russian KV and IS (AFV Weapons Profile 17) Profile Publications Ltd 1970 Format: PDF Size: 14,6 МБ Language: English
The Few: Fight for the Skies (Images of War)
 Author: Philip Kaplan The Few: Fight for the Skies (Images of War) Pen and Sword Military 2015 Format: EPUB Pages: 144 Size: 7 Mb In this new pictorial history from Philip Kaplan, the perspectives of both RAF and Luftwaffe airmen are considered within the wider context of one of the most iconic and pivotal conflicts of modern history.The Blitz, primarily the bombing of London and the major cities of Britain by the German Air Force, lasted for fifty-seven nights from September 1940 into May 1941. Life under the bombing; the perspectives of German and British airmen; the experience of sheltering in the London Underground; firsthand accounts of the horror by survivors left behind; all these voices are consolidated to great effect, providing a suitable commentary to the rare archive photography on display.
Churchill's Generals
 Author: John Keegan Churchill's Generals Grove Weidenfeld 1991 Format: PDF Pages: 406 Language: English Size: 65 MB An authoritative look at the men who helped Churchill win World War II--a companion volume to Hitler's Generals. Beginning with an essay that examines Churchill's rise and strategic cast of thought, the book goes on to provide an intimate portrait of each general. Black-and-white photographs.
Anzio: The Gamble That Failed
 Author: Martin Blumenson Anzio: The Gamble That Failed J. B. Lippincott Company 1963 Format: PDF Pages: 230 Language: English Size: 25.1 MB Anzio is a small town beside the sea, an hour's drive from Rome. It is a pleasant place. There are no monuments to visit, no tombs or relics to revere, no grand views, not even a restaurant of note. Only the beaches for sunbathing and digging in the sand, the cool blue water for swimming. A prosperous seaport twenty-five hundred years ago, a fashionable summer resort two thousand years ago, entirely deserted a millennium ago, Anzio was the arena for a great clash of arms in 1944. During four long months of that year the combatants of World War II were locked at Anzio in a deadly embrace. The Allies threw down the challenge when American and British troops came ashore at Anzio in search of Rome. Picking up the challenge, the Germans reacted violently.
The Politics of War - Australia at War, 1939-45 - From Churchill to Macarthur
 Author: David Day The Politics of War - Australia at War, 1939-45 - From Churchill to Macarthur Harper Collins 2003 Format: PDF Pages: 763 Language: English Size: 35.6 MB The first-ever collection of David Day's groundbreaking Second World War histories - 'The Great Betrayal' and 'Reluctant Nation'. The fall of Singapore in February 1942 confronted Australia with its worst nightmare - the possibility of invasion by Japan. With Australia's fighting strength scattered across the globe defending British interests in the Mediterranean and elsewhere, the nation looked to Britain for help. But it was not forthcoming. Instead, with Australia's northern towns being pounded by Japanese bombers, the country was forced to look to the US to help fend off the looming danger. So began the most terrifying period in Australian history, culminating in the naval battle of the Coral Sea and the battle of the Kokoda Track. Only then did the risk of invasion recede. As the battles raged, the politicians in Canberra and London, led by John Curtin and Winston Churchill, bickered over the disposition of the troops and the provision of munitions. These diplomatic battles were fought almost as furiously as the battles on the ground between the soldiers of the opposing armies. Based on his original publications of 'The Great Betrayal' and 'Reluctant Nation' plus extensive new research in the archives of Britain and Australia, and utilising a very readable narrative style, David Day places the landmark battle of Allied forces within their wider political context. The book exposes the awful peril in which Australia was placed by the war in the Pacific and shows how Australia's relationship with Britain was tested almost to breaking point.
The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II
 Author: Charles Glass The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II Penguin Press HC, The; First Edition ISBN: 1594204284 2013 Format: epub Size: 3.59 mb Pages: 400 Language: Ehglish “Powerful and often startling…The Deserters offers a provokingly fresh angle on this most studied of conflicts.” --The Boston Globe A groundbreaking history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, The Deserters offers a completely new perspective on the Second World War. Charles Glass—renowned journalist and author of the critically acclaimed Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation—delves deep into army archives, personal diaries, court-martial records, and self-published memoirs to produce this dramatic and heartbreaking portrait of men overlooked by their commanders and ignored by history. Surveying the 150,000 American and British soldiers known to have deserted in the European Theater, The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II tells the life stories of three soldiers who abandoned their posts in France, Italy, and Africa. Their deeds form the backbone of Glass’s arresting portrait of soldiers pushed to the breaking point, a sweeping reexamination of the conditions for ordinary soldiers. With the grace and pace of a novel, The Deserters moves beyond the false extremes of courage and cowardice to reveal the true experience of the frontline soldier. Glass shares the story of men like Private Alfred Whitehead, a Tennessee farm boy who earned Silver and Bronze Stars for bravery in Normandy—yet became a gangster in liberated Paris, robbing Allied supply depots along with ordinary citizens. Here also is the story of British men like Private John Bain, who deserted three times but never fled from combat—and who endured battles in North Africa and northern France before German machine guns cut his legs from under him. The heart of The Deserters resides with men like Private Steve Weiss, an idealistic teenage volunteer from Brooklyn who forced his father—a disillusioned First World War veteran—to sign his enlistment papers because he was not yet eighteen. On the Anzio beachhead and in the Ardennes forest, as an infantryman with the 36th Division and as an accidental partisan in the French Resistance, Weiss lost his illusions about the nobility of conflict and the infallibility of American commanders. Far from the bright picture found in propaganda and nostalgia, the Second World War was a grim and brutal affair, a long and lonely effort that has never been fully reported—to the detriment of those who served and the danger of those nurtured on false tales today. Revealing the true costs of conflict on those forced to fight, The Deserters is an elegant and unforgettable story of ordinary men desperately struggling in extraordinary times.
Armored Cars SdKfz.3 to SdKfz.263. Panzer
 Author:Thomas L. Jents Armored Cars SdKfz.3 to SdKfz.263. Panzer tracts #13. Panzer tracts 2001 Format: pdf Size: 20.5Mb Language: English
Tigers in Normandy
 Author: Wolfgang Schneider Tigers in Normandy Stackpole Books 2011 Format: EPUB Pages: 384 Size: 15 Mb This combat chronicle of the German Tiger tank--one of World War II's best--during the Normandy campaign (June to August 1944), appears for the first time in English. New details on famous tank ace Michael Wittmann are revealed, as well as other WWII must-knows like how the Tiger performed against Allied armor, particularly the Sherman. Maps, orders of battle, period photos, and then-and-now shots make this the go-to book on the subject.
Raiders: World War Two True Stories
 Author: Ross Kemp Raiders: World War Two True Stories Century 2013 ISBN: 1780890559 Format: EPUB Size: 3,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 304 Six raids that changed the course of history. Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto. Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried out by all three British forces. THis successful raid persuaded Hitler that the Allies were planning a full scale invasion. Operation Biting: a cross-Channel raid into France that was the first major attack by the British Airborne Division and its first battle honour. Operation Gunnerside: a dramatic demolition assault on Hitler's atomic bomb plant in Norway. Operation Chariot: 'the greatest raid of all': the British amphibious attack on the Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France. Operation Deadstick: the story of the first Allies into the fray on D-Day, tasked with seizing and holding two bridges to prevent an armoured German counter-attack.
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Pas de Calais
 Author: Paul Williams Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Pas de Calais Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe ISBN: 184884817X 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 176 Size: 18 Mb Language: English This well-illustrated book describes the massive effort that the occupying Nazi forces put into the construction of the Eastern section of the Atlantic Wall. While the D-Day invasion was unaffected by the fortifications in this area, they still posed a significant threat. This came from the mighty gun batteries (such as Batteries Todt and Lindemann) that threatened Channel shipping and the South Coast of England, and, while isolated from the main Allied advance, the Festung ports of Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk were denied to Allied use. This was of major strategic significance as the lines of supply were becoming ever longer and more vulnerable.Using rare archive material, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the coast that Hitler was wrongly convinced would be the site of the Allied landings. Hitler's Atlantic Wall - Pas de Calais tells the history of how and why the giant batteries were built, the origins of their weaponry and the ingenious engineering and military operations that defeated them finally.
Hitler's Paratrooper: The Life and Battles of Rudolf Witzig
 Author: Gilberto Villahermosa Hitler's Paratrooper: The Life and Battles of Rudolf Witzig Frontline Book 2010 Format: EPUB Pages: 288 Size: 5 Mb Rudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium’s supposedly impregnable fortress Eben Emael in May 1940 – the first time that glider-borne troops were used in the war. To many people, he is also known as the commander of the battle group that fired the first shots of the Tunisian campaign.
Famous American Military Leaders of World War II
 Author: Collective Famous American Military Leaders of World War II Dodd, Mead & Company 1966 Format: PDF Pages: 144 Language: English Size: 16 MB Who are the military leaders who come forward in times of crisis? Probably not one of America's many famous generals or admirals can be typed into an exclusive category. They sprang from all sections of the country and from parentage both great and humble, usually the latter. Their personalities and tastes have been as mixed as those of any group of men selected at random. Many were flamboyant characters, or actually odd, and some were normal to a colorless degree.
Kent at War 1939 to 1945 (Images of War)
 Author: Mark Khan Kent at War 1939 to 1945 (Images of War) Pen and Sword Military 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 6 Mb Following on from Blitz on Kent, all aspects of life during the Second World War were experienced during in this embattled county. From the onset of the war Kent became a key part in the front line defence of Britain. Defences were built, and the Home Guard formed. With the threat of invasion receding, the county took part in the great offensive against Nazi Germany. Preparations and training took place that lead to the D-Day invasion in June 1944 and ultimate victory in 1945.
Operation Bluecoat: Over the Battlefield: Breakout from Normandy
 Author: Ian Daglish Operation Bluecoat: Over the Battlefield: Breakout from Normandy Pen and Sword Military ISBN: 1848840497 2009 Format: EPUB Pages: 336 Size: 69 Mb Language: English After seven weeks of bitter fighting there was a desperate need to break out of the Normandy bridgehead. In late July 1944 Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey's Second Army moved two entire corps from the Caen sector to the relatively quiet countryside around Caumont. Here, the British XXX Corps prepared to give battle, with VII Corps advancing in support on the right flank between XXX Corps and the American first Army. The offensive did not go to plan. While the XXX Corps attack stalled, VIII Corps surged ahead. With the experienced 11th Armoured and 15th Scottish Divisions in the lead and Guards Armoured close behind, a deep penetration was made, threatening to take the pivotal city of Vire and unhinge General Hausser's German Seventh Army.
British Tanks: 1945 to the Present Day (Images of War)
 Author: Pat Ware British Tanks: 1945 to the Present Day (Images of War) Pen and Sword Military 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 128 Size: 5 Mb In this companion volume to British Tanks: The Second World War, Pat Ware provides an expert introduction to the design, production and operation of British tanks since 1945. Fewer types of tank were built than during the wartime period, but the complexity of design and manufacture increased, and a level of technical sophistication in the key areas of armor, firepower and mobility was beyond the imaginings of the tank pioneers of the First World War.Using a selection of contemporary photographs - supported by some modern photographs of preserved vehicles - Pat Ware sets the modern tank in a historical context. He describes its origins in Britain and its development and deployment in the Second World War and in the post-war period. All the British tanks that have seen service since the war are depicted,among them the Conqueror, Chieftain, Centurion and Challenger.
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