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 Handbook on German Military Forces (World War II from Original Sources) 
 Author: Bob Carruthers Handbook on German Military Forces (World War II from Original Sources) Pen and Sword ISBN: 1781592152 2013 Format: PDF (conv) Size: 95,8 МБ Language: English Pages: 640 The Handbook On German Military Forces is an indispensable primary reference source for historians and enthusiasts. In 1945, the Allies were still engaged in bitter fighting against stiff resistance from the German armies in the west. The US War Department was determined to do its best to equip the US forces fighting the Germans in the field with as much knowledge as possible. March 1945 saw the issue of an astonishing document entitled the Handbook On German Military Forces. This was a truly remarkable work of intelligence gathering, which formed a vast compendium of all the relevant knowledge amassed on the German Wehrmacht. Amazingly accurate and comprehensive, the Handbook ran to over six hundred pages and was designed to equip commanders in the field with everything they were likely to need to know about the German forces. The Handbook remained classified until 1953 and then slipped into obscurity. This new paperback reprint rescues this great work from obscurity, covering the psychology, organization, tactics and operational aspects of the German forces. The weapons, machines, aircraft and uniforms of the German forces are also documented within the Handbook. The Handbook On German Military Forces is a fascinating primary reference source for historians and enthusiasts alike, providing an invaluable insight into the detail of the German Army which is still an unrivaled source of information today.
The Waffen SS - In the East 1941-1943
 The Waffen SS - In the East 1941-1943 Author: Nicholas Milton Archive Media Publishing Ltd 2011 ISBN 13: 978-1908538642 Pages: 200 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 10 MB This is the illustrated history of the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front. The life and death of the Waffen SS can be traced in the surviving photographs, and the brooding saga of the decline from triumph into disaster is told through these powerful images which clearly document the reality of combat on the Russian Front. These rare images capture the optimism of opening stage of the war and the challenges of Barbarossa more clearly than words can ever tell. The seasons of mud and the white hell of a Russian winter are encapsulated in this excellent selection of evocative images introduced and described by historian and author Nicholas Milton. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in the course of the war in the East and the role played by the Waffen SS.
Waffen-SS Panzers: The Western Front
 Author: Tim Ripley Waffen-SS Panzers: The Western Front German War Machine ISBN: 1781212171 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 205 Size: 3 Mb Language: English In June 1944, the Panzer divisions of the Waffen-SS were among the finest units in Hitler's army. With contemporary photographs and colour maps, this book tells the story of the battles they fought from Caen and Villers Bocage to Arnhem and the Ardennes.
Waffen-SS: La Guardia Negra de Hitler en la Guerra
 Author: Christopher Ailsby La Guerra Civil Espanola: dia a dia 1936-1939 Libsa 2000 Format: PDF Pages: 176 Size: 28 Mb Language: Spanish Waffen SS: Hitler's Black Guard at War
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.
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.
The Lady Be Good: Mystery Bomber of World War II
 Author: Dennis E. McClendon The Lady Be Good: Mystery Bomber of World War II Aero Publishers 1982 Format: PDF Pages: 220 Language: English Size: 27.2 MB In April of 1943 an American B-24 bomber dubbed Lady Be Good disappeared over the Libyan desert after a bombing raid over Italy. Sixteen years later an oil exploration crew found the plane - practically intact - sitting on the desert some 400 miles south of where it had been based. The author, an Air Force major and professional writer, attempts to reconstruct what happened to the plane and its crew of 9 men. He traces the plane from its factory to North African duty, and he tells how its crew were trained and brought together to fly it.
Road to Valour A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
 Author: Aili McConnon, Andres McConnon Road to Valour A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation Crown ISBN: 0385669488 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 5,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 336 Road to Valour is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and, between his Tour victories, secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II. Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de France twice, but also holds the record for the longest time span between victories. During the ten years that separated his hard-won triumphs, his actions, both on and off the racecourse, ensured him a permanent place in Italian hearts and minds. In Road to Valour, Aili and Andres McConnon chronicle Bartali’s journey, starting in impoverished rural Tuscany where a scrawny, mischievous boy painstakingly saves his money to buy a bicycle and before long, is racking up wins throughout the country. At the age of 24, he stuns the world by winning the Tour de France and becomes an international sports icon.
Dogface Soldier: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
 Author: Wilson A. Heefner Dogface Soldier: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr University of Missouri ISBN: 0826218822 2010 Format: PDF Size: 7,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 400
The Underwater War, 1939-1945
 Author: Richard-Compton Hall The Underwater War, 1939-1945 Blandford Press 1982 Format: PDF Pages: 146 Language: English Size: 22.7 MB The Underwater War takes a fresh and authoritative look at submarines during World War Two. No other book has dealt as internationally and intimately with the way submarines lived and fought during the years 1939-45.
WW II: Time-Life Books History of the Second World War
 Author: Eric Sevareid WW II: Time-Life Books History of the Second World War Prentice Hall Press 1989 Format: PDF Pages: 504 Language: English Size: 116.2 MB A lavishly illustrated account with excellent text and hundreds of maps, photographs, and diagrams. This book is a comprehensive look at the war that affected the world like none other.
World War II in the Air: Europe
 Author: James F. Sunderman World War II in the Air: Europe Bramhall House 1963 Format: PDF Pages: 360 Language: English Size: 44.2 MB While older, this are fine vignettes of European combat. From the Blitzkrieg, through Battle of Britain, to the counterattack over the occupied countries, digressing to North Africa, then the Strategic Air Offensive, D-Day, and those final-hour 'miracle weapons'- this moves rapidly. Some sections will be written by familiar names: Johnny Johnson (RAF), Ernest K. Gann or Robert S. Johnson (USAAF). Others are from unknowns like Maj. Richard Thruelsen and Lt. Elliott Arnold. Units from different Allied air forces were tightening a noose around Rommel's army in Africa after the second battle of el Alamein.
The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin
 Author: Cornelius Ryan The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin Simon & Schuster 1995 ISBN: 0684803291 Format: Epub Pages: 576 Size: 13 Mb Language: English The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come.
Hitler's Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall
 Author: Jeremy Bernstein Hitler's Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall Copernicus Books 2001 Format: PDF Pages: 420 Language: English Size: 38.5 MB From April through December of 1945, ten of Nazi Germany's greatest nuclear physicists were detained by Allied military and intelligence services in a kind of gilded cage at Farm Hall, an English country manor near Cambridge. The physicists knew the Reich had failed to develop an atomic bomb, and they soon learned, from a BBC radio report on August 6, that the Allies had succeeded in their own efforts to create such a weapon. But what they did not know was that many of their meetings and private conversations were being monitored and recorded by British agents. This book contains the complete collection of transcripts that were made from these secret recordings, providing an unprecedented view of how the German scientists, including two Nobel Laureates, thought and spoke about their roles during the war.
World War II: Ground, Sea & Air Battles
 Author: Karen Farrington World War II: Ground, Sea & Air Battles Abbeydale Press 2003 Format: PDF Pages: 244 Language: English Size: 32.7 MB World War II Ground, Sea & Air Battles is the harrowing yet often uplifting story of World War II, told through narrative spiced with first-hand accounts by those who fought and lived through those 'dark hours' of the 2,000-day conflict.
Air War Against Hitler's Germany
 Author: Stephen W. Sears Air War Against Hitler's Germany American Heritage Publications 1964 Format: PDF Pages: 156 Language: English Size: 18 MB There were other air wars fought during World War II-by Britons against Germans, by Germans against Russians, by Americans against Japanese, among others-but none was more dramatic nor more savage than America's air war against Germany. The air war over Europe proved to the world that havoc from the skies could be even more earth-shaking than any man could have dreamed. When the war ended every major city in Germany was in ruins. Of that destruction, and the aircraft that caused it, a German writer admitted that his own nation, in taking up the sword to conquer the world, had "summoned up those bands of furies which raced across the German skies."
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.
War on the High Seas. The Third Reich Series
 War on the High Seas. The Third Reich Series Time Life Books Author:Time Life Books 1991 Language:English Format: pdf Size:26,4 Mb This volume of Time-Life's classic history of the Third Reich tells of the naval rearmament during the 1930s & the German side of the war at sea, including the submarine campaign which in 1941 would come close to winning the war against Britain.
RAF Beccles at War 1943-45
 Author: Malcolm R Holmes RAF Beccles at War 1943-45 Malcolm R Holmes 2010 Format: PDF Pages: 64 Language: English Size: 30 MB Originally intended for use as a heavy bomber base for the 8th United States Army Air Force, the airfield at Beccles became a victim of the changing operational pattern of the War and was instead assigned to the RAF. From August 1944 it was used by Coastal Command largely as a base for Air Sea Rescue and as an emergency landing field for aircraft returning from Europe as it was the most easterly base in Britain. This is the story of the dramatic rescues, forced landings and secret testing that went on at RAF Beccles during its two tumultuous years of wartime service.
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