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 Waffen-SS Armour in Normandy 
 Author: Norbert Szamveber Waffen-SS Armour in Normandy: The Combat History of SS Panzer Regiment 12 and SS Panzerjäger Abteilung 12 Helion and Company 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 304 Size: 9 Mb Language: English Waffen-SS Armour in Normandy presents the combat history of SS-Panzer Regiment 12 and SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 12 in the Battle for France from June to the end of August 1944 based on transcriptions of their original unit war diaries from the Military History Archives in Prague.
World War II in the Air: The Pacific
 Author: James F. Sunderman World War II in the Air: The Pacific Bramhall House 1962 Format: PDF Pages: 328 Language: English Size: 37.6 MB This book is another good compilation of the historical events of the Central Pacific during WWII, particularly the 7th AAF (Army Air Force).
Kursk - The Vital 24hrs
 Author: Will Fowler Kursk - The Vital 24hrs Amber ISBN: 1904687369 2005 Format: PDF Size: 70,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 192 In the early summer of 1942, following the German defeat at Stalingrad and the inconclusive battle at Kharkov, Hitler sought a decisive battle that would turn the struggle on the Eastern Front in the German's favour. Large numbers of the newly-designed Panther and Tiger tanks were rolling off the production lines, and Hitler was convinced that, with appropriate numbers, German armour could turn the tide against the advancing Soviets on the Eastern Front. Despite the reservations of his leading generals, Hitler was determined this offensive take place. On the 5th July 1943, the German army launched Operation Citadel. Attacking with a force of 3000 tanks and assault guns, the Germans faced a well-dug in force of more than 3900 Soviet tanks, with another 1500 tanks in reserve. The tanks advanced with as many as 50 packed together per kilometre of line. What followed was the largest tank battle the world has ever seen, with heavy casualties on both sides in this titanic clash of arms. On the 11th July, three SS divisions - Totenkopf, Das Reich and Liebstandarte - attempted to break through the Soviet lines at the village of Prokhorovka and so unhinge the Soviet defensive position. Facing them were newly deployed Fifth Guards Tanks Army. The battle raged all day, with German attack followed by Soviet counterattack. By nightfall the Germans had lost more than 300 tanks and the Fifth Guards Tanks Army 50 percent of their strength. Despite the heavy losses, the Soviet defenders had achieved their aim: the German attack had been halted and the initiative lost.
World War II The Pacific
 Author: Sean Sheehan World War II The Pacific (Atlas of Conflicts) Britannica 2004 ISBN: 0836856708 Format: EPUB Size: 8,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 64 This series sets out to explain why the major wars of the 20th century started, to describe what happened, and to analyse how the results changed our world. Ages 10+ years.
Bolt Action: Tank War
 Author: Peter Dennis Bolt Action: Tank War Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1472807375 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 2,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 96 Tank War, the new supplement for Bolt Action, gives players the option to expand their games to a whole new level - armored warfare. Recreate such great engagements as the battle of Kursk with the scenarios, army options and special rules found in this book. Whether you want to add more armour to your existing armies or build an entirely armoured force, Tank War has you covered.
Operation Market-Garden 1944 (1): The American Airborne Missions
 Operation Market-Garden 1944 (1): The American Airborne Missions Author: Steven J. Zaloga,Steve Noon Osprey Publishing Osprey Campaign 270 ISBN: 978 1782008163 2014 Language: English Pages: 98 Format: PDF (e-book) Size: 9,2 MB In the summer of 1944, plans began for a complex operation to seize a Rhine river bridge at Arnhem in the Netherlands. The American portion of the airborne mission was to employ two divisions of the US XVIII Airborne Corps to seize key terrain features that otherwise might delay the advance of British tanks towards the bridge. The 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions succeeded in their tasks of capturing the vital bridges at Eindhoven at Nijmegen in the face of fierce German resistance. However, the delays caused to the British armored advance, combined with stronger than expected fighting at Arnhem led to the withdrawal of the remnants of the British 1st Airborne Division in one of the Western Allies’ most costly defeats of World War II. Contemporary photographs, maps and detailed color artwork complement extensive archival research that reveals the successes of those American airborne missions, largely overshadowed by the failure of the operation as a whole.
Operation Varsity
 Author: Tim Saunders Operation Varsity: The British and Canadian Airborne Assault Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe ISBN: 184415601X 2008 Format: EPUB Pages: 192 Size: 21 Mb Language: English In Spring 1945 the outcome of the war was ritually certain but the mighty River Rhine still stood in the way of the Allies. Eisenhower's strategy was to guarantee a crossing in the Ruhr area by allocating the main effort to Montgomery's 21st Army Group. Monty's task was to envelope and take out the last German war production and open the way onto the North German Plain.
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.
U-boats Offshore
 Author: Edwin P. Hoyt U-boats Offshore Jove Publications 1984 Format: PDF Pages: 308 Language: English Size: 30 MB In the early months of 1942 two German U-boats arrived secretly off our East Coast. They sank so much shipping vital to the American and British war effort that our naval authorities feared an armada of U-boats had come. And come they did — while American cities on the shore were still leaving their lights on, silhouetting freighters for Nazi torpedoes. The U.S., caught unprepared, was in shock. Churchill sent fishing trawlers to fill our defenses, and they were welcome. The U.S. Navy even appropriated the yachts of the wealthy. This is the riveting account of how a U.S. defense was heroically mobilized—and how it finally drove the enemy from our shores by the fall of 1943, never to return again...
Hong Kong 1941-1945
 Author: Benjamin Lai Hong Kong 1941-1945: First strike in the Pacific War Osprey Publishing Osprey Campaign 263 ISBN: 1472801474 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 98 Size: 13 Mb Language: English On 8th December 1941, as part of the simultaneous combined attack against Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) invaded the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia and the British colony of Hong Kong. After only 18 days of battle the defenders, a weak, undermanned brigade, were overwhelmed by a superior force of two battle-hardened IJA divisions. What defines the battle of Hong Kong was not the scale - just 14,000 defended the colony - but the intensity of this battle, fought not only by the British Army, Navy and Air Force but also Canadians, Hong Kong’s own defence force, the Indian Army and many civilians.
D-Day: Operation Overlord From It's Planning to the Liberation of Paris
 Author: Bernard C. Nalty, Russell A. Prichard D-Day: Operation Overlord From It's Planning to the Liberation of Paris Salamander Books Ltd. 1999 Format: PDF Pages: 220 Language: English Size: 20.8 MB The D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 have been described as the greatest amphibious operation in the history of warfare. The scale was majestic; 5,000 ships, together with thousands of lesser craft and backed by 11,000 aircraft. If the scale of the military undertaking was heroic, so too was its objective--nothing less than the defeat of Nazi Germany and the liberation of Europe. In this dramatic account of events, military experts from Britain, the United States and Germany describe the planning, build-up and execution of the D-Day attack.
Tanks illustrated No 27 - Hitler's Panzers The Years of Aggression
 Author: B. Perrett Tanks illustrated No 27 - Hitler's Panzers The Years of Aggression Arms & Armour Press ISBN: 0853688230 1988 Format: PDF Size: 23,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 64 Paperback, fine in fine card covers. ; With over 100 contemporary black & white photographs, and descriptive text.
Tanks on the Beaches: A Marine Tanker in the Pacific War
 Tanks on the Beaches: A Marine Tanker in the Pacific War Author: Robert M. Neiman, Kenneth W. Estes Texas A&M University Press Graduation Year: 2003 Language: English Quality: excellent Format: Pdf Pages: 224 Size: 11,9 Mb Robert Neiman, perhaps the most experienced combat commander of the U.S. Marine Corps’ tank arm, was one of the rare USMC officers to serve in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles. In Tanks on the Beaches, Neiman and his coauthor, Kenneth Estes, relay vivid accounts of fighting in the Pacific War, as well as Marine Corps service during the entire World War II period, devoid of idolatry and mythmaking. The result is a war story told from the unique perspective of men fighting from armored machines in desperate battles against a determined enemy.
Behind Soviet Lines
 Author: David R. Higgins Behind Soviet Lines: Hitler's Brandenburgers Capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942 Osprey Publishing Osprey Raid 47 ISBN: 1782005994 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 82 Size: 4 Mb Language: English In the summer of 1942, following the invasion of Russia the previous year, Hitler’s ‘Brandenburger’ commando units undertook a daring operation deep inside Soviet-held territory. Disguised as members of Stalin’s NKVD, the secret police dreaded by most Soviet citizens and soldiers, the Brandenburgers passed unsuspected past the Red Army’s checkpoints, before launching their surprise operation to seize the vital Soviet oil facilities around Maikop – delivering them intact into Nazi hands. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this expert assessment of the Maikop operation casts new light on German special-forces operations on the Eastern Front.
German Halftracks At War 1939-1945
 Author: Paul Thomas German Halftracks At War 1939-1945 Pen and Sword Images of War 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 41 Mb Language: English In the aftermath of The Great War, which saw the introduction of the tank, the more far sighted military leaders realized that the future of warfare hinged on a balance of mobility, firepower and protection.Tanks would need to be accompanied into battle by supporting arms, specifically infantry, artillery and engineers. An all fully-tracked field army was thought to be too expensive, so the semi-tracked support vehicle (commonly called a halftrack) was born. The halftrack concept was embraced by the French, the US and most notably Germany.
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.
A Traveller's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
 Author: Carl Shilleto, Mike Tolhurst A Traveller's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy Interlink Pub Group ISBN: 1566565553 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 5,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 192
Battle of Britain
 Author: Norman Franks Battle of Britain Gallery Books 1981 Format: PDF Pages: 66 Language: English Size: 52.8 MB thanks to adeda The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, literally "Air battle for England") is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. The German objective was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF), especially Fighter Command. From July 1940, coastal shipping convoys and shipping centres, such as Portsmouth, were the main targets; one month later, the Luftwaffe shifted its attacks to RAF airfields and infrastructure. As the battle progressed, the Luftwaffe also targeted aircraft factories and ground infrastructure. Eventually the Luftwaffe resorted to attacking areas of political significance and using terror bombing strategy.
Fighting Techniques of A Panzer Grenadier 1941-1945
 Fighting Techniques of a Panzergrenadier: 1941-1945 Author: Matthew Hughes, Chris Mann Motorbooks International Graduation Year: 2000 Language: English Quality: excellent Format: Pdf Pages: 96 Size: 58,3 Mb During World War II the Germans fielded 29 panzergrenadier divisions, in which fully motorized infantry units operated alongside tanks and assault guns. This in-depth analysis examines the recruitment and specialized training of these units and how that training translated to successful battlefield tactics in the Lightning War from 1939 to 1941 and on the Eastern Front after 1942.
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