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 Captured Tanks Under the German Flag: Russian Battle Tanks 
 Author: Werner Regenberg, Horst Scheibert Captured Tanks Under the German Flag: Russian Battle Tanks Schiffer Pub Limited 1990 Format: pdf Language: English Size: 20 mb Germany used many types of Russian battle tanks captured during World War II, and this book gives an accurate account in both photographs and text.
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Construction and Destruction (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Paul Williams Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Construction and Destruction (Battleground Europe) Pen and Sword Military 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 210 Size: 47 Mb Language: English This highly informative book begins with an examination of the background to Germany's primary military objectives in relation to the western end of their self-styled 'Fortress Europe' including the early foundation of shore defenses in northern France.
Mustang the Inspiration
 Author: Philip Kaplan Mustang the Inspiration: The Plane That Turned the Tide in World War Two Pen and Sword Aviation ISBN: 178159046X 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 192 Size: 2 Mb Language: English If it looks right, it will probably fly right-a tired old saying among airmen, but one that persists. Think if you will of the handful of airplanes that most people would probably agree are the best-looking examples of all. The list is short but distinguished and the proof is in the enthusiastic common view of most pilots who have flown them-for nearly all, it was love at first sight and first flight. For most, that little list includes the Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire, the Douglas DC-3, the Hawker Hunter, the Lockheed Constellation, the Concord, and the North American Mustang.
Mametz Wood (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Paul Reed Mametz Wood (Battleground Europe) Pen and Sword Military 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 168 Size: 27 Mb Language: English The Battle for Mametz Wood is normally associated with the endeavors of the 38th Welsh Division and was the first of those great battles to secure possession of the woodlands of the Somme. The author looks at events after the 1st July, but also relates the story of the 17th Northern Division who attacked the quadrangle, a defensive system guarding the western approaches to the wood. Also related is the demise of both generals commanding these divisions who were sent home.
The Story of Submarines
 Author: George Weller The Story of Submarines Random House 1962 Format: PDF Pages: 224 Language: English Size: 19.4 MB It is the final year of World War II. Somewhere in the Pacific a United States submarine is prowling the sea, seeking an enemy to sink. The officer of the deck and a quartermaster stand on her bridge, binoculars at their eyes. Above them on the platform on either side of the periscope shears, two more sailors scan the horizon. Behind them the radar antenna turns round and round, sweeping the horizon with its electronic eye.
Hitler's Last Day: Minute by Minute
 Author: Jonathan Mayo, Emma Craigie Hitler's Last Day: Minute by Minute Short Books Ltd 2015 Format: epub/pdf Size: 3 Mb Language: English On 30th April 1945 Germany is in chaos - Russian troops have reached Berlin. All over the country, people are on the move - concentration camp survivors, Allied PoWs, escaping Nazis - and the civilian population is fast running out of food. The man who orchestrated this nightmare is in his bunker beneath the capital, saying his farewells. Hitler's Last Day: Minute by Minute is pure chronological narrative, as seen through the eyes of those who were with Hitler in those last tumultuous hours; those fighting in the streets of Germany; and those pacing the corridors of power in Washington, London and Moscow. It was a day of endings and beginnings when ordinary people were placed in extraordinary situations. Take Sisi Wilczek, fleeing the advancing Russians with her family's vast fortune in a shoebox; President Truman, weighing up whether to use the atomic bomb that his Secretary of War calls 'the most terrible weapon ever known in human history'; German officer Claus Sellier, on a last mission across the country to deliver vital documents; or Allied aircrews, dropping food parcels to feed the starving Dutch population. 30th April 1945 was a day that millions had dreamed of, and millions had died for.
Captured French Tanks Under the German Flag
 Author: Werner Regenberg, Horst Scheibert Captured French Tanks Under the German Flag (Schiffer Military History) Schiffer Publishing 1997 ISBN: 0764302655 Format: PDF Size: 28,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 52 This book gives an account of the French model tanks used by Germany during WWII.
War Stories II Heroism in the Pacific
 Author: Oliver North War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific Regnery History ISBN: 1596980249 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 4,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 342 When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken by island-hopping Marines. Here, in their own words, are the compelling stories of American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines, as told to decorated combat veteran Lt. Colonel Oliver North.
Flying Forts. The B-17 in World War II
 Author: Martin Caidin Flying Forts. The B-17 in World War II Ballantine Books, Inc 1968 Format: PDF Pages: 548 Language: English Size: 93 MB The authoritative account of the B-17 Flying Fortress—the most formidable heavy bomber of World War II—with the exciting story of the men who flew it in every theatre from Africa and England to China and the Pacific.
Saint-Nazaire: Operation Chariot - 1942
 Author: James Dorrian Saint-Nazaire: Operation Chariot - 1942 Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe ISBN: 1844153347 2006 Format: EPUB Pages: 224 Size: 21 Mb Language: English In early 1942, shipping losses in the Atlantic threatened Britain's very survival. In addition to the U-Boat menace, there was real concern that the mighty German battleship Tirpitz be unleashed against the vital Allied convoys. Yet only the 'Normandie' Dock at St Nazaire could take her vast size in the event of repairs being required. Destroy that and the Tirpitz would be neutralised. Thus was born Operation CHARIOT, the daring Commando raid that, while ultimately successful, proved hugely costly. Using personal accounts, James Dorrian describes the background and thrilling action that resulted in the award of five Victoria Crosses. In a dramatic final twist of events, once the battle was over, the converted former US warship Campelton blew up wrecking the dock gates and killing many Germans who thought the battle was won.
World War II
 Author: Susan E. Hamen World War II Abdo Publishing Company ISBN: 1617838829 2013 Format: PDF Size: 20,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 112 For the preteen and teen who enjoys reading about war, this series will be a welcome addition to a library. Each of the books includes background information about the causes of the war and the cultural divide that caused politics to clash with the common folk; this title has information about the German and Japanese desire for expansion in the decades prior to the official beginning of the war. A timeline, map, list of key players, and glossary are included. As with other titles in this series, additional maps placed throughout the book, instead of only two at the end of the book, would help in understanding how troop movements affected the outcome of the war, particularly with the large number of countries involved. A solid purchase for beginning researchers.
Grey Wolf: Axis Forces on the Eastern Front, January 1944-February 1945
 Grey Wolf: Axis Forces on the Eastern Front, January 1944-February 1945 Battlefront Miniatures Author: Peter Simunovich, John-Paul Brisigotti Flames of War ISBN: 978 0986466144 2011 Language: English Pages: 272 Format: PDF Size: 88,2 MB Grey Wolf contains all the Germans, Hungarians and Finnish forces you will be familiar with from Stalin's Onslaught, Hammer and Sickle, River of Heroes and Stalin's Europe. We've also added our most popular PDF Intelligence Briefings as well as some new Briefings and some forces from Fortress Europe.
June 1944
 Author: H.P.Willmott June 1944 Blandford Press 1984 Format: PDF Pages: 230 Language: English Size: 28.8 MB In June 1944 the fate of all the nations involved in World War II hung in the balance. Normandy was only one site of the momentous battles which in this crucial month decided the outcome of the war and the political geography of the post-war world. In Italy, on the Eastern Front and in the Pacific, pivotal and closely interwoven battles took place.
Goering and the Luftwaffe
 Author: G. C. Skipper Goering and the Luftwaffe (World at War) Childrens Press 1980 Format: PDF Pages: 54 Language: English Size: 30.7 MB An account of Hermann Goering's role in Nazi Germany, in the creation of the Luftwaffe, and in World War II.
World War II Soviet Armed Forces (1) 1939-41
 Author: Nigel Thomas World War II Soviet Armed Forces (1) 1939-41 (Men-at-Arms 464) Osprey Publishing Ltd 2010 Format: Pdf Size: 36 Mb Language: English
Stalingrad: The City that Defeated the Third Reich
 Author: Jochen Hellbeck Stalingrad: The City that Defeated the Third Reich PublicAffairs ISBN: 1610394968 2015 Format: EPUB Size: 8,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 512 The turning point of World War II came at Stalingrad. Hitler’s soldiers stormed the city in September 1942 in a bid to complete the conquest of Europe. Yet Stalingrad never fell. After months of bitter fighting, 100,000 surviving Germans, huddled in the ruined city, surrendered to Soviet troops. During the battle and shortly after its conclusion, scores of Red Army commanders and soldiers, party officials and workers spoke with a team of historians who visited from Moscow to record their conversations. The tapestry of their voices provides groundbreaking insights into the thoughts and feelings of Soviet citizens during wartime. Legendary sniper Vasily Zaytsev recounted the horrors he witnessed at Stalingrad: “You see young girls, children hanging from trees in the park.[...] That has a tremendous impact.” Nurse Vera Gurova attended hundreds of wounded soldiers in a makeshift hospital every day, but she couldn’t forget one young amputee who begged her to avenge his suffering. “Every soldier and officer in Stalingrad was itching to kill as many Germans as possible,” said Major Nikolai Aksyonov. These testimonials were so harrowing and candid that the Kremlin forbade their publication, and they were forgotten by modern history—until now. Revealed here in English for the first time, they humanize the Soviet defenders and allow Jochen Hellbeck, in Stalingrad, to present a definitive new portrait of the most fateful battle of World War II.
War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission
 Author: Charles W. Sweeney War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission Avon Books 1997 Format: PDF Pages: 320 Language: English Size: 35.8 MB
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone, 1932-1940
 Author: William Manchester The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone, 1932-1940 Hachette Book Group Inc 1988 ISBN: 0316545120 Format: EPUB Size: 10,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 816 Alone is the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In this volume, we witness the war within, before the colossal war to come. During this period, Churchill was tested as few men are: relentlessly pursued by creditors, disowned by his own party, vociferously dismissed by the press as a warmonger, and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament. Yet despite his personal and political troubles, Churchill managed to assemble a vast, underground intelligence network-both within the British government and on the continent-which provided him with more complete and accurate information on Germany than the British government. Recognizing the horrifying truth, Churchill stood almost alone against Nazi aggression and the sordid British and French policy of appeasement.
The Devil's General The Life of Hyazinth Strachwitz, The Panzer Graf
 Author: Raymond Bagdonas The Devil's General The Life of Hyazinth Strachwitz, The Panzer Graf Casemate Publications ISBN: 1612002226 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 2,8 МБ Language: English This is the story of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the “Panzer Graf” (Armored Count). An aristocratic Silesian, whose ancestors had faced the Mongols at Leipzig, Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. After fighting with the Freikorps and in between the wars, he was serving with the 1st Panzer Division when the Polish campaign inaugurated World War II. Leading from the front, his exploits as commander of a panzer battalion earned him further decorations during the French campaign. Transferred to the newly formed 16th Panzer Division, he participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia and then Operation Barbarossa where he earned the Knight’s Cross. The following year, during the advance on Stalingrad, he won the Oak Leaves for destroying 270 Soviet tanks at Kalach. Now commander of a regiment, he reached the Volga and fought ferociously on the northern rim of Sixth Army’s perimeter. Severely wounded during the battles, he was flown out of the Stalingrad pocket and was thus spared the fate of the rest of Sixth Army.
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