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 The Air War in the Pacific: Victory in the Air (The Military History of World War II vol.14) 
 Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy The Air War in the Pacific: Victory in the Air (The Military History of World War II vol.14) Franklin Watts, Inc. 1964 Format: PDF Pages: 104 Language: English Size: 38.8 MB A retrospective of The Air War in the Pacific.
R.S.I. Badges and Medals 1943-1945 - Italian SS Legion - R.S.I. Veterans Distintivi e Medaglie della R.S.I. 1943-1945, della Legione SS Italiana, dei Veterani della R.S.I. Vol. 2 (Seria Militaria 03)
 Author: Fausto Sparacino R.S.I. Badges and Medals 1943-1945 - Italian SS Legion - R.S.I. Veterans Distintivi e Medaglie della R.S.I. 1943-1945, della Legione SS Italiana, dei Veterani della R.S.I. Vol. 2 (Seria Militaria 03) Editrice Militare Italiana 1994 Format: PDF Size: 26,9 МБ Language: / English Pages: 108 This second volume describes more badges and decorations of the Social Italian Republic (1943-1945), of the Italian SS-Legion and of the Veterans of the Social Italian Republic.
Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
 Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Author: Graham Simons Pen & Sword Aviation 2011 ISBN: 1848844263 Pages: 256 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 10 MB During the history of aviation there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The de Havilland Mosquito was one such aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilize the skills of woodworkers and the relative abundance of wood in the crisis years of World War II. The result was an airplane that could be built quickly, was extremely fast and extremely versatile. The pilots loved it. This book describes how it was built and utilizes many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter - there were few tasks that this brilliant design could not adopt.
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.
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.
SS-GB
 Author: Len Deighton SS-GB Ballantine Books 1982 Format: PDF Pages: 388 Language: English Size: 62 MB For nine months Britain has been occupied - a blitzed, depressed and dingy country. However, it's 'business as usual' at Scotland Yard run by the SS when Detective Inspector Archer is assigned to a routine murder case. Life must go on. But when SS Standartenfuhrer Huth arrives from Berlin with orders from the great Himmler himself to supervise the investigation, the resourceful Archer finds himself caught up in a high level, all action, espionage battle. This is a spy story quite different from any other. Only Deighton, with his flair for historical research and his narrative genius, could have written it.
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?
Panzers of Kasserine The Afrika Korps in Tunisia
 Author: C. Gillono Panzers of Kasserine The Afrika Korps in Tunisia (Campaigns Series) Factory Publishing ISBN: 0980463114 2008 Format: PDF Size: 25,9 МБ Language: English Pages: 35 In the first months of 1943 Axis forces in North Africa were caught between two advancing Allied armies in the Tunisian bridgehead. Short of men, weapons and supplies the veterans of the Afrika Korps were still able to pack a formidable punch.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft of World War II
 Author: Bill Gunston The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft of World War II Bookthrift Inc. 1978 Format: PDF Pages: 264 Language: English Size: 54.6 MB The book contains more than seven hundred illustrations of military aircraft of World War II used by both Allied and Axis Countries, together with capsule specifications and history.
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.
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.
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.
Luftkrieg uber Europa 1939-1945: Die Angst im Nacken
 Luftkrieg uber Europa 1939-1945: Die Angst im Nacken Author: Manuel Wolf Dr. Wolf 2013 ISBN: 3000398104 Pages: 832 Language: German Format: EPUB Size: 31 MB Hochspannende Geschichte auf 832 Seiten Noch nie stand ein derartig umfassendes, detailreiches und gleichzeitig außergewöhnlich spannend geschriebenes Buch über den Luftkrieg an Europas Himmel zur Verfügung. Nun legt der Autor seine gründlich überarbeitete neue Auflage im Eigenverlag vor. Dr. Manuel Wolf beschreibt den Luftkrieg über allen wichtigen Kriegsschauplätzen Europas und schildert die dramatischen Ereignisse aus einer völlig neuen Perspektive. In flüssigem und lebendigem Darstellungsstil werden die Abläufe anhand Themen-, Lebenslauf- und zeitorientierten Kapiteln auf eine völlig neuartige Art und Weise erklärt. Mit einer Fülle an außerordentlich detaillierten Informationen wird der militärische Gesamtzusammenhang am Boden und in der Luft für den Leser nachvollziehbar. Den Abschluss bildet eine einzigartige Zusammenstellung der Leistungsdaten sämtlicher namhafter Flugzeugtypen der in Europa kriegführenden Mächte in Tausend-Meter-Höhenschritten, die in dieser umfassenden Form weltweit noch nie veröffentlicht wurde und dieses Buch einzigartig macht. An diesem Meisterwerk mit mehr als 700 Fotos, farbigen Flugzeugprofilen, Karten und detailgetreuen Szenarien kommt kein militärhistorisch interessierter Leser vorbei.
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.
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.
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.
Germany and the Second World War - Vol. VII - The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia, 1943-1945
 Author: Horst Boog Germany and the Second World War - Vol. VII - The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia, 1943-1945 Clarendon Press 2006 Format: PDF Pages: 931 Language: English Size: 13 MB By the spring of 1943, after the defeat at Stalingrad, the writing was on the wall. But while commanders close to the troops on Germany's various fronts were beginning to read it, those at the top were resolutely looking the other way. This seventh volume in the magisterial 10-volume series from the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt [Research Institute for Military History] shows both Germany and her Japanese ally on the defensive, from 1943 into early 1945. It looks in depth at the strategic air war over the Reich and the mounting toll taken in the Battles of the Ruhr, Hamburg, and Berlin, and at the "Battle of the Radar Sets" so central to them all. The collapse of the Luftwaffe in its retaliatory role led to hopes being pinned on the revolutionary V-weapons, whose dramatic but ultimately fruitless achievements are chronicled.
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.
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