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 Comrade Emcha Red Army Shermans of WW2 
 Author: Claude Gillono Comrade Emcha Red Army Shermans of WW2 (Battleline 2) The Oliver Publishing Group 2011 Format: PDF Pages: 36 Language: English Size: 34.3 MB The use of Allied armor in Soviet service is well known, but not always that well documented. Like the last book from Oliver Publishing that I reviewed, this one is mostly a picture book, with some images taking the full paged. Within its 34 A4 size pages is a brief history of the tank in Soviet service including the difficulty of researching the subject and the type of Shermans that were offered. There is also a section on some of the major units that operated the tank as well as use of the tank in some campaigns. But it is the images that are the main draw. Each image has a rather extensive caption that not only describes the image, but provides a bit of background on it as well. The selections are well made and many of the tanks so photographed are included in the several pages of full color profiles. As these tanks were rarely in any camouflage other than Olive Drab, many of the profiles limit themselves to the turret, which is just fine.
Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943-June 1944 (The United States Naval Operations in World War II)
 Author: Samuel Eliot Morison Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943-June 1944 (The United States Naval Operations in World War II) Little, Brown and Company 1962 Format: PDF Pages: 488 Language: English Size: 71.7 MB This volume in Admiral Morison's history takes up the story of American naval activities in the Mediterranean, and covers three major amphibious operations — the invasion of Sicily, the capture of the Salerno beachhead, and the long Anzio beachhead struggle. In all three the United States Navy distinguished itself, both for impeccable performance in landing the Army where it wanted to go, and in supporting with naval gunfire the troops fighting ashore.
Their Darkest Hour - People Tested to the Extreme in WWII
 Author: Laurence Rees Their Darkest Hour - People Tested to the Extreme in WWII BBC Books 2007 Format: PDF Pages: 300 Language: English Size: 12.6 MB How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi concentration camp? Award-winning documentary maker and historian Laurence Rees has spent nearly 20 years wrestling with these questions in the course of filming hundreds of interviews with people tested to the extreme during World War II. He has come face-to-face with rapists, mass murderers, even cannibals, but he has also met courageous individuals who are an inspiration to us all. In Their Darkest Hour he presents 35 of his most electrifying encounters.
Flying Warbirds: An Illustrated Profile of the Flying Heritage Collection's Rare WWII-Era Aircraft
 Author: Cory Graff Flying Warbirds: An Illustrated Profile of the Flying Heritage Collection's Rare WWII-Era Aircraft Zenith Press 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 240 Size: 35 Mb Do you want to get an up-close look at some of the rarest airplanes in the world? Are you curious about combat aircraft from World War II? In deluxe hard-back volumes, Flying Warbirds brings U.S., British, German, Russian and Japanese fighting planes from the 1930s and 1940s together, complete with detailed photographs to delight every aeronautics connoisseur.
Duels in the Sky: World War II Naval Aircraft in Combat
 Author: Eric M. Brown Duels in the Sky: World War II Naval Aircraft in Combat Naval Institute Press 1988 Format: PDF Pages: 248 Language: English Size: 40.5 MB Eric Brown was the top test pilot for the Navy and has flown many of the planes in this book, some of them in anger. In this book the author runs chronologically through the war moving between the various naval theatres. He describes the nature of the warfare and follows the various battles giving a clear commentary of what happened. He introduces each new aircraft (including new marks) as they appear in the story. He then describes the specifications from a pilot's view before giving it a final verdict, describing its good and bad points. He does this for both Axis and Allied aircraft and then goes on to compare each allied aircraft against each axis aircraft before providing a verdict on how they would fare if they met. Not only is this a brilliantly informative book, it's a very easy read. It even gives you theoretical combat comparisons, such as Mustang IV versus Spitfire XIV. Find out how the Corsair II would fare against the FW190A-4.
The Imperial Japanese Army: The Invincible Years 1941-1942
 The Imperial Japanese Army: The Invincible Years 1941-1942 Osprey Publishing Osprey General Military ISBN: 1782009329 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 375 Size: 8 Mb Language: English The German offensives which crushed Poland in 1939 and swallowed most of Western Europe in less than two months in 1940 have been well documented and heavily studied, however, the overall picture of the remarkable Japanese offensive land campaign in 1941–42 has received less attention. In this fascinating new book, Bill Yenne documents the years when the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) was conducting its equally unstoppable ground campaign in the Far East, and unlike other books on this subject, he studies the campaign from the Japanese point of view. He reveals how the IJA were able to conquer huge swathes of Southeast Asia in a little over eight weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Using first-hand accounts from Japanese sources, Yenne reveals the tactics and mindset of the IJA during their offensive, detailing the capturing of Manila, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Burma, and the Dutch East Indies.
Soviet Army Order of Battle in World War II: From June 22 to December 1, 1941
 Author: Maximino Arguelles Martinez Soviet Army Order of Battle in World War II: From June 22 to December 1, 1941 Lulu ISBN: 144619180X 2010 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 408 Size: 22 Mb Language: English This work is to translate the structure and deployment of the Soviet Army on June 22 1941, at the historical moment of the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, and its evolution during the remainder of 1941. Given the endless controversy on this subject in the absence of matching two sources, the main source for this work are the papers published by the Department of Military History of the USSR MD. (Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union), in which are reflected the data from June 22 to December 1, 1941.
Squadron/Signal Publications 5516: B-17 Flying Fortress - Walk Around Number 16
 Squadron/Signal Publications 5516: B-17 Flying Fortress - Walk Around Number 16 Author: Lou Drendel Squadron/Signal Publications ISBN: 0897473973 1998 Pages: 82 Format: PDF Size: 15.7МБ Language: English Although it was far from the most produced bomber of World War II (12.677 B-17s were built, while 18.188 B-24s were built), the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress has come to symbolize strategic bombardment during World War Two. Most of the literature, and all of the movies about WWII bombers star the B-17. Award winning movies such as Command Decision, Twelve O'Clock High, The War Lover, and Memphis Belle all featured the Flying Fortress.SSP 5516 B-17 Flying Fortress.pdf
US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-war Classes
 US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-war Classes Author: Mark Stille, Paul Wright Osprey Publishing Osprey New Vanguard 210 ISBN: 978 1782006299 2014 Language: English Pages: 50 Format: PDF Size: 2,7 MB Designed and produced under the regulations of the Washington Naval Treaty, the heavy cruisers of the Pensacola, Northampton, Portland, New Orleans and Wichita classes were exercises in compromise. While they possessed very heavy armament – the Pensacolas, for example, carrying a main battery of ten 8” guns – this came at the cost of protection – armor was the same thickness as a gun cruiser, and incapable of protecting the vessels from enemy 8” fire. As the classes evolved, these flaws began to be corrected, with the main battery being reduced, and increased protection being added to the vital areas of the ship. Despite these drawbacks, the pre-war heavy cruiser classes served with distinction throughout World War II.
The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology
 Author: John Christopher The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology The History Press ISBN: 0752464574 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 224 Size: 7 Mb Language: English During World War II, Hitler's engineers had pioneered an incredible array of futuristic secret weapons, from the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, to the deadly V2 intercontinental ballistic missile. With the Third Reich shattered and lying in ruins, in the summer of 1945, the Allies launched a frantic race to grab what they saw as the justifiable spoils of war. The Americans and Russians in particular were anxious to secure not only the aircraft and the research and production facilities, but also the key German scientists and engineers. This Nazi technology would define the balance of power in the phony peace of the Cold War era, launching an arms race that shaped the modern world for decades to come. Using previously unpublished secret Air Ministry reports, and offering comprehensive photographs of the aircraft, research, and manufacturing facilities, this book tells the untold story of the British mission to Germany.
The Facts on File D-Day Atlas: The Definitive Account of the Allied Invasion of Normandy
 Author: John Man The Facts on File D-Day Atlas: The Definitive Account of the Allied Invasion of Normandy Facts on File 1994 Format: PDF Pages: 152 Language: English Size: 24 MB The Allied landing in German-occupied Normandy on 6 June 1944 was the greatest amphibious operation in military history. On the beaches and in the towns, fields and hedgerows of the French countryside, the outnumbered and outgunned German forces fought one of the most tenacious, skillful and courageous defensive campaigns of the entire war, and the fighting throughout June, July and August rivaled in intensity the worst days on the Somme or at Verdun thirty years before. The D-Day Atlas traces the Normandy campaign from its conception through to the destruction of the German 7th and 5th Panzer Armies at Falaise and the Allied liberation of Paris. It brings a new clarity not only to the disposition and movement of military units but also to the plans and objectives of the commanders on both sides, the nature of the Normandy terrain, the role of Allied air interdiction and long-range naval fire support, the movement of reserve units and supplies and the activities of the French Resistance.
The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II
 The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II Author: Ernst Rebentisch Stackpole Books 2012 ISBN: 0811710866 Pages: 544 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 30 MB Complete history of a German tank division that fought exclusively on the Eastern Front Unit operated near Stalingrad and in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, and Austria Unit relied heavily on captured enemy tanks, such as Soviet T-34s Illustrations include eight pages of color vehicle profiles Valuable resource for armor modelers
The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War
 Author: Halik Kochanski The Eagle Unbowed Poland and the Poles in the Second World War Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674068149 2013 Format: PDF Size: 8,1 МБ Language: English Pages: 624 The Second World War gripped Poland as it did no other country in Europe. Invaded by both Germany and the Soviet Union, it remained under occupation by foreign armies from the first day of the war to the last.
Rebuilding the Royal Navy: Warship Design Since 1945
 Author: D. K. Brown Rebuilding the Royal Navy: Warship Design Since 1945 Seaforth Publishing / Pen and Sword ISBN: 1848321503 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 208 Size: 8 Mb Language: English This design history of postwar British warship development, based on both declassified documentation and personal experience, is the fourth and final volume in the author's masterly account of development of Royal Navy's ships from the 1850s to the Falklands War. In this volume the author covers the period in which he himself worked as a Naval Constructor, while this personal knowledge is augmented by George Moore's in-depth archival research on recently declassified material.The RN fleet in 1945 was old and worn out, while new threats and technologies, and postwar austerity called for new solutions. How designers responded to these unprecedented challenges is the central theme of this book. It covers the ambitious plans for the conversion or replacement of the bigger ships; looks at all the new construction, from aircraft carriers, through destroyers and frigates, to submarines (including nuclear and strategic), to minesweepers and small craft.
World War II US Navy Special Warfare Units
 Author: Eugene Liptak World War II US Navy Special Warfare Units Osprey Publishing Osprey Elite 203 ISBN: 1782003959 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 66 Size: 3 Mb Language: English With the need for large-scale amphibious landings to decide the outcome of World War II the US Navy developed several types of specialized unit to reconnoitre potential landing areas, degrade the enemy’s ability to resist, and assist the landing forces on to the beaches. The Scouts and Raiders were the forerunners of the SEALs, Beach Jumpers made elaborate simulated landings to distract the enemy, the Naval Combat Demolition Units and Underwater Demolition Teams cleared obstacles to amphibious landings and Naval Group China fought alongside Chinese guerrillas behind Japanese lines.
How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II
 Author: Dr Phillips Payson O'Brien How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107014751 2015 Format: PDF Size: 8,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 640
European Land Battles 1939-1943 (The Military History of World War II vol.1)
 Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy European Land Battles 1939-1943 (The Military History of World War II vol.01) Franklin Watts, Inc. 1962 Format: PDF Pages: 102 Language: English Size: 27.2 MB A retrospective of European Land Battles 1939-1943.
American Aces against the Kamikaze (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 109)
 Author: Edward M. Young American Aces against the Kamikaze Osprey Publishing Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 109 2012 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 96 Size: 3 Mb Language: English The Japanese High Command realised that the loss of Okinawa would give the Americans a base for the invasion of Japan. Its desperate response was to unleash the full force of the Special Attack Units, known in the west as the Kamikaze (‘Divine Wind'). In a series of mass attacks in between April and June 1945, more than 900 Kamikaze aeroplanes were shot down. Conventional fighters and bombers accompanied the Special Attack Units as escorts, and to add their own weight to the attacks on the US fleet. In the air battles leading up to the invasion of Okinawa, as well as those that raged over the island in the three months that followed, the Japanese lost more than 7,000 aircraft both in the air and on the ground. In the course of the fighting, 67 Navy, 21 Marine, and three USAAF pilots became aces.
Victory Fighters: The Veterans' Story, Winning The Battle For Supremacy In The Skies Over Western Europe, 1941-1945
 Author: Stephen Darlow Victory Fighters: The Veterans' Story, Winning The Battle For Supremacy In The Skies Over Western Europe, 1941-1945 Grub Street the Basement 2005 Format: pdf Size: 5.1Mb Language: English Victory Fighters is largely a collection of eye-witness accounts of the struggle that raged in the skies over occupied Europe after the Battle of Britain. Expertly selected and inter-woven by Stephen Darlow, the book centres on the stories of six pilots and one navigator, the telling of which covers every aspect of this battle over land and sea. The author describes and analyses the relevant command decisions from the highest level down and against this background the men give their accounts from the start of their flying careers through to the preparations for operation Overlord, the invasion itself, the liberation of France, the crossing of the Rhine, to the end of the war in Europe on VE-Day. Through their eyes, the reader is introduced to a series of different tasks and situations, a multitude of aircraft types - Sunderlands, Mustangs, Tempests, Typhoons, Spitfires, Whirlwinds, Mosquitoes - and a great many squadrons. Through interviews and diligent research of documents, diaries and correspondence, the author has produced a fitting testament to these men and the countless others they represent.
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