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 Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France 
 Author: Max Hastings Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1982 Format: PDF Pages: 312 Language: English Size: 29.8 MB Within days of the D-Day lanings, the 'Das Reich' 2nd SS Panzer Division marched north through France to reinforce the front-line defenders of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Veterans of the bloodiest fighting of the Russian Front, 15,000 men with their tanks and artillery, they were hounded for every mile of their march by saboteurs of the Resistance and agents of the Allied Special Forces. Along their route they took reporisals so savage they will live for ever in the chronicles of the most appalling atrocities of war. Max Hasting's powerful account of their progress is a true military classic.
A Photo History of Tanks in Two World Wars
 Author: George Forty A Photo History of Tanks in Two World Wars Blandford Press 1984 Format: PDF Pages: 200 Language: English Size: 31 MB Traces the development of the tank, shows the various types of armored vehicles used by the Americans, English, French and Germans, and discusses how tanks were used in battle.
Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe
 Author: Raymond F. Toliver, Trevor J. Constable Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe Bantam Books 1979 Format: PDF Pages: 438 Language: English Size: 63.3 MB The most successful fighter pilots of all time spring to vibrant life again in this revised and updated edition of the classic account of Germany's greatest aces in action. Ride into combat with such Luftwaffe luminaries as ace of aces Erich Hartmann, Gunther Rall, Gerhard Barkhorn and dozens of others as they provide first-hand accounts of the German fighter arm's epic battle for the skies over Europe, Africa, and Russia. Accurate pen portraits illuminate outstanding fighter leaders and tutor like Werner Molders, Adolph Galland, "Macky" Steinhoff and many more, who invested the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm with its characteristic spirit and vigor. Legendary air heros like Marseille, and mercurial "Star of Africa", are shown in hundreds of photos from German collections. Personal combat accounts appear against the backdrop of Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring, who undermined his own pilots. From early aerial ascendancy, followed by its triumphant assault on the Red Air Force, the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm was inexorably crushed by overwhelming Allied air power. Unquenchable courage, devotion to the defense of their country's civilians, and unmatched combat skills were of no avail.
Day Fighters in Defence of Reich: A Way Diary, 1942-45
 Author: Donald Caldwell Day Fighters in Defence of Reich: A Way Diary, 1942-45 Frontline Books ISBN: 1848325258 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 19,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 480 This book is a detailed, comprehensive daily reference to the air operations flown by the Luftwaffe against the daylight strategic missions by the United States Army Air Force against the German Reich and the western zone occupied by Germany. It is a unique look at the German air defenses as they struggled to cope with the threat posed by the American 8th and 15th Air Forces, which were charged with destroying Germany's critical war industries and wresting control of the air over the Reich from the Luftwaffe. The previous volume in this series, The Luftwaffe over Germany: Defense of the Reich is an award-winning narrative history of these defenses.
The Tigers of Bastogne: Voices of the 10th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge
 Author: Michael Collins The Tigers of Bastogne: Voices of the 10th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge Casemate ISBN: 1612001815 2013 Format: PDF (conv) Size: 6,9 МБ Language: English Pages: 296 The gallant stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne has long become part of historical and media legend. But how many students of the war realize there was already a U.S. unit holding the town when they arrived? And this unit—the 10th Armored Division—continued to play a major role in its defense throughout the German onslaught. In The Tigers of Bastogne, authors King and Collins finally detail the travails of this young armored division, which had only arrived in Europe that fall, yet found itself subject to the full brunt of Manteuffel’s Fifth Panzer Army in the Ardennes. At first overwhelmed, and then falling back to protect the vital crossroads, the 10th Armored was reinforced (not “saved”) by the Screaming Eagles, and its men and tanks went on to contribute largely to America’s victory in its largest battle of the war. The 10th Armored had only arrived in Europe that September, as part of Patton’s Third Army, and their divisional motto, “Terrify and Destroy,” was somewhat belied by the onslaught of Nazi panzers that burst across no-man’s-land on December 16. Instead their nickname, “The Tiger Division,” became fully earned, as they went on the defensive at Bastogne, surrounded by an entire German army, yet refused to concede a single inch of ground not earned with blood.
Carlson's Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942
 Author: Gordon L. Rottman Carlson's Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942 Osprey Publishing Osprey Raid 44 ISBN: 1472803272 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 81 Size: 4 Mb Language: English On August 17–18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps’ 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on the Japanese-occupied Makin Island in the South Pacific. This ambitious but flawed operation was intended to divert Japanese reinforcements bound for Guadalcanal, over 1,000 miles to the southwest, in the wake of the US landings there ten days earlier.
Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II
 Author: Marcus Brotherton, Adam Makos Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II Berkley ISBN: 0425257827 2013 Format: EPUB Size: 9,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 416 A firsthand chronicle of United States Marine Corps’ actions in the Pacific Following fifteen Marines from the Pearl Harbor attack, through battles with the Japanese, to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found—and lost—and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives. With unprecedented access to the veterans, rare photographs, and unpublished memoirs, Voices of the Pacific presents true stories of heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum—whose exploits were featured in the HBO® miniseries, The Pacific—and their Marine buddies from the legendary 1st Marine Division.
Cassell Military Classics: The Last Flight of the Luftwaffe: The Suicide Attack on the Eighth Air Force, 7 April 1945
 Author: Adrian Weir Cassell Military Classics: The Last Flight of the Luftwaffe: The Suicide Attack on the Eighth Air Force, 7 April 1945 Cassell 2000 Format:pdf Size: 1.8Mb Language: English By April 1945, Germany was well on its way to losing the war, suffering an onslaught from the Soviets on the East and ceaseless bombardment by British and U.S. planes on the West. The German command chose to fight back with a small-scale operation requiring only limited resources: they sent relatively inexperienced pilots from the famed Luftwaffe on a suicide mission flying directly into a formation of U.S. bombers. Follow this death-defying and little-known story in minute-by-minute detail.
The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid - America's first World War II Victory
 Author: Craig Nelson The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid - America's first World War II Victory Penguin Books 2003 Format: PDF Pages: 468 Language: English Size: 53.3 MB Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, eighty brave young men, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, took off from a navy carrier in the mid-Pacific on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission but instead became a resounding American victory and one of the major turning points of World War II. The First Heroes is the story of that mission. Meticulously researched and based on interviews with twenty of the surviving Tokyo Raiders, here is a true account that almost defies belief, a tremendous human drama of great personal courage, and a powerful reminder that ordinary people, when faced with extraordinary circumstances, can rise to the challenge of history.
Rommel's Afrika Korps - El Agheila to El Alamein
 Author: George Bradford Rommel's Afrika Korps - El Agheila to El Alamein Stackpole Books ISBN: 081170419X 2008 Format: PDF Size: 78,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 214 In the sands of the Western Desert in 1941-42, Erwin Rommel made history as the Desert Fox, waging a brilliant and bold campaign against the British. Beginning at El Agheila in March 1941, the Afrika Korps--frequently outnumbered--drove the British steadily east across Libya and into Egypt. The German offensive eventually ground to a halt in a series of battles at El Alamein. In impressive detail, George Bradford depicts what it was like to serve and fight in the Afrika Korps, from its tanks and equipment to its battles and daily life
The Eyes And Ears Of The Convoy - The Development of the Helicopter as an Anti-Submarine Weapon
 Author: Collective The Eyes And Ears Of The Convoy - The Development of the Helicopter as an Anti-Submarine Weapon Coast Guard Historian's Office 1993 Format: PDF Pages: 20 Language: English Size: 29 MB The development of the helicopter can be attributed to a few visionary men who foresaw the great potential of this aircraft. During the World War II, due to the insistence of the several Coast Guard officers, this revolutionary aircraft was developed for war and peacetime uses. Their efforts helped the helicopter to evolve into the machine that is known today.
World War II Britain Alone 1939/1940
 Author: Collective World War II Britain Alone 1939/1940 Kelsey Publishing The War Archives ISBN: 1909786640 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 100 Size: 69 Mb Language: English World War II Britain Alone 1939/1940
German Bombers of WWII (Aeroplane Aviation Archive)
 Author: Collective German Bombers of WWII (Aeroplane Aviation Archive) Key Publishing 2015 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages 100 Size: 17 Mb Language: English German Bombers of WWII
Cruisers of World War Two. An international encyclopedia
 Author: Whitley M. J. Cruisers of World War Two. An international encyclopedia London: Arms & Armour 1995 Format: pdf Size: 231.19 MB Language: English This naval reference encyclopaedia details the cruisers of the combatant nations which saw service during World War II. Each class is dealt with and illustrated, with coverage of its design, construction and operational history.
The Penguin History of the Second World War, 3rd Edition
 Author: Peter Calvocoressi, Guy Wint, John Pritchard The Penguin History of the Second World War, 3rd Edition Penguin Books ISBN: 0140285024 1999 Format: EPUB Size: 55,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 1344 First published in 1972 under the title TOTAL WAR, THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR was designed by its authors to show a rising generation why the Second World War happened and how it was conducted. In this bold feat of compression they give as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces (not to mention intelligence and other activities 'behind the line'.) as to the ensuing clashes of arms. This acclaimed analysis of the causes and courses of the Second World War has stood the tests of time and criticism.
More World War II Aircraft in Combat
 Author: Glenn B. Bavousett More World War II Aircraft in Combat Arco Publishing 1981 Format: PDF Pages: 150 Language: English Size: 73.6 MB More World War II aircraft in combat 47 famous warplanes depicted in raging conflict Glenn Bavousett. Very well illustrated.
Operation Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Soviet Russia
 Author: Robert Kirchubel Operation Barbarossa The German Invasion of Soviet Russia Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1782004084 2013 Format: EPUB Size: 8,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 400 In the first 6 months of Hitler's World War II Nazi invasion, over 5 million of Stalin's Russian troops were killed, wounded, or captured defending their Motherland. Germany's surprise assault on the Soviet Union in June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, aimed at nothing less than the destruction of the Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler saw this as the last vital step in the establishing of 'Lebensraum' for the German people in the East. Three German Army Groups, supported by numerous European allies, poured across the Soviet border crushing all before them in a lightning campaign that threatened to eliminate all Soviet resistance and secure an easy victory. However, the vast resources and size of Soviet Russia caused the German armoured spearheads to slow and the advance finally ground to a halt within sight of Moscow itself, and with it Hitler's dreams of a quick victory. This book combines Osprey's three Campaign titles on the Barbarossa campaign, along with new material specifically created, in order to tell the story of one of definitive campaigns of World War II.
Europe since 1945: An encyclopedia
 Author: Bernard A.Cook Europe since 1945: An encyclopedia Routledge 2001 Pages: 1237 ISBN: 0815340575 Format: PDF Size: 14 mb Language: English Quality: Good The collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989 seemed a logical conclusion to a historical epoch launched by World War II (1914–18), but more specifically to the Europe that was produced by the changes of World War II (1939–45). The latter conflict completed the exhaustion of France and Great Britain that was so evident in World War I. Germany in 1945 was prostrate and under military occupation. The Soviet Union, though it had experienced horrific devastation during the war, moved into the vacuum in the east created by the defeat of Nazi Germany. The last half of the twentieth century saw the rise of the Cold War as the United States assumed a leadership role in the dual effort to contain the Soviet Union and to assist in the reconstruction of Western Europe.
Bruneval (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Paul Oldfield Bruneval Pen and Sword Battleground Europe 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 199 Size: 77 Mb Language: English The Bruneval Raid, launched against a German radar installation on the French coast in February 1942, was unique: it was one of the first fully combined operations put together by HQ Combined Operations under Mountbatten; for the first time a unit of the newly formed British Parachute Regiment went into action; it was the only raid carried out purely to satisfy the needs of scientific intelligence. It was highly successful and the results achieved were out of all proportion to the resources committed.This book covers the development of radar, the search for German radar in the Second World War, the discovery of Würzburg radar at Bruneval, the planning and preparations for the audacious raid, its highly successful execution and the aftermath.
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