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1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams
Category: History
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to come.' TELEGRAPHMarch 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift ...Show more
1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams
Category: Military
March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is finally within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift disillusionment. The final 100 days of the Second World War will prove to be bitterly and bloodily fought, village ...Show more
Fire and Steel - The End of World War Two in the West (HB) by Peter Caddick-Adams
Category: History
The final volume in one of the most acclaimed works of military history of this generation. Here is Peter Caddick-Adams' third volume in his trilogy about the final year of the Western front in World War Two. Fire & Steel covers the war's final 100 days-beginning in late January 1945 and contin ...Show more
Hitler's Winter - The German Battle of the Bulge by Anthony Tucker-Jones; Professor Peter Caddick-Adams (Foreword by)
Category: Military
'What a brilliant book this is... a terrific narrative of Hitler's Ardennes offensive of December 1944 - superb storytelling that achieves a skilful balance between drama and detail.' - James Holland The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in the West. Launched in the depths of wint ...Show more
Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell by Peter Caddick-Adams
Category: History
The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because Cassino, with its multitude of participating armies - most notably the American 5th Army under the controvers ...Show more
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives by Peter Caddick-Adams
Category: History
Two men came to personify generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery for the British and Erwin Rommel for the Germans. In the span of a few short years, they fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theaters of war. Ever since, historians have assessed their outstanding leaders ...Show more
Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day by Peter Caddick-Adams
Category: WWI & WWII
The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published 'Extraordinary' Andrew Roberts 'Fascinating' Daily Mail 'Magisterial' James Holland ________________ 6 June 1944, 4 a.m. Hundreds of boats assemble off the coast of France. By nightfall, thousands of the men they carry will be de ...Show more
Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944-45 by Peter Caddick-Adams
Category: Popular History
Snow and Steel will be a huge reassessment of Hitler's last great throw of the dice: 'The Battle of the Bulge', the battle for the Ardennes 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. This is an utterly fascinating five weeks when for a time it looked like Hitler had outflanked the allied armies pushing toward ...Show more
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