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Atlas of the Eastern Front - 1941-45 by Robert Kirchubel
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II. Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the Red Army in a campaign of unmatched intensity. From Operation Barbarossa in 1941 through to the final fall of Berlin in 1945, German and Soviet soldiers fought ...Show more
Between Giants: The Battle for The Baltics in World War II by Prit Buttar
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
During World War II, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia found themselves trapped between the giants of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Over the course of the war these states were repeatedly occupied by different forces, and local government organizations and individuals were forced to choose between supp ...Show more
Bloodstained SandsUS Amphibious Operations in World War II by Michael G. Walling
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
For the men who served in America's Amphibious Forces during World War II, the conflict was an unceasing series of D-Days. They were responsible for putting men ashore in more than 200 landings throughout the conflict, most against well-entrenched enemy positions. Bloodstained Sands: US Amphibious Opera ...Show more
British Battle Tanks - The First World War by David Fletcher
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
When British soldiers charged across the Somme in September 1916, they were accompanied by a new, revolutionary weapon--the tank. After a stuttering start, armored behemoths such as the Mark IV, Mark V, and Whippet Tank played a crucial role in bringing World War I to an end.Marking the centenary of the ...Show more
Conquer or Die!: British Volunteers in Bolivar's War of Extermination 1817-21 by Ben Hughes
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: General Military Ser.
In the aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth with the loss of almost ...Show more
Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II by Michael G. Walling
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: General Military Ser.
The story begins in October 1939, when Germany and the Soviet Union began diplomatic maneuvering. The action accelerates with Winston Churchill's decision in 1941 to provide supplies to Soviet forces battling the German invasion and for five long years, thousands of men and women fought ferociously in t ...Show more
Gallipoli: Command Under Fire by Edward J. Erickson
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
Unique among World War I campaigns, the fighting at Gallipoli brought together a modern amphibious assault and multi-national combined operations. It took place on a landscape littered with classical and romantic sites - just across the Dardanelles from the ruins of Homer's Troy. The campaign became, pe ...Show more
In the Heat of BattleA History of Those who Rose to the Occasion and Those who Didn't by Donough O'Brien
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: General Military Ser.
'In the heat of battle' is a phrase that connotes the extremity of the human condition. The battlefield is a canvas on which is sometimes painted the virtues of bravery, sacrifice, and extraordinary leadership--and which is sometimes the scene of disgrace. There are those like Ross McGinness who throw t ...Show more
Japanese Intelligence WWII by Ken Kotani
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: General Military Ser.
In the eyes of history, Japanese intelligence in World War II has fared very poorly. However, these historians have most often concentrated on the later years of the war, when Japan was fighting a multi-front war against numerous opponents. In this groundbreaking new study, Japanese scholar Ken Kotani r ...Show more
Rising Sun, Falling SkiesThe Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey Cox
Category: History | Series: General Military Ser.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese offensive in the Far East seemed unstoppable. Allied forces engaged in a futile attempt to halt their rapid advance, culminating in the massed fleet of American, British, Dutch, and Australian forces (ABDA) clashing with the Japanese at the battle of th ...Show more
Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited by Andrew Wiest
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'. First-hand accounts, maps and contemporary photographs, analysis from the soldiers involved and new perspectives from ...Show more
Rome and Her EnemiesAn Empire Created and Destroyed by War by Jane Penrose
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: General Military Ser.
Spanning over a thousand years and an immense geographical area, the Roman Empire was the greatest in world history. At its most powerful, the Empire cast a shadow across the known world, and its legacy continues to influence politics, art and culture around the world today. Rome's power was won on the ...Show more