Why the Allies Won more books like this

by Richard Overy

As Richard Overy makes clear, the Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942, almost the entire resources of continental Europe were in German hands and Japan had wiped out the western colonial presence in Asia. Democracy appeared to have had its day. Overy provides a re-interpretation of the war through an ...

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Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich more books like this

by Omer Bartov

Although acknowledged as a highly professional military organization, the Wehrmacht has been traditionally exonerated of the crimes attributed to the SS during World War II. However, in this study the author shows how the relentless Nazi propaganda machine produced conscripts for Hitler's army who were fully convinced of his horrific views on ...

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Bridge Too Far more books like this

by Cornelius Ryan

On 17th September 1944, the people of southern England gaped as the mightiest airborne force in history thundered overhead "en route" for Arnhem. Arnhem was 64 miles behind the German lines in Holland, and Field-Marshal Montgomery's plan was to sieze the Rhine bridges at Arnhem and Nijmegen to allow an Allied thrust into the industrial heart of ...

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Soldat : reflections of a German soldier 1936-1949 more books like this

by Siegfried Knappe, Ted Brusaw

From the Russian front to Hitler's bunker during the Battle of Berlin, this first-hand memoir offers stunning insight into the life of a soldier in Hitler's army.

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Fighter more books like this

by Len Deighton

Len Deighton's skill as a novelist is used to show how the human factor influenced every twist and turn of this close-fought battle. His encyclopedic knowledge of technology makes clear how machines played a vital role in the fight for Britain's survival. Here is the intensely vivid story of the men who developed radar, designed the high-speed ...

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Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History more books like this

by Gordon W Prange, Donald M Goldstein, Katherine V Dillon

Examines the underlying causes of Pearl Harbor and the revisionist theories that high officials knew of the attack. Gordon W. Prange is the author of "Miracle at Midway" and "At Dawn We Slept". This title is the sequel to "At Dawn We Slept".

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Bodyguard of lies more books like this

by Anthony Cave Brown

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Goring: A Biography more books like this

by David John Cawdell Irving

The first full-length biography of Hermann Goring, Hitler's partner, alter ego, and chosen successor. Includes 32 pages of photos, some from the Goring family album, and diaries and letters that disclose the nature of Goring's death.

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Iwo more books like this

by Richard Wheeler

A searing story of one of history's most grisly battles- this book reconstructs a vivid picture of the bloody fighting as experienced by those who endured it.

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Fatal decision : Anzio & the battle for Rome more books like this

by Carlo D'Este

An acclaimed military historian tells the whole story of "Operation Shingle"--the Allied plan to bypass strong German defenses north of Naples, Italy, by landing an amphibious force on the beaches south of Rome at Anzio. 16 pages of halftones; maps; index.

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Caught in the Crossfire: The Story of Janina Pladek more books like this

by Mary Wemyss Aitchison (As Told by)

In over thirty engagingly written and illustrated pieces Peter Jeffery applies the good news of the Christian faith and teaching in a way you and others will love reading about it. These tracts are supplied on three formats PDFs US letter size for folding and UK A4 size for folding and as HTML text so you can load them on your website. Purchase of ...

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Dambusters Raid more books like this

by John Sweetman

Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid, as it became known - undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943, was the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War. For the loss of 11 aircraft, the Mohne and Eder dams in Germany's industrial heartland were breached, and a famous if controversial victory won. John ...

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Battle Group: German Kampfgruppen Action of World War Two more books like this

by James Lucas, D.V

Battle groups were key men taken from their units and thrown together to form crack storm troops. The author here relates the action of these groups from the opening shots in 1939 through all theatres until the final collapse in 1945. The book should offer an insight into the heart of the war.

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A6m Zero in Action more books like this

by Shigeru Nohara, Don Greer (Illustrator)

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Arnhem 1944: Operation Market Garden more books like this

by Stephen Badsey

"Market Garden" was one of the most audacious, and controversial, operations of World War II. If Montgomery's plan - described in this book - had succeeded, the war could have been ended in 1944. But the attack failed disastrously and British paratroopers were cut off for nine days. Of the 10,000 men involved, less than 2000 came out. The author ...

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Blue Skies & Blood: The Battle of the Coral Sea more books like this

by Edwin Palmer Hoyt

The first definitive account of one of the most critical naval battles of World War II in the pacific. Spring 1942: Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America was reeling under the successive Japanese victories at Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and more. Desperate to stop what was seen as an inexorable Japanese advance toward ...

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First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway more books like this

by John B Lundstrom

Ace fighter pilots like Jimmy Thach and Butch O'Hare are justly renowned for their daring exploits in the perilous early months of the Pacific War when the U.S. Navy carrier fighting (VF) squadrons amassed a remarkable combat record in the face of desperate odds. Yet, exactly how these skilled aviators and their squadron mates- called the 'first ...

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Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe, 1933-1945 more books like this

by Raul Hilberg

Historian Raul Hilberg's work on the Holocaust is synthesized in this work into a factual narrative that reads like a novel. It tells the story of three categories of person: perpetrator, victim, bystander - those who caused, carried out, experienced, survived, and witnessed the Final Solution.

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Old Breed: A History of the First Marine Division in World War II more books like this

by George McMillan

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Kursk 1943: The Tide Turns in the East more books like this

by Mark Healy

In the largest tank battle of World War II, the Soviet army successfully resisted the German Panzer offensive in the Kursk Salient on the Eastern Front, and in the counter-offensive that followed, began an advance that finally ended in Berlin. This history of the battle covers the many famous German units engaged in battle as well as the defensive ...

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Stalingrad more books like this

by Heinz Schroter

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Guadalcanal 1942: The Marines Strike Back more books like this

by Joseph N Mueller

Guadalcanal marked the beginning of America's island-hopping counter-attack against the Japanese in World War II. In August 1942, 19,000 US Marines were involved in Operation Watchtower - the taking of the new airfield on Guadalcanal and the eventual defeat of the Japanese on the island. The heavy losses sustained by the US Navy in maintaining ...

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Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea more books like this

by William T Y'Blood

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1940: Myth and Reality more books like this

by Clive Ponting

This history of 1940 cuts away at the myth of survival against the odds and Churchillian bravado during the first year of World War II. It shows what the real situation was, how government reacted, the reality of Anglo-American relations, and the relations between London and the Commonwealth. For the last 50 years 1940 has been regarded as Britain ...

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Operation Drumbeat: Germany's U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II more books like this

by Michael V Gannon

The dramatic national bestseller--"Like that bestselling novel The Hunt for Red October, Operation Drumbeat is a ripping good yarn of submarine warfare, espionage, and geopolitics. The difference is that Operation Drumbeat is not a novel".--Los Angeles Times. 16 pages of halftones; maps; notes; index.

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