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  • Operation Crusader

    Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

    by Hermann Buschleb ...
    Translated by David Dorondo ...
    Series series Die Wehrmacht im Kampf
    A 1960s German perspective of the World War II battle in Libya and how the Allied and Axis commanders shaped the course of the action.The port city of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged by German and Italian forces in April, 1941. Following an abortive attempt in June, the Allies made a second attempt in late November, when the Eighth Army launched Operation Crusader, aimed at destroying the Axis armored ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Riders of the Apocalypse

    German Cavalry and Modern Warfare, 1870-1945

    by David R Dorondo ...
    Series series Association of the United States Army
    Despite the enduring popular image of the blitzkrieg of World War II, the German Army always depended on horses. It could not have waged war without them. While the Army’s reliance on draft horses to pull artillery, supply wagons, and field kitchens is now generally acknowledged, D. R. Dorondo’s Riders of the Apocalypse examines the history of the German cavalry, a combat arm that not only ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Fulda Gap

    Battlefield of the Cold War Alliances

    by Dieter Krüger, Volker Bausch, Roger Cirillo, Torsten Diedrich, Helmut H. Hammerich, Helge Hansen, Albin F. Irzyk0, Siegfried Lautsch1, Gregory W. Pedlow2, Michael Poppe3, Detlef Rotha4, Mathias Rupp5, Crosbie E. Saint6, Matthias Uhl7 ...
    Translated by David R. Dorondo ...
    This edited collection examines the role of the Fulda Gap—located at the border between East and West Germany—in Cold War politics and military strategy. The contributors analyze the strategic deliberations of the Warsaw Pact and NATO, the balance of forces, the role of the local peace movement, and various other topics, while weaving together the history of the Cold War at local, European, and ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

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    German War Diaries of the Stalingrad and North Africa Campaigns

    by Don A Gregory, Wilhelm R Gehlen ...
    Two war diaries that reveal " just what it was like, day by day, living in a Wehrmacht unit" ( Internet Modeler).This book is built around two recently discovered war diaries—one by a member of the 23rd Panzer Division, which served under Manstein in Russia, and the other by a member of Rommel's Afrika Korps. Together, along with detailed timelines and brief overviews, they comprise a fascinating ... Read more

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  • A Magnificent Disaster

    The Failure of Market Garden, The Arnhem Operation, September 1944

    by David Bennett ...
    "Reveals much of what history has tended to gloss over . . . should be a must read for all who have an interest in this operation" ( Airborne Quarterly).After Normandy, the most spectacular Allied offensive of World War II was Operation Market Garden, which planned to join three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines with massive armored columns breaking through the front. The ... Read more

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  • The Second World War

    by Antony Beevor ...
    A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor.Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest ... Read more

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  • Panzers at War 1939-1942

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    "Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning." General Erwin Rommel A fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century. Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the tank battles and campaigns in the Second World from the Polish Blitzkrieg to Rommel's final defeat in the African desert ... Read more

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  • Götterdämmerung - The Last Days of the Wehrmacht in the East

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in the final battles of the war. The material is drawn from a variety of wartime sources and encompasses fascinating writings concerning the tactical, operational and strategic aspects of the battle for Berlin. Compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this ... Read more

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  • Fighting the Invasion

    The German Army at D-Day

    Edited by David C. Isby ...
    In one of history’s most violent battles, Allied troops gathered along the shores of southern England, preparing for the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Facing them-from the Pas de Calais to Brittany-were German troops, dug in, waiting and preparing for the inevitable confrontation.History is often told from the perspective of the victors and oftentimes we do not hear the other side of the ... Read more

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  • The Wehrmacht Experience in Russia.

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This titanic and thoroughly comprehensive study of the German experience in Russia is the definitive single volume study of Hitlers War In The East. It incorporates the entire text of The Wehrmacht In Russia written by Emmy Award winning author Bob Carruthers in conjunction with the late Professor John Erickson, author of The Road To Stalingrad and The Road to Berlin. Also featured are dozens of ... Read more

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  • The Hitler Options

    Alternate Decisions of World War II

    by Kenneth Macksey ...
    Ten stories of what-if World War II scenarios from military historians: "A thought-provoking study of what might have been." — British Army ReviewWhat would have happened if Hitler invaded England in July 1940, or concentrated on the capture of Moscow in 1941 instead of first diverting to Kiev? Or if Rommel had implemented Plan Orient in 1942, striking across the Middle East to join Japanese ... Read more

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  • SS Charlemagne

    The 33rd Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS

    by Tony Le Tissier ...
    In May 1945, as the triumphant Red Army crushed the last pockets of German resistance in central Berlin, French soldiers fought back. They were the last surviving members of SS Charlemagne, the Waffen SS division made up of French volunteers. They were among the final defenders of the city and of Hitlers bunker. Their extraordinary story gives a compelling insight into the dreadful climax of the ... Read more

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