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Past & Present eBook Series

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  • 1st Airborne

    Market Garden 1944

    by Simon Forty, Tom Timmermans ...
    Series series Past & Present
    "An interesting introductory read . . . [on] this infamous 'bridge too far' division" in the series that brings World War II battles to life ( Classic Military Vehicle).After being held in reserve during the battle of Normandy and spending three months waiting for action, 1st Airborne played a leading role in Operation Market—the air component of Operation Market Garden, an audacious attempt by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Falaise Gap Battles

    Normandy 1944

    by Simon Forty, Leo Marriott ...
    Series series Past & Present
    "A great book" on the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the series that brings World War II battles to life ( Army Rumour Service).The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944, and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory—all made possible by Operation Cobra . . .As US ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Battle Cry of Freedom

    The Civil War Era

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The First World War

    The war to end all wars

    by Geoffrey Jukes, Michael Hickey, Peter Simkins ...
    Published to coincide with the anniversary of the First World War, this edition, superbly illustrated with contemporary photographs and colour maps, gives readers an insight into all aspects of the First World War, from the trenches to the Eastern Front, as well as the Mediterranean conflict.Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The U-Boat War

    by Ian Baxter ...
    Series series Images of War
    2.20PM Directly in front of us I sighted four funnels and the masts of a passenger steamer at right angles to our course coming from the SW and going towards Galley Head. 3:10 PM Torpedo shot at a distance of 700 meters below the surface - from the log of the German submarine U–20. The explosion that followed changed history as the date of the ship's log was may 7, 1915, the steamer was the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • French Foreign Legion Paratroops

    by Mr Martin Windrow, Wayne Braby ...
    Series Book 6 - Elite
    The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in Indochina, and the healthy recruitment then employed by the Legion.There were some initial doubts. The Legion were known to be magnificent heavy infantry, but were felt by some to lack the flexibility and agility demanded by independent airborne ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Hermann Göring Division

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    Each of Germany's World War II armed services could claim one unit which earned a unique combat reputation, and which consequently was enlarged and developed far beyond the size originally planned.Hermann Göring, commander-in-chief of the air force, was determined that his Luftwaffe should share the glory of Germany's land conquests, and gave his name to a regimental combat group of infantry and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Waffen-SS (3)

    11. to 23. Divisions

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    Series Book 415 - Men-at-Arms
    The Waffen-SS grew from a handful of obscure infantry battalions in 1939, to a force of more than 30 divisions by the end of World War II, including units of every type and every level of battlefield value.The mid-war divisions covered in this third title represent that range, from some of the most effective German and Western European volunteer formations – e.g. the 12. SS-Pz Div 'Hitlerjugend', ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Civil War Pittsburgh

    Forge of the Union

    by Len Barcousky ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    On Christmas Day 1860, the "Daily Pittsburgh Gazette "announced that more than one hundred cannons from the nearby U.S. Arsenal were to be shipped south. Fiercely loyal to the Union, Pittsburghers halted the movement of the artillery, which would have been seized by secessionist sympathizers. Over the course of the Civil War, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County provided both troops and equipment- ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finnish Soldier vs Soviet Soldier

    Winter War 1939–40

    by Mr David Campbell ...
    Series Book 21 - Combat
    The Winter War was supposed to be a quick and easy conflict; instead it proved to be a bitter war that destroyed the international reputation of the Soviet Red Army.The diminutive Finnish force was desperately outnumbered by almost half a million Russian troops, but rather than sweeping across their neighbours the Soviet troops stumbled blindly, constantly wrong-footed and then bloodied by their ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • Hitler’s Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940

    Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium

    by Nigel Thomas ...
    Series Book 493 - Men-at-Arms
    The armies of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium bore the first crushing impact of Hitler's mighty Blitzkrieg war machine in Western Europe, in a campaign that astonished and terrified the world.The German Wehrmacht was millions strong, equipped with the latest guns, tanks and aircraft, and had the priceless advantage of having learned the realities of modern warfare in Poland the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • ABC's of Tanks and Other Fighting Vehicles

    by David Blanchard ...
    Series series ABC's of
    ABC’s of Tanks and Other Fighting Vehicles explores the history of armored combat vehicles from the past to present, from the well-known to the obscure. Done in the style of a children’s ABC book, with a unique vehicle selected for each letter, and its technical data and historical over view listed side by side ABC’s of Tanks and Other Fighting Vehicles is perfect for military history fans of all ... Read more

    $3.99 USD