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DEUTSCHE SOLDATEN: The Uniforms, Equipment and Personal Effects of the German Soldier 1939-1945 מאת Agustin Sainz There have been all manner of books written on the German Army since the end of World War II. Books on the men, their tactics, commanders, equipment, weaponry and histories of the major battles they fought in can be found on the bookshelves of almost all 20th Century history enthusiasts. Deuts...

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Hitler's Preemptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940 - History's First Special Operations Campaign מאת Henrik Lunde A thorough examination of one of history's revolutionary campaigns . . .After Hitler conquered Poland, and while still fine-tuning his plans against France, the British began to exert control of the coastline of neutral Norway, an action that threatened to cut off Germany's iron-ore conduit to Swede...

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JUNGVOLK: The Story of a Boy Defending Hitler's Reich מאת Wilhelm R. Gehlen This is the wartime memoir of a boy named Will, who happened to be the nephew of the head of Nazi Germany's intelligence agency, Foreign Armies East. After reading this book, the reader will wonder who had the most exciting time during World War II. Will Gehlen's father, a trolley driver, was...

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VIKING ART OF WAR מאת Paddy Griffith A best-selling study of the Vikings' genius for war explodes myths and reveals the facts behind their fearsome reputation . . . This groundbreaking study of the Vikings establishes the facts behind their rise to prominence, and cuts away the myths about their military and seafaring skills, re...

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KAMIKAZES, CORSAIRS, AND PICKET SHIPS: Okinawa 1945 מאת Robin L. Rielly This is the previously untold story of one of the most ferocious and prolonged air/naval battles ever: the battle at the radar picket stations during the American assault on Okinawa in the spring of 1945. It weaves together the experiences of the ships and their crews, in a way that no one has att...

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MEN OF BARBAROSSA: Commanders of the German Invasion of Russia, 1941 מאת Samuel Mitcham The story of history's greatest military operation and the commanders who nearly led it to success . . . This book not only tells the story of Operation Barbarossa but describes the expertise, skills, and decision-making powers of the men who directed it. The result is an illuminating look at ...

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NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE: Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944-The Battle for la Fiere Bridge מאת Robert Murphy The you-are-there story of one of the most ferocious small-unit combats in US history . . . As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, three airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to sew confusion in the German rear and prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the beach...

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WAR DOG: Fighting Other People's Wars -The Modern Mercenary in Combat מאת Al Venter War Dog deals with mercenary action in a score of wars: Angola, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, the Congo Republic, Ethiopia, Lebanon and others. One of a handful of correspondents that saw action with the South African 'guns for hire' group Executive Outcomes, Al Venter's revelations about this o...

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TANKER WAR: America's First Conflict with Iran, 1987-88 מאת Lee Allen Zatarain In May 1987 the US frigate Stark, calmly sailing the waters of the Persian Gulf, was suddenly blown apart by an Exocet missile fired from a jet fighter of Iraq's Saddam Hussein. A fifth of the ship's crew were killed and many others horribly burned or wounded. This event jumpstarted one of the most ...

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FALL OF HITLER'S FORTRESS CITY: The Battle for Konigsberg 1945 מאת Isabel Denny Heroism and tragedy in the East, in the face of the Red Army's onslaught . . . In 1945, in the face of the advancing Red Army, two and a half million people were forced out of Germany's most easterly province, East Prussia, and in particular its capital, Konigsberg. Their flight was a direct r...

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OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic was Lost מאת Daniel Allen Butler After every disaster, someone has something to hide . . . A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. While the world has remained f...

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MAGNIFICENT DISASTER: The Failure of Market Garden, The Arnhem Operation, September 1944 מאת David Bennett After Normandy, the most spectacular Allied offensive of World War II was Operation Market Garden, which saw three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines, to be joined by massive armored columns breaking through the front. The ultimate object was to seize a crossing over t the Rhine t...

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LETTERS FROM VERDUN: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War 1 France מאת Avery Wolfe A beautifully written and fully illustrated experience of the Great War from a participant . . . Though the United States was late to enter the Great War, a number of idealistic young Americans wished to take part from the beginning. One of these was Avery Royce Wolf, a highly educated scion o...

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IMMELMANN THE EAGLE OF LILLE מאת Frantz Immelmann The story of one of Germany's pioneers in aerial combat . . . Max Immelmann was born in Dresden, the son of a container factory owner. When World War I started, Immelmann was recalled to active service, transferred to the Luftstreitkafte and was sent for pilot training in November 1914. He was...

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YOU CAN'T GET MUCH CLOSER THAN THIS: Combat With Company H, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division מאת A Adkins(Jr) Andrew Z. Adkins, Jr., graduated from The Citadel in May 1943 and immediately attended the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School, where he was commissioned and sent on to the 80th Infantry Division, then undergoing its final training cycle in the California-Arizona desert. Upon reaching the division, 2...

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TANK KILLERS: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force מאת Harry Yeide The Tank Killers is the story of the American Tank Destroyer Force in North Africa, Italy, and the European Theater during World War II. The tank destroyer (TD) was a bold-if some would say flawed-answer to the challenge posed by the seemingly unstoppable German blitzkrieg. The TD was conceived to b...

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AT LENINGRAD'S GATES: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North מאת William Lubbeck This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from conscript private to captain of a heavy weapons company on the Eastern Front. William Lubbeck, age 19, was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1939. As a member of the 58th Infantry Division, he r...

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BISMARCK: A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship מאת Niklas Zetterling A gripping tale of heroism -and doom-on the high seas . . .? The sinking of the German battleship Bismarck-a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns-was one of the most dramatic events of World War II. She left the port of Gotenhafen for her first o...

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KORSUN POCKET, THE: The Encirclement and Breakout of a German Army in the East, 1944 מאת Niklas Zetterling During the second half of 1943, after the failure at Kursk, Germany's Army Group South fell back from Russia under repeated hammer blows from the Red Army. Under Erich von Manstein, however, the Germans were able to avoid serious defeats, while at the same time fending off Hitler's insane orders to ...

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KNIGHT OF GERMANY: Oswald Boelcke German Ace מאת Johannes Werner The story of the fighter pilot the Red Baron himself sought to emulate . . . German air ace Oswald Boelcke was a national hero during World War I, and was the youngest captain in the German air force, decorated with the Pour Ie Merite while still only a lieutenant and with 40 aerial victories ...

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FLYING FURY: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps מאת James McCudden The day-to-day insights of a brilliantly daring World War I ace that only ends with his death at the age of 23 . . . James McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and, ultimately, an untimely end. Here, in this un...