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Hit and Run
Daring Air Attacks in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2005
The book describes some of the most daring air attacks of World War II. Some were outstanding successes and some were unmitigated disasters.
North Sea Battle: In the early weeks of World War II, Britain and Germany were determined to attack one another's warships in their respective naval bases....
Target Leipzig
The RAF’s Disastrous Raid of 19/20 February 1944
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
Seventy-nine heavy bombers failed to return from the catastrophic raid on the industrial city of Leipzig on the night of 19/20 February 1944. Some 420 aircrew were killed and a further 131 became prisoners of war. It was at that time by far the RAF’s most costly raid of World War II. The town was...
by Carl Shilleto
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
On D Day, 6th June 1944 the greatest seaborne assault ever was launched against Hitler's Fortress Europe onto the beaches of Normandy. This battlefield guide tells in detail, how these objectives were achieved and relates the battles to the area as it is today.
The book contains details of...
Behind Enemy Lines with the SAS
The story of Amédée Maingard, SOE Agent
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Amédée Maingard was a young Mauritian studying in London in 1939 who volunteered for the British Army. After a frustrating spell in the infantry, Maingard joining the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and later had a successful career as a leader and peace keeper in France and later Mauritius.
Maingard...
by Carl Shilleto
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge. Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe Series book Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery.
This book examines, in great detail, the...
by John Frayn Turner
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Highly experienced author John Frayn Turner has succeeded in capturing the indomitable spirit of the WAAF during WW2. His book vividly describes the many roles played by members of this highly respected organization, whether on the ground at air stations, under the ground in control bunkers, reading...
Bombs Away!
Dramatic First-hand Accounts of British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
This is a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War II. Their endearing bravery and fortitude and sometimes their despondency and cynicism, shows through in these stirring, daring, often irreverent, humorous and sometimes sardonic...
Overture to Overlord - The Preparations of D-Day
North West Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
The book describes the problems of instigating resistance in France and the slow development of the clandestine warfare and special operation forces, equipment, training, delivery, communication, command, control and intelligence techniques.
It covers the wide variety of organizations involved...
D-Day
By Those Who Were There
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2004
Drawing upon a new international archive of the Second World War, the support of veterans world-wide and from archives overseas, the author uses previously unpublished letters, diaries, photographs and reminiscences to tell the story of D Day in a way which brings the reader closer to the actual experience....
D-Day
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2004
Personal accounts of D-Day drawn from newly available WWII archives share the experiences of aerial, land, and naval troops—includes photos.
On June 6, 1944, an Allied force of American, British, and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, and turned the tide against the...
by Oldfield, Paul
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
The Bruneval Raid, launched against a German radar installation on the French coast in February 1942, was unique: it was one of the first fully combined operations put together by HQ Combined Operations under Mountbatten; for the first time a unit of the newly formed British Parachute Regiment went...
Arnhem The Fight to Sustain
The Untold Story of the Airborne Logisticians
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2000
On the ground the airborne logisticians at the battle of Arnhem fought to the bitter end, indistinguishable from their paratroop comrades. In the air, their deeds and sacrifice were shining examples of duty done under the most desperate circumstances. Witness the account of Flight Lieutenant H J King,...
Juno Beach
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division - July 1944
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to sweep the beaches with machine gun fire and were surrounded by belts of barbed wire and mines. Leading the attack were the 3rd Canadian...
The Atlantic Wall
History and Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the complex system of coastal fortifications that stretched from Norway to the Spanish border during the Second World War, was built to defend occupied Europe from Allied invasion. Many of its principal structures survive and can be visited today, and this book is an authoritative...