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by Edwin P. Hoyt
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
A look at the Navy SEALS describes their use by the military and discusses their experiences in such “theaters of operation” as Omaha Beach, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf.
The Dell War Series takes you onto the battlefield, into the jungles and beneath the oceans with unforgettable stories...
Gibraltar
The History of a Fortress
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Since ships first set sail in the Mediterranean, The Rock has been the gate of Fortress Europe. In ancient times, it was known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, and a glance at its formidable mass suggests that it may well have been created by the gods. Sought after by every nation with territorial...
by Simon MacDowall
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
An up-close look at the Germanic people who sacked Rome in the fifth century AD.
On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines, and began a rampage across Roman Gaul, sacking cities such as Metz, Arras, and Strasbourg. Foremost amongst them...
by Paul L. Pearson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
December 1944. When the Daredevil Tankers of the 740th Tank Battalion moved into the breach against Kampfgruppe Peiper in the ice and snow of the Belgian Ardennes, the ferociousness of their attack sent the elite panzers of Hitler's 1st SS Panzer Division reeling. In bastard tanks pieced together...
The Marne, 1914
The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
For the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars and the world. With exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Holger H. Herwig...
by Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Eliot Howard, Peter Paret
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals.
Verdun
The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Perfect for military history buffs, this compelling account of one of World War I’s most important battles explains why it is also the most complex and misunderstood.
Although...
German Order of Battle
1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Narrative histories highlighting organization, combat experiences, and casualties of each division. Lists of constituent units and division commanders. Sources for further reading on each division.
When the Odds Were Even
The Vosges Mountains Campaign, October 1944-January 1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In three months of savage fighting, the U.S. Seventh Army did what no army in the history of modern warfare had ever done before–conquer an enemy defending the Vosges Mountains.
With the toughest terrain on the Western Front, the Vosges mountain range was seemingly an impregnable fortress,...
German Order of Battle
291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Narrative histories highlighting organization, combat experiences, and casualties of each division. Lists of constituent units and division commanders. Sources for further reading on each division.
by Robert Leonhard
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
The crisis is upon us: We have no viable doctrine for tomorrow's wars. Now that the world has entered the information age, principles that have served to enlighten the art of war no longer work. Born of agrarian times and honed during the industrial age, the classical principles of war are, in large...
by Robert Forczyk
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Zhukov was the dominant figure in the Red Army during World War II even though his actual job title varied from day to day. Serving as a senior General Staff representative from the Stavka, Zhukov moved from one critical sector to the next, serving as advisor, coordinator and de facto front commander...
by Max Hastings
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
On June 6, 1944, the American and British armies staged the greatest amphibious landing history to being Operation Overlord, the battle for the liberation of Europe. Despite the Allies' absolute command of sea and air and vast firepower, it took ten weeks of fierce fighting for them to overpower the...
by Robert Forczyk
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
This volume details the military career and accomplishments of Walther Model, the youngest Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht in World War II and Hitler's favourite commander. Model was a tough and tenacious commander, particularly when on the defensive, and his career rise was virtually unprecedented...