Frontline Books: 219 books
While Berlin Burns
The Memoirs of Hans-Georg von Studnitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
“The last few days have been days of intolerable tension... we have done nothing but pack our belongings and store them in bombproof sites. Danger threatens from all sides. The Americans are using phosphorous shells, against which all extinguishers are useless... In a world in which havoc spreads...
We Hope to Get Word Tomorrow
The Garvin Family Letters, 1914–1916
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
This fascinating collection of letters traces the exchanges between a young subaltern on the front, Gerard ‘Ged’ Garvin, and his mother and father at home. Correspondence was eagerly awaited by all. Ged savored letters home like ‘Jim Hawkins trickling the doubloons through his fingers’. Equally,...
To the Gate of Hell
A Memoir of a Panzer Crewman
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Until seriously wounded on the Eastern Front in August 1944, Armin Böttger experienced the horrors of the Second World War from the perspective of a panzer radio operator. In his very personal account, Böttger relates in a sober and realistic manner the fighting and experiences on and behind the...
Uniforms of the German Soldier
An Illustrated History from 1870 to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This book traces the evolution of the German Army uniform from 1870 to the present day, using nearly 800 photographs to offer the reader an unparalleled analysis. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption, explaining interesting aspects of the soldier’s uniform, insignia and equipment.
It...
Panzers on the Eastern Front
General Erhard Raus and His Panzer Divisions in Russia 1941 - 1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
General Erhard Raus was one of the German Army's finest panzer generals and a leading exponent of blitzkrieg in the east. German panzers were witnesses to the incredible onslaught that was the first few months of Barbarossa, then the gradual strengthening of Russian resistance, counterattack and,...
The Hitler Options
Alternate Decisions of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
A thought-provoking study of what might have been.' British Army Review
What 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...
Defending Heaven
China's Mongol Wars, 1209-1370
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
The Defence of Heaven brings together, for the first time in one volume, a complete history of the Jin, Song and Ming dynasties’ wars fought against the Mongols. Lasting nearly two centuries, these wars, fought to defend Chinese civilization against a brutal and unrelenting foe, pitted personal...
by Knocke, Heinz
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs, a best-selling counter-balance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots.
Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak...
First in! The Airborne Pathfinders
A History of the 21st Independent Parachute Company, 1942-1946
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
They were volunteers to a man. These were the airborne troops who dropped into enemy territory ahead of any others, pinpointing the Drop Zone by means of a radio marker. They would then prepare the ground for the main forces that would follow. Once they had marked out the Drop Zones, they then had...
The Last Year of the Luftwaffe
May 1944 to May 1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The Last Year of the Luftwaffe is the classic story of a once all-conquering force struggling to stave off an inevitable and total defeat. This superbly written book gives a complete account of Luftwaffe operations during the last twelve months of the fighting in Europe – including the dramatic...
by Alexander of Tunis
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
After his first meeting with General Alexander in August 1942, Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks wrote that: ‘By repute he was Winston Churchill’s fire brigade chief par excellence: the man who was always dispatched to retrieve the most desperate situations.’
Churchill was indeed...
Blood and Steel
The Wehrmacht Archive, Normandy 1944
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Ordered by Hitler 'to hold, or to die' and to fight 'to the last grenade and round', the German army was a formidable opponent during the 1944 Normandy campaign. This book depicts the experience of that army in Normandy through its own records and documentation.
Blood and Steel, The Wehrmacht...
The Venlo Incident
A True Story of Double-Dealing, Captivity, and a Murderous Nazi Plot
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
In November 1939, the Nazis used the so-called Venlo Incident as a pretext for invading the Netherlands. Following orders from Himmler, two British intelligence officers, Sigismund Payne Best and Richard Stevens, were captured from the Café Backus in the town of Venlo.
Best had been trying...
by Peter Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
From 1963 to 1966 Britain successfully waged a secret war to keep the Federation of Malaysia free from domination by Soekarno's Indonesia and by Chinese Communists. At the forefront of this campaign were the men of the Special Air Service – the SAS – an elite branch of the British military whose...