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Hitler's Defeat on the Eastern Front
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
A stunning photographic account of Hitler’s last stand in the face of the Red Army’s successful offensive of 1944.
Drawing on rare and previously unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions, the book provides an absorbing analysis of this traumatic period of the Second World War....
Have You Forgotten Yet?
The First World War Memoirs of C.P. Blacker
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2000
The story of an infantry officer on the Western Front, of the Fourth Battalion of the Coldstream Guards who was awarded the MC. At first he had a relatively safe posting but this preyed on his conscience and asked for front-line duty. This he experiencced in large meaure and his account is hugely...
Out of the Italian Night
Wellington Bomber Operations 1944-45
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
During 1944 and 1945 the squadrons of 205 Group were launching air attacks from bases in Italy. In many ways their efforts were the same as those of aircrew attached to Bomber Command in Britain, yet conditions for the men were very different. The men fought their war as much against the weather,...
by Bob Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important sets of historical documents concerning the history of the British Isles. Without these vital accounts we would have virtually no knowledge of some of the key events in the history of these islands during the dark ages and it would be impossible...
Hitler: A Life in Pictures
The Official Third Reich Publication
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
This exceptional source is probably the best of the contemporary accounts of Hitler in power, albeit from a heavily pro-Nazi stance. The testimonies collected together were based on interviews conducted by Heinz A. Heinz in 1933 and 1934, shortly after Hitler had taken power.
Millions of ordinary...
by Bob Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
The Panzer III was designed to be the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. However, due to its deficient armament and poor armour, and despite its outstanding reliability, it was obsolete by 1942.
This comprehensive overview of the Panzer III in action was compiled by...
The U-Boat War in the Atlantic
Volume I: 1939- 1941
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
This is the fascinating account, as told from the German perspective, of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest-running, continuous military campaign in World War II, spanning from 1939 through to Germany’s defeat in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, which was announced...
Eastern Front
Encirclement and Escape by German Forces
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
The ferocious battles for survival fought by trapped German forces in Russia have become synonymous with that most terrible of all military campaigns. shortly after the war the personal experiences of those who had fought in the battles were collected together as the German report series. These reports...
Panzers I & II
Germany's Light Tanks
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
The first vehicle to be produced in any numbers for the Panzerwaffe was the tiny Panzer I known as the MG Panzerwagen. Almost from the outset the limitations of the design for the Panzer I were obvious. It was essentially a training vehicle which was only pressed into service as a last resort. It...
by Bob Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
"It is the leaders of the country who determine the policy ...voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders." Hermann Göring
This is the history of the Luftwaffe through the eyes of those who served in combat. The rise of the Luftwaffe from the...
The SS on Trial
Evidence from Nuremberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
An Emmy Award–winning author reveals the complete testimony of the most infamous war crimes trials in human history following WWII—includes photographs.
After the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Nuremberg Trials were conducted by the four victorious Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States,...
SS Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Rare photographs from SS sources illustrating the armoured formations which took part in this titanic struggle. Includes rare images of the Panther in action.
by Bob Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
This unique collection of contemporary combat accounts provides a primary source insight into the reality of artillery operations on the Eastern Front. Mobile, rail and towed artillery are all considered in this fascinating compilation.
This book is part of the 'Hitler's War Machine' series,...
The Waffen SS on the Eastern Front
A Photographic Record of the Waffen SS in the East
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
This is the illustrated history of the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front. The life and death of the Waffen SS can be traced in the surviving photographs, and the brooding saga of the decline from triumph into disaster is told through these powerful images which clearly document the reality of combat on the Russian Front.