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by Hans Wijers
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Assault guns (Sturmgeschütz in German) were armored fighting vehicles similar to tanks, with the chassis and tracks of a panzer but without the rotating turret, which allowed the mounting of a larger gun. They were usually used to support infantry assaults, but they also proved effective as tank...
Panzergrenadier Aces
German Mechanized Infantrymen in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Exciting stories of the infantrymen who supported Germany's tanks. How tanks and infantry cooperated at the small-unit level. First time in English.
Island of Fire
The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. For four winter months during the battle, German and Soviet forces fought over a single factory inside the city of Stalingrad. Lavishly illustrated with photos...
The Combat History of German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653
in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2005
Hundreds of photos, many never published before, of Germany's rarely seen tank destroyers, including the Ferdinand, Elephant, and Jagdtiger. Color illustrations focus on unit markings, numbering, and camouflage. Accompanying text chronicles the unit's combat operations plus there are personal accounts from the men who rode in these mechanical monsters.
by George Bradford
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years. Based on meticulous research of actual vehicles, official photographs, factory specifications, and, in some cases, the original design plans, each drawing...
Utah Beach
The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Balkoski is in top form in this groundbreaking analysis of the other half of America's D-Day.--Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel
The Breaking Point
Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
An engaging narrative of the small-unit actions near Sedan during the 1940 campaign for France.
The Face of Courage
The 98 Men Who Received the Knight's Cross and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Profiles of the 98 German soldiers--out of millions--who received both the Knight's Cross (for extreme bravery) and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold (for at least 50 days of hand-to-hand fighting) during World War II.
Saber & Scapegoat
J. E. B. Stuart and the Gettysburg Controversy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
The major facts of the Gettysburg campaign and battle are well known, but controversies about its outcome abound even today. No issue is more contested than that of the whereabouts of the dashing cavalryman, Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart.
Lincoln and His World
The Early Years: Birth to Illinois Legislature
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Just as an archeologist can reassemble pot shards and draw inferences about the civilization that produced it, I've examined a mass of verbal chunks left by Lincoln and people around him. I've sorted jumbled piles of fragments, restored them, and pieced them together in a way that reveals the speakers'...
Dragonflies: Q&A Guide
Fascinating Facts About Their Life in the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Got a question about dragonflies? This book has answers. Dragonflies: A Q & A Guide is a lively, illustrated guide for anyone looking to learn more about dragonflies and their lives in the wild.
by David Jablonsky
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Selections from four legends in maritime and air strategy: Mahan, Corbett, Douhet and Mitchell. Introduction by noted military strategist and author David Jablonsky.
by George Bird Grinnell
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1991
First published in 1901 at the height of Grinnell's career, the work of a man who both relished the thrill of the hunt yet cherished wildlife and natural lands.
Rommel's Desert Warriors
1941-1942
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
Visual history of Rommel and his Afrika Korps in the desert of North Africa.