Brian Lane Herder: 3 books
Operation Torch 1942
The invasion of French North Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified the European theatre as his country's priority. Their first joint operation with the British was an amphibious invasion of French North Africa, designed to relieve pressure...
The Aleutians 1942–43
Struggle for the North Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2019
It is often forgotten that during World War II, the Japanese managed to successfully invade and conquer a precious part of American home soil – the first time this had happened since 1815. Capturing the Aleutian Islands, located in Alaska territory, was seen by the Japanese as vital in order to...
US Navy Battleships 1886–98
The pre-dreadnoughts and monitors that fought the Spanish-American War
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships.
The...