Steven J Zaloga: 116 books
Ploesti 1943
The great raid on Hitler's Romanian oil refineries
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2019
Operation Tidal Wave was one of the boldest and most controversial air raids by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). At the time, the Romanian Ploesti oil fields produced about a third of all Axis oil, and was Germany's single most important fuel source. In the summer of 1943, the USAAF decided...
Panzer IV vs Char B1 bis
France 1940
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The Battle of France in 1940 involved the first large-scale tank-against-tank battles in history. The massive clashes at Stonne, Hannant, and Gembloux involved hundreds of tanks on both sides, yet have faded from memory due to the enourmity of the French defeat. This book examines two of the premier...
Siegfried Line 1944–45
Battles on the German frontier
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
The campaign on the German frontier in late 1944 was one of the most frustrating and costly efforts by the US Army in the ETO. The Allies first encountered the Siegfried Line (Westwall) fortifications in September 1944, having pursued the retreating Wehrmacht through Belgium and the Netherlands. The...
T-34 vs StuG III
Finland 1944
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2019
In the summer of 1944, the Red Army staged a massive armoured assault up the Karelian Isthmus with the intent of eliminating any remaining German and Finnish forces facing the Leningrad region.
Most of the Soviet units sent into Finland were new to the region, moving mainly from the fighting...