Helion: 171 books
Prelude to Berlin
The Red Army's Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Prelude to Berlin: The Red Army’s Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945, offers a panoramic view of the Soviet strategic offensives north of the Carpathians in the winter of 1945. During the course of this offensive the Red Army broke through the German defenses in Poland and...
by Frank Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Plans to build a new bird sanctuary in a small English village are interrupted by murder most fowl in this delightful British whodunit.
When Alan Tewkes decides to convert the wetlands he inherited from his father into a protected reserve for endangered migrant birds, his altruistic gesture...
by Frank Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Selected for the task of researching a story with political overtones, fasttrack, up-and-coming Inspector Tim Medway has fears for his future promotion, added to when, as a result, he is seconded to a County Force to help investigate a murder that may be linked. His new assignment, along with the...
by Frank Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
In Case is a murder story set in north Wales. The narrator is an English lawyer who is invited by the Professor, an old friend, to help launch the law department at a new university being established near Llandudno. He is to be a part-time lecturer for the opening term before returning to his practice...
The Hall of Mirrors
War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
The 20th Century was hugely violent. It was possibly the most violent century in history. It is a clearly defined period in the past. A huge amount has been written about war, and warfare, in that period. So, what can we learn from war, and warfare, in the 20th century?
War is hugely important....
Battlefield Rations
The Food Given to the British Soldier For Marching and Fighting 1900-2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
An Army marches on its stomach, observed Napoleon, a hundred and fifty years later General Rommel remarked that the British should always be attacked before soldiers had had an early morning cup of tea. This book, written to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund and with a Foreword by General Lord...
Hitler’s Last Levy in East Prussia
Volkssturm Einsatz Bataillon Goldap (25/235) 1944-45
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
On 16 October, 1944, the 3rd White Russian Front launched its massive offensive against Heeresgruppe Mitte. The German 4th Armee, whose line of defense stretched from Nowograd on the Narew to Memel, was quickly broken through.
This is the very personal war-diary of the adjutant of Volkssturm...
by Micha Gorelick, Ian Ozsvald
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Python to skryptowy j?zyk programowania istniej?cy na rynku od wielu lat — jego pierwsza wersja pojawi?a si? w 1991 roku. Przejrzysto?? kodu ?ród?owego by?a jednym z g?ównych celów Guida van Rossuma, twórcy tego j?zyka. Dzi? Python cieszy si? du?? popularno?ci?, co z jednej strony ?wiadczy o...
Blood in the Forest
The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Blood in the Forest tells the brutal story of the forgotten battles of the final months of the Second World War. While the eyes of the world were on Hitler’s bunker, more than half a million men fought six cataclysmic battles along a front line of fields and forests in Western Latvia known as the...
by Bavarian General Staff
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
The Bavarian army, which fought the War of 1866, was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document, which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. The narrative presents a...
The Easter Offensive, Vietnam 1972. Volume 2
Tanks in the streets
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2015
On 30 March 1972, while peace negotiations had been dragging on for four years in Paris, the North Vietnamese launched a wide scale offensive in order to break the stalemate. At that date, practically no American ground forces remained in South Vietnam where a limited offensive was expected in the...
by Frank Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
When competition at a British dog show turns deadly, it’s up to Inspector Yale to sniff out a killer in this whodunit perfect for Agatha Christie fans.
For professional dog breeders across the United Kingdom, competition is everything. If your prized pooch wins Best in Show, you can fetch...
On the Devil's Tail
In Combat with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and with the French in Indochina 1951-54
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" and, later, as a soldier with French forces during three years (1951-1954) in...
The Battle of Worth
August 6th 1870
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
This is a companion volume - and a much less well-known study - to the same author's classic, The Battle of Spicheren August 6th 1870, providing an account of the 'other' battle fought that day, at Woerth, in Alsace. The Battle of Woerth was, like Spicheren, an encounter battle during the opening...