Stackpole Books: 1000 books
by Troy D. Harman
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
For almost 100 years, analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign has centered around an oversimplified view of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's goals for the battle. Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg presents a provocative new theory regarding Lee's true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.
Panzer Tactics
German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Ultimate inside view of the blitzkrieg in World War II. Diagrams, maps, and schematics illustrate key principles. Hundreds of rare photos show Panzers and crews in action.
Generals of the Bulge
Leadership in the U.S. Army's Greatest Battle
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.S. Army's largest and bloodiest battle of World War II. This innovative study of American military leadership in action during the battle examines the performance of six generals in the days and weeks after the German attack in December 1944.
by Lorett Treese
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Regional histories of the great railroads and relics of rail culture.
Fighter Group
The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Jay Stout breaks new ground in World War II aviation history with this gripping account of one of the war's most highly decorated American fighter groups.
Omaha Beach
D-Day, June 6, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Balkoski's depiction of 'Bloody Omaha' is the literary accompaniment to the white-knuckle Omaha Beach scene that opens Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. -- John Hillen, New York Post
The Battle of the Bulge
The Losheim Gap/Holding the Line
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
The U.S. Army's bloodiest battle of World War II. From-the-foxhole stories of American soldiers in combat. Based on official U.S. Army documents and after-action reports.
Aachen
The U.S. Army's Battle for Charlemagne's City in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the Allies and the Third Reich's industrial heartland was the city of Aachen, once the ancient seat of Charlemagne's empire and now firmly entrenched within Germany's...
Old Hickory
The 30th Division: The Top-Rated American Infantry Division in Europe in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
The best U.S. division at war, from Normandy to the Bulge and beyond
The 30th Infantry Division, drawn from the hill country of Tennessee and the Carolinas, was regarded during World War II as the cream of the crop of U.S. fighting units. The Germans agreed, calling the division “Roosevelt’s...
Patton's First Victory
How General George Patton Turned the Tide in North Africa and Defeated the Afrika Korps at El Guettar
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
American troops invaded North Africa in November 1942, but did not face serious resistance until the following February, when they finally tangled with Rommel’s Afrika Korps—and the Germans gave the inexperienced Americans a nasty drubbing at Kasserine Pass. After this disaster, Gen. George Patton...
by Art Scheck
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
On a good evening in June I can hear the frogs booming and croaking the instant I shut down the car in the parking lot a hundred yards from the pond in the middle of town. . . . By the time I've reached the end of the path, I've shut out the sounds of cars a hundred yards away on Main Street. For...
Gettysburg
The Story of the Battle with Maps
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
70 color maps and insightful text tell the hour-by-hour story of the 3-day Battle of Gettysburg.
The Battle of Gettysburg
100 Things to Know
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Concise introductions to popular subjects. Fascinating "did you know?" facts. Compulsively readable presentation.
Battle of the Bulge
The 3rd Fallschirmjager Division in Action, December 1944-January 1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This is the story of their bitter combat--in the words of German and American soldiers who were there.