American Guided Missiles of World War II (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

American Guided Missiles of World War II (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

This fascinating title details the history of America's secretive advanced guided weapons projects of World War II, the combat they saw, and how they influenced post-war missile development.World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US

Panzergrenadier Vs US Armored Infantryman: European Theater of Operations 1944 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

During World War II, the two preeminent mechanized infantry forces of the conflict, the German Panzergrenadier arm and the U.S. Army's armored infantrymen clashed in France and Belgium after the Normandy landings. These engagements went on to profoundly influence the use of mechanized infantry in

The Anti-Tank Rifle (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of France, which saw renewed use in the form of the

Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers (Hampshire Edward)(Paperback)

Heavily armed and formidable, guided missile cruisers formed the core of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. From the last class of conventional Sverdlov-class cruisers through to increasingly complex and formidable missile cruisers, these ships ensured that NATO took the Soviet naval threat

Warsaw 1920: The War for the Eastern Borderlands (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

Published to coincide with the centenary of the campaign, this highly illustrated title from Steven Zaloga explores the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, a David and Goliath conflict which saw the survival of the newly independent Poland in the face of the Soviet Red Army. The Battle of Warsaw in August 1920

US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers (Stille Mark)(Paperback)

This title explores the history of the US Navy's guided missile cruisers, its most powerful surface ships during the Cold War, which were tasked with protecting carrier groups, acting as flagships, and engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Faced with an increasingly

Broadway Goes to War: American Theater During World War II (McLaughlin Robert L.)(Pevná vazba)

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topics for the duration of the war, including neutrality and isolationism, racism and genocide, and heroism and battle fatigue. Productions such as Watch on

Facing the Mountain - A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

Virginia Hall (Bradbury Adrian)(Paperback)

At the beginning of World War II, a young American woman named Virginia Hall was sent undercover to Nazi-occupied France to spy on the German army. Follow her incredible true story as she bravely aids the French Resistance, organises and leads rebel armies and passes secret coded radio messages to

German Automatic Weapons of World War II (Bruce Robert)(Paperback / softback)

In this new paperback editon of German Automatic Weapons of World War II, the seven classic automatic weapons of the World War II German Wehrmacht are described and illustrated in color photographs. Detailed sequences show them in close-up; during step-by-step field stripping; and during handling,

Mortain 1944: Hitler's Normandy Panzer Offensive (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

A highly illustrated study of Operation L ttich, the German Panzer counteroffensive against the Normandy bridgehead in August 1944 that backfired, leading to a collapse of the German position in northern France. Fully illustrated with stunning full-color artwork, this book tells the story of

Italian Destroyers of World War II (Stille Mark)(Paperback)

A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers. The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War with one of the largest fleets in the world. Included in this was a total of 59 fleet destroyers, and others were added during the war. These were a

Italian Cruisers of World War II (Stille Mark)(Paperback)

The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) operated one of largest cruiser forces of World War II. As a signatory to the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, the Regia Marina immediately attempted to reinforce its treaty-limited battleship force by building seven large 10,000-ton heavy cruisers. Italian light

Mussolini (B. Bosworth R. J.)(Paperback)

Mussolini was one of the tyrant-killers of the Axis powers who scarred Europe during World War II, but we can't properly understand him or his regime by any facile equation with Hitler or Stalin. Like them, his life began modestly in the provinces; unlike them, he maintained a traditional male

Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power (Nagorski Andrew)(Paperback)

World War II historian Andrew Nagorski recounts Adolf Hitler's rise to and consolidation of power, drawing on countless firsthand reports, letters, and diaries that narrate the creation of the Third Reich. 'Hitlerland is a bit of a guilty pleasure. Reading about the Nazis is not supposed to be fun,

Operation Crossbow 1944: Hunting Hitler's V-Weapons (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

In mid-1943, Allied intelligence began to pick up the signs of unusual German construction in remote locations near the Channel Coast. Several massive fortifications were beginning to take shape, and they appeared to be oriented towards London. Allied intelligence codenamed these sites as

War's Logic (Echevarria Antulio J. II)(Paperback)

Antulio J. Echevarria II reveals how successive generations of American strategic theorists have thought about war. Analyzing the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan, Billy Mitchell, Bernard Brodie, Robert Osgood, Thomas Schelling, Herman Kahn, Henry Eccles, Joseph Wiley, Harry Summers, John Boyd, William

World War II in Minutes (Grant R. G.)(Paperback)

The shortest history of our greatest conflict.Clear, concise yet comprehensive, World War II in Minutes is the quickest way to understand the greatest conflict in human history. From its causes to its aftermath, this book details in 200 mini-essays every key event of the war, including the rise of

Panzer IV Vs Sherman: France 1944 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

As the Allies attempted to break out of Normandy, it quickly became apparent that there would be no easy victory over the Germans, and that every scrap of territory on the way to Berlin would have to be earned through hard fighting. This study concentrates on the ferocious battles between the

World War II German Motorized Infantry & Panzergrenadiers (Thomas Nigel)(Paperback)

In World War II Germany's doctrine of mobile warfare dominated the battlefield. By trial and error, the Germans were the first to correctly combine the strength in tanks and in mobile infantry and artillery. This integration of mobile units, equipment, and tactics underpinned Germany's successes in

German Tanks in Normandy 1944: The Panzer, Sturmgeschtz and Panzerjger Forces That Faced the D-Day Invasion (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

World War II Desert Tactics (Griffith Paddy)(Paperback)

Osprey's study of desert tactics employed in North Africa during World War II (1939-1945). In 1940-43 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanized armies. The British, Italians, German Afrika Korps and US Army all addressed and learned from the special problems - human,

Vital Guide: Fighting Ships of World War Ii (Marriott Leo)(Paperback / softback)

Hannah's War (Eliasberg Jan)(Paperback)

A 'mesmerizing' re-imagination of the final months of World War II (Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network), Hannah's War is an unforgettable love story about an exceptional woman and the dangerous power of her greatest discovery.Berlin, 1938. Groundbreaking physicist Dr. Hannah Weiss is on the