German Army on the Eastern Front: The Advance (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

German Army on the Eastern Front: The Advance (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

German Army on the Eastern Front - The Advance is a highly illustrated record of the extraordinary feat of arms that saw the Nazi armies drive deep into the vast terrain of the Soviet Union, to the gates of Stalingrad and Moscow. It traces the campaign from these hopeful beginnings until, on the

Kursk 1943: The Southern Front (Forczyk Robert)(Paperback)

Mauled at Stalingrad, the German army looked to regain the initiative on the Eastern Front with a huge offensive launched near the city of Kursk, 280 miles southwest of Moscow. Armed with the new Panther tank, Hitler and Field Marshal von Manstein were confident that they could inflict another

Eastern Inferno: The Journals of a German Panzerjger on the Eastern Front, 1941-43 (Alexander Christine)(Paperback)

Participating in every key campaign on the Eastern Front, a young German soldier keeps a private uncensored diary as he battles the Red Army to conquer Russia.This book presents the remarkable personal journals of a German soldier who participated in Operation Barbarossa and subsequent battles on

Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 (Buttar Prit)(Paperback)

The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and ultimately as

All for Nothing (Kempowski Walter)(Paperback)

In January 1945, the German army is retreating from the Russian advance. Germans are fleeing the occupied territories in their thousands, in cars and carts and on foot. But in a rural East Prussian manor house, the wealthy von Globig family seals itself off from the world.Protected from the

Wolf's Lair: Inside Hitler's East Prussian HQ (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

The Wolf's Lair was the most important German command post building during the Second World War. Orders sent from these secret headquarters would play a massive part in the outcome of the War. Ian Baxter looks in to the inner workings of Hitler's headquarters, highlighting the decisions that were

Air War on the Eastern Front (Guardia Mike)(Paperback)

A lavishly illustrated account of the entire air campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II.The Red Air Force versus the Luftwaffe in the skies over Eastern Europe. June 1941: Having conquered most of Western Europe, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the vast Soviet Union. Disregarding his

The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-21 (Buttar Prit)(Paperback)

At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was closer than Russia. After the February Revolution, Russia's ability to wage war faltered and her last desperate gamble, the Kerensky Offensive, saw the final collapse of her

Kursk 1943: Last German Offensive in the East (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

Tells the story of this dramatic battle using rare and unpublished photographs, maps, and highly detailed artwork profiles of the tanks and vehicles involved.In the summer of 1943, the German-launched Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), aimed at cutting off a large number of Soviet forces in the Kursk

The Destruction of 6th Army at Stalingrad (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

The scale of death and destruction during the Battle of Stalingrad during late 1942 and early 1943 remains unprecedented in the history of warfare.The annihilation of General von Paulus' 6th Army epitomised the devastating defeat of Hitler's ambition to conquer Stalin's Soviet Union. After the

Soviet Partisan Vs German Security Soldier: Eastern Front 1941-44 (Hill Alexander)(Paperback)

An acknowledged expert investigates the clashes between Soviet partisans and their German and locally recruited opponents on the Eastern Front during World War II.The savage partisan war on the Eastern Front during World War II saw a wide variety of forces deployed by both sides. On the Soviet

Panzer Killers (Drabkin Artem)(Pevná vazba)

What was it like to confront the German panzer armies as an anti-tank gunner on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? How could you hope overcome of one of the best-equipped, well-trained and tenacious armored forces of the time? And how did the Red Army's tactics and skills develop over

Hitler Versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1943 - 1944: Kursk to Bagration (Cornish Nik)(Paperback)

Belisarius: The Last Roman General (Hughes Ian)(Paperback)

A military history of the campaigns of Belisarius, the greatest general of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Justinian. He twice defeated the Persians and reconquered North Africa from the Vandals in a single year at the age of 29, before going on to regain Spain and Italy, including Rome

Auschwitz Death Camp (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

The concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was the site of the single largest mass murder in history. Over one million mainly Jewish men, women, and children were murdered in its gas chambers. Countless more died as a result of disease and starvation. 'Auschwitz Death Camp' is a chilling

Panzergrenadiers 1942-1945 (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

The term Panzergrenadier was introduced in 1942 and applied equally to the infantry component of Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and later Waffen-SS Panzergrenadiere divisions.As this classic new Images of War book describes, these elite divisions fought as mechanized infantry and escort for and in close

Eastern Front 1914-1917 (Stone Norman)(Paperback / softback)

An account of the Russian Front in the First World War. It dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to Russia's desperate privations and eventual

The Metamorphosis (Kafka Franz)(Paperback)

Reprint 1915 eidtion. Paperback. Translated by Ian Johnston The Original German edition Die Verwandlung published by K. Wolff, Leipzig, 1915.The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short

Panther Tanks - German Army Panzer Brigades: Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944-1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

Uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Panther battalions of the Panzer brigades.In July 1944, with the Eastern Front crumbling and the first cracks appearing in the Normandy defenses, Hitler ordered the creation of a new type of unit based on the ad-hoc

The Warsaw Uprisings, 1943-1944 (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

By 1942 the Nazi leadership had decided that the Jewish ghettos across occupied Poland should be liquidated, with Warsaw's being the largest, processed in phases.In response the left-wing Jewish Combat Organisation (ZOB) and right-wing Jewish Military Union (ZZW) formed and began training,

The Ghettos of Nazi-Occupied Poland (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

Following the 1940 invasion of Poland, the Nazis established ghettos in cities and towns across the country with the initial aim of segregating and isolating the Jewish community. These closed sectors were referred to as Judischer Wohnbezirk or Wohngebiet der Juden (Jewish Quarters).Using

Kursk 1943: Hitler's Bitter Harvest (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

In 1943, as war raged along the Eastern Front, the German forces attempted to push further east in the brutal Operation Citadel, which saw one of the largest armoured clashes in history in the Battle of Prokhorovka. Countered by two Soviet attacks, this operation saw the tide turn on the Eastern

U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook (Army)(Paperback)

You don't have to be on the front lines to appreciate the wealth of information in the US Army Improvised Munitions Handbook. In fact, you never know when you might need to call on the lessons presented in these pages. First compiled as a reference for soldiers in guerrilla warfare situations

Panzer-Divisions at War 1939-1945 (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

From the beginning in 1935 this attractive book describes the different elements that went into the Panzer-Divisions. It describes how the Germans carefully built up their assault forces utilizing all available reserves and resources into making an effective fighting machine. It depicts how these