Hitler's War in Africa 1941-1942: The Road to Cairo (Mitchelhill-Green David)(Pevná vazba)

Hitler's War in Africa 1941-1942: The Road to Cairo (Mitchelhill-Green David)(Pevná vazba)

Adolf Hitler's war in Africa arose from the urgent need to reinforce the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, whose 1940 invasion of Egypt had been soundly beaten. Of secondary importance to his ideological dream of conquering the Soviet Union, Germany's F hrer rushed a small mechanised force into

Rommel in North Africa: Quest for the Nile (Mitchelhill-Green David)(Paperback)

Erwin Rommel is the arguably the most well-known German general of the Second World War. Revered by his troops and applauded by his enemies, the so-called Desert Fox achieved legendary status for his daring exploits and bold maneuvers during the North African campaign. In this book, richly

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Toll Ian W.)(Pevná vazba)

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible

Britain's Desert War in Egypt & Libya 1940-1942: 'the End of the Beginning' (Braddock David)(Pevná vazba)

The desert war in Libya and Egypt between 1940 and 1942 has deservedly attracted the attention of many historians. Fought in an unforgiving yet strategically important landscape, the fortunes of the implacable opponents swung wildly. While best remembered for the duel between Montgomery's Eighth

Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of Russia 1941 (Glantz David M.)(Paperback)

From a world expert on Hitler's war in Russia, this book on the operation that changed the course of World War II includes updated information on casualty numbers and opposing forces Here, David Glantz challenges the time-honored explanation that poor weather, bad terrain, and Hitler's faulty

Fighting in Ukraine: A Photographer at War (Mitchelhill-Green David)(Paperback)

The outcome of the Second World War was decided on the Eastern Front. Denied a swift victory over Stalin s Red Army, Hitler s Wehrmacht found itself in a bloody, protracted struggle from late 1941 that it was ill-prepared to fight. Although many pictorial books have been published on Germany s

Heroes of Telemark: Sabotaging Hitler's Atomic Bomb, Norway 1942-44 (Greentree David)(Paperback)

In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertilizer plant in Norway. Vemork produced heavy water, an essential part of making plutonium for nuclear weapons. When the Germans overran Norway the entire stock had been smuggled out of the

With Rommel in the Desert: Tripoli to El Alamein (Mitchelhill-Green David)(Paperback)

Prior to the outbreak of war in September 1939, the German Army had focused exclusively on the operational, organizational and training preparations needed to wage war in continental Europe. The threat of an Italian collapse in North Africa in early 1941, however, prompted Hitler to reinforce his

U-Boats in New England: Submarine Patrols, Survivors and Saboteurs 1942-45 (Wiberg Eric)(Pevná vazba)

Starting weeks after Hitler declared war on the United States in mid-December 1941 and lasting until the war with Germany was all but over, 73 German U-Boats sustainably attacked New England waters, from Montauk New York to the tip of Nova Scotia at Cape Sable. Fifteen percent of these boats were

Hitler's South African Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa (Kleynhans Evert)(Paperback)

The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the Second World War is one of suspense, drama and dogged persistence. In 1939, when the Union of South Africa entered the war on Britain's side, the German government secretly reached out to the anti-war political opposition, and to the

The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment (Cowles Virginia)(Paperback)

In the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel's Afrika Korps was sweeping towards Egypt and the Suez Canal, a small group of daring raiders made history for the Allies. They operated deep behind the German lines, driving hundreds of miles through the deserts of North Africa. They hid

Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States (Schmider Klaus H.)(Pevná vazba)

Hitler's decision to declare war on the United States has baffled generations of historians. In this revisionist new history of those fateful months, Klaus H. Schmider seeks to uncover the chain of events which would incite the German leader to declare war on the United States in December 1941. He

Disaster in the Desert: An Alternate History of El Alamein and Rommel's North Africa Campaign (Delve Ken)(Pevná vazba)

Summer 1942 and the war in the Middle East is in the balance; Rommel's Axis forces are poised on the borders of Egypt and all that is needed is one last push. For that to succeed, Rommel needs supplies and for the Allies to be denied supplies. With Malta still active and disrupting the Axis

The Dieppe Raid: The Combined Operations Assault on Hitler's European Fortress, August 1942 (Uk War Office)(Pevná vazba)

Winston Churchill was under pressure. The Soviets felt that they were fighting the Germans by themselves. Stalin demanded that Britain should open a second front to draw German forces away from the east. Though the advice Churchill received from his staff was that an invasion of France would not be

We Are the Voice of the Grass: Interfaith Peace Activism in Northern Uganda (Hoekema David A.)(Pevná vazba)

In the international press, East Africa is depicted as a region mired in civil war, child abduction, rebel militias, Muslim-Christian violence, and grinding poverty. Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of northern Uganda has become a symbol for the troubles of contemporary Africa. Seen from

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (Toll Ian W.)(Pevná vazba)

This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War--the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944--when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a 'conquering tide,' concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Toll Ian W.)(Paperback)

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that

Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943 (Harmsen Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive view of World War Two in the Asia Pacific.In early 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating their US, British and Dutch foes throughout the Asia Pacific. In a matter of just months, the soldiers and sailors of the Rising Sun conquered an area even

Hitler's Munich: The Capital of the Nazi Movement (Hall David Ian)(Pevná vazba)

The immediate aftermath of the Great War and the Versailles Treaty created a perfect storm of economic, social, political and cultural factors which facilitated the rapid rise of Adolf Hitler's political career and the birth of the National Socialist German Worker's Party. The breeding ground for

Hitler's Naval Bases: Kriegsmarine Bases During the Second World War (Mallmann Showell Jak P.)(Pevná vazba)

Throughout the Second World War, Hitler's U-boats and surface battleships - particularly the dreaded Bismarck and Tirpitz - were a constant threat to Allied shipping. They exacted a massive toll, despite being outnumbered by the Royal Navy. But the vital contribution of Hitler's naval bases, which

Norwich - A Shattered City - The Story of Hitler's Blitz on Norwich and Its People, 1942 (Snelling Steve)(Pevná vazba)

Hitler's Russian & Cossack Allies 1941-45 (Thomas Nigel)(Paperback)

Given the merciless way in which the war on the Eastern Front of World War II was conducted, it is difficult to imagine soldiers changing allegiance from one side to another. Yet after the German invasion of Russia in Operation Barbarossa, well over 400,000 former Soviet Citizens went on to fight

Hitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II (McNab Chris)(Pevná vazba)

A fully illustrated and expertly researched guide to the tanks of Hitler's formidable war machine. The Panzers that rolled over Europe were Germany's most famous fighting force, and are some of the most enduring symbols of World War II. However, at the start of the war, Germany's armor was nothing

War in the West: A New History - Volume 2: The Allies Fight Back 1941-43 (Holland James)(Paperback / softback)

Examines the momentous turning points of 1941-1943: Hitler's invasion of Russia; America's entry into the conflict; the devastating Thousand Bomber Raids over Germany; the long struggle in the deserts of North Africa; and the defeat of the U-boats in the crucial Battle of the