Normandy 1944: The Battle for Caen (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

Normandy 1944: The Battle for Caen (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

Caen, a D-Day objective on 6 June 1944, did not fall to the British and Canadian troops of Second Army until 6 August, by which time much of the city had been reduced to rubble. The two-month struggle was a crucial stage in the Normandy campaign and, as Simon Forty demonstrates in this photographic

The Falaise Gap Battles: Normandy 1944 (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the Allies had broken loose from the bocage and

The Falaise Pocket: Normandy, August 1944 (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

A highly illustrated account of the battle of the Falaise Pocket, Normandy 1944.The battle of the Falaise Pocket, in August 1944, was the turning point in the Normandy campaign. By early August the German Army was in turmoil: while it was managing to hold back the Allies, the defense involved

Bastogne: Ardennes 1944 (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past. It shows how much infastructure has remained and points to the passing nature of things such as outfits, uniforms, and ephemera. Bastogne will live forever in the annals

Operation Totalize (Saunders Tim)(Paperback)

By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum. Now was the time to launch II Canadian Corps south towards Falaise. With much of the German armor having been stripped away for

6th Airborne: Normandy 1944 (Marriott Leo)(Paperback)

The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past. It shows how much infastructure has remained and points to the passing nature of things such as outfits, uniforms, and ephemera. Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the

Omaha Beach: Normandy 1944 (Marriott Leo)(Paperback)

The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past. It shows how much infastructure has remained and points to the passing nature of things such as outfits, uniforms, and ephemera. Of the five beaches attacked on 6 June,

Armageddon - The Battle for Germany 1944-45 (Hastings Max)(Paperback / softback)

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 is the stunning bestseller from one of Britain's most highly regarded military

The Battle for Budapest 1944 - 1945 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle (Middlebrook Martin)(Paperback)

Arnhem was meant to end the war in Europe. The Germans were in retreat from Normandy and seemed to be beaten. Three airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of Holland and unleash the Allied armies into Germany. The Battle of Arnhem was a turning-point in the war, a

Normandy '44 - D-Day and the Battle for France (Holland James)(Paperback / softback)

Arnhem - The Battle for the Bridges, 1944: The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller (Beevor Antony)(Paperback / softback)

The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad 'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . his fans will love it' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard 'The eye for telling detail which we have come to expect

The Normandy Air War 1944 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Photographic history of the war in the air during the Normandy

Nemesis - The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (Hastings Max)(Paperback / softback)

A companion volume to his bestselling 'Armageddon', Max Hastings' account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military

The Tankies (Ennis Garth)(Paperback)

From the bloody battle for Normandy to the Nazi heartland, from war's end to the killing fields of Korea, the men of the British Army's Royal Tank Regiment fight battle after battle against terrible odds. Whether outnumbered or outgunned, the Tankies soldier on--as their motto would have it, From

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign (Buckley John)(Paperback)

The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate. Explanation of

Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

A concisely detailed guide to the Allied tanks that fought from D-Day to the breakout from Normandy, their qualities, numbers, and performance, and how they were used on the battlefield. When Allied tanks began to roll off the landing craft on D-Day, it marked the start of one of the great periods

1st Airborne: Market Garden 1944 (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

While the 6th Airborne Division had landed in France on D-Day and covered itself in glory, its counterpart, the 1st Airborne Division, had last seen action during an amphibious assault at Taranto on September 9, 1943, as part of the invasion of Italy. Returned to the UK in December 1943, it was

Hitlerjugend Soldier Vs Canadian Soldier: Normandy 1944 (Greentree David)(Paperback)

Cromwell Vs Jagdpanzer IV: Normandy 1944 (Higgins David R.)(Paperback)

By 1944, the evolution of armored doctrine had produced very different outcomes in Britain and Germany. Offering a good balance of speed, protection, and firepower, the British Cromwell tank was much faster than its German opponent. However, the Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer had a high-velocity main

Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

German army deficiencies are often cited as the reason for the failure of the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes region of France, Belgium and Luxembourg in December of 1944 to January 1945 which the Germans called Operation Wacht am Rhein, the Allies named the Ardennes Counteroffensive, and

Michelin Map Battle of Normandy 102 (Michelin)(Folded)

Covering the region associated with the Battle of Normandy, at a scale of 1:200,000, this is a reprint of the 1947 map. It shows the beaches where the historic landings took place, and other features related to the various

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

Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge (Beevor Antony)(Paperback)

The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day and Stalingrad reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in this riveting new account On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could split the Allies