The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945 (Citino Robert M.)(Paperback)

The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945 (Citino Robert M.)(Paperback)

'An account and analysis of German military operations in the last year of World War II that is sure to enlighten anyone who wants some insight into the way that war ended and how the German military tried to cope with a multi-front conflict. Balanced and thoughtful reviews of plans and events on

The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945 (Citino Robert M.)(Pevná vazba)

By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M

Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 (Citino Robert M.)(Paperback)

For Hitler and the German military, 1942 was a key turning point of World War II, as an overstretched but still lethal Wehrmacht replaced brilliant victories and huge territorial gains with stalemates and strategic retreats. In this major reevaluation of that crucial year, Robert Citino shows that

The Kuban 1943: The Wehrmacht's Last Stand in the Caucasus (Forczyk Robert)(Paperback)

In the summer of 1942, the Wehrmacht invaded the Caucasus in order to overrun critical oil production facilities at Maikop, Grozny, and Baku. However, the Red Army stopped the Germans short of their objectives and then launched a devastating winter counteroffensive that encircled them at

The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich (Citino Robert M.)(Paperback)

For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives ('short and lively')-wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations. Robert Citino takes us on a dramatic march through Prussian and German military history to show how that primal theme played

The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 (Citino Robert M.)(Paperback)

Arthur Goodzeit Award Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study, prizewinning author

Hitler's Arctic War: The German Campaigns in Norway, Finland and the USSR 1940-1945 (Mann Chris)(Paperback)

'In the past the German General Staff had taken no interest in the military history of wars in the north and east of Europe. Nobody had ever taken into account the possibility that some day German divisions would have to fight and to winter in northern Karelia and on the Murmansk coast.'

Hitler's Defeat on the Western Front, 1944-1945 (Seidler Hans)(Paperback)

Hitler's Defeat on the Western Front 1944-1945 is a compelling account of the Nazis' ten month struggle against the overwhelming Allied military might on the Western Front.Thanks to the successful Images of War format of authoritative text supported by copious, well captioned contemporary images,

Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer: German Army and Waffen-Ss, Western Europe 1944-1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three Jagdpanthers managed to destroy eleven British tanks

The Battle of the Bulge: A Graphic History of Allied Victory in the Ardennes, 1944-1945 (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

Fought in the winter of 1944-1945, the coldest season in over 100 years, the Battle of the Bulge still ranks as the single largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. Thirty-one American divisions - fully one-third of the U.S. Army raised during World War II - saw action in this battle

It Never Snows in September - The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944 (Kershaw Robert J)(Paperback / softback)

Hetzer - Jagdpanzer 38 Tank Destroyer: German Army and Waffen-SS Western Front, 1944-1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

By 1944 the German army was on the defensive on all fronts and Allied bombing was putting increasing pressure on the nation's industrial output. Since the earliest days of the war the Germans had experimented with mounting anti-tank weapons on obsolete chassis and one of the most successful of

Panther Tanks: German Army and Waffen-Ss, Defence of the West, 1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

In late 1944 and 1945 the Panther tank played an important role in Germany's desperate efforts to stem the Allied advance on the Western Front. The Panther, perhaps the best armored vehicle produced by Germany during the Second World War, was a key element in the Wehrmacht's defensive tactics, in

The Last Prussian: A Biography of Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt (Messenger Charles)(Paperback)

How the German field marshals failed to stand up to

Wehrmacht Retreats - Fighting a Lost War, 1943 (Citino Robert M.)(Pevná vazba)

Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study, prizewinning author Robert Citino chronicles

Armoured Warfare in the Battle of the Bulge 1944-1945 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

The Battle of the Bulge took the Allied armies by surprise in 1944. It was a result of the extraordinary recovery of Hitler's panzer divisions following crushing defeats on the Eastern and Western fronts. In a daring offensive he hoped his panzers would unhinge the American and British push on the

Violence in Defeat: The Wehrmacht on German Soil, 1944-1945 (Willems Bastiaan)(Pevná vazba)

In the final year of the Second World War, as bitter defensive fighting moved to German soil, a wave of intra-ethnic violence engulfed the country. Bastiaan Willems offers the first study into the impact and behaviour of the Wehrmacht on its own territory, focusing on the German units fighting in

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

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

Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (Toll Ian W.)(Paperback)

In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier airpower marked a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. No tactical masterstroke or blunder could

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

Guns at Last Light - The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Atkinson Rick)(Paperback / softback)

The magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's monumental and highly acclaimed trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World

The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-1945 on the Eastern Front (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-45 on the Eastern Front tells the story in words and images of the last bitter months fought on Russian soil and the battle of the Baltic States that ensued. Drawing on rare and unpublished photos it reveals in detail how remnants of Army Group North were

France the Dark Years 1940-1944 (Jackson Julian)(Paperback)

This is the first comprehensive study of the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944. The author examines the nature and extent of collaboration and resistance, different experiences of Occupation, the persecution of the Jews, intellectual and cultural life under Occupation, and the purge