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

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

Invasion of France & Germany: 1944 - 1945 - Volume 11 (Morison Samuel Eliot)(Pevná vazba)

Rations of the German Wehrmacht in World War II: Vol 2 (Pool Jim)(Pevná vazba)

Alarmstart South and Final Defeat: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience in the Mediterranean Theatre 1941-44 and Normandy, Norway and Germany 1944-45 (Eriksson Patrick G.)(Pevná vazba)

Alarmstart South completes Patrick Eriksson's Alarmstart trilogy on Second World War German fighter pilots, detailing their experiences in the Mediterranean theatre (1941‒1944), and during the closing stages of the war over Normandy, Norway and Germany (1944‒1945). He utilises extensive

The Indoctrination of the Wehrmacht: Nazi Ideology and the War Crimes of the German Military (Sait Bryce)(Pevná vazba)

Far from the image of an apolitical, 'clean' Wehrmacht that persists in popular memory, German soldiers regularly cooperated with organizations like the SS in the abuse and murder of countless individuals during the Second World War. This in-depth study demonstrates that a key factor in the

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

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

Marching from Defeat: Surviving the Collapse of the German Army in the Soviet Union, 1944 (Neuber Claus)(Paperback)

In June 1944, in Belarus on the Eastern Front, the Red Army launched Operation Bagration, the massive offensive that crushed Hitler's Army Group Centre. German soldiers who weren't encircled and captured had to fight their way back towards their own lines across hundreds of miles of enemy

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

Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg: The Southern Flank - Dec. 1944 - Jan. 1945 Vol I The Germans (Gaul Roland)(Pevná vazba)

Hitler's Paratroopers in Normandy: The German II Parachute Corps in the Battle for France, 1944 (Villahermosa Gilberto)(Pevná vazba)

In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperately to establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confining bocage found themselves opposed by a bewildering array of formations of the German Wehrmacht. Among them were the newly formed German II Parachute Corps.This gripping new account

Monte Cassino: Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line (Plowman Jeffrey)(Paperback)

The battles fought between the Allied armies and the German Wehrmacht at Monte Cassino in 1944 were key episodes in the protracted Italian campaign, and the eventual Allied victory was a decisive step in the wider war to liberate Europe from German occupation. Much has been written about Cassino,

Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler's Revenge, April-May 1945 (Lee Eric)(Pevná vazba)

In the final days of World War II in Europe, Georgians serving in the Wehrmacht on Texel island off the Dutch coast rose up and slaughtered their German masters. Hitler ordered the island to be retaken and fighting continued for weeks, well after the war's end. The uprising had it origins in the

Panzers in Berlin 1945 (Archer Lee)(Pevná vazba)

Panzers in Berlin 1945 is a study of German armor during the Battle of Berlin in April and May of 1945 and is the first book to examine the role of Panzers in this final battle.This 392-page book is lavishly illustrated with 360 mostly unpublished photographs that take the reader from the retreat

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

Army Group South: The Wehrmacht in Russia 1941-1945 (Haupt Werner)(Pevná vazba)

After long years of studying sources and literature, Werner Haupt presents the military history of one of the larger theaters of World War II. The completion of the history of 'Army Group South' is the result of the author's utilization of all available German and Russian literature, as well as

German Reconnaissance and Support Vehicles 1939-1945 (Thomas Paul)(Paperback)

The Wehrmacht used reconnaissance and support vehicles widely in the Second World War and this book sets out to show the full range of both categories using over 200 rare images and descriptive text and captions in true Images of War Series fashion. Both tracked and wheeled vehicles were employed

GI Stories: 1942-1945 (Enjames Henri-Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Among the many Americans who fought to liberate Europe in 1944, some arrived on the battlefield with no combat experience while others were already veterans of the North African and Italian campaigns. This book traces the career of fifty soldiers, who, during the conflict held a variety of

Concentrationary Imaginaries: Tracing Totalitarian Violence in Popular Culture (Pollock Griselda)(Paperback)

In 1945, French political prisoners returning from the concentration camps of Germany coined the phrase 'the concentrationary universe' to describe the camps as a terrible political experiment in the destruction of the human. This book shows how the unacknowledged legacy of a totalitarian mentality

German Jet Aircraft: 1939-1945 (Diedrich Hans-Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Germany was one of the leading developers of jet propulsion during the Second World War - in August 1939 the world's first jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, took to the air on its maiden flight. This new book examines all of the developments, production and aircraft types: He 280, Me 262, Ar 234,

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

Dark Lens: Imaging Germany, 1945 (Meltzer Franoise)(Pevná vazba)

Esteemed scholar Fran oise Meltzer examines images of war ruins in Nazi Germany and the role that images play in how we construct memories of war. The ruins of war have long held the power to stupefy and appall. Can such ruins ever be persuasively depicted and comprehended? Can images of ruins

German Superheavy Panzer Projects of World War II: Wehrmacht Concepts and Designs (Frhlich Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Tank design bureaus first became involved in the development of very heavy tanks after WWI. In addition to the militaries of Germany and England, the Soviet Union was also fascinated by these monsters. Behind it was the concept of transferring the heavy armament of naval warfare to land warfare

Defeat of Germany Then and Now(Pevná vazba)

This book illustrates the battles by the western Allies to liberate western Europe during the Second World War and follows the fighting, month by month, beginning with D-Day in Normandy until signatures on a document in Berlin eleven months later denoted the final defeat of Nazi

From the Realm of a Dying Sun. Volume II: The IV. Ss-Panzerkorps in the Budapest Relief Efforts, December 1944-February 1945 (Nash Douglas E.)(Pevná vazba)

On Christmas Eve 1944, the men of the IV SS-Panzerkorps were preparing to celebrate the occasion as best they could. Taking advantage of the pause in the fighting around Warsaw, they looked forward to partaking in that most German of holidays, including the finest Christmas dinner their field