Warsaw 1920: The War for the Eastern Borderlands (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

Warsaw 1920: The War for the Eastern Borderlands (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

Published to coincide with the centenary of the campaign, this highly illustrated title from Steven Zaloga explores the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, a David and Goliath conflict which saw the survival of the newly independent Poland in the face of the Soviet Red Army. The Battle of Warsaw in August 1920

The Anti-Tank Rifle (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of France, which saw renewed use in the form of the

Railway Guns of World War II (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns initially deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany's ambitious development program saw the introduction of a number of new classes, including the world's largest, the

Panzergrenadier Vs US Armored Infantryman: European Theater of Operations 1944 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

During World War II, the two preeminent mechanized infantry forces of the conflict, the German Panzergrenadier arm and the U.S. Army's armored infantrymen clashed in France and Belgium after the Normandy landings. These engagements went on to profoundly influence the use of mechanized infantry in

American Guided Missiles of World War II (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

This fascinating title details the history of America's secretive advanced guided weapons projects of World War II, the combat they saw, and how they influenced post-war missile development.World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US

The Battle for Warsaw, 1939-1945 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

The tragic history of Warsaw during the Second World War documented in 200 graphic wartime photographs.During the Second World War five brutal battles were fought in and around Warsaw. Each proved to be dramatic, decisive and bloody, and in this volume of the Images of War series Anthony

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

Mortain 1944: Hitler's Normandy Panzer Offensive (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

A highly illustrated study of Operation L ttich, the German Panzer counteroffensive against the Normandy bridgehead in August 1944 that backfired, leading to a collapse of the German position in northern France. Fully illustrated with stunning full-color artwork, this book tells the story of

Panzerfaust Vs Sherman: European Theater 1944-45 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

This illustrated title explores the deadly battle between the innovative Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck anti-tank weapons employed by the forces of Nazi Germany and the US tanks striving to defend against them. In the summer of 1944, across the battlefields of Normandy, US tanks were confronted with

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

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

Rising '44 - The Battle for Warsaw (Davies Norman)(Paperback / softback)

The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of

Warsaw 1920 - Lenin'S Failed Conquest of Europe (Zamoyski Adam)(Paperback / softback)

The dramatic and little-known story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came within a hair's breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism to western

The Island on Bird Street (Orlev Uri)(Paperback)

During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening

T-34 Vs StuG III: Finland 1944 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

Written by a noted authority, this fully illustrated book pits the StuG III assault gun in Finnish hands against the Soviet T-34-85 tank in the bitter armored clashes in Finland at the height of World War II. Featuring specially commissioned artwork and an array of archive photographs, T-34 vs StuG

Operation Crossbow 1944: Hunting Hitler's V-Weapons (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

In mid-1943, Allied intelligence began to pick up the signs of unusual German construction in remote locations near the Channel Coast. Several massive fortifications were beginning to take shape, and they appeared to be oriented towards London. Allied intelligence codenamed these sites as

The Puppet Boy of Warsaw (Weaver Eva)(Paperback)

The story of Mika, a Jewish boy, who finds a way to survive in the Warsaw ghetto - a stunning novel for anyone who was moved by The Tattooist of AuschwitzI was twelve when the coat was made. Nathan, our tailor and dear friend, cut it for Grandfather in the first week of March 1938. It was the last

Panzer IV Vs Sherman: France 1944 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

As the Allies attempted to break out of Normandy, it quickly became apparent that there would be no easy victory over the Germans, and that every scrap of territory on the way to Berlin would have to be earned through hard fighting. This study concentrates on the ferocious battles between the

Pianist (Szpilman Wladyslaw)(Paperback / softback)

The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning

Tank Wrecks of the Eastern Front 1941-1945 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Four years of armored battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War littered the battlefields with the wrecks of destroyed and disabled tanks, and Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating guide to them. It provides a graphic record of the various types of tank deployed by

Behind the Curtain - Football in Eastern Europe (Wilson Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

From the war-ravaged streets of Sarajevo, where turning up for training involved dodging snipers' bullets, to the crumbling splendour of Budapest's Bozsik Stadium, where the likes of Pusk s and Kocsis masterminded the fall of England, the landscape of Eastern Europe has changed immeasurably since

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

The King of Warsaw (Twardoch Szczepan)(Paperback)

Winner of the EBRD Literature Prize awarded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland's literary phenomenon--his first to be translated into English.It's 1937. Poland is about

The Art Of Hybrid War (Patrick J. J.)(Paperback)

The Art Of Hybrid War is a beautifully bound philosophy on the changed face of conflict - from the manipulation of the will of the people, disinformation campaigns, and voter suppression to cyber weapons and big data.Crafted into a short doctrine, The Art Of Hybrid War takes its inspiration from