How the exploits of German panzers were reported to the home front Covers the 3rd Panzer Division during the invasion of the Soviet Union Contains original articles by war correspondents who witnessed
Battalion- and company-level account of the vital contributions of Canadian soldiers to victory in Europe in World War IIBased on war diaries, casualty reports, and after-action interviewsThe author i
Accounts of men at war in some of the world's most hostile environments Surprising and illuminating conclusions about desert warfare Features chapters on:Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798-99The B
Deeply moving, intensely graphic account of World War II prisoners of warIncludes a gut-wrenching description of the Bataan Death MarchFew American prisoners of war during World War II suffered more t
Provocative look at the battle for France in May and June 1940 Explains how the French were caught off guard, how the Germans swept into the country, and how the British battled the blitzkrieg Recount
World War I marked the end of the old military order and the beginning of the era of mechanized warfare. This is a thorough examination of the campaigns of the “war to end all wars.” It analyzes the d
Action-packed memoir of aerial combatInside the cockpits of Bf 109, Fw 190, and Me 262 fightersCandid photos taken by the author himselfNorbert Hanning remembers an attack on a Soviet bomber: "I side-
Vividly recounts the combat history of the legendary U.S. 56th Fighter Group Focuses on the pilots, their friendships and rivalries, and their battles "Beware the Thunderbolt!" With that motto, the pi
Unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division What it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front Details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank Six months before
Authoritative study of the battleship in World War IIStirring episodes of naval combatCovers the famous chase after the Bismarck/i>, the sinking of the Scharnhorst, the coastal bombardments on D-Day,
The Normandy campaign from the German perspective Covers D-Day, Villers-Bocage, Cherbourg, St. Lo, Caen, Avranches, and other battles in hedgerow country Erwin Rommel, Michael Wittmann, and Kurt Meyer
Minute-by-minute account of the offensiveCovers both the British attackers and the German defendersExplains how and why the assault failed so badlyIn the late summer of 1942, Rommel's Afrika Korps sto
New perspective on the most famous campaign of the legendary Desert Fox Details on the contributions and animosities of Rommel's subordinates Includes accounts of Tobruk, Gazala, El Alamein, and other
Detailed biographies of 5 panzer commanders Describes what it's like to lead tank units in battle Includes D-Day, Normandy, the campaign for France, the Battle of the Bulge, and the final battles in G
The story of the Normandy campaign from a German perspective Covers every point of view, from soldiers in the field to generals at high command The Allied landings in France on June 6, 1944, marked th
First-person German accounts of bloody combat Includes never-before-seen photos "We had been hit in the left side of our Panzer III and had no choice but to bail out. In our black uniforms, we clearly
The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commandersTold largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and lettersIn a series of battles marked by daring raids and quick-ar
A detailed study of Italy's long-ignored tank force Explores the intersection of technology, war, and society in Mussolini's Italy Second only to Germany in number of tank divisions, first to create a
World War II air war companion to Panzer Aces and Panzer Aces IIIn-the-cockpit accounts of aerial dogfights by some of Germany's deadliest pilots ever to take to the skiesThis exciting book tells the
