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Airborne - The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company by Ian Gardner; Ed Shames (Introduction by, Foreword by)
Category: Accessories | Series: General Military Ser.
As one of the last surviving members of the Band of Brothers, Ed Shames wanted to commit his memories of the Second World War to paper to preserve the legacy of the men who served with him in Europe. Airborne is his dramatic wartime biography, a riveting tale of fierce combat, doggedly determined drive ...Show more
Between Giants: The Battle for The Baltics in World War II by Prit Buttar
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
During World War II, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia found themselves trapped between the giants of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Over the course of the war these states were repeatedly occupied by different forces, and local government organizations and individuals were forced to choose between supp ...Show more
Bloodstained SandsUS Amphibious Operations in World War II by Michael G. Walling
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
For the men who served in America's Amphibious Forces during World War II, the conflict was an unceasing series of D-Days. They were responsible for putting men ashore in more than 200 landings throughout the conflict, most against well-entrenched enemy positions. Bloodstained Sands: US Amphibious Opera ...Show more
British Battle Tanks - The First World War by David Fletcher
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
When British soldiers charged across the Somme in September 1916, they were accompanied by a new, revolutionary weapon--the tank. After a stuttering start, armored behemoths such as the Mark IV, Mark V, and Whippet Tank played a crucial role in bringing World War I to an end.Marking the centenary of the ...Show more
Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II by Michael G. Walling
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
The story begins in October 1939, when Germany and the Soviet Union began diplomatic maneuvering. The action accelerates with Winston Churchill's decision in 1941 to provide supplies to Soviet forces battling the German invasion and for five long years, thousands of men and women fought ferociously in t ...Show more
Gallipoli: Command Under Fire by Edward J. Erickson
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
Unique among World War I campaigns, the fighting at Gallipoli brought together a modern amphibious assault and multi-national combined operations. It took place on a landscape littered with classical and romantic sites - just across the Dardanelles from the ruins of Homer's Troy. The campaign became, pe ...Show more
Rising Sun, Falling SkiesThe Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey Cox
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese offensive in the Far East seemed unstoppable. Allied forces engaged in a futile attempt to halt their rapid advance, culminating in the massed fleet of American, British, Dutch, and Australian forces (ABDA) clashing with the Japanese at the battle of th ...Show more
Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited by Andrew Wiest
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'. First-hand accounts, maps and contemporary photographs, analysis from the soldiers involved and new perspectives from ...Show more
The First World War: The War to End All Wars by Geoffrey Jukes
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterised by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun and Ypres incurred human loss on a scale never pre ...Show more
The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War by Mark Stille
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
An highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II.The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early mo ...Show more
The Military History Quiz Book by Osprey Publishing Staff
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
How well do you know the who, where, what, when and how of military history? Pit your knowledge against Osprey's very own quizmaster in this unique guide to the famous, infamous and quirky facts of military history. Complete with questions ranging from easy to nearly impossible and including true or fal ...Show more
The Persian War: A Military History by William Shepherd
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
The victory of a few Greek city-states over the world's first superpower was an extraordinary military feat that secured the future of western civilization. All modern accounts of the war as a whole, and of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, the best-known battles, depend on the ancient sources, foremos ...Show more