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Ultimate inside view of the blitzkrieg in World War II. Diagrams, maps, and schematics illustrate key principles. Hundreds of rare photos show Panzers and crews in action.

The story of one of the most successful and decorated tank commanders of all time. Contains maps, official documents, newspaper clippings, and orders of battle.

Combat stories of eight German infantry soldiers: one paratrooper, two members of the Waffen-SS, and five members of the Wehrmacht. A concluding chapter examines infantry tactics.

The defining work on Hitler's elite fanatical boy soldiers. Written by the division's former chief of staff.

The Waffen SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were involved in almost continuous combat. From the sweeping tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalized in history as the Battle of the Bulge, these men and their tanks made history.

Six riveting, gritty accounts of some of the greatest German tank commanders, including Michael Wittmann, Hans Bolter, Hermann Bix, and others. Timelines mark the milestones of each officer's career.

*; Hundreds of photos--many of them rare--of Tiger tanks and their crews *; Color illustrations by Jean Restayn focus on markings, camouflage, and insignia *; Inventories and timelines for each unit In this follow-up to Tigers in Combat I (0-8117-3171-5), Wolfgang Schneider turns his attention to the Tiger tanks of the Waffen-SS and the Wehrmachts named units, such as the Grodeutschland Division, Company Hummel, and Tiger Group Meyer. Based on combat diaries, the text tells the history of each unit, but most of the book is devoted to photos of the tanks and the men who manned them. It offers as unique and comprehensive a look at these lethal machines as is possible sixty years after World War II.

By early 1951, American forces and their UN allies had been driven more than 100 miles down the Korean peninsula by the Chinese. The situation was bleak when Gen. Matthew Ridgway ordered a last stand at the village of Chipyong-ni. There a single regiment (the 23rd Infantry) of fewer than 5,000 U.S. soldiers defeated a Chinese division of 25,000 men in what has been called the Gettysburg of the Korean War.

The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history. Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois.

A gripping collection that showcases nine of the most famous prisoner of war escapes in the history of modern warfare.

From the Biblical days of Delilah to modern times there have been women who ventured at their peril as spies into the conflicts of armed men. Recounted in this fascinating history are dramatic incidents of feminine espionage in the United States and abroad from the time of the American Revolution to the present day.

Filled with diagrams of attack plans, defensive strategies, and troop movements, The Official U.S. Army Tactics Field Manual is the playbook the U.S. Army uses to employ available means to win in combat.

In The Greatest Stories Never Told: Covert Ops, attorney and author Laurence Yadon has written some of the greatest tales about covert operations - military operations that conceal the identity of the sponsor of the operation.

Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York is a compilation of twelve stories regarding important moments in New York State's history during the American Revolution.

The Greatest Sea Survival Stories Ever Told is a tribute to incredible men and women. Utterly absorbing and eminently entertaining, here is a collection of inspirational stories of life and death and hope-and of resilience and unimagined strength.

These are the stories Vietnam vets tell each other at reunions and over beers.

A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in Vietnam.

One of the most famous units of World War II and all of military history. First Americans to see active combat in the European theater. Expands on events described in Rick Atkinson's An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle.

Explores the German campaign of Case Blue, a plan which involved conquering the Causcas, and the events leading up to the titanic Battle of Stalingrad.

David Danelo has traveled the U.S.-Mexico border and his investigative report about a complex issue examines the border in human terms. As topical today as it was when he made his trek, this updated edition asks and answers the core questions: Is a fence or wall the answer? Is the U.S. government capable of fully securing the border?

Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.

For almost 100 years, analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign has centered around an oversimplified view of Confederate general Robert E. Lees goals for the battle. Lees Real Plan at Gettysburg presents a provocative new theory regarding Lees true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.

First full-length history of the largest and most successful airborne offensive ever. Scores of eyewitness accounts from paratroopers, glidermen, pilots, and infantrymen plus details on planes, gliders, and equipment. Recounts the actions for which participants won two Medals of Honor, a Victoria Cross, and a Conspicuous Gallantry Medal.

Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. Lavishly illustrated with photos and maps, Island of Fire presents a day-by-day-at times hour-by-hour-chronicle of that pitiless struggle as seen by both sides.

Extremely rare (possibly the only) book-length account of a Soviet penal unit in World War II Gritty, intense style conveys the brutality of war on the Eastern Front Composed of convicts--soldiers who conducted "e;unauthorized retreats,"e; former Soviet POWs deemed untrustworthy, and Gulag prisoners--the Red Army's penal units received the most difficult, dangerous assignments, such as breaking through the enemy's defenses. So punishing was life in these units that officers in regular formations threatened to send recalcitrant troops to penal battalions. Alexander Pyl'cyn led his penal unit through the Soviets' massive offensive in the summer of 1944, the Vistula-Oder operation into eastern Germany, and the bitter assault on Berlin in 1945. He survived the war, but 80 percent of his men did not.