After Hitler reluctantly halted his proposed invasion of Britain in the autumn of 1940, he immediately ordered, by secret edict, the building of an Atlantic Wall. It was a monumental task--made up of 1,500 steel and concrete defensive strongpoints, stretching over four coastlines--and completely designed by the Führer himself. Using material from British, American, and Canadian archives, one of today's top military historians pieces together a unique, barely known story from the war--and memorializes the Allied soldiers caught behind it in appalling conditions.

Smashing the Atlantic Wall: The Destruction of Hitler's Coastal Fortresses

History

Delaforce, Patrick

Military

UNKNO

The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Final Gamble

The so-called 'Battle of the Bulge' was one of the most important battles of World War Two. It was certainly America's largest and most crucial land battle, at one stage involving half a million men. 'The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Final Gamble' tells the story of the furious fighting and heavy losses and how close Hitler came to being successful.   One of the most important and dramatic battles of World War Two the battle of the Bulge involved  half a million men and was America's largest and most crucial land battle of World War II  2004 marks the 60th anniversary of the war  Contains individual stories by American, British and German combatants in the Ardennes battle  well illustrated with photographs and battle plans  Well-established author           

Longman

A study of the new weaponry developed during the Second World War, which examines the historical, political and tactical, as well as the ethical impact of Churchill's approach to winning the war.

Churchill""s Secret Weapons

Robert Hale, Ltd.

The 11th Armoured Division, famous for its Black Bull insignia, was widely recognized as being among the best armoured divisions in north-west Europe during the Second World War. This book tells the story of the Division in the words of the soldiers who fought with it: of its part in the three ferocious battles in Normandy - Epsom, Goodwood and Bluecoat, the great 'Swan' to Amiens, the taking of Antwerp, right flanking for Market Garden, back-up in the Ardennes and the final slog into Germany across well-defended river barriers, to the liberation of Belsen, Lubeck and the Danish frontier. The Division suffered 10,000 casualties, with almost 2,000 lost in action, and so this is also a story of courage and the hardships of a winter campaign, of being wounded, comradeship and fighting fear. Contributions are included from twelve of the regiments who proudly wore the sign of the Black Bull. Memories from troop commanders and riflemen, bombardiers and signalmen, tank crews, troop leaders and from the dashing GOC are brought together to reveal what life was like at the sharp end. Published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings, The Black Bull is illustrated with over fifty black and white contemporary photographs showing the Division in action. It will appeal not only to those who still have memories of the battles and to those who fought in the Second World War, but also to readers interested in the day-to-day actions and thoughts of soldiers on the front line for almost a year.

The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic With the 11th Armored Division

Sutton Pub Ltd

Churchill's Desert Rats: From Normandy to Berlin With the 7th Armoured Division

Europe

Major-General Bernard Montgomery commanded the British 3rd Division in the Low Countries with skill and determination in the opening stages of World War II, culminating in the Allied evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. The 3rd Division, which subsequently became known throughout the British Army as Monty's "Iron Sides", included in its ranks the general's beloved Royal Warwickshire Regiment of which he had been commanding officer. As the only division in the British Liberation Army to participate in the savage fighting from D-Day all the way through to VE-Day, the Iron Sides were frequently in the thick of the action, led by the popular ex-Desert Rat GOC, "Bolo" Whistler. The Iron Sides fought in the tough battle to take Caen, in Operation "Goodwood" at Troarn and Operation "Bluecoat" to take Vire. They helped force a crossing of the Escaut canal and participated in Operation "Aintree" to free the Dutch towns of Overloon and Venraij. Operation "Heather" saw them drive through the Siegried Line before finally "cracking around" in northern Germany in the hard fighting that ultimately led to VE-Day. In this divisional history, the author draws on contributions from the dozen fighting regiments of the 3rd Division who wore the sign of the black and red triangles, designed by Monty himself. They came from every corner of Great Britain and in this text, relate the stories of their battles in their own words.

Monty's iron sides: From the Normandy beaches to Bremen with the 3rd Division

Alan Sutton

In Marching to the Sound of Gunfire, scores of British soldiers from almost every echelon of the British Army tell their amazing stories of life - and death - at the sharp end. In the eleven months of frenzied warfare that followed D-Day, these soldiers successfully drove the Nazi hordes back into their Fatherland and beat them into surrender. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and sketches, Marching to the Sound of Gunfire will bring back memories of fearful apprehension as the landing craft breached on the foreshores of Normandy, the sheer elation experienced at the liberation of towns and villages in France and the Low Countries, the tragedy of 'Market Garden', and the final brutal battles to pierce the Siegfried Line and reach the Baltic. Marching to the Sound of Gunfire also looks at themes as varied as the landscape over which the battles were fought; of being wounded or taken prisoner; of the paradox of 'friendly fire'; of the daily life-or-death decisions that needed to be made by the humble private up to the divisional general; and of battles lost and won. It is also the story of how the young soldiers marched to the sound of gunfire, won a resounding victory, and led Winston Churchill to declare: 'This is your victory ... we have never seen a greater day than this.'

Marching to the Sound of Gunfire

Americas

The Polar Bears: From Normandy to the relief of Holland with the 49th Division (British Army Divisional Histories Series)

Sutton Publishing

Churchill stated that the week long defence of Calais in 1940 (in which the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment was the only tank formation) gave the BEF extra time for the crucial evacuation from the Dunkirk beaches. In the spring of the next year the reformed, refitted battalion fought the Panzers again in the ill-fated campaign in Greece. Hitler was furious since the six-week campaign delayed Operation Barbarossa - his Panzers might have reached Moscow that much sooner before the Russian armies could re-group. This is the story of one of the finest Allied tank battalions and their exploits in World War II.

Taming the Panzers: Monty's Tank Battalions: 3 RTR at War

The History Press

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Smashing the Atlantic Wall: The Destruction of Hitler's Coastal Fortresses

The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Final Gamble

Churchill""s Secret Weapons

The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic With the 11th Armored Division

Churchill's Desert Rats: From Normandy to Berlin With the 7th Armoured Division

Churchill's Desert Rats: From Normandy to Berlin With the 7th Armoured Division

Monty's iron sides: From the Normandy beaches to Bremen with the 3rd Division

Marching to the Sound of Gunfire

The Polar Bears: From Normandy to the relief of Holland with the 49th Division (British Army Divisional Histories Series)

Taming the Panzers: Monty's Tank Battalions: 3 RTR at War