Until recently the Russian authorities have kept quiet about the crushing defeat that was the Battle of Kharkov. Now with access to archives some of the true scale of the disaster is revealed in this well-researched referenc e work. '

Kharkov 1942 Anatomy of a Military Disaster Through Soviet Eyes

David M. Glantz

Sarpedon

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Kershaw, Robert J.

Europe

Certain battles of World War II became famous at the time -- and legendary since -- because a spectacular victory was achieved by one or another of the opposing sides. At Overloon and the Maas Salient, no such strategic laurels can be claimed. This was the other side of World War II in Europe -- a bloody slugging match between equally skilled opponents that comprised the reality of the "broad front" strategy. When the western Allies cracked open Normandy in August 1944, a headlong rush across France took place that promised an early end to the war. The German armies -- defeated, outflanked, disorganized -- fell back as best they could, often without their equipment, and with many of their best men left dead in the fields of Falaise. In mid-September, three full divisions of airborne troops dropped behind the German front in Holland, to seize bridges that would vault Allied armored across the Rhine. But as the front drew nearer to the Third Reich, the Allied High Command slowly came to realize that, by this time, the Germans were no longer retreating. Young German paratroopers -- Fallschirmjager -- formed the backbone of the enemy defense in southern Holland. Companies of Panther tanks, roaming the battle area like feudal forces of a bygone era, lunged against the Allied corridor. Finally, a large German bridgehead over the Maas (Meuse) River remained -- sticking like a thorn into the Allied side. For months, both British and American forces assaulted this "Maas Salient," centered on the Dutch village of Overloon, but could not eliminate it. The Germans responded with a counterstroke: enemy panzers suddenly appeared out of the October morning mist, nearly overrunning the American 7th Armored Division in what amounted to a preview of the Battle of the Bulge. All this time, Dutch civilians watched as the foreign armies swirled back and forth across their land, leaving their houses and towns nothing but smoldering heaps of rubble. The liberation that once seemed so

The Forgotten Battle: Overloon and the Maas Salient, 1944-45

Altes, A. Korthals

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Kitchener's sword-arm: The life and campaigns of General Sir Archibald Hunter, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O

Hunter, Archie

Military

A regimental history and official account of the Irish Guards in the First World War, written by Rudyard Kipling in honour of his son, John, who served in the Irish Guards and was killed in his first action at the battle of Loos.This book also contains a listing of the battle rolls of honour and casualty lists of all officers and men who served with the First and Second Battalion.

The Irish Guards in the Great War (vols. 1 & 2)

Kipling., Rudyard

The men of the Scottish regiments have left a history of battle honors that is unmatched in warfare. Wherever they have fought, the sound of the pipes and the sight of the tartan has struck terror into their enemies. In this comprehensive volume, Patrick Mileham covers all the regiments and every campaign-a stunning tour of military history at the far reaches of the empire in the company of heroes.

The Scottish Regiments 1633-1996

Mileham, Patrick

Control of the Mississippi may have been the most crucial factor in the Civil War; this is a detailed account of the actions at Fort Donelson, Island No. 10, Vicksburg and numerous engagements between Union and Confederate ironclads.

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Coombe, Jack D.

Americas

Kipling continues the story of the Irish Guards 1914-1918.

The Irish Guards In The Great War: The Second Battalion: Edited and Compiled from Their Diaries and Papers

Countless books have been written on the military history of World War II, however astonishingly little information has appeared about the one country that stared the Nazis down and refused to become an accomplice to the horrors of the Third Reich. This book provides an objective, year-by-year account of Switzerland's military role in World War II, including her defensive strategies, details of Nazi invasion plans, and Switzerland's moral, material and humanitarian links to the Allies. Swiss neutrality in World War II has been criticized in recent years, but the country was entirely surrounded by Axis powers and managed, as revealed here, to render considerable assistance to the Allies.

Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality In World War II

Stephen P. Halbrook

Kharkov was one of the last German victories on the Russian Front; this is a detailed examination of Soviet command decisions and German battlefield innovations in an important but neglected battle. In this eagerly anticipated book, America's foremost expert in Russian military studies addresses this neglected. Sandwiched as it is between more famous battles, every military history reader knows "about" Kharkov, but there has never been a book that focused exclusively on that campaign. David M. Glantz has now filled the gap.

Kharkov 1942: Anatomy of a Military Disaster

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