Japan's Greatest Victory Britain's Worst Defeat

History

Tsuji, Masanobu

Military

Sarpedon Pub

Seldom have soldiers fought under conditions as poignant as did the Poles in MARKET GARDEN. Originally formed to support an uprising in its homeland against the Nazis, the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade was thrown into the inferno of Arnhem just as the Polish Home Army was rising against the Germans in Warsaw [Uprising]. As the Poles fought and died in support of their Western Allies in Holland, the citizens of burning Warsaw looked skyward for their paratroopers to save them from the Germans, as the Russian Army sat across the Vistula awaiting their own turn at occupation. Unlike the gallant soldiers of other Allied armies, many Polish paratroopers would never see their homeland again, even after ultimate victory.

Poles Apart: The Polish Airborne at the Battle of Arnhem

Cholewczynski, George F.

Cross ( VE Day ) sets the scene for the mother of tank battles (6,000 machines) the German vs. Soviet epic on Hitler's Eastern Front in July 1943 with a discussion of operations to that time, the leadership of the two hands-on dictators, politics, production, personnel, tactics, strategy. Detailed description of one of the pivotal actions of WWII. Maps and photos. Published by Sarpedon Publishers, 166 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Citadel: The Battle of Kursk

CROSS, Robin

Though American and British air power may be unrivaled in today's world, this was certainly not the case during Europe's last great war. Half a century ago, when our airmen flew against Nazi Germany, horrific casualties resulted on both sides, and certain battles fought by the Allied powers can be termed nothing less than calamitous. "Black Thursday"' the second Schweinfurt raid, was the most savagely fought air battle in American history, and a milestone in the course of World War II. On October 14, 1943, the United States Eighth Air Force launched nearly 300 bombers deep into German territory to destroy the ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt, hoping this would bring German industry to a halt. On that clear, sunlit day, hundreds of German fighters raced among the unescorted B-17s, guns blazing, knocking down plane after plane, each with ten men aboard. Other German aircraft flew just outside machine-gun range of the tightly packed formations, lobbing rockets that exploded into thousands of pieces of shrapnel. U.S. bombers that split off from a formation, either wounded, disoriented, or with other difficulty, became prey for the agile packs of German fighters who would set upon them like wolves thirsty for a kill. By the end of the day, the flight path of the Flying Fortresses was marked across the breadth of Germany by towering pillars of smoke from crashed machines, fiery tributes to 600 lost airmen. W. Raymond Wood was just a child when his brother was lost in the Schweinfurt raid, and the minute detail of this book is the result of his multi-year effort to illuminate "Black Thursday" as no writer has before. Wood not only reveals the experience of the American flyers in this famous battle, but that of the civilians on the ground and the enemy fighters who flew against the B-17s (including the Me-110 pilot who in all probability destroyed his brother's plane with a rocket). Illustrated with 48 pages of photos and original documents, Or Go Down in Flame examines the air war against the Third Reich, then brings the reader into the center of harrowing air combat, and finally chronicles the little-known operations after war's end to retrieve and identify our dead. The young navigator who sacrificed his life over Schweinfurt, after first being buried in the German village in which he fell, is at last recovered by RAF and American War Graves Command teams, then returned to Nebraska, where his family had anxiously awaited news of the discovery of his remains. W. Raymond Wood has provided not only an important work of historical research, but the intimate account of a death in one of World War II's greatest battles - an air battle fought by men in machines that helped to shape our modern world.

Or Go Down in Flame: A Navigator's Death over Schweinfurt

Wood, W. Raymond

The Irish Regiments 1683-1999

Engineering & Transportation

Harris, R. G.

Wilson, H. R. G.

Engineering

Using War Office records and unpublished personal accounts, this is a reconstruction of the two forgotten campaigns (among the bloodiest ever fought by the British army) against the Dervish general, Osman Digna.

Fuzzy Wuzzy the Campaigns in Eastern Sudan 1884-85

ROBSON

Standartenfuhrer Jochen Peiper, 'Siegfried' of the Waffen-SS, and onetime Adjutant to Heinrich Himmler, died in a fire-bomb attack on his home in France in 1976. Many in Europe and America saw this as poetic justice on a man they believed had cheated the hangman's noose. Peiper's brilliant reputation as panzer leader of the Fuhrer's Bodyguard Regiment, Die Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, was tarnished by his previous close association with Himmler and his alleged involvement with the infamous Malmedy Massacre, when unarmed American POWs were shot during the Battle of the Bulge. After a highly controversial war crimes trial, Peiper was sentenced to death but was eventually released from Landsberg prison in 1956. This is the first thoroughly objective account of Peiper's role in the greatest land battle ever fought by the United States of America. Michael Reynolds has spent over twenty years making contact with veterans, including survivors of the Malmedy Massacre, and has accompanied former members of Die Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, as well as American soldiers, retracing their footsteps in the Ardennes. Through these contacts, and after painstaking research into Peiper's life, he is able to demolish many of the myths surrounding this part of the Battle of the Bulge and to throw new light on the character and career of one of Nazi Germany's most charismatic, if blemished, soldiers.

The Devil's Adjutant: Jochen Peiper, Panzer Leader

Reynolds, Michael Frank

Biographies & Memoirs

From Hitler Youth to German paratrooper to prisoner of war in England, the author shares his experiences in Poland, Holland, Norway, Crete, Russia, Southern Italy, Normandy, and the Rhine during WWII. 136 b&amp;w photos.

Heaven & Hell: The War Diary of a German Paratrooper

Pöppel, Martin

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...skilful and noblest of the Spanish leaders; and he had scarcely expired, before bis army met with a signal defeat at Gebora. CHAPTER IV. The Author, with his Regiment, leaves Gibraltar, for Tarifa.--Dissensions between the Spanish and English Officers,--Battle of Barossa.--Retreat of the French.--Suffering of the Pursuing Army.--Guerillas.--Don Julian Sanchez.--Juan Martin Diaz.--Xavier Mina.--Continued Privations of the British Army.--Adventures of the Author in Search of Food.--Arrival of the Commissariat with Provisions.--Extravagant Joy of the Troops.--Departure of the British Army for Badajos. Having given to my readers some slight sketches of the rise and progress of this war previous to the time when I first became an active participator in its scenes, I shall now continue it, with the history of my own adventures. In looking back through the long series of years that have elapsed since those eventful days, there are few scenes that I can recall more vividly than that which occurred on the morning I left Gibraltar. It was my first experience of the kind, and, therefore, made a deeper impression than many after scenes, which might have been far more worthy of record than this. It was a beautiful morning, and everywhere the troops were in motion. Horses were brought out, our baggage prepared and sent on; the light jest and laugh and joke went freely round, serving, in many instances, to conceal the thoughts that longed for utterance. Farewells were exchanged, last words spoken; and, finally, all were prepared, the word given, and our gallant little army marched out of Gibraltar. It was truly a brilliant sight; and the lively strains of our music contributed its share to make us forget that we were marching into a country at all times perilous, and now ...

The Military Adventures of Charles O'Neil

Charles O'Neil

BERNARD, CORNWELL

Leaders & Notable People

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