World War II Battle by Battle

World War II Battle by Battle
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9781472835543
ISBN-13 : 1472835549
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis World War II Battle by Battle by : Nikolai Bogdanovic

This compact gift book takes thirty of World War II's most significant clashes, both the famous and the lesser known, and presents their stories in a concise, easy to digest format, accompanied by beautiful Osprey artwork plates in full colour that illuminate a key moment in each battle. World War II was the single greatest conflict the world has ever known, fought in theatres all around the globe, and many of its battles – Stalingrad, Monte Cassino, the Battle of Britain – are household names. While the Western Front in Europe is often what first comes to mind, bitter and bloody battles were also fought in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, on land, at sea, and in the air, and their many stories help illuminate both the scale and the varying character of the conflict.

Great Battles of World War II

Great Battles of World War II
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Publisher : Chartwell Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0785830979
ISBN-13 : 9780785830979
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Great Battles of World War II by : John MacDonald

Modern computer technology meets the history of warfare in this book, the Great Battles of WWII. A stunning new look at the most spectacular campaigns of World War II, this book uses incredible computer graphics to recreate every detail of the most significant battles and strategies. Topography and troop strength, illustrations and maps of actions carried out are presented with the latest technology down to the smallest detail.

Monte Cassino

Monte Cassino
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9780385513395
ISBN-13 : 0385513399
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Monte Cassino by : Matthew Parker

Monte Cassino is the true story of one of the bitterest and bloodiest of the Allied struggles against the Nazi army. Long neglected by historians, the horrific conflict saw over 350,000 casualties, while the worst winter in Italian memory and official incompetence and backbiting only worsened the carnage and turmoil. Combining groundbreaking research in military archives with interviews with four hundred survivors from both sides, as well as soldier diaries and letters, Monte Cassino is both profoundly evocative and historically definitive. Clearly and precisely, Matthew Parker brilliantly reconstructs Europe’s largest land battle–which saw the destruction of the ancient monastery of Monte Cassino–and dramatically conveys the heroism and misery of the human face of war.

Battle of Wits

Battle of Wits
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-10 : 9780684859323
ISBN-13 : 0684859327
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Battle of Wits by : Stephen Budiansky

"This is the story of the Allied codebreakers puzzling through the most difficult codebreaking problems that ever existed.

Their Last Battle

Their Last Battle
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9780786728428
ISBN-13 : 0786728426
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Their Last Battle by : Nicolaus Mills

On Memorial Day weekend in 2004, the National World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington will officially open to the public. What began as a casual conversation between a Congresswoman and one of her constituents in 1987 grew into a struggle that lasted more than four times longer than it took America to fight the war itself. Its rocky progress to completion is a compelling story about how America chooses to memorialize its past and how we view World War II.Nicolaus Mills recounts the development of the Washington Mall, from its time as swampland to Southern outrage over the Lincoln Memorial to Maya Lin's controversial Vietnam Veterans' Memorial. The World War II Memorial would prove just as controversial; it took the support of WW II vet Bob Dole and actor Tom Hanks to overrule the strong objections of interest groups, self-appointed art critics, and others.In Their Last Battle, a story vividly narrated through interviews with politicians and vets, architects and citizens, Mills discovers what a public monument can tell us about America and the values it honors.

The Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge
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Publisher : Time Life Medical
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0783557027
ISBN-13 : 9780783557021
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Battle of the Bulge by : William K. Goolrick

An illustrated account of the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes in 1944 that became a threat to the Allied forces.

Victory at Midway

Victory at Midway
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9781476629957
ISBN-13 : 1476629951
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Victory at Midway by : James M. D’Angelo

In the five months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy won a string of victories in a campaign to consolidate control of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. In June of 1942, Japan suffered a devastating defeat at the Battle of Midway and was never again able to take the offensive in the Pacific. Bringing fresh perspective to the battle and its consequences, the author identifies Japan's operational plan as a major factor in its Navy's demise and describes the profound effects Midway had on the course of the war in Europe.

All Souls Day

All Souls Day
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9781640124226
ISBN-13 : 1640124225
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis All Souls Day by : Joseph M. Pereira

The U.S. Army attacked three villages near the German-Belgium border, surprising the Germans who surrendered with little resistance. The German army regrouped and counterattacked. A brief but horrific battle ensued, and as the enemy pressed forward, the Americans retreated in haste, leaving behind their wounded and their dead. Discussion of this week-long conflict that began on All Souls Day, November 2, 1944, has been confined to officer training school, in part due to its heavy losses and ignominy. After the war the U.S. Army returned to the battlefield to bring home its fallen. To its dismay it found that many of these men had vanished. The disappearances were puzzling and for decades the U.S. government searched unsuccessfully for clues. After poring over now-declassified battlefield reports and interviewing family members, the authors reconstruct a spellbinding story of love and sacrifice, honor and bravery, as well as a portrait of the gnawing pain of families not knowing what became of their loved ones. Ultimately this work of history and in-depth contemporary journalism proffers a glimmer of light in the ongoing search.

Bloody Okinawa

Bloody Okinawa
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Publisher : Hachette Books
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : 9780306903212
ISBN-13 : 0306903210
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Bloody Okinawa by : Joseph Wheelan

A stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle—the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign—the last of its kind. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, more than 184,000 US troops began landing on the only Japanese home soil invaded during the Pacific war. Just 350 miles from mainland Japan, Okinawa was to serve as a forward base for Japan's invasion in the fall of 1945. Nearly 140,000 Japanese and auxiliary soldiers fought with suicidal tenacity from hollowed-out, fortified hills and ridges. Under constant fire and in the rain and mud, the Americans battered the defenders with artillery, aerial bombing, naval gunfire, and every infantry tool. Waves of Japanese kamikaze and conventional warplanes sank 36 warships, damaged 368 others, and killed nearly 5,000 US seamen. When the slugfest ended after 82 days, more than 125,000 enemy soldiers lay dead—along with 7,500 US ground troops. Tragically, more than 100,000 Okinawa civilians perished while trapped between the armies. The brutal campaign persuaded US leaders to drop the atomic bomb instead of invading Japan. Utilizing accounts by US combatants and Japanese sources, author Joseph Wheelan endows this riveting story of the war's last great battle with a compelling human dimension.

The Last Battle

The Last Battle
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780306822094
ISBN-13 : 0306822091
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Battle by : Stephen Harding

The incredible story of the unlikeliest battle of World War II, when a small group of American soldiers joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops May, 1945. Hitler is dead, the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble, and no GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. The Last Battle tells the nearly unbelievable story of the unlikeliest battle of the war, when a small group of American tankers, led by Captain Lee, joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troops seeking to capture Castle Itter and execute the stronghold's VIP prisoners. It is a tale of unlikely allies, startling bravery, jittery suspense, and desperate combat between implacable enemies.