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The Bruneval Raid: Stealing Hitler's Radar                                                                                       


Item code: WW2-53327
ISBN: 0304362212
Authors: George Millar.
Pages/Length: 221
Publisher: Cassell
Publication Date: 2002
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: History
 
Date Added: 11/7/2006
PRICE  $9.95



On the night of February 27, 1942, a detachment of British paratroops landed in occupied France with a mission to capture a German radar site and seize the novel components of the machine. Their success would allow the Allies to understand how the German radar system worked and take steps to defeat it—a vital strategic element of the Allied bombing campaign. George Millar—himself a British army officer, who escaped German captivity and later served behind the lines in France—relates the story of this daring commando raid, following the fortunes of a young British soldier who parachuted in wearing a German uniform, with orders not to be taken alive. The book includes a section of black and white photographs.
 

Item code: WW2-53330
ISBN: 0304353485
Authors: Alan Clark.
Pages/Length: 211
Publisher: Cassell
Publication Date: 2004
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: History
 
Date Added: 11/4/2006
PRICE $9.95




The Germans invaded mainland Greece in April 1941. It took them only three weeks to drive out the British and their allies, and they then launched an all-out airborne assault on the now strategically important island of Crete. German casualties ran high against the numerically superior but ill-prepared forces of British, Commonwealth, and Greek troops defending the island, but their attack was constantly and aggressively pushed home. In a few days of bitter fighting Germany had captured the island, while the losers suffered heavy losses and ignominious evacuation by the Royal Navy, and those left behind endured four traumatic years of Nazi occupation. British historian, politician, and diarist Alan Clark tells the story here with the clarity and concise language for which he is known. The book is illustrated with a section of black and white photographs.
 

G.I. Victory: The U.S. Army in World War II Color






Item code: WW2-52519
ISBN: 1853675709
Authors: Jeffrey L. Ethell & David C. Isby.
Pages/Length: 160
Publisher: Greenhill
Publication Date: 2003
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: History
 
Date Added: 8/24/2006
PRICE  $29.95



For those who picture World War II largely in grainy black and white photos and newsreels, this album is something of a revelation. These 155 large color photographs bring a startling immediacy to the conflict, lifting the men and women who served the U.S. Army out of their typical archival context and lending them a "you-are-there" reality. Tank platoons, infantry, WACs, artillerymen, radiomen, and many others are pictured training for the jobs ahead of them in carefully staged photos, while dramatic action photos witness Marine and Army invasion forces fight at close hand across Pacific islands with flamethrowers and machine guns. Patton views Rommel's advance in North Africa, while in Europe, men embark for D-Day, German soldiers are put in temporary stockades on the Normandy beaches, tanks gather in the snow during the Battle of the Bulge, camouflaged infantry wade through deep snow, engineers build makeshift bridges, and troops fight their way through shattered Italian towns.
 

Hunt the Bismarck






Item code: WW2-62320
ISBN: 1591143950
Authors: Angus Konstam.
Pages/Length: 96
Publisher: Naval Institute
Publication Date: 2003
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: History
 
Date Added: 9/6/2006
PRICE  $19.95



Superbly illustrated with archival photographs, diagrams, and color computer simulations, this book documents the short yet superlative career of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. After leaving her berth at Gotenhafen (now Gdynia) on the Baltic, Bismarck became for nine days the most hunted ship in the world, destroying the British battleship Hood in the Denmark Strait before breaking out into the North Atlantic, pursued by dozens of warships. Maritime museum curator Angus Konstam analyzes the strategies, tactics, and personalities surrounding Germany's most powerful warship and her destruction after little more than a week at sea.
 

The Spy Who Spent the War in Bed: and Other Bizarre Tales from World War II






Item code: WW2-62656
ISBN: 0471267392
Authors: William B. Breuer.
Pages/Length: 220
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2003
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: History  
Date Added: 8/15/2006
PRICE  $15.95



In this collection of anecdotes, unexpected reversals, and miraculous survival stories from World War II, Ernest Hemingway stalks U-Boats on the American coast in his yacht; a Belgian woman halts German tanks; and Adolf Hitler plays Santa Claus to bestow a shell-shocked French town with a reward of 10 million francs. Drawn from personal interviews, archives, and declassified documents, the stories are illustrated with 40 black and white photos
 

Item code: WW2-53331
ISBN: 0304351288
Authors: Bryan Perrett.
Pages/Length: 222
Publisher: Cassell
Publication Date: 2000
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: History
Date Added: 11/4/2006

 Price: $9.95



With the First World War the age of cavalry was ended. In its place evolved mechanized warfare—transports, armored vehicles, and tanks—and this book describes how they developed from lumbering, primitive, and vulnerable targets to immensely powerful fighting machines. Bryan Perrett charts the evolution of 20th-century armored warfare in terms of vehicles, equipment, and tactics from the early tank battles of World War I, through the developments of battle theory by Guderian and Liddell Hart, to the terror of World War II when tank warfare matured, as well as later developments up to the first Gulf War in Kuwait. Examining British, American, German, and Russian actions, he gives a detailed view of all forms of armored conflict. The book is illustrated with a section of black and white photographs

Item code: WW2-42583
ISBN: 1853673382
Authors: John P. Langellier.
Pages/Length: 80
Publisher: Greenhill
Publication Date: 1998
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: History
Date Added: 8/7/2006

 Price: $14.95



These photos of U.S. ground forces in Europe during World War II focus on specific details of their uniforms and equipment, from portable cook stoves to heavy diving gear. A chart illustrates their various insignia. The G.I. series of pictorial histories presents the uniforms and equipment of the men and women of the United States Army in full detail. With more than 100 captioned photographs, including a gallery of color photos, these books illustrate each period or theater of combat to present a comprehensive picture of the American soldier.
 

Item code: WWII-71033
ISBN: 0815411529
Authors: Martin Blumenson.
Pages/Length: 641
Publisher: Cooper Square
Publication Date: 2001
Format: Cloth
Primary Subject: History
Date Added: 4/6/2007
Price: $32.95

This is an informative and provocative compendium of previously uncollected essays from an expert on World War II history. Eisenhower, Bradley, Montgomery, Hitler, Rommel, and von Rundstedt are all profiled here, along with some of the best of Blumenson's many writings on George S. Patton. Controversial battles and their commanders are also given their due, as Blumenson presents both Allied and Axis perspectives.
"Blumenson is a true military history professional. He does not sensationalize; he bases his accounts on hard, primary sources. Sometimes I disagree with his judgments, but never with his thoroughness. Heroes Never Die will be a gold mine for the military history buff."—John S.D. Eisenhower.

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