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The Grand Alliance
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Winston S. Churchill |
One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston's Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany… |
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Afrikakorps soldier, 1941-43
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Pier Paolo Battistelli |
"Though it went on to become the most famous German formation of World War II, the men of the early Afrikakorps had no experience of desert warfare. Yet, in a matter of months, they proved themselves… |
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Voices from the front
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Hart, Peter |
"In the 1980s and early 1990s, Peter Hart, then a young oral historian at the Imperial War Museum in London, conducted 183 interviews with British World War I veterans. After the death of the last ve… |
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Weinsteins' war
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Dave Weinstein |
"This is the story of one young Jewish family, David and Sylvia, and their daughter Ruth, told through letterrs exchanged between David at war and Sylvia in England. A treasure trove of 700 unique le… |
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Once a hussar
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Ray Ellis |
Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded this well-written, candid, and perceptive memoir of the conflict he knew as a young man s… |
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Tank Combat in North Africa
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Thomas L. Jentz |
Reference book covering armored warfare during the North Africa Campaign of World War II with detailed background on organizations and equipment of all combatant and narrative combat reports from eng… |
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War As I Knew It
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George S. Patton |
Adored by many, loathed by some, General George S. Patton, Jr., was one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. War As I Knew It is the personal and candid account of his celebrated, r… |
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Onward We Charge
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H. Paul Jeffers |
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart, and posthumously promoted to Brigadier General by President Truman, Colonel William Darby was an indisputable hero. His elite battalion o… |
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Rommel
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Kenneth John Macksey |
Includes a chapter on World War 1. |
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An Army at Dawn
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Rick Atkinson |
The liberation of Europe and defeat of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. Sixty years after America joined the struggle, Atkinson shows … |
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Alamein
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Jon Latimer |
"The Battle of El Alamein in 1942 brought a sense of victory to a Britain grown weary from defeat. And it was a decisive victory: the Eighth Army ended for ever the see-saw desert campaign and drove … |
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