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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Grand Alliance The Grand Alliance 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… OL134296W
The Wehrmacht Retreats The Wehrmacht Retreats Robert M. Citino Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentie… OL16176782W
Ostkrieg Ostkrieg Stephen G. Fritz On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key th… OL16342371W
Defending the Motherland Defending the Motherland Luba Vinogradova "Plucked from every background and led by an NKVD major, the new recruits who boarded a train in Moscow on October 16, 941 to go to war had much in common with millions of others across the world. Wh… OL19740358W
The Wehrmacht's Last Stand The Wehrmacht's Last Stand Robert M. Citino "By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: what kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where so… OL19752172W
Hitler Versus Stalin Hitler Versus Stalin John Erickson Hitler vs Stalin ; The Second World war on the Eastern front in Photographs illustrates every aspect of the Eastern front campaigns. OL2041384W
On the devil's tail On the devil's tail Paul Martelli "This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33.Waffen Grenadier-Division der SS 'Ch… OL22324041W
Armageddon Armageddon Max Hastings Armageddon is the epic story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe by Max Hastings--one of Britain's most highly regarded military historians, whose accounts of past battles John Keegan … OL2439632W
Militärstrategie Deutschlands 1940-1945 Militärstrategie Deutschlands 1940-1945 Heinz Magenheimer 352 p. : 20 cm OL2561848W
The Second World War in the Far East The Second World War in the Far East H. P. Willmott Leading historian of the war in the Far East, P.H. Willmott, provides a concise, readable account of the conflict. The book is fully illustrated throughout and incorporates computer generated graphic… OL2934517W
Stalin's war Stalin's war Edwin Palmer Hoyt "Stalin involved himself in every aspect of the war effort, including its smallest details, and Stalin's War is the first book to examine the Nazi invasion from the perspective of the Soviet premier … OL448545W
The Brusilov Offensive (Twentieth-Century Battles) The Brusilov Offensive (Twentieth-Century Battles) Timothy Dowling In the summer of 1915, the Central Powers launched an offensive on the Eastern Front that they hoped would decide the war. It did not, of course. In June 1916, an Allied army under the command of Ale… OL8386833W
The eastern front, 1941-45 The eastern front, 1941-45 Omer Bartov xxvi, 218 p. : 21 cm OL85301W