Author : Robert W. Black
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 18,54 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Stories of adventure and danger behind enemy lines. Describes the tactics pioneered by three masters of irregular warfare.
Author : Robert W. Black
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 081174955X
Noted Ranger historian Robert W. Black turns his attention to a trio of the Confederacy's--and America's--most infamous raiders and cavalrymen: John Singleton Mosby, John Hunt Morgan, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Combining speed, mobility, and boldness, these three soldiers struck critical blows against the Union during the Civil War, including Morgan's notorious 1863 raid that penetrated farther north than any other uniformed Confederate force. While not overlooking their flaws, Black believes these men revolutionized warfare and sees them as forerunners of the Rangers and Special Forces of the modern era.
Author : Charles R. Carr
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0811707334
Thoughtful, reflective narrative of a reluctant soldier in Vietnam Author served as a mechanized infantryman in the Mekon Delta with the 9th Infantry Division Captures the rhythms of life in war as well as the boredom and chaos of Vietnam Two One Pony was the name of the author's squad's armored personnel carrier Tries to make sense of the absurdity of the war
Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 38,54 MB
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1461751594
Covers Erwin Rommel's World War II battles before he led the legendary Afrika Korps First work to recognize the talented staff officers and company, battalion, and regimental commanders who supported Rommel One of the most famous soldiers to fight in World War II, Erwin Rommel achieved immortality as the Desert Fox in the sands of Africa, but his first field command was the 7th Panzer Division, the so-called Ghost Division. During the 1940 campaign in France, the unit suffered more casualties than any other German division and at the same time inflicted heavy losses on the Allies, taking almost 100,000 prisoners. The Ghost Division's success owed much to Rommel's subordinates, who aided Rommel more than he admitted in his papers and whom historians have generally overlooked. This book remedies that oversight.
Author : Franz Kurowski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0811706540
Chronicles the exploits and battlefield achievements of decorated German tank commanders who led their feared Panzer tank battalions in battle.
Author : Roger A. Freeman
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 27,25 MB
Release : 2009-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1461752132
Vividly recounts the combat history of the legendary U.S. 56th Fighter Group Focuses on the pilots, their friendships and rivalries, and their battles "Beware the Thunderbolt!" With that motto, the pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's 56th Fighter Group--also known as Zemke's Wolfpack--took to the skies above Europe in their P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, escorting bombers into Germany, dogfighting with the Luftwaffe, and conducting ground-attack missions. The first group to receive the P-47, the 56th pioneered aerial tactics and compiled a staggering record: 665.5 aerial kills, 311 ground kills, thirty-nine fighter aces with five or more kills, two Distinguished Unit Citations, eighteen Distinguished Service Crosses, and twenty-eight Silver Stars.
Author : Gordon A. Blaker
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 37,61 MB
Release : 2008-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1461751179
Combat history of the U.S. Army's oldest armored regiment Tank battles in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge The 66th Armored Regiment is still active today and has served in Iraq From its baptism of fire in the mud of the Western Front in 1918 to its triumphant march into Berlin in July 1945, this is the story of the U.S. 66th Armored Regiment. It was the only American heavy tank unit to see combat in World War I, and between the two wars, the regiment served as a laboratory for new ideas and equipment. After training under Gen. George S. Patton, the 66th distinguished itself in numerous battles during World War II, earning six battle streamers for the unit and a Medal of Honor for one of its officers.
Author : Mary Kathryn Barbier
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2005-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1461750849
Before landing in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies executed an elaborate deception plan designed to prevent the Germans from concentrating forces in Normandy. The lesser-known first part, Fortitude North, suggested a threat to Norway. The more famous Fortitude South indicated that the invasion would occur at the Pas de Calais rather than Normandy, largely by creating a fictitious army group under Gen. George S. Patton. While historians have generally praised Operation Fortitude, Barbier takes a more nuanced view, arguing that the deception, while implemented well, affected the invasion's outcome only minimally. A much-needed reassessment of the deception operation that preceded the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II Involves double agents, fake equipment, phantom units, and famous commanders
Author : Peter C. Smith
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 2008-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0811751635
Minute-by-minute account of the offensive. Covers both the British attackers and the German defenders. Explains how and why the assault failed so badly.
Author : Franz Kurowski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 33,29 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0811706567
Exciting stories of the infantrymen who supported Germany's tanksHow tanks and infantry cooperated at the small-unit levelFirst time in EnglishThe panzergrenadiers were the footsoldiers who went into battle alongside the Third Reich's feared tanks. Whether in the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS, these troops endured all the horrors of infantry combat--fighting hand-to-hand, storming enemy positions, and rescuing fallen comrades--but they did so in the shadow of thundering giants like the Tiger and Panther. Kurowski tells the stories of some of the very best of these mechanized infantrymen, bringing them and their actions to life.
