World War II
epub |eng | 2012-10-29 | Author:Alex Kershaw [Kershaw, Alex]

REMAGEN, GERMANY, MARCH 7, 1945 IT WAS AROUND 4 P.M. when Lieutenant Karl Timmerman and men from the 27th Armored Infantry of the 9th Division reached the approaches to the ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-11-16 | Author:Laura Hillenbrand [Hillenbrand, Laura]

Twenty-five B-29 ON ONE OF THE LAST DAYS OF OCTOBER 1944, LOUIE pushed a wheelbarrow over the Omori bridge, through the village at the bridge’s end, and into Tokyo. With ...
( Category: Military March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-04 | Author:Geoffrey Roberts [Roberts, Geoffrey]

The German attacks made some progress, but for the most part Soviet defenses held. The battle’s climax came at Prokhorovka on July 11–12 when General P. A. Rotmistrov’s 5th Guards ...
( Category: World War II March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2005-06-01 | Author:Meyer, Kurt [Meyer, Kurt]

I had already been told at the outset of the invasion that the Allies did not take the Geneva Convention very seriously and the divisions that had already landed had ...
( Category: Veterans March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2008-12-13 | Author:William Manchester [MANCHESTER, WILLIAM]

Of course I was pissed off. Zepp had been inexcusably insubordinate. I had ordered him to avoid high ground and especially to stay away from Easy Company. Forgiveness is very ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:James Bradley [BRADLEY, JAMES]

General Tachibana’s temper grew hotter as the simmering summer of 1944 dragged on. Japanese military doctrine focused on taking the offensive, but on Chichi Jima there were no glorious battles ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Merrill B. Twining

CHAPTER 9 Abandoned Mission Immediately following the Battle of Edson’s Ridge, sweeping changes were made within the division. Recent promotions had made us overstrength in senior ranks, and the commandant ...
( Category: Life & Institutions March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1995-10-10 | Author:Lomax, Eric [Lomax, Eric]

How many miles to Babylon? Three score and ten Can I get there by candlelight Yes, and back again. I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end the ...
( Category: Veterans March 26,2014 )
epub |swe | 2012-10-09 | Author:Geoffrey Roberts

I denna rent helvetiska ”symfoni” av olika ljud sammansmälte det tunga artilleriets salvor, flygbombernas explosioner, M-31-granaternas och katjusjornas vinande och det oavbrutna dånet från flygplanens motorer. De fientliga trupperna befann ...
( Category: Military March 26,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2001-01-09 | Author:Stephen Walsh

A Red Army shock group in action. As members of the unit fight at street level, others scramble up the building to acquire better observation, and thus early warning of ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1995-11-06 | Author:John Steinbeck

CHAPTER VI There was a little street not far from the town square where small peaked roofs and little shops were mixed up together. The snow was beaten down on ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1986-04-11 | Author:Winston Churchill

* * * 5 The United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases * * * My Appeal for Fifty American Destroyers — Lord Lothian’s Helpfulness — My Telegram to President ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-29 | Author:Max Hastings

The Torch landings in Vichy French Algeria and Morocco on 8 November 1942 represented the first big combined operation against the Germans by the US and British armies. Churchill and ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1968-01-02 | Author:Sven Hassel

'Skol,' said Little John. I don't believe he intended to be funny. He was so drunk that to him it doubtless seemed a perfectly apt remark with which to greet ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-26 | Author:Robert Leckie

General Kawaguchi’s iron confidence was rusting in the rain forest. The jungle had scattered his detachments. He was not ready to attack, and yet he must. Rabaul was counting on ...
( Category: United States March 25,2014 )