European History: Second World War
"Shadow Enemies"Hitler's Secret Terrorist Plot Against the United States
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A story of one of Hitler's most diabolical plans: to wreak havoc and terror in America's cities through the hands of carefully trained German agents whose goal was to sabotage manufacturing plants, cut off New York City's water supply and bomb train stations and Jewish-owned department stores. With b&w illustrations. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 228 x 153 mm. Weight: 658g.
Author: Abella, Alex Gordon, Scott
ISBN: 158574722X
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) European History: Second World War
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"Utah Beach"
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"Battle Zone Normandy" series; Taking the defenders by surprise, the US 4th Division touched down on Utah Beach at dawn on D-Day, losing only 197 men killed out of 23,000 who landed that day. Meanwhile, US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions secured the flanks of the Utah landing, assuring the ground troops' progress inland. With 130 illustrations, (65 colour ). Hardback, 192 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 553g.
Author: Badsey, Stephen
ISBN: 0750930136
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2004 (UK)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"Troop Leader"A Tank Commander's Story
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Against the rules, Bill kept diaries and notes of his experiences. His account is fresh and open, and his descriptions of battle are vivid. He witnessed many of his contemporaries killed in action, and this life-altering experience clearly informs his narrative. With 40 illustrations. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 501g.
Author: Bellamy, Bill
ISBN: 0750939796
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2005 (UK)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"Operation Freshman"The Actions and the Aftermath
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The Actions and the Aftermath. In February 1943, the heavy water plant in Vermork/Rjukan, that Hitler needed for the making of the atomic bomb, was rendered useless by a combined British/Norwegian sabotage operation. This operation became a legend in history. What is less well known is the fact that there was an earlier attempt at sabotaging the plant in late 1942. This failed attempt is known in history as Operation Freshman. This book is about the successful operation, but it also describes the failed one: what happened before, during and after the operation. It describes the planning, the German response and the horrible way the German forces With 80 illustrations, 5 maps. Hardback, 176 pages. Size: 240 x 170 mm. Weight: 648g.
Author: Berglyd, Jostein
ISBN: 9197589594
Publisher: Leandoer & Ekholm
Date: 2007 (Sweden)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"Operation Epsom"
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"Battle Zone Normandy" series; An examination of Operation Epsom, launched on 29 June, which was General Bernard Montgomery's third attempt to take the city of Caen, a key D-Day objective. The basic aim of Epsom was to almost encircle the German defenders around Caen, particularly those at the Carpiquet aerodrome who were preventing any further progress on Monty's left flank. With 130 illustrations, (65 colour ). Hardback, 192 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 536g.
Author: Clark, Lloyd
ISBN: 075093008X
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2004 (UK)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"French Eagles, Soviet Heroes"The Normandie-Niemen Squadrons on the Eastern Front
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In 1942, General de Gaulle agreed to send French pilots to fight alongside the Red Air Force against the Germans on the Eastern Front. The group became the most highly decorated fighter unit ever to fly for France, and the second highest scoring fighter air group of the Soviet Air Force. With illustrations, portraits. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 621g.
Author: Clarke, John D.
ISBN: 0750940743
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2005 (UK)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"Monty's Northern Legions"50th Tyne Tees and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939-1945
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Both the 50th Tyne Tees Division and the 15th Scottish Division played a key role in the liberation of North West Europe during World War II. This book highlights the part they played on 'Gold' beach during D-Day, as well as their involvement in Operation Epsom, Monty's first great battle for Caen. With 60 illustrations. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 465g.
Author: Delaforce, Patrick
ISBN: 0750935561
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2004 (UK)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"Alliance"The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won One War and Began Another
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A brilliantly incisive and page-turning history of the key Allied conferences of the Second World War, and of how the political menage a trois between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill was created and managed. With illustrations. Paperback, 480 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 350g.
Author: Fenby, Jonathan
ISBN: 1416522824
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) European History: Second World War
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"Villers-Bocage"
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"Battle Zone Normandy" series; In the week after the D-Day landings, British and Canadian forces in the east were ordered to pin down as many German troops as possible to take the pressure off the Americans. This book describes the attempted capture of Villers-Bocage and Evrecy as well as Lingevres and Les Verrieres. With 130 illustrations, (65 colour ). Hardback, 192 pages. Size: 240 x 156 mm. Weight: 543g.
Author: Forty, George
ISBN: 0750930128
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2004 (UK)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"Normandy"
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"Lifeline" series; The lastest title in a unique series of guides targeted at residents, homeowners and long --stay visitors in France. With illustrations, maps. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 378g.
Author: Gascoyne, Val
ISBN: 1901130630
Publisher: Survival Books
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) European History: Second World War
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"Pow"Allied Prisoners in Europe, 1939-45
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Just under 300,000 Allied servicemen from Britain, the Commonwealth and the United States were captured in Europe and North Africa between 1939 and 1945. This work describes their experiences, and tells of the secret organisations who smuggled escape aids to the prisoners. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 197 x 128 mm. Weight: 309g.
Author: Gilbert, Adrian
ISBN: 0719561302
Publisher: John Murray General Publishing Division
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) European History: Second World War
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"The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945"August Storm
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"Soviet (Russian) Study of War" series; Volume I covers in detail the background, strategic regrouping, and strategic planning and conduct of the offensive. With 80 illustrations, 84 maps. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 950g.
Author: Glantz, David M.
ISBN: 0714652792
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational European History: Second World War
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"Bloody Biscay"The Story of the Luftwaffe's Only Long Range Maritime Fighter Unit, V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwaber 40 and Its Adversaries, 1942-1944
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With 200 b&w photographs. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 697g.
Author: Goss, Chris
ISBN: 0947554874
Publisher: Crecy Publishing
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) European History: Second World War
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"X-Craft Versus Tirpitz"The Mystery of the Missing X5
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A Norwegian investigative journalist tells us the tale of how Royal Navy X-craft midget submarines attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway. Although Tirpitz was not sunk she was put out of action until April 1944. Did the submarines actually penetrate the anti-submarine defences around Tirpitz? With illustrations. Hardback, Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 576g.
Author: Jacobsen, Alf R.
ISBN: 075094112X
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2006 (UK)
Readership: General European History: Second World War
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"Orders of Battle"Second World War 1939-45
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New ed of 1960 ed. Paperback, 628 pages. Weight: 505g.
Author: Joslen, H.F.
ISBN: 1843424746
Publisher: Naval & Military Press Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) European History: Second World War
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