BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Sevastopol 1942 Von Manstein's triumph

In late July 1941, Hitler order army Group South to seize the Crimea in order to prevent Soviet air attacks on the Ploesti oilfields in Romania. This vital mission was assigned to weak Eleventh Army under Generaloberst von Manstein. In late September 1941, von Manstein began his initial attacks upon the strong Soviet defences at the Perekop isthmus, and then cleared the heavily fortified Kerch …

BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Falaise 1944 Death of an Army

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BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Tarawa 1943 The Turning of the Tide

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9781112223378

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BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Iraq 1941 The Anglo-Iraqi War

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BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Patton's Race for the Seine

In July 1944, Operation Cobra broke the stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The Allied commanders ignored Paris in their planning for this campaign, considering that the risk of intense street fighting and heavy casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance. However, Charles de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take direct action to liberate his natio…

BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Libya 1940 The Allies' First Victory

The first battle of the desert war, Operation Compass was originally envisaged as a spoiling attack, combined with a reconnaissance in force to disrupt the Italian forces that had advanced into Egypt in September 1940, Lt Gen, Richard O’Connor launched what amounted to a British ‘Blitzkrieg’. In Less than two months the British forces swept 500 miles along the coast of North Africa. 7th A…

BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Caen 1944 Montgomery's Break-out Attempt

One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen. General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied breakout, but so did the Germans and the city did not fall. It took three major offensives and more than 30 bloody days of struggle to finally take Caen. In the process the city was controversially dev…

Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition): A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience…

In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, aga…

Hiroshima ; Ketika Bom Di Jatuhkan

Pesawat B29 menjadi momok mengerikan bagi rakyat Jepang selama Perang Dunia II. Pesawat yang sama kemudian membawa bom atom yang meluluh-lantakkan Hiroshima dan mengubah sejarah untuk selamanya. Inilah kisah kesaksian enam warga penyintas dari tragedi yang mengakhiri perang dunia kedua, saat dijatuhkannya bom atom di Hiroshima, Jepang. Buku dari pemenang Pulitzer-Prize, John Hersey, ini merupak…

Sejarah Lengkap Perang Dunia II 1939 - 1945

Berbicara tentang Perang Dunia II pasti tidak jauh dari pembahasan soal Hitler dan Jerman, aliansi Sekutu dan Poros, dan juga bom atom yang dijatuhkan Amerika Serikat ke dua kota besar di Jepang. B Buku ini secara garis besar membicarakan sejarah umum yang terjadi selama Perang Dunia II di berbagai belahan dunia. Terkhususnya yang dalam kurun waktu enam tahun selama berlangsungnya Perang Dun…