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  • A Rifleman Went to War

    by Herbert Wes McBride ...
    This vintage book contains the fascinating treatise on being a rifleman, with information on the use of a rifle in war, what makes a rifleman, what a rifleman needs to know... and more. This text offers its readers a unique insight into what it means to be a rifleman, based upon the author's extensive experience from his childhood spent near the hunting grounds of Indiana to the time he spent on ... Read more

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  • The Emma Gees

    by Herbert Wes McBride ...
    This scarce classic book details the author's journey to become a Canadian infantryman in the Great War, initially describing his training, and then concentrating on his experiences in the trenches as a machine gunner. Although sometimes humorous and light, this engaging and accessible text describes with the unmistakable grit of authenticity the horrors and vagaries of trench life in vivid detail ... Read more

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  • Combat Officer

    A Memoir of War in the South Pacific

    by Charles Walker ...
    TO HELL AND BACKFor the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Walker, this horrific jungle battle–one that claimed the lives of 1,600 Americans and more than 23,000 Japanese–was just the beginning. On the eve of battle, 2nd Lt. Walker was ordered back to the ... Read more

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  • Over The Top

    Great battles of the First World War

    by Martin Marix Evans ...
    The early battles of the First World War during the autumn and winter of 1914 were open, mobile affairs of the kind long familiar to professional soldiers. By early 1915, however, a new type of war had emerged - trench warfare.Modern artillery and machine-guns had been employed in the Boer War only a decade or so previously, but the perfection of their use led to the creation of a static front: ... Read more

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  • By Tank into Normandy

    by Stuart Hills ...
    'One of the best half-dozen personal accounts of the Normandy campaign' - Richard HolmesStuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6.45 a.m., Sunday 4 June 1944. He was 20 years old, unblooded, fresh from a public-school background and Officer Cadet training. He was going to war. Two days later, his tank sunk, he and his crew landed from a rubber dinghy with just the clothes they ... Read more

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  • The Tank Killers

    A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force

    by Harry Yeide ...
    "A fantastic read . . . Whether your interest is armour or history I would highly recommend this book" ( Military Modelling).The tank destroyer was a bold—though some would say flawed—answer to the challenge posed by the seemingly unstoppable German Blitzkrieg. The TD was conceived to be light and fast enough to outmaneuver panzer forces and go where tanks could not. At the same time, the TD would ... Read more

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  • The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo

    Enriched edition. Strategic Victories: A Detailed Analysis of Historical Battles and Warfare Tactics

    by Edward Shepherd Sir Creasy, Callum Farrowly ...
    In "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo," Edward Shepherd Sir Creasy meticulously explores pivotal moments in military history, illuminating how specific battles have shaped the trajectory of civilizations. Written in an engaging narrative style characteristic of the mid-19th century, Creasy blends rigorous historical analysis with vivid storytelling, capturing not ... Read more

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  • 1914: History in an Hour

    by Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In 1914 the world changed. Europe’s great powers were dragged, one by one, into a war by Serbian conflict which affected very few of them directly. At least it would resemble the short sharp battles of the previous century, many thought – fought with military bands, horsemen, and swift victories. But 1914 proved to be different, a watershed, as ... Read more

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  • The Military Institutions of the Romans. Illustrated

    by Flavius Vegetius Renatus ...
    Translated by John Clarke ...
    De Re Militari (commonly known as The Military Institutions of the Romans) by Flavius Vegetius Renatus is one of the most influential military treatises of antiquity, offering a systematic account of the organization, discipline, and strategy of the Roman army. Written during the late Roman Empire, the work seeks to preserve and revive the principles that once made Rome militarily dominant. ... Read more

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  • Rommel, Knight's Cross (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Under cover of the bombardment, the Germans blew gaps in the wire and cleared paths through the minefield. By the following morning, they had established a hole through the outer defences a mile and a half wide and taken more than 100 prisoners. Their charismatic leader, the dynamic Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, was the most highly respected German general of World War II.Read about the daring ... Read more

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  • War in The Pacific (True Combat)

    by Al Cimino ...
    A huge column of blood red smoke rose a thousand feet as the battleship USS Arizona blew up. The USS Oklahoma capsized. The California, Nevada and West Virginia were all sunk at their moorings. 181 Japanese warplanes had attacked the US Pacific Fleet as it lay at anchor in Pearl Harbor. There had been no formal declaration, but the United States of America was now at war...Read about the Japanese ... Read more

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  • Before Their Time

    A Memoir

    by Robert Kotlowitz ...
    in this memoir of his experiences as a teenage infantryman in the US Third Army during World War II, Kotlowitz brings to life the harrowing story of the massacre of his platoon in northeastern France, in which he--by playing dead--was the only one to survive. 208 pp. 15,000 print. ... Read more

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