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  • Showdown Against RAF Terror

    Helmut Schmidt’s Crisis Management in the German Autumn

    by Martin Rupps ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    "The killing of individuals must be accepted."Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Bonn, in a telephone conversation with Minister of State Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, Dubai, October 1977The year of terror in 1977, which included the kidnapping of German industrial leader Hanns Martin Schleyer and later the hijacking of the Lufthansa plane "Landshut" with 86 passengers and five crew members on board, ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • World War II German Super-Heavy Siege Guns

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 280 - New Vanguard
    As the outbreak of World War II approached, Nazi Germany ordered artillery manufacturers Krupp and Rheimetall-Borsig to build several super-heavy siege guns, vital to smash through French and Belgian fortresses that stood in the way of the Blitzkrieg.These 'secret weapons' were much larger than the siege artillery of World War I and included the largest artillery piece of the war, the massive 80cm ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Maginot Line 1940

    Battles on the French Frontier

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 218 - Campaign
    The failure of the Maginot Line shocked the world and lead to the sudden collapse of organized French resistance against Germany.Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defence against a German invasion of France. However, different sections of the line were built at different times and the strength of various sections varied widely. During their ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 205 - New Vanguard
    In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer.At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender.After repeat ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 205 - New Vanguard
    In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer.At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender.After repeat ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

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  • Battle of Kursk, 1943

    by Hans Seidler ...
    Series series Images of War
    "The greatest tank battle in world history, known as Operation CITADEL, opened during the early hours of 5 July 1943, and its outcome was to decide the eventual outcome of the war on the Eastern Front. Images of War—Battle of Kursk 1943, is an illustrated account of this pivotal battle of the war on the Eastern Front, when the Germans threw 900,000 men and 2,500 tanks against 1,300,000 soldiers ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fall Gelb 1940 (2)

    Airborne assault on the Low Countries

    by Douglas C. Dildy ...
    Series Book 265 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the daring German assault by Heersgruppe A through Holland and Belgium in May 1940.The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Holland and Belgium to confront the French and British. The assault was audacious; it relied on speed, feinting and manoeuvre as much as superior force, and in the end these qualities were to prove decisive ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Final Days of the Reich

    by Ian Baxter ...
    Series series Images of War
    A pictorial history of the end of World War II from the perspective of Nazi Germany.Drawing on rare and previously unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions and text, this book is a compelling account of the final weeks of the Nazis' struggle for survival against overwhelming odds. Each photograph fully captures the tension, turmoil, and tragedy of those last, terrible days of war ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Retreat to Berlin

    by Ian Baxter ...
    Series series Images of War
    A pictorial history of the Nazi retreat from the Western and Eastern Fronts, back to Germany, as World War II came to an end.Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs, this book in the popular Images of War Series provides insight into the last desperate year of the German Army. It analyzes, in dramatic detail, the German retreat from the wastelands of the Eastern and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Panzers at War 1943-1945

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    Dont fight a battle if you dont gain anything by winning.General Erwin RommelA fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century.Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the German tanks, tank battles and campaigns in the period 1943-1945, from Kursk to the last battles in the east, along with ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Falaise

    The Flawed Victory–The Destruction of Panzergruppe West, August 1944

    by Anthony Tucker-Jones ...
    This WWII history critically reexamines one of the most dramatic and significant battles to follow the D-Day landings in Normandy.The destruction of the trapped German forces in the Falaise pocket in August 1944 is one of the most famous episodes of the Normandy campaign. But myths have grown up around the battle, and its impact on the course of the war is often misunderstood. In this meticulously ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sturmgeschutze - Armoured Assult Guns

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    The Sturmgeschütz rumbling forward into action is one of the iconic images of World War II. As mobile assault guns, the StuGs were essentially designed as infantry support weapons, but they also proved themselves as highly effective tank destroyers. Written by Emmy Award winning author Bob Carruthers this fascinating study encompasses the design, development and combat history of the StuG III and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD