Specific wars and campaigns

If wars were wagered on like pro sports or horse races, the Germany military in August 1914 would have been a clear front-runner, with a century-long record of impressive victories and a general staff the envy of its rivals.

The award of a military decoration does not define valor--it only recognizes it.

In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea.

The Battle of An Loc was one of the bloodiest battles in the Vietnam War and a defining moment in the history of the Republic of South Vietnam.

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From 1945 to 1973, more than 100,000 members of the U.

Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from the U.

In 1941, the U.

For President Lyndon Johnson, 1968 was a year of calamity, including the hijacking of the USS Pueblo in international waters off North Korea.

Hundreds of young Americans from the town of Stamford, Connecticut, fought in the Vietnam War.

This startling book reveals the military and political plans of the Axis in the very words of its own generals and admirals.

This book picks up where Passing Time: A Vietnam Veteran Against the War left off, and completes the trilogy begun with Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir.

Tanks, amphibian tanks, and amphibian tractors in action in all theaters, from Africa and Europe to the Pacific.

Groundbreaking history of a rarely covered German unit Numerous eyewitness reports from members of the division Detailed maps to illustrate the division's actions Composed of ethnic Germans living in Hungary, the 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division fought against the Red Army in Hungary starting in late 1944.

Drawing on newspaper accounts, college yearbooks and the recollections of veterans, this book examines the impact of World War I on sports in the U.

Definitive account of the last great Luftwaffe attack of World War II Gripping stories of Fw 190s and Bf 109s in combat Contains hundreds of eyewitness accounts and rare photos In the early morning of January 1, 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge smoldered to an end, the German Luftwaffe--assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit--launched a massive, surprise, low-level strike on Allied airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland, an operation code-named Bodenplatte.

Unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division What it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front Details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father in hopes of a better life.

Two gripping memoirs by British night-fighter crewmenAction-adventure tales of aerial combat aboard Beaufighter and Mosquito aircraftAccounts of Pathfinders who flew ahead of bomber formations and marked targets deep inside German territoryHow new technologies like airborne radar, one of World War II's best-kept secrets, were usedHow night-fighters helped save British cities from destruction

For 50 years, civilians have avoided hearing about the controversial experiences of Vietnam veterans, many of whom suffer through post-traumatic stress alone.

A tough Jewish kid from the Bronx, Dan Altman enlisted in the Army when the U.

Women in an armored division!

In May of 1944, American airman Gerald E.

The "e;hair-raising details of the second-by-second events"e; of a Special Forces medic's covert operations during the Vietnam War (On Point: The Journal of Army History Online).

This WWII history presents an in-depth study of the Battle of Greece and a provocative new analysis of Nazi military tactics.

The calamity of World War I spawned dozens of liberation movements among ethnic and religious groups throughout the world.

The beginning of World War I saw thousands of army and navy aviators who needed specialized clothing that could not be purchased off-the-shelf.

World War I began disastrously for the English when the Germans routed them at Mons, Belgium, on August 23 and 24, 1914.

During World War I, the American Merchant Marine meant dangerous duty.

A wealth of essential facts in the Q-and-A format that you want!

"e;An amazingly detailed account of the American Expeditionary Force at Belleau Wood in 1918"e; from the authors of Tanks in Hell (Books Monthly).

An in-depth analysis of aircraft carrier battles in WWII and the evolution of carrier operations-from technology and strategy to life among the crew.

As a first lieutenant in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.

During World War I, as young men journeyed overseas to battle, American women maintained the home front by knitting, fundraising, and conserving supplies.

As a 26-year old Marine radar intercept officer (RIO), Fleet Lentz flew 131 combat missions in the back seat of the supersonic F-4 B Phantom II during the wind-down of the Vietnam War.

On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People's Army.

A visual look at the Nazi assault on the Soviet capital in the series that's "e;a welcome addition .

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.

Odilo Globocnik, a collaborator of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, was responsible for the deaths of at least 1.

Stirring accounts of the almost legendary campaigns of the United States Fourth Armored Division, universally recognized as "e;Patton's Best,"e; from its pre-World War II origins up through its famous relief of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge are presented in this book.

Among their many idiosyncrasies, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, remained serious cartoon aficionados throughout their lives.

The author describes his memoir: "e;It's based on wartime letters.

When war broke out between the British and Turkish empires in 1914, the 6th (Poona) Division sailed from India to Basra to bolster Britain's allies, deny the port to enemy shipping, and secure Britain's Persian oil supplies.

With the withdrawal of French forces from South Vietnam in 1955, the U.

Eyewitness accounts of heavy bombers on D-Day Rarely told story of what happened above the beaches Detailed descriptions of various bombing runs In this vivid and dramatic look at World War II in the air, eight different aircrews--three American and five British--tell eye-opening and heart-racing stories of operations before, during, and after D-Day.

In this pathbreaking study, Patricia Bonomi argues that religion was as instrumental as either politics or the economy in shaping early American life and values.

In this Marine combat memoir, Steve Johnson recounts his service in Vietnam from April 1967 to May 1968.

In 1965, drafted into the Army to serve in Vietnam, Lawrence Climo, a young physician just out of training, learned of a unique humanitarian mission with counter-insurgency objectives that was looking for doctors: MILPHAP (Military Provincial Hospital Augmentation Program).

Sometimes, to move forward, we must look back.

Jane Fonda's visit to Hanoi in July 1972 and her pro-North Vietnamese, anti-American conduct, especially her pose with an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American planes and her propaganda broadcasts directed toward American troops, angered many Americans.

Colonel Donald Gilbert Cook was the first U.