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.
Pickett's Charge was the last best chance for a Confederate victory in the Civil War and came during the final day's fighting at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
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.
The Title 'Encyclopaedia of Dalits In India (Human Rights: Problems And Perspectives), 12th written by Sanjay Paswan, Paramanshi Jaideva' was published in the year 2002.
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.
Men in reserve focuses on working class civilian men who, as a result of working in reserved occupations, were exempt from enlistment in the armed forces.
In the first book detailing the social and economic history of Ireland during the Second World War, Bryce Evans reveals the real story of the Irish emergency.
Join New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield as he dives into the incredible story of Abraham Lincoln's spiritual life and draws from it a deeper meaning that's sure to inspire us all.
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.
This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War.
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).
In this "e;great and necessary addition to the canon of Vietnam War memoirs"e; the author "e;is a thoroughly human Virgil guiding us through the hell of combat"e; (New York Journal of Books).
Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service.