Military history

Hold the Westwall is the dramatic story of Panzer Brigade 105, one of Germanys experimental independent armored brigades, and its formation, deployment (including its defense of the Siegfried Line), and ultimate destruction.

From the first shots at Fort Sumter to the mourning of Lincoln's deathexperience the Civil War as it happened, through the voices of those who were there.

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Ultimate inside view of the blitzkrieg in World War IIDiagrams, maps, and schematics illustrate key principlesHundreds of rare photos show Panzers and crews in actionWolfgang Schneider has written the definitive account of German small-unit armor tactics.

Unique among Union army corps, the Ninth fought in both the Eastern and Western theaters of the Civil War.

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Unique among Union army corps, the Ninth fought in both the Eastern and Western theaters of the Civil War.

When Howard Mansfield grew up, World War II was omnipresent and hidden.

When Howard Mansfield grew up, World War II was omnipresent and hidden.

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At once a gritty, intimate account of combat, an inside look at military leadership in a turbulent era at home and abroad, and a sweeping saga of the modern-day United States Marine Corps, Boys of '67 tells the story of a trio of extraordinary Marines.

Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.

';An epic story, filled with an unfolding array of evocatively described landscapes and sharply drawn, unforgettable people.

With speed, violence, and deadly power, heavily armored tanks spearheaded the German blitzkrieg that stormed across Europe in 1939.

With speed, violence, and deadly power, heavily armored tanks spearheaded the German blitzkrieg that stormed across Europe in 1939.

Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.

';An epic story, filled with an unfolding array of evocatively described landscapes and sharply drawn, unforgettable people.

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One Marine, one camera, and a front-row seat to historyThen All Hell Broke Loose is a gripping visual journey through the Vietnam War.

Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in the Marianas in the middle of 1945 to prepare the island for delivery of the atomic bombs then being developed in New Mexico, to finalize the designs of the bombs themselves, and to launch the missions that would unleash hell on Japan.

It's one of the last overlooked parts of American military history: the significant role African Americans played in the wars of America.

In an account of unusual power, Luftwaffe ace Johannes Steinhoff recounts the final days of the German air force on Sicily in June and July 1943.

With the same drama and excitement as Panzer Aces, Panzer Aces II relates the combat careers of six more decorated German Panzer officers.

In an account of unusual power, Luftwaffe ace Johannes Steinhoff recounts the final days of the German air force on Sicily in June and July 1943.

With the same drama and excitement as Panzer Aces, Panzer Aces II relates the combat careers of six more decorated German Panzer officers.

Life is tough for veterans, especially female veterans.

Life is tough for veterans, especially female veterans.

At 18 years of age, Theodore Hall was the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, hired as a junior at Harvard and put to work at Los Alamos in 1944.

At 18 years of age, Theodore Hall was the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, hired as a junior at Harvard and put to work at Los Alamos in 1944.

Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in the Marianas in the middle of 1945 to prepare the island for delivery of the atomic bombs then being developed in New Mexico, to finalize the designs of the bombs themselves, and to launch the missions that would unleash hell on Japan.

It's one of the last overlooked parts of American military history: the significant role African Americans played in the wars of America.

When the Germans took thousands of Allied prisoners during the catastrophic Greek campaign of 1941, a handful of Australian soldiers escaped from prison trains in occupied Yugoslavia.

Stackpole's Battle Briefings series offers accessible and insightful summaries of battles, commanders, and other military history topics.

Stackpole's Battle Briefings series offers accessible and insightful summaries of battles, commanders, and other military history topics.

Stackpole's Battle Briefings series offers accessible and insightful summaries of battles, commanders, and other military history topics.

A modern, scholarly account of the most decisive campaign during the American Revolution examining the artillery, tactics and leadership involved.

They were not your typical World War II soldiers.

From Napoleon to nuclear war, War Is Hell unravels the brutal rise of total war and its devastating impact on soldiers and civilians alike.

They were not your typical World War II soldiers.

This award-winning "e;powerful narrative history"e; presents a vividly detailed chronicle of grueling combat operations in Fallujah during the Iraq War (Midwest Book Review).

';Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, Kent's engagingly written account is sure to find a receptive audience among Lincoln scholars and enthusiasts alike.

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative accountbased on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documentsof a group of Marine reservists during 1991's Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative accountbased on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documentsof a group of Marine reservists during 1991's Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Originally produced in 1944 by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS)the wartime intelligence agency that later evolved into the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)the Simple Sabotage Field Manual is a remarkable artifact of covert warfare.

Five days after the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, American Kiffin Rockwell was on a ship headed for France.

Five days after the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, American Kiffin Rockwell was on a ship headed for France.

In the spring of 1940, the Germans invaded France, and the British army crossed the English Channel to fight alongside its ally.

The third volume of this masterful Civil War history series covers the pivotal early months of General George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

Bloody fighting between rival tribes and clans has existed since the dawn of Homo sapiens, but war as we knew it began to take the more organized forms we recognize today in the ancient Near East, starting in the vital region near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (modern Iraq) and ultimately extending west to the Mediterranean Sea through what became the Holy Land of the Bible, a region eventually contested by Egypt, the Roman Empire, and others, and extending north and east into the mountains of Persia (modern Iran).