Military forces and sectors

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

The second and final volume of the definitive account of the German submarine war.

This book explores the main patterns of Waffen-SS camouflage and dress and describes how to achieve these finishes in clear, step-by-step instructions.

Featuring recently declassified material from government departments that had yet to be published in the mass media, this is a ground-breaking analysis of the largest mobilization of Special Forces in recent history.

Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built for the Continental Navy during the years 1776 1783.

"e; Constructed in 1923, the American submarine S39 was practically an antique when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor.

This fascinating study details the entourage which enabled Napoleon to move hundreds of thousands of troops right across Europe.

On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandoes tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and destroying as many of the merchant ships as possible.

In October, 1812, as the 32-gun U.

An analysis of how Britain developed a superb supply system for the navy, with beneficial consequences both for victory in war and for Britain's economic development.

In this book, Tim Jenkins examines the factory worker poisonings and suspect government procurement procedures that resulted in Allied success in the air during First World War.

Naval action in World War I conjures up images of enormous dreadnoughts slugging it out in vast oceans.

This third volume of a successful mini-series examines the German Infantryman in the latter part of World War II.

This illustrated history explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies, the jack-of-all trades warships of the Mediterranean Naval War.

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In his acclaimed memoir German Boy: A Refugee's Story, Wolfgang W.

The Fall of Che Guevara tells the story of Guevara's last campaign, in the backwoods of Bolivia, where he hoped to ignite a revolution that would spread throughout South America.

This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the Japanese kamikaze.

Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War.

In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol.

Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F.

Mahan on Naval Strategy, available in paperback for the first time, provides a selection of key writings from one of the greatest naval theorists of all time.

Filled with personal accounts of the action, this book details the USAAF's tactical and strategic campaigns in the skies over Italy in World War II.

A definitive account of the battle of Iwo Jima, from its origins to its hard-fought conclusion.

The biography of one of Britain's foremost fashion designers who led a fascinating double life as a couturier and an intelligence officer during the Second World War.

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Describes and illustrates the full range of Dutch resistance groups and German and collaborationist counter-resistance groups during the Nazi occupation in 1940-45.

Translated from German, In a Raging Inferno is the first English-language book ever to recount the story of the Hitler Youth and its combat role at the end of World War II.

The 1894 95 war between China and Japan, known in the West as the First Sino-Japanese War, lasted only nine months, but its impact resonates today.

The biggest shipping loss of both world wars was the hospital ship Britannic, at almost 50,000 tons.

From early September 1944, Allied special forces teams were deployed in the occupied Netherlands to strengthen the armed resistance and gather intelligence.

Although the opposing forces of the Six Day War were both flying comparable third-generation Mach 2 jet fighters, the pilots were trained to different standards, and were expected to utilize different tactics.

Author Mike Green provides new insights into the creation and ultimate failure of the German Panther tank.

In this book, Magnus Nordenman explores the emerging competition between the United States and its NATO allies and the resurgent Russian navy in the North Atlantic.

A detailed and highly illustrated account of the Polish II Corps' (or 'Anders Army') perilous journey to fight side by side with Allied forces at the height of World War II.

This book takes a close look at the "e;Dolphins"e; of the US Navy submarine force, it covers recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experiences, and discusses the effects of advances in torpedo technology on crew roles.

America's war on terror is widely defined by the Afghanistan and Iraq fronts.

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Commanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic tells the story of the creation of the American Navy.

This analytic and historical study provides a revealing look at naval operational intelligence by embracing the fundamental question of what OPINTEL is and how it answers the fundamental question "e;Where is the enemy, in what strength, and disposition, and what is he doing right now?

A detailed history of the Luftwaffe's best twin-engined bomber of World War 2 in North Africa and the Mediterranean.

The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) operated one of largest cruiser forces of World War II.

The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state.

While we know a great deal about naval strategies in the classical Greek and later Roman periods, our understanding of the period in between--the Hellenistic Age--has never been as complete.

By the end of the first week of November 1942, the German Sixth Army held about 90 per cent of Stalingrad.

Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, first published in 1976 and now available in paperback for the first time, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm.

Using four warship-centered examples, this book shows how naval battles are won or lost-and how technological advantage is rarely as decisive in defeat or victory as is often claimed.

The key importance of naval success in Britain's rise to being the leading power in the world was a hard-won process, one that linked fighting effectiveness to national support.

San Diego Book Award Winner: “An excellent overview of the U.