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Commando
Special Forces in World War II
Written by Kenneth Macksey
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
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Special Forces in World War II
Written by Kenneth Macksey
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
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Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
Written by Arthur Herman
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $18.00
SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States could pick up the phone and ask the president of General Motors to resign his position and take the reins of... Read more >
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
Written by Arthur Herman
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $18.00
SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States could pick up the phone and ask the president of General Motors to resign his position and take the reins of... Read more >
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Six Months in 1945
FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold War
Written by Michael Dobbs
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $16.95
FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold War
Written by Michael Dobbs
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $16.95
When Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler’s armies were on the run, and victory was imminent. The Big Three wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace—but instead they set the stage for a forty-four year division of Europe into Soviet and Western spheres of...
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Bf 110 vs Lancaster
1942-45
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
Unable to conduct ground operations on the European continent until Allied strength was marshalled for a full-scale invasion, the British government based its grand strategy in World War II on a protracted campaign of aerial bombardment of Nazi Germany's cities in order to bring the Third Reich to its knees. At... Read more >
1942-45
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
Unable to conduct ground operations on the European continent until Allied strength was marshalled for a full-scale invasion, the British government based its grand strategy in World War II on a protracted campaign of aerial bombardment of Nazi Germany's cities in order to bring the Third Reich to its knees. At... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Bf 110 vs Lancaster
1942-45
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
Unable to conduct ground operations on the European continent until Allied strength was marshalled for a full-scale invasion, the British government based its grand strategy in World War II on a protracted campaign of aerial bombardment of Nazi Germany's cities in order to bring the Third Reich to its knees. At... Read more >
1942-45
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
Unable to conduct ground operations on the European continent until Allied strength was marshalled for a full-scale invasion, the British government based its grand strategy in World War II on a protracted campaign of aerial bombardment of Nazi Germany's cities in order to bring the Third Reich to its knees. At... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Brewster F2A Buffalo Aces of World War 2
Written by Kari Stenman
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
Entering service with the US Navy as a carrier-borne fighter, the Brewster F2A, later named Buffalo by the British and simply the Brewster by the Finns, saw relatively little service with its own nation. Indeed, it was to see action on just one occasion in US colors: the engagement off Midway... Read more >
Written by Kari Stenman
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
Entering service with the US Navy as a carrier-borne fighter, the Brewster F2A, later named Buffalo by the British and simply the Brewster by the Finns, saw relatively little service with its own nation. Indeed, it was to see action on just one occasion in US colors: the engagement off Midway... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The British Army 1939-45 (1)
North-West Europe
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The Second World War was Britain's last as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it cost the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the... Read more >
North-West Europe
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The Second World War was Britain's last as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it cost the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The British Army 1939-45 (3)
The Far East
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that... Read more >
The Far East
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Deceiving Hitler PB
Double Cross and Deception in World War II
Written by Terry Crowdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
In the war against Hitler, the Allies had to use every ounce of cunning and trickery that they possessed, and combining military deceptions with the double-agent network run by the intelligence services, they were able to send the enemy inaccurate and misleading information about Allied troops, plans and operations. From moving... Read more >
Double Cross and Deception in World War II
Written by Terry Crowdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
In the war against Hitler, the Allies had to use every ounce of cunning and trickery that they possessed, and combining military deceptions with the double-agent network run by the intelligence services, they were able to send the enemy inaccurate and misleading information about Allied troops, plans and operations. From moving... Read more >
M3 Infantry Half-Track 1940-73
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Peter Sarson
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
As armoured warfare tactics matured, mechanised infantry became a key ingredient in what is now called 'combined arms' doctrine. For the US Army of World War 2, the most important technical aspect of infantry mechanisation was the development of the M3 half-track personnel carrier. Steven Zaloga guides the reader through the... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Peter Sarson
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
As armoured warfare tactics matured, mechanised infantry became a key ingredient in what is now called 'combined arms' doctrine. For the US Army of World War 2, the most important technical aspect of infantry mechanisation was the development of the M3 half-track personnel carrier. Steven Zaloga guides the reader through the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Nazi Occult
Written by Kenneth Hite
Illustrated by Darren Tan
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $17.95
In the dark dungeons beneath Nazi Germany, teams of occult experts delved into ancient and forbidden lore, searching for lost secrets of power. Ordered by Hitler to discover new weapons that he could unleash on his enemies, the occultists experimented with dark magics, mystical artifacts, and creatures thought only to exist... Read more >
Written by Kenneth Hite
Illustrated by Darren Tan
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $17.95
In the dark dungeons beneath Nazi Germany, teams of occult experts delved into ancient and forbidden lore, searching for lost secrets of power. Ordered by Hitler to discover new weapons that he could unleash on his enemies, the occultists experimented with dark magics, mystical artifacts, and creatures thought only to exist... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Nazi Occult
Written by Kenneth Hite
Illustrated by Darren Tan
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
In the dark dungeons beneath Nazi Germany, teams of occult experts delved into ancient and forbidden lore, searching for lost secrets of power. Ordered by Hitler to discover new weapons that he could unleash on his enemies, the occultists experimented with dark magics, mystical artifacts, and creatures thought only to exist... Read more >
Written by Kenneth Hite
Illustrated by Darren Tan
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
In the dark dungeons beneath Nazi Germany, teams of occult experts delved into ancient and forbidden lore, searching for lost secrets of power. Ordered by Hitler to discover new weapons that he could unleash on his enemies, the occultists experimented with dark magics, mystical artifacts, and creatures thought only to exist... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Polish Army 1939-45
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
Poland was the first of the Allied nations to succumb to German aggression in the Second World War, but by the most tortuous of routes her army managed to remain in the field through all five years of bloody fighting. Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
Poland was the first of the Allied nations to succumb to German aggression in the Second World War, but by the most tortuous of routes her army managed to remain in the field through all five years of bloody fighting. Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Salerno 1943
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $21.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $21.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Salerno 1943
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Road to Valor
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
The inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend who not only won the Tour de France twice but also holds... Read more >
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
The inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend who not only won the Tour de France twice but also holds... Read more >
A Wasp Among Eagles
A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II
Written by Ann Carl
Format: eBook, 152 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $14.95
Before World War II most Americans did not believe that the average woman could fly professionally, but during the war more than a thousand women pilots proved them wrong. These were the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who served as military flyers on the home front. In March 1944 one of... Read more >
A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II
Written by Ann Carl
Format: eBook, 152 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $14.95
Before World War II most Americans did not believe that the average woman could fly professionally, but during the war more than a thousand women pilots proved them wrong. These were the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who served as military flyers on the home front. In March 1944 one of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Read by Dan Woren
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $32.50
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Read by Dan Woren
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $32.50
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II
Written by Prit Buttar
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of... Read more >
Written by Prit Buttar
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II
Written by Prit Buttar
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $29.95
With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of... Read more >
Written by Prit Buttar
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $29.95
With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union
Written by Warlord Games
Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.95
Stalin's Russian Winter War against Finland, and his World War II campaigns on Nazi Germany's eastern front (around Kiev, Lenningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, Stalingrad, Kursk, Byelorussia, the Balkans, East Prussia, Warsaw, Hungary, and Berlin) constitute the largest land war in world history in terms of the number of troops engaged, and is... Read more >
Written by Warlord Games
Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.95
Stalin's Russian Winter War against Finland, and his World War II campaigns on Nazi Germany's eastern front (around Kiev, Lenningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, Stalingrad, Kursk, Byelorussia, the Balkans, East Prussia, Warsaw, Hungary, and Berlin) constitute the largest land war in world history in terms of the number of troops engaged, and is... Read more >
Burma Victory: Imphal, Kohima and the Chindits - March 1944 to May 1945
Written by David Rooney
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
In the final years of World War II, the campaign against Japan stepped up in a series of bloody battles with each side having much to lose. While much of the history of the period focuses on the Pacific Campaign and the American island hopping, this book studies the ‘forgotten war&rsquo... Read more >
Written by David Rooney
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
In the final years of World War II, the campaign against Japan stepped up in a series of bloody battles with each side having much to lose. While much of the history of the period focuses on the Pacific Campaign and the American island hopping, this book studies the ‘forgotten war&rsquo... Read more >
The Channel Islands 1941-45
Hitler's impregnable fortress
Written by Charles Stephenson
Illustrated by Chris Taylor
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
Following the fall of France and the surrender of Paris on 14 June 1940, the British Government announced that the Channel Islands had no strategic importance and would not be defended. The Germans occupied the islands from the end of June onwards and remained in control until the end of the... Read more >
Hitler's impregnable fortress
Written by Charles Stephenson
Illustrated by Chris Taylor
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
Following the fall of France and the surrender of Paris on 14 June 1940, the British Government announced that the Channel Islands had no strategic importance and would not be defended. The Germans occupied the islands from the end of June onwards and remained in control until the end of the... Read more >
