Jim Smith / AUTHOR CATALOG
A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last ... [... more]
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Richard Caruana
Flying aircraft such as the Macchi 200-202, Fiat G.50 and biplane Fiat CR.42, the Italian fighter pilots were recognised by their Allied counterparts as brave opponents blessed with sound flying abilities, but employing under-gunned and ... [... more]
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Simon McCouaig
Central American Wars 1959-89 Foreign Volunteers of the Allied Forces 1939-45 The NVA and Viet Cong South-East Asian Special Forces South African Special Forces Tank War - Central Front NATO vs. Warsaw Pact Wehrmacht Auxiliary Forces World ... [... more]
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Michael Reynolds
The Allied invasion of France on D-Day in June 1944 was one history's riskiest and most successful gambles. After hard fighting, American, British, and Canadian troops won a toehold in Nazi-held Europe. But Germany's elite Panzer divisions hadn't ... [... more]
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A.J. Liebling
D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley, the "GI General," was there for every major engagement in the European theater. Often referred to as " [... more]
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Robert Harris
England 1943. Much of the infamous Nazi Enigma code has been cracked. But Shark, the impenetrable operational cipher used by Nazi U-boats, has masked the Germans' movements, allowing them to destroy a record number of Allied vessels. ... [... more]
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