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World War II German Super-Heavy Siege Guns (Marc Romanych,Martin Rupp)(Brožovaná)

As the outbreak of World War II approached, Nazi Germany ordered artillery manufacturers Krupp and Rheimetall-Borsig to build several super-heavy siege guns, vital to smash through French and Belgian fortresses that stood in the way of the Blitzkrieg

First World War

It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11.15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would end officially almost five years later. Unoffically, it has never ended: The horrors we live with today were born in the First World War...

Romanian Armored Forces in World War II

This text tries to remember the performance of the often forgotten Romanian Armored Forces during the World War 2. We have written a text that will show us the bravery and courage of these men, as well as the difficult choice they had to make when Roma

World War II German Police Units

The wartime Police were headed by Himmler as chief of the SS; and throughout the occupied nations the regional SS commanders were specifically termed 'Higher SS and Police Leaders'. It was not a single service, but a vast machinery which included many special categories - from conventional criminal ...

US Half-Tracks: In World War II

Shōkaku-Class Aircraft Carriers: In the Imperial Japanese Navy During World War II

The aircraft carriers of the Shokaku class are generally regarded as being the most-successful carriers designed by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They became operational just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941, and their combat records are impressive. Compared with the preceding aircraf...

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Vol. II : American Bomber Aircraft in World War II

The famed B-29 Superfortress is presented in this all new collection of World War II and Korean War era photographs. Many of the 850+ photographs appear here for the first time and are identified as to unit and location. John Campbell is also the author of Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and Talisman: ...

A World Apart: Imprisonment in a Soviet Labor Camp During World War II (Bertrand Russell,Gustaw Herling,Andrzej Ciolkosz)(Brožovaná)

A searing, personal literary account of life in a Soviet prison camp In 1940, Gustaw Herling was arrested after he joined an underground Polish army that fell into Russian hands. He was sent to a northern Russian labor camp, where he spent the t

Operation Columba: The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe (Gordon Corera)(Brožovaná)

The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied

Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 1939-40 2nd edition

This monumental series has become an essential work of reference for both aviation historians and genealogists. The series covers individual aircraft losses in the European Theatre and identifying units, aircraft, crews and the circumstances behind each loss, day-by-day. Since Volume 1 was first pub...