Michael E. Haskew
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge-the US Airborne divisions were integral at all these major points in World War II. But they also played a significant role in North Africa, where they first saw action, and in Italy in 1943. Right on the tail of these planes, this expert history follows the airborne divisions from the redesignation and initial training of the 82nd in 1942 through to their final, momentous missions in the Pacific.
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Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
From the field guns of World War I to the anti-aircraft missiles of today. Artillery is a comprehensive guide to cannon, mortars, howitzers, self-propelled guns, anti-tank missiles, and rockets. Beginning with a background on the history of artillery before the twentieth century each chapter then addresses the major periods of recent artillery development, fromt he guns that pounded the trenches in world War I to the weapons of World War II, the Cold...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Great Military Disasters provides an accessible introduction to 24 of the greatest catastrophes in the history of warfare, including Cannae, Agincourt, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Charge of the Light Brigade, the destruction of the French army at Sedan, Midway, Stalingrad, Dien Bien Phu, and many, many more. It includes full-color tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle. It features 180 color...