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Tanks in the Gilbert Islands 1943

Armor in the battles for Tarawa and Makin

by Romain Cansière ...

Series Book 353 - New Vanguard
Fully illustrated, this examines how the Gilberts invasion proved the importance and difficulty of using armor in the Pacific, and laid the groundwork for America's island campaign.The capture of the heavily fortified Gilbert Islands was intended to secure air bases for the Marshall Islands campaign. The garrison commander General Keiji Shibazaki claimed that “a thousand men in a hundred years ... Read more

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Fully illustrated, this examines how the Gilberts invasion proved the importance and difficulty of using armor in the Pacific, and laid the groundwork for America's island campaign.The capture of the heavily fortified Gilbert Islands was intended to secure air bases for the Marshall Islands campaign. The garrison commander General Keiji Shibazaki claimed that “a thousand men in a hundred years
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Tanks on Iwo Jima 1945

by Romain Cansière ...

Series Book 329 - New Vanguard
An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima.The battle of Iwo Jima is iconic and known for its brutality: this was the only battle in which the number of US casualties outnumbered those of the Japanese. But as is often the case with the Pacific campaigns, the tank action on the island has generally been overshadowed by that of ... Read more

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An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima.The battle of Iwo Jima is iconic and known for its brutality: this was the only battle in which the number of US casualties outnumbered those of the Japanese. But as is often the case with the Pacific campaigns, the tank action on the island has generally been overshadowed by that of
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USMC Tank Markings in the Pacific

by Romain Cansière ...

Series Book 22 - Casemate Illustrated Special
“…the book is a must-have for modelers and armchair historians who favor the USMC in the Pacific. It has enough ideas to build dozens of tank models, vignettes and dioramas, including some outright oddball modified vehicles and field experiments.” – ArmoramaThe markings on tanks of the United States Marine Corps during World War II are so varied that some have concluded they were meaningless, even ... Read more

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“…the book is a must-have for modelers and armchair historians who favor the USMC in the Pacific. It has enough ideas to build dozens of tank models, vignettes and dioramas, including some outright oddball modified vehicles and field experiments.” – ArmoramaThe markings on tanks of the United States Marine Corps during World War II are so varied that some have concluded they were meaningless, even
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Blanc Mont Ridge 1918

America's forgotten victory

by Romain Cansière, Ed Gilbert, Paul Kime, Bounford.com ...

Series Book 323 - Campaign
A highly illustrated account of the battle for Blanc Mont Ridge in 1918, where the US attackers broke the German line and sent them into headlong retreat in one of the major US victories of World War I.The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defences on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that ... Read more

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A highly illustrated account of the battle for Blanc Mont Ridge in 1918, where the US attackers broke the German line and sent them into headlong retreat in one of the major US victories of World War I.The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defences on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that
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USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go

The Central Pacific 1943–44

by Romain Cansière, Ed Gilbert ...

Series Book 108 - Duel
The different national tank doctrines of the United States and Imperial Japan resulted in a terrible mismatch of the predominant tank types in the crucial Central Pacific campaign.A flawed Japanese doctrine emphasized light infantry support tanks, often used in small numbers. Tactically, tanks were often frittered away in armored versions of the familiar banzai attacks. Meanwhile, the Americans ... Read more

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The different national tank doctrines of the United States and Imperial Japan resulted in a terrible mismatch of the predominant tank types in the crucial Central Pacific campaign.A flawed Japanese doctrine emphasized light infantry support tanks, often used in small numbers. Tactically, tanks were often frittered away in armored versions of the familiar banzai attacks. Meanwhile, the Americans
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Tanks

A Century of Tank Warfare

by Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansière ...

Series series Casemate Short History
"For all the history buffs on warfare of the last century, Tanks is a perfect choice . . . packed with fascinating information" ( San Francisco Book Review ).This Casemate Short History—by the authors of Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa—provides an informative and entertaining introduction to this iconic weapon of the last hundred years.Tanks first ventured in... ... Read more

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"For all the history buffs on warfare of the last century, Tanks is a perfect choice . . . packed with fascinating information" ( San Francisco Book Review ).This Casemate Short History—by the authors of Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa—provides an informative and entertaining introduction to this iconic weapon of the last hundred years.Tanks first ventured in...
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Tanks in Hell

A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa

by Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain Cansiere ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

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5 hours 56 min

In May 1943, a self-described "really young, green, ignorant lieutenant" assumed command of a new U.S. Marine Corps company. His even younger enlisted Marines were learning to use an untested weapon, the M4A2 "Sherman" medium tank. His sole combat veteran was the company bugler, who had salvaged his dress cap and battered horn from a sinking aircraft carrier. Just six months later, the company ... Read more

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In May 1943, a self-described "really young, green, ignorant lieutenant" assumed command of a new U.S. Marine Corps company. His even younger enlisted Marines were learning to use an untested weapon, the M4A2 "Sherman" medium tank. His sole combat veteran was the company bugler, who had salvaged his dress cap and battered horn from a sinking aircraft carrier. Just six months later, the company
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First to Fight

The U.S. Marines in World War I

by Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansière ...

"An amazingly detailed account of the American Expeditionary Force at Belleau Wood in 1918" from the authors of Tanks in Hell ( Books Monthly)."Retreat, hell! We just got here!" The words of Capt. Lloyd Williams at Belleau Wood in June 1918 entered United States Marine Corps legend, and the Marine brigade's actions there—along with the censor's failure to take out the name of the brigade in the ... Read more

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"An amazingly detailed account of the American Expeditionary Force at Belleau Wood in 1918" from the authors of Tanks in Hell ( Books Monthly)."Retreat, hell! We just got here!" The words of Capt. Lloyd Williams at Belleau Wood in June 1918 entered United States Marine Corps legend, and the Marine brigade's actions there—along with the censor's failure to take out the name of the brigade in the
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Amphibious Warfare

Battle on the Beaches

by Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansière ...

Series series Casemate Short History
"An easily accessible short history" of offensive military operations on hostile shores from the authors of First to Fight: The U.S. Marines in World War I ( Midwest Book Review).One of the most difficult types of warfare to master, landing on a hostile beach requires scrupulous planning and intense coordination between the air, sea, and land forces.With a history reaching back to the Persians ... Read more

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"An easily accessible short history" of offensive military operations on hostile shores from the authors of First to Fight: The U.S. Marines in World War I ( Midwest Book Review).One of the most difficult types of warfare to master, landing on a hostile beach requires scrupulous planning and intense coordination between the air, sea, and land forces.With a history reaching back to the Persians
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Instruments of Darkness

The History of Electronic Warfare, 1939-1945

by Alfred Price ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

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9 hours 23 min

The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during WWII, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose. The result was a continual series of thrusts, parries, and counter-thrusts, as first one side then the other sought to wrest the initiative in the struggle to control the ether. This was a battle ... Read more

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The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during WWII, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose. The result was a continual series of thrusts, parries, and counter-thrusts, as first one side then the other sought to wrest the initiative in the struggle to control the ether. This was a battle
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Those Who Hold Bastogne

The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge

by Peter Schrijvers ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded and almost certainly would have were it not for one small Belgian town and its tenacious American defenders, who held back a tenfold larger German force while awaiting the arrival of General George Patton's mighty Third Army.In this dramatic ... Read more

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Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded and almost certainly would have were it not for one small Belgian town and its tenacious American defenders, who held back a tenfold larger German force while awaiting the arrival of General George Patton's mighty Third Army.In this dramatic
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Landscape Turned Red

The Battle of Antietam

by Stephen W. Sears ...

Narrated by Barrett Whitener ...

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14 hours 32 min

The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation’s history. On this single day, the battle claimed nearly twenty-three thousand casualties. In Landscape Turned Red, the renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only ... Read more

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The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation’s history. On this single day, the battle claimed nearly twenty-three thousand casualties. In Landscape Turned Red, the renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only
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