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  • Rommel

    by Desmond Young ...
    This book contains the story of Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal of World War II, commonly known as Desert Fox. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rommel: The Desert Fox

    by Desmond Young ...
    ''Rommel: The Desert Fox'' is a highly influential 1950 biography written by British Brigadier General Desmond Young. As the first major biography of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, it became an immediate bestseller and significantly shaped the Western public's post-war perception of the military commander. Desmond Young had a personal connection to the subject; he fought against Rommel's ... Read more

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  • Battle of Stalingrad (True Combat)

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  • Operation Zitadelle 1943

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    by Mark Healy ...
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  • A Short History of World War I

    A concise history covering the causes and the battles of the world's first global conflict, "the war to end all wars."World War I was a bloodletting so vast and unprecedented that for a generation it was known simply as the Great War. Casualty lists reached unimagined proportions as the same ground—places like Ypres and the Somme—was fought over again and again. Other major bloody battles remain ... Read more

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  • Poland 1939: The Blitzkrieg Unleashed

    If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.General Heinz GuderianThis is the powerful record of the lightning campaign against Polandas documented by the Kriegsberichter.This book incorporates the whole of the results of extensive post war interviews carried out by the US department of the Army. The result is a vivid military history of the Polish campaign of September 1939 from the front lines. ... Read more

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  • The First World War

    by John Keegan ...
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  • The Battle for France

    Six Weeks That Changed The World

    by Philip Warner ...
    "Provides a fresh and invaluable explanation of the military and political events of that extraordinary campaign." — Scale Military Modeller InternationalAfter the long winter of the Phoney War, the invasion of the Low Countries and France by Hitler's rampaging armies threw the world into crisis. Chamberlain's government fell, Churchill became Prime Minister. France was humiliated, the British ... Read more

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  • Rommel

    Lessons from Yesterday for Today's Leaders

    Series series World Generals Series
    The first book in the World Generals series chronicles the impressive rise and tragic fall of Hitler's most brilliant military tactician.Modeled on the acclaimed Great Generals series, which features the strategy and legacy of famous American generals, World Generals broadens the scope to include the world's finest military leaders. Each volume will include a foreword by Wesley K. Clark, and be co ... Read more

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  • The Devil's General

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    A detailed military biography of the most highly decorated Nazi regimental commander in WWII.The most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. He was serving with the 1st Panzer Division when the Polish campaign inaugurated World War II. Strachwitz's exploits as commander of a panzer battalion during the ... Read more

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  • Blitzkrieg

    Myth, Reality, and Hitler's Lightning War: France 1940

    by Lloyd Clark ...
    A "masterly account" of the juggernaut offensive that conquered France—but also marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany in World War II ( Kirkus Reviews).In the spring of 1940, the German forces launched an attack on France that combined superb intelligence, cutting edge strategy, and new technology—the blitzkrieg, or "lightning war." In just six weeks, it would achieve what their fathers ... Read more

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