Describing the tragic murder of people from a survivor's perspective, this book presents an account of the Holocaust. It offers a description of the ever-increasing horrors endured by the author, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of …
The life expectancy of an American B-17 crew in Europe during World War II was eleven missions, yet crews has to fly twenty-five -and eventually thirty-before they could return home. Against these long odds the bomber crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force, based in England, joined the…
"The Battered Bastards of Bastogne is the product of contributions by 530 soldiers who were on the ground or in the air over Bastogne. They lived and made this history and much of it is told in their own words. The material contributed by these men of the 101st Airborne Division…
"In this classic portrait of Dwight E. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander's leadership during World War II."--P. [4] of cover.
"In the evening they took us to the railroad station. They told us not to speak to anyone or even to one another. We were mute and deaf. There was a notice with our passports that explained we could not speak. This was the most excruciating train ride. We had to keep from talkin…
An account of the tactics, planning, and operations details of the German Panzer divisions from North Africa to Russia, written by a German officer who took part in the tank warfare of World War II.
An account of the tactics, planning, and operations details of the German Panzer divisions from North Africa to Russia, written by a German officer who took part in the tank warfare of World War II.
Features the accounts of German soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. Included in this book are stories from a panzer crewman who survived the fighting at Stalingrad as well as a paratrooper making a last stand before Berlin.
The B-29 bomber was made to soar in thin, cold air, dropping its massive bomb load from heights so great that the crews might never see their targets through the clouds below. That was just fine with Ben Robertson, pilot in command of one of the big four engine bombers hammering…
