Operation Barbarossa, 1941
by Edwards, Robert J., Olive, Michael
fromStackpole military photo series
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"In War of Annihilation, noted military historian Geoffrey P. Megargee provides a clear, concise history of the Germans' opening campaign of conquest and genocide in 1941. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, Megargee dispels the myths that have distorte…
A top historian offers a compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in 20th-century history--December 1941--a Christmas season that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor attack and the start of America's involvement in World War II. Christmas 1941 c…
In the early hours of 27th May, 1941, Fleet Air Arm pilot John Moffat took to the air in his open cockpit bomber. Along with 12 other brave pilots, he took down the German warship Bismarck - a warship that had destroyed the famed HMS Hood. This is his story. John Moffat tells of…
In the early hours of 27th May, 1941, Fleet Air Arm pilot John Moffat took to the air in his open cockpit bomber. Along with 12 other brave pilots, he took down the German warship Bismarck - a warship that had destroyed the famed HMS Hood. This is his story. John Moffat tells of…
"Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly campaign in military history. Its failure was a key turning point of the Second World War. The operation was planned as a blitzkrieg to win Germany its Lebensraum in the east, and t…
Photographs of the Warsaw and Łódź ghettos, taken by three photographers of the Propaganda-Kompanie 689 of the Wehrmacht and now held in the German Federal Archives in Koblenz. The introduction describes life in the ghettos, noting that the photographs were taken as a "tourist a…
A gripping tale of heroism -and doom-on the high seas ... The sinking of the German battleship Bismarck-a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns-was one of the most dramatic events of World War II. She left the port of Gotenhafen for…
"This dramatic yet highly detailed work rests on accounts from survivors of these titanic naval battles and the latest historical discoveries, including evidence from the Bismark's recently discovered wreck. The book starts with a thorough account of maritime developments from 1…
