Author: David A. Miller
Publisher: Merriam Press
ISBN: 1576380734
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Die Schwertertraeger Der Wehrmacht
Author: David A. Miller
Publisher: Merriam Press
ISBN: 1576380734
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher: Merriam Press
ISBN: 1576380734
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Face of Courage
Author: Florian Berger
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811744906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Profiles of the 98 German soldiers--out of millions--who received both the Knight's Cross (for extreme bravery) and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold (for at least 50 days of hand-to-hand fighting) during World War II.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811744906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Profiles of the 98 German soldiers--out of millions--who received both the Knight's Cross (for extreme bravery) and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold (for at least 50 days of hand-to-hand fighting) during World War II.
The Silent Attack
Author: Oscar Gonzalez
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 178159385X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Much has been written about the capture of Fort Eben Emael Belgium by German paratroopers, on May 10, 1940. This operation marked the first use of gliders and shaped charges, while proved possible drop paratroopers behind enemy lines. The training, secret, accuracy and speed, in addition to the element of surprise, these men became lethal, causing chaos among Belgian soldiers.??However, it should be stressed that these paratroopers were part of a larger group: The Sturmablteilung Koch (Koch Assault Group), the elite of the Luftwaffe in 1940, whose mission was not only to take Eben Emael, but also the three bridges over the Alberto canal near: Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne. The success of the attack on Belgium and France would depend on the rapid conquest of those bridges.??The aim of this book is to show how it was planned and carried out the assault on the Albert Canal bridges. All this not only through a supported text documents, records and evidence, but also by many photos never published until now. Every detail, from the creation of the Koch Assault Group, until the final attack, has been closely scrutinized by reference to the best sources, as well as testimonies of Belgian and German soldiers.??About the authors: scar Gonzàlez LÑpez has a degree in Philosophy and teaches History and Philosophy. As a military historian his research has focused on the Fallschirmj_ger as well as the Spanish volunteers in the German Army during the Second World War, through close contact with many former veterans. Amongst other books, he has published Fallschirmj_ger at the Gran Sasso and German Paratroops in Scandinavia. He lives in Spain.??Thomas Steinke studied at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. He takes part in the 'Volksbund Dr. Kriegsgr_berfÙrsorge', being involved in the search and care of German War graves of the Second World War, as well as in educational activities whose main goal is to improve the mutual and peaceful understanding amongst the European people. The focus of his studies has long been German paratroopers, in particular the members of the Sturmabteilung Koch and the LL-Sturmregiment.??Ian Tannahill holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Queensland, Australia, and is a registered patent and trade mark attorney. His interest in the Fallschirmj_ger was sparked by an article he read as a teenager on the fall of the fortress of Eben Emael. His contact with former German paratroopers ignited a desire within Ian to tell the world about the capture of the Albert Kanal bridges by the Fallschirmj_ger and glider pilots of Sturmabteilung Koch.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 178159385X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Much has been written about the capture of Fort Eben Emael Belgium by German paratroopers, on May 10, 1940. This operation marked the first use of gliders and shaped charges, while proved possible drop paratroopers behind enemy lines. The training, secret, accuracy and speed, in addition to the element of surprise, these men became lethal, causing chaos among Belgian soldiers.??However, it should be stressed that these paratroopers were part of a larger group: The Sturmablteilung Koch (Koch Assault Group), the elite of the Luftwaffe in 1940, whose mission was not only to take Eben Emael, but also the three bridges over the Alberto canal near: Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne. The success of the attack on Belgium and France would depend on the rapid conquest of those bridges.??The aim of this book is to show how it was planned and carried out the assault on the Albert Canal bridges. All this not only through a supported text documents, records and evidence, but also by many photos never published until now. Every detail, from the creation of the Koch Assault Group, until the final attack, has been closely scrutinized by reference to the best sources, as well as testimonies of Belgian and German soldiers.??About the authors: scar Gonzàlez LÑpez has a degree in Philosophy and teaches History and Philosophy. As a military historian his research has focused on the Fallschirmj_ger as well as the Spanish volunteers in the German Army during the Second World War, through close contact with many former veterans. Amongst other books, he has published Fallschirmj_ger at the Gran Sasso and German Paratroops in Scandinavia. He lives in Spain.??Thomas Steinke studied at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. He takes part in the 'Volksbund Dr. Kriegsgr_berfÙrsorge', being involved in the search and care of German War graves of the Second World War, as well as in educational activities whose main goal is to improve the mutual and peaceful understanding amongst the European people. The focus of his studies has long been German paratroopers, in particular the members of the Sturmabteilung Koch and the LL-Sturmregiment.??Ian Tannahill holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Queensland, Australia, and is a registered patent and trade mark attorney. His interest in the Fallschirmj_ger was sparked by an article he read as a teenager on the fall of the fortress of Eben Emael. His contact with former German paratroopers ignited a desire within Ian to tell the world about the capture of the Albert Kanal bridges by the Fallschirmj_ger and glider pilots of Sturmabteilung Koch.
Scraping the Barrel:The Military Use of Sub-Standard Manpower
Author: Sanders Marble
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823239772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823239772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history.
The Wehrmacht's Last Stand
Author: Robert M. Citino
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700630384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino, the world’s leading scholar on the subject, posits a more straightforward solution: Bewegungskrieg, the way of war cultivated by the Germans over the course of history. In this gripping account of German military campaigns during the final phase of World War II, Citino charts the inevitable path by which Bewegungskrieg, or a “war of movement,” inexorably led to Nazi Germany’s defeat. The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand analyzes the German Totenritt, or “death ride,” from January 1944—with simultaneous Allied offensives at Anzio and Ukraine—until May 1945, the collapse of the Wehrmacht in the field, and the Soviet storming of Berlin. In clear and compelling prose, and bringing extensive reading of the German-language literature to bear, Citino focuses on the German view of these campaigns. Often very different from the Allied perspective, this approach allows for a more nuanced and far-reaching understanding of the last battles of the Wehrmacht than any now available. With Citino’s previous volumes, Death of the Wehrmacht and The Wehrmacht Retreats, The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand completes a uniquely comprehensive picture of the German army’s strategy, operations, and performance against the Allies in World War II.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700630384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino, the world’s leading scholar on the subject, posits a more straightforward solution: Bewegungskrieg, the way of war cultivated by the Germans over the course of history. In this gripping account of German military campaigns during the final phase of World War II, Citino charts the inevitable path by which Bewegungskrieg, or a “war of movement,” inexorably led to Nazi Germany’s defeat. The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand analyzes the German Totenritt, or “death ride,” from January 1944—with simultaneous Allied offensives at Anzio and Ukraine—until May 1945, the collapse of the Wehrmacht in the field, and the Soviet storming of Berlin. In clear and compelling prose, and bringing extensive reading of the German-language literature to bear, Citino focuses on the German view of these campaigns. Often very different from the Allied perspective, this approach allows for a more nuanced and far-reaching understanding of the last battles of the Wehrmacht than any now available. With Citino’s previous volumes, Death of the Wehrmacht and The Wehrmacht Retreats, The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand completes a uniquely comprehensive picture of the German army’s strategy, operations, and performance against the Allies in World War II.
Die Massaker der Wehrmacht
Author: zusammengestellt aus Wikipediaseiten und publziert von DrGoogelberg
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291210679
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 434
Book Description
Massaker, Vergewaltigungen, Kriegsverbrechen. Die Wehrmacht war die Spitze des Nazi-Staates. Sie hielten den Nazis die Front. Hinter der Front wurden von der deutschen Wehrmacht ungeheuerliche Kriegsverbrechen begangen. Dörfer wurden niedergemacht, Massaker wurden begangen. Willig folgte die Wehrmacht dem selbsternannten Strategen, ihrem Führer, bis in den Untergang. Erst als alles zu spät war, formierte sich eine Minderheit unter den Wehrmachtsoffizieren zu einer Widerstandsbewegung. Die Mehrheit hielt dem kleinen Wichser aus Braunau die Treue, die Fahne und die Front. Nicht immer stand ein direkter Befehl oder die Angst vor Strafe dahinter. Die meisten Generäle, Offiziere und Soldaten störten sich nicht an der grenzenlosen Dummheit, Kulturlosigkeit und Selbstgefälligkeit Hitlers und seiner Verbrecherbande in den Ministerien. Zusammengestellt aus Wikipediaseiten und publiziert von Dr. Googelberg
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291210679
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 434
Book Description
Massaker, Vergewaltigungen, Kriegsverbrechen. Die Wehrmacht war die Spitze des Nazi-Staates. Sie hielten den Nazis die Front. Hinter der Front wurden von der deutschen Wehrmacht ungeheuerliche Kriegsverbrechen begangen. Dörfer wurden niedergemacht, Massaker wurden begangen. Willig folgte die Wehrmacht dem selbsternannten Strategen, ihrem Führer, bis in den Untergang. Erst als alles zu spät war, formierte sich eine Minderheit unter den Wehrmachtsoffizieren zu einer Widerstandsbewegung. Die Mehrheit hielt dem kleinen Wichser aus Braunau die Treue, die Fahne und die Front. Nicht immer stand ein direkter Befehl oder die Angst vor Strafe dahinter. Die meisten Generäle, Offiziere und Soldaten störten sich nicht an der grenzenlosen Dummheit, Kulturlosigkeit und Selbstgefälligkeit Hitlers und seiner Verbrecherbande in den Ministerien. Zusammengestellt aus Wikipediaseiten und publiziert von Dr. Googelberg
Neither Sharks Nor Wolves
Author: Timothy P Mulligan
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612510809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Although countless books have been written about the U-boat war in the Atlantic, precious few facts have come to light about the men who served in the submarines that wrought such havoc on Allied ships. Eager to get beyond the stereotypes perpetuated in movies and novels and find out who these elusive sailors really were, archivist Timothy Mulligan started searching official records. Eventually he went straight to the source, conducting a survey of more than a thousand U-boat officers and enlisted men and interviewing a number of them personally. The result is this character study of the German submarine force that challenges traditional and revisionist views of the service. Mulligan found striking similarities in the men's geographic and social origins, education, and previous occupations, particularly within the specialized engineering and radio branches of the submarine force. The information he gathered establishes quantifiable patterns in age, length of service, and experience, as well as the organization's overall recruitment policies and training standards. The numbers and losses of U-boat personnel are also fully examined. Beyond these objective characteristics, this study lists such subjective factors as morale, treatment of enemy ship survivors, and the relationship of the submariners to the Nazi regime, and it confirms a serious crisis in morale in late 1943. The roles played by the head of the U-boat arm, Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, and its organizational chief, Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, are thoroughly addressed. Mulligan concludes that the U-boat arm quickly evolved from a handpicked elite to a more representative sample of the German navy at large but continued to be treated as an elite force. The only comprehensive investigation yet published, this book also draws on POW interrogations of U-boat survivors and documentation of Kriegsmarine personnel policy obtained from German archives.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612510809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Although countless books have been written about the U-boat war in the Atlantic, precious few facts have come to light about the men who served in the submarines that wrought such havoc on Allied ships. Eager to get beyond the stereotypes perpetuated in movies and novels and find out who these elusive sailors really were, archivist Timothy Mulligan started searching official records. Eventually he went straight to the source, conducting a survey of more than a thousand U-boat officers and enlisted men and interviewing a number of them personally. The result is this character study of the German submarine force that challenges traditional and revisionist views of the service. Mulligan found striking similarities in the men's geographic and social origins, education, and previous occupations, particularly within the specialized engineering and radio branches of the submarine force. The information he gathered establishes quantifiable patterns in age, length of service, and experience, as well as the organization's overall recruitment policies and training standards. The numbers and losses of U-boat personnel are also fully examined. Beyond these objective characteristics, this study lists such subjective factors as morale, treatment of enemy ship survivors, and the relationship of the submariners to the Nazi regime, and it confirms a serious crisis in morale in late 1943. The roles played by the head of the U-boat arm, Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, and its organizational chief, Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, are thoroughly addressed. Mulligan concludes that the U-boat arm quickly evolved from a handpicked elite to a more representative sample of the German navy at large but continued to be treated as an elite force. The only comprehensive investigation yet published, this book also draws on POW interrogations of U-boat survivors and documentation of Kriegsmarine personnel policy obtained from German archives.
Unknown Waters
Author: Alfred Scott McLaren
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817316027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book tells the story of the brave officers and men of the nuclear attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of an extremely important and remote region of the Artic Ocean. The unpredictability of deep-draft sea ice, shallow water, and possible Soviet discovery, all played a dramatic part in this fascinating 1970 voyage.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817316027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book tells the story of the brave officers and men of the nuclear attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of an extremely important and remote region of the Artic Ocean. The unpredictability of deep-draft sea ice, shallow water, and possible Soviet discovery, all played a dramatic part in this fascinating 1970 voyage.
The Axis Forces 13
Author: Massimiliano Afiero
Publisher: Soldiershop Publishing
ISBN: 8893275597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
In this issue we start with an article dedicated to the use of the SS Prinz Eugen division during the 'Schwarz' operation, conducted on the Balkan front in May 1943. This is followed by the biography of Philipp Theiss, extracted from the new book by our Peter Mooney. We continue with the first part of the article dedicated to the recruitment of the Cossacks into the German armed forces and with the second part of the monumental work dedicated to the Krüger brothers by our Mike Miller. Finally, we close with an equally voluminous work on foreign nurses who served in the German Red Cross, a topic little treated by official historiography.
Publisher: Soldiershop Publishing
ISBN: 8893275597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
In this issue we start with an article dedicated to the use of the SS Prinz Eugen division during the 'Schwarz' operation, conducted on the Balkan front in May 1943. This is followed by the biography of Philipp Theiss, extracted from the new book by our Peter Mooney. We continue with the first part of the article dedicated to the recruitment of the Cossacks into the German armed forces and with the second part of the monumental work dedicated to the Krüger brothers by our Mike Miller. Finally, we close with an equally voluminous work on foreign nurses who served in the German Red Cross, a topic little treated by official historiography.
Island of Fire
Author: Jason D. Mark
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811766195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. For four winter months during the battle, German and Soviet forces fought over a single factory inside the city of Stalingrad. Lavishly illustrated with photos and maps, Island of Fire presents a day-by-day—at times hour-by-hour—chronicle of that pitiless struggle as seen by both sides. The book is unparalleled and exhaustive in its research, meticulous in its reconstruction of the action, and vivid in its retelling of the street-by-street, hand-to-hand fighting near the gun factory.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811766195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. For four winter months during the battle, German and Soviet forces fought over a single factory inside the city of Stalingrad. Lavishly illustrated with photos and maps, Island of Fire presents a day-by-day—at times hour-by-hour—chronicle of that pitiless struggle as seen by both sides. The book is unparalleled and exhaustive in its research, meticulous in its reconstruction of the action, and vivid in its retelling of the street-by-street, hand-to-hand fighting near the gun factory.