Author: French L. MacLean
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: Gilberto Villahermosa
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473847117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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A retired U.S. Army Master Parachutist, strategist, and military historian analyzes the actions of one German special forces group during World War II. In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperately to establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confining bocage found themselves opposed by a bewildering array of formations of the German Wehrmacht. Among them were the newly formed German II Parachute Corps. This gripping new account examines the exploits of Germany’s II Parachute Corps and its commander, Eugen Meindl, from the Allied invasion on June 6 to the end of August 1944. Meindl was the epitome of the senior German airborne commander in the Second World War. Tough, experienced, and aggressive, he cared deeply for his troops. His Parachute Corps fought stubbornly for three weeks, before being forced to fall back. Trapped along with the bulk of the German Seventh Army in the Falaise pocket, Meindl and his paratroopers maintained their discipline and were selected by the Commander in Chief of OB West to lead the German breakout to the east. That they managed to do so, despite suffering grievous losses, while so many around them died or surrendered, is a testament to their dedication and fighting ability. Theirs is a story that deserves to be told.

Author: Rick Atkinson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250037816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 896

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It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how they fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all--the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the European war's final campaign, and Atkinson's riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Operation Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich--all these historic events and more come alive with a wealth of new material and a mesmerizing cast of characters. With The Guns at Last Light, the stirring #1 New York Times bestseller and final volume of this monumental trilogy, Atkinson has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent and preserved freedom in the West.

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 682

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Languages : en
Pages : 682

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Languages : en
Pages : 686

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Author: Charles Holland Hoole
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385390435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author: Princeton University. Class of 1870
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Languages : en
Pages : 900

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Author: Charles Holland Hoole
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Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: Jörg Muth
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574413031
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377

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Muth examines the different paths the United States Army and the German Armed Forces traveled to select, educate, and promote their officers in the crucial time before World War II. He demonstrates that the military education system in Germany represented an organized effort where each school provided the stepping stone for the next. But in the US, there existed no communication about teaching contents among the various schools.