Operation Tonga - The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 is an account of the Glider Pilot Regiments role in Operation Tonga, the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings in June 1944. The story is told through the eyes of those who were there - glider pilots, paratroopers, pathfinders, tug crews and passengers - and ......
Based on meticulous research of actual vehicles, official photographs, factory specifications, and, in some cases, the original design plans, George Bradford's drawings of World War II armored fighting vehicles are rendered with great precision and in exact scale offering military enthusiasts and modelers an essential reference on these steel ...
This book covers in detail Air Observation Post light aircraft operations carried out by the Ninth US Army in Europe during World War II, as recorded in the daily Journal or war diary maintained by the Artillery Air Officer at that Headquarters. Associated administrative matters are also covered.
The 29th Infantry Division in the Rhineland, November - December 1944
Military historian Joseph Balkoski, named "the top living D-Day historian" by USA Today, continues his acclaimed history of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division in World War II with this book, which recounts the division's vital role in the U.S.
No.452 (Australian), 485 (New Zealand) and 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadro
In 1941, the RAF's Kenley Wing, under the leadership of 'ace' pilots like the Irishman 'Paddy' Finucane, won fame as one of the top-scoring outfits in the war. Flying the iconic Spitfire, the wing's three fighter squadrons-the Australian No.452, the New Zealand No.485 and the British No.602, flew escort missions almost daily against the Luftwaffe.
Six riveting, gritty accounts of some of the greatest German tank commanders, including Michael Wittmann, Hans Bolter, Hermann Bix, and others. Timelines mark the milestones of each officer's career.
Generals like Heinz Guderian have received most of the credit for devising and executing the German blitzkrieg, but without the field commanders who led armored corps, divisions, and regiments, the lightning offensive that overtook France in 1940 could not have triumphed.
A Canadian in the German 7th Panzer Division, 1944-45
Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, young Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father, a German-speaking Mennonite who came to Canada from Ukraine and believed the Third Reich offered a better life than Canada. Friesen was drafted into the Wehrmacht three years later and ended up in the 7th Panzer Division.
